Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2024 August 2
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                               Mars Passing By
            Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Tunc Tezel ([5]TWAN)

   Explanation: [6]As Mars wanders through Earth's night, it passes about
   5 degrees south of the Pleiades star cluster in this composite
   astrophoto. The skyview was constructed from a series of images
   captured over a run of 16 consecutive clear nights beginning on July
   12. [7]Mars' march across the field of view begins at the far right,
   the planet's ruddy hue. showing a nice contrast with the blue Pleiades
   stars. Moving much faster across the sky against the distant stars, the
   fourth planet [8]from the Sun easily passes seventh planet Uranus, also
   moving across this field of view. Red planet Mars and the ice giant
   world were in close conjunction, about 1/2 degree apart, on July 16.
   Continuing its rapid eastward trek, Mars has now left the sister stars
   and outer planet behind though, [9]passing north of red giant star
   Aldebaran. Mars will come within about 1/3 degree of Jupiter in
   [10]planet Earth's sky on August 14.

                        Tomorrow's picture: road trip
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    Authors & editors: [22]Robert Nemiroff ([23]MTU) & [24]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([25]UMCP)
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                           & [33]Michigan Tech. U.

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   6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_in_fiction
   7. https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/resources/resource-packages/mars-resources/
   8. https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/
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