by APOD Robot » Wed May 24, 2023 4:05 am
Observatory Aligned with Moon Occulting Jupiter
Explanation: Sometimes we witness the
Moon moving directly in front of -- called occulting -- one of the planets in our
Solar System.
Earlier this month that planet was Jupiter.
Captured here was the moment when
Jupiter re-appeared from
behind the surface of our Moon. The Moon was in its
third quarter, two days before the dark
New Moon. Now, our
Moon is continuously half lit by the Sun, but when in its third quarter, relatively little of that half can be seen from the
Earth. Pictured, the Moon itself was aligned behind the famous
Lick Observatory in
California,
USA, on the summit of
Mount Hamilton.
Coincidentally, Lick enabled the discovery of a moon of Jupiter:
Amalthea, the last visually detected moon of Jupiter after
Galileo's
observations.
[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230524.html] [img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_230524.jpg[/img] [size=150]Observatory Aligned with Moon Occulting Jupiter[/size][/url]
[b] Explanation: [/b] Sometimes we witness the [url=https://moon.nasa.gov/moon-in-motion/moon-phases/]Moon moving[/url] directly in front of -- called occulting -- one of the planets in our [url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/our-solar-system/overview/]Solar System[/url]. [url=https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.228700059858579&type=3]Earlier this month[/url] that planet was Jupiter. [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/ricoshanchez/52905094949/in/pool-apods/]Captured here[/url] was the moment when [url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/jupiter/overview/]Jupiter[/url] re-appeared from [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220227.html]behind the surface[/url] of our Moon. The Moon was in its [url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/lunar-phases-and-eclipses/]third quarter[/url], two days before the dark [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220725.html]New Moon[/url]. Now, our [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon]Moon[/url] is continuously half lit by the Sun, but when in its third quarter, relatively little of that half can be seen from the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth]Earth[/url]. Pictured, the Moon itself was aligned behind the famous [url=https://www.lickobservatory.org/]Lick Observatory[/url] in [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California]California[/url], [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States]USA[/url], on the summit of [url=https://youtu.be/fbU2OUEkasc]Mount Hamilton[/url]. [url=https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d6/dc/8b/d6dc8b1771b697ff2992982482911274.jpg]Coincidentally[/url], Lick enabled the discovery of a moon of Jupiter: [url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/jupiter-moons/amalthea/in-depth/]Amalthea[/url], the last visually detected moon of Jupiter after [url=https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-did-galileo-discover]Galileo[/url]'s [url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/307/galileos-observations-of-the-moon-jupiter-venus-and-the-sun/]observations[/url].
[table][tr][td=left][url=https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=230523][b]<< Previous APOD[/b][/url][/td] [td=center][url=https://asterisk.apod.com/view_retro.php?date=0524][b]This Day in APOD[/b][/url][/td] [td=right][url=https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=230525][b]Next APOD >>[/b][/url][/td][/tr][/table]