by APOD Robot » Sat Jun 04, 2011 4:06 am
Dawn s Grande Finale
Explanation: After more than a month, the lovely lineup of four naked-eye
planets in dawn skies is coming to a close. Still, on May 31st a slender Moon joined the grouping along the eastern horizon for a final
celestial performance, presented in this early morning scene from a beach near Buenos Aires, Argentina.
A favorable view of the configuration in the southern hemisphere autumn, the photo was taken about 30 minutes before sunrise. In order from bottom to top,
wandering Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter are stretched along the
ecliptic plane. The Moon's sunlit crescent is sinking into the colorful twilight glow just left
of Mercury. In
dawns to come, Mars and Jupiter will continue to rise while Venus and Mercury sink toward the horizon, drawing closer to the rising Sun.
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