                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2022 June 25

                         Planets of the Solar System
    Image Credit & Copyright: Antonio Canaveras, Chiara Tronci, Giovanni
       Esposito, Giuseppe Conzo, Luciana Guariglia, (Gruppo Astrofili
                                  Palidoro)

   Explanation: Simultaneous images from four cameras were combined to
   construct this atmospheric predawn skyscape. The cooperative
   astro-panorama captures all the planets of the Solar System, just
   before sunrise on June 24. That foggy morning found innermost planet
   Mercury close to the horizon but just visible against the twilight,
   below and left of brilliant Venus. Along with the waning crescent Moon,
   the other bright naked-eye planets, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn lie near
   the ecliptic, arcing up and to the right across the wide field of view.
   Binoculars would have been required to spot the much fainter planets
   Uranus and Neptune, though they also were along the ecliptic in the
   sky. In the foreground are excavations at an ancient Roman villa near
   Marina di San Nicola, Italy, planet Earth.

                     Tomorrow's picture: echo monoceros
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