Fw: Astronomy Picture of the Day (4/11/2025): The ISS Meets Venus
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is
featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2025 April 11
The ISS Meets Venus
Image Credit &
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Explanation:
Made with a telescope shaded from bright sunlight by an umbrella,
on April 5 a
captured a crescent Venus
shining in clear daytime skies
from Shoreline, Washington, USA at 11:57AM Pacific Time.
It also caught the
in this single
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In close conjunction with the bright planet,
the faint outline of the orbital outpost seen at a range
of about 400 kilometers appears to be
similar in size to the slender planetary crescent.
Of course the ISS is much smaller than Venus.
as planet Earth's brilliant morning star and
climbing above the eastern horizon in predawn skies,
inner planet Venus was nearly 45 million kilometers from Shoreline.
Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend
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Authors & editors:
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NASA Official: Amber Straughn
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