Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                    written by a professional astronomer.

                              2021 September 23
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                             Harvest Moon Trail
                 Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Mike Cohea

   Explanation: Famed in festival, story, and song the best known [5]full
   moon is the Harvest Moon. For northern hemisphere dwellers that's a
   traditional name of the full moon nearest the September equinox.
   [6]Seen from Saunderstown, Rhode Island, planet Earth, this Harvest
   Moon left a broad streak of warm hues as it rose through a twilight sky
   over the Newport Bridge. On September 20 its trail was captured in a
   single 22 minute exposure using a dense filter and a digital camera.
   Only two days later the September equinox marked a change of season and
   the beginning of autumn in the north. In fact, recognizing a season as
   the time [7]between solstice and equinox, this Harvest Moon was the
   [8]fourth full moon of the season, coming just before the astronomical
   end of northern summer.

                 Tomorrow's picture: Perseid meteor outburst
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References

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2109/Cohea_APOD_HarvestMoon.jpg
   3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
   4. https://twitter.com/MikeCohea
   5. https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/harvest-moon-2/
   6. https://twitter.com/MikeCohea/status/1440104436194582529/photo/1
   7. https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/2021/09/
   8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210826.html
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  18. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=210923
  19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210924.html
  20. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
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