Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! 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 5
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                           The Gargoyles' Eclipse
               Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Bertrand Kulik

   Explanation: In dramatic silhouette against a cloudy daytime sky over
   Paris, France, gargoyles cast their monstrous gaze outward from the
   [5]west facade of Notre Dame Cathedral. [6]Taken on March 29, this
   telephoto snapshot also captures the [7]dramatic silhouette of a New
   Moon against the bright solar disk in a partial solar eclipse.
   Happening high in Parisian skies, the partial eclipse was close to its
   maximum phase of about 23 percent. Occurring near the end of the first
   [8]eclipse season of 2025, this partial solar eclipse followed the
   total eclipse of the [9]Full Moon on March 13/14. [10]The upcoming
   second eclipse season of 2025 will see a total lunar eclipse on
   September 7/8 and partial solar eclipse on September 21. The partial
   solar eclipse will be seen only from locations in planet Earth's
   southern hemisphere.

                       Tomorrow's picture: moonquakes
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    Authors & editors: [22]Robert Nemiroff ([23]MTU) & [24]Jerry Bonnell
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                           & [32]Michigan Tech. U.

References

   1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2504/NDGargoylesEclipse_kulik.jpg
   3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
   4. https://www.flickr.com/photos/bertrandkulik/
   5. https://www.friendsofnotredamedeparis.org/cathedral/artifacts/west-facade/
   6. https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/mar-29-2025-eclipse/
   7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250330.html
   8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_season
   9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250315.html
  10. https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250404.html
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  13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html
  14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html
  15. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search
  16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html
  17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss
  18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html
  19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  20. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=250405
  21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250406.html
  22. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  23. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  24. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
  25. http://www.astro.umd.edu/
  26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
  27. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
  28. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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  31. https://science.nasa.gov/learners
  32. http://www.mtu.edu/