APOD: Plane, Clouds, Moon, Spots, Sun (2023 Oct 08)

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APOD: Plane, Clouds, Moon, Spots, Sun (2023 Oct 08)

Post by APOD Robot » Sun Oct 08, 2023 4:05 am

Image Plane, Clouds, Moon, Spots, Sun

Explanation: What's that in front of the Sun? The closest object is an airplane, visible just below the Sun's center and caught purely by chance. Next out are numerous clouds in Earth's atmosphere, creating a series of darkened horizontal streaks. Farther out is Earth's Moon, seen as the large dark circular bite on the upper right. Just above the airplane and just below the Sun's surface are sunspots. The main sunspot group captured here, AR 2192, was in 2014 one of the largest ever recorded and had been crackling and bursting with flares since it came around the edge of the Sun a week before. This show of solar silhouettes was unfortunately short-lived. Within a few seconds the plane flew away. Within a few minutes the clouds drifted off. Within a few hours the partial solar eclipse of the Sun by the Moon was over. Fortunately, when it comes to the Sun, even unexpected alignments are surprisingly frequent. Perhaps one will be imaged this Saturday when a new partial solar eclipse will be visible from much of North and South America.

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Re: APOD: Plane, Clouds, Moon, Spots, Sun (2023 Oct 08)

Post by orin stepanek » Sun Oct 08, 2023 4:37 pm

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The Sun, the moon, shows the sunspots, the clouds and the plane! I
almost missed the sunspots! :shock:
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Another plane seen here!
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Kitty looks surprised!
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Re: APOD: Plane, Clouds, Moon, Spots, Sun (2023 Oct 08)

Post by johnnydeep » Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:31 pm

Sic transit gloria mundi. Except for red dwarfs. Those little balls of cool-simmering fusion endure!
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