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Credit & Copyright: Jimmy
Westlake
(Colorado
Mountain College)
Explanation:
Early Tuesday
morning, December 7th, June Croft thought the
southeastern sky above Atmore, Alabama, USA was beautiful.
Watching
the Moon rise through gossamer clouds, she
noted, " ... the crescent Moon looked like it was held in
the sky by a star just off its shadowed horizon."
What was that star?
Bright Jupiter of course, and
some watched as the Moon actually
occulted or passed in front of
the Solar System's reigning gas
giant planet.
For astronomer Jimmy Westlake in Colorado, Jupiter was
already hidden at moonrise that morning,
but later he was able to record this lovely image,
not unlike the view that inspired Croft.
Seen through gossamer clouds, Jupiter along with large
Jovian satellites
Ganymede and Callisto (bottom to top) has emerged from
behind the crescent Moon's
shadowed horizon.
News: The answer to
Lewin's Challenge APOD can be found
here.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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Publications with keywords: Jupiter - Moon - occultation
Publications with words: Jupiter - Moon - occultation
See also:
- APOD: 2026 January 6 Á Jupiters Clouds in High Definition from Juno
- APOD: 2025 November 12 Á A Super Lunar Corona
- APOD: 2025 November 11 Á Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
- Long Shadows of the Montes Caucasus
- APOD: 2025 December 14 Á Juno Flyby of Ganymede and Jupiter
- Orion and the Ocean of Storms
- Apollo 17 at Shorty Crater