The Full Moon and the Dancer

Discover the universe! Each day a different image or photograph of our universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

January 22
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There is a Full Moon and a Dancer.
Elena Pinna has a image credit and a Copyright.

January's Full Moon rose as the Sun set. Its warm colors can be seen in this photo taken near Cagliari, the capital city of the Italian island of Sardinia. Bright highlands and dark smooth lunar maria create the familiar patterns of light and dark across the Moon's nearside. The patterns are seen as a way to give a visual illusion of a human face like the Man in the Moon or a familiar animal like the Moon rabbit. The swarm of murmuration, also known as a flock of starlings, is frozen in the snapshot's field of view. Some see a dancer in the night.

Tomorrow's picture is moons, rings, and shadows.

The authors are Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell.
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Discover the universe! Each day a different image or photograph of our universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

January 23, 2022.
The featured image shows the edges of the rings.
There are shadows on the planet's face.
Tethys. The image was taken in 2005.
You can see the explanation for more detailed information.

Tethys, Rings, and Shadows are related.
The image was taken by the SSI, JPL, and NASA.

The rings and shadows on the ice moon Tethys would show fantastic views of theSaturnian system. Have you dropped in on Tethys recently? The gorgeous ringscape from the Cassini spacecraft will have to be done for now. In 2005, Tethys was caught in sunlight just below and left of the picture center, and it was not quite five saturn-radii from the center of the gas giant planet. Tethys is one of five major moons that find themselves within the confines of the faint and tenuous outer E ring. Two small moons, Telesto and Calypso, are locked in a stable position. Telesto precedes Tethys as the trio circle the moon.
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Tomorrow's picture: a witch?

The authors are Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell.
Phillip Newman has specific rights.
NASA has a web privacy policy.
There is a service at NASA.
& Michigan Tech. U.