Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                                2020 April 10
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                             Full Moon of Spring
             Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Jeff Dai ([5]TWAN)

   Explanation: [6]From home this Full Moon [7]looked bright. Around our
   fair planet it rose as the Sun set on April 7/8, the first Full Moon
   after the [8]vernal equinox and the start of northern hemisphere
   spring. April's [9]full lunar phase was [10]also near perigee, the
   closest point in the Moon's elliptical orbit. In fact, it was nearer
   perigee than any other Full Moon of 2020 making it the [11]brightest
   Full Moon of the year. To create the visual experience a range of
   exposures were blended to capture the emerging [12]foreground foliage
   and bright lunar disk. The hopefull image of spring was recorded from a
   home garden in skies over [13]Chongqing, China.

                      Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend
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References

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   4. http://www.twanight.org/Dai
   5. http://www.twanight.org/
   6. https://www.nasa.gov/
   7. http://language.chinadaily.com.cn/trans/2014-09/03/content_18533645.htm
   8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200420.html
   9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200314.html
  10. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/922/what-is-a-supermoon/
  11. https://earthsky.org/tonight/years-biggest-supermoon-on-night-of-april-7-8
  12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_mulberry
  13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap141011.html
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  20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss
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  24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200411.html
  25. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  26. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  27. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
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