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.

                                2024 April 29
     [2]A starry sky is seen over a dark grassy landscape. Three bright
     objects are seen in the sky. They are Jupiter on the upper left, a
     crescent Moon on the upper right, and Comet Pons-Brooks below them,
   making a triangle. Two tails are seen extending nearly upwards from the
      comet. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

                             Comet, Planet, Moon
    Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Juan Carlos Casado ([5]Starry Earth,
                                  [6]TWAN)

   Explanation: Three bright objects satisfied seasoned stargazers of the
   western sky just after sunset earlier this month. The most familiar was
   [7]the Moon, seen on the upper left in a crescent [8]phase. The rest of
   the Moon was [9]faintly visible by sunlight first reflected by [10]the
   Earth. The bright planet [11]Jupiter, the largest planet in [12]the
   Solar System, is seen to the upper left. Most unusual was [13]Comet
   12P/Pons-Brooks, below the Moon and showing a stubby dust tail on the
   right but an [14]impressive ion [15]tail extending upwards. The
   featured image, a composite of several images taken consecutively at
   the same location and with the same camera, was taken near the village
   of [16]Llers, in [17]Spain's [18]Girona province. Comet Pons-Brooks
   passed its closest to [19]the Sun last week and is now dimming as it
   [20]moves into southern skies and returns to the outer Solar System.

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  18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Girona
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