Astronomy Picture of the Day 📸 25 September 2025 📅
"Saturn Opposite the Sun"
On September 21 this year, Saturn reached opposition—directly opposite the Sun in Earth’s sky 🌌. At its closest and brightest, it rose at sunset and stayed visible all night among the dim stars of Pisces ♓. In a photo from Qinghai Lenghu Observatory on China’s Tibetan Plateau, Saturn appears surrounded by a soft, oval glow called the gegenschein 🌕—sunlight scattered by interplanetary dust along the ecliptic. Together, Saturn and the gegenschein resemble a cosmic eye gazing down at the telescope domes, with vivid atmospheric airglow painting the horizon 🎨
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Astronomy Picture of the Day 📸 25 September 2025 📅
"Saturn Opposite the Sun"
On September 21 this year, Saturn reached opposition—directly opposite the Sun in Earth’s sky 🌌. At its closest and brightest, it rose at sunset and stayed visible all night among the dim stars of Pisces ♓. In a photo from Qinghai Lenghu Observatory on China’s Tibetan Plateau, Saturn appears surrounded by a soft, oval glow called the gegenschein 🌕—sunlight scattered by interplanetary dust along the ecliptic. Together, Saturn and the gegenschein resemble a cosmic eye gazing down at the telescope domes, with vivid atmospheric airglow painting the horizon 🎨
Image Credit & Copyright: Jin Wang
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