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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                  2024 December 5   
      
                          Stereo Jupiter near Opposition   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Marco Lorenzi   
      
      Explanation: Jupiter looks sharp in these two rooftop telescope images.   
      Both were captured last year on November 17 from Singapore, planet   
      Earth, about two weeks after Jupiter's 2023 opposition. Climbing high   
      in midnight skies the giant planet was a mere 33.4 light-minutes from   
      Singapore. That's about 4 astronomical units away. Jupiter's planet   
      girdling dark belts and light zones are visible in remarkable detail,   
      along with the giant world's whitish oval vortices. Its signature Great   
      Red Spot is prominent in the south. Jupiter rotates rapidly on its axis   
      once every 10 hours. So, based on video frames taken only 15 minutes   
      apart, these images form a stereo pair. Look at the center of the pair   
      and cross your eyes until the separate images come together to see the   
      3D effect. Of course Jupiter is now not far from its 2024 opposition.   
      Planet Earth is set to pass between the Solar System's ruling gas giant   
      and the Sun on December 7.   
      
                     Tomorrow's picture: Fireball Tsuchinshan   
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