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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                   2025 April 11   
      
                                The ISS Meets Venus   
                       Image Credit & Copyright: A.J. Smadi   
      
      Explanation: Made with a telescope shaded from bright sunlight by an   
      umbrella, on April 5 a well-planned video captured a crescent Venus   
      shining in clear daytime skies from Shoreline, Washington, USA at   
      11:57AM Pacific Time. It also caught the International Space Station in   
      this single video frame. In close conjunction with the bright planet,   
      the faint outline of the orbital outpost seen at a range of about 400   
      kilometers appears to be similar in size to the slender planetary   
      crescent. Of course the ISS is much smaller than Venus. Now appearing   
      as planet Earth's brilliant morning star and climbing above the eastern   
      horizon in predawn skies, inner planet Venus was nearly 45 million   
      kilometers from Shoreline.   
      
                         Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend   
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