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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
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                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                 2025 September 25   
      
                              Saturn Opposite the Sun   
                        Image Credit & Copyright: Jin Wang   
      
      Explanation: This year Saturn was at opposition on September 21,   
      opposite the Sun in planet Earth's sky. At its closest to Earth, Saturn   
      was also at its brightest of the year, rising as the Sun set and   
      shining above the horizon all night long among the fainter stars of the   
      constellation Pisces. In this snapshot from the Qinghai Lenghu   
      Observatory, Tibetan Plateau, southwestern China, the outer planet is   
      immersed in a faint, diffuse oval of light known as the gegenschein or   
      counter glow. The diffuse gegenschein is produced by sunlight   
      backscattered by interplanetary dust along the Solar System's ecliptic   
      plane, opposite the Sun in planet Earth's sky. Like a giant eye, on   
      this dark night Saturn and gegenschein seem to stare down on the   
      observatory's telescope domes seen against a colorful background of   
      airglow along the horizon.   
      
                        Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space   
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