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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       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.   
      
                                    2022 July 1   
      
                         The Solar System's Planet Trails   
                        Image Credit & Copyright: Zheng Zhi   
      
      Explanation: Stars trail through a clear morning sky in this postcard   
      from a rotating planet. The timelapse image is constructed from   
      consecutive exposures made over nearly three hours with a camera fixed   
      to a tripod beside the Forbidden City in Beijing, China on June 24.   
      Arcing above the eastern horizon after the series of exposures began, a   
      waning crescent Moon left the brightest streak and watery reflection.   
      On that date the planets of the Solar System were also lined up along   
      the ecliptic and left their own trails before sunrise. Saturn was first   
      to rise on that morning and the ringed planet's trail starts close to   
      the top right edge, almost out of the frame. Innermost planet Mercury   
      rose only just before the Sun though. It left the shortest trail,   
      visible against the twilight near the horizon at the far left. Uranus   
      and Neptune are faint and hard to find, but mingled with the star   
      trails the Solar System's planet trails are all labeled in the scene.   
      
                     Tomorrow's picture: analemmas from a can   
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