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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.   
      
                                    2023 May 24   
          A dark mountain lies in the center with an observatory building   
        sporting two telescope domes. The background sky appears dark blue.   
       Behind the center of the observatory is part of a crescent moon, with   
       an unusual bright spot to its upper left. Please see the explanation   
                          for more detailed information.   
      
                  Observatory Aligned with Moon Occulting Jupiter   
        Image Credit & Copyright: Rick Whitacre; Text: Natalia Lewandowska   
                                   (SUNY Oswego)   
      
      Explanation: Sometimes we witness the Moon moving directly in front of   
      -- called occulting -- one of the planets in our Solar System. Earlier   
      this month that planet was Jupiter. Captured here was the moment when   
      Jupiter re-appeared from behind the surface of our Moon. The Moon was   
      in its third quarter, two days before the dark New Moon. Now, our Moon   
      is continuously half lit by the Sun, but when in its third quarter,   
      relatively little of that half can be seen from the Earth. Pictured,   
      the Moon itself was aligned behind the famous Lick Observatory in   
      California, USA, on the summit of Mount Hamilton. Coincidentally, Lick   
      enabled the discovery of a moon of Jupiter: Amalthea, the last visually   
      detected moon of Jupiter after Galileo's observations.   
      
      Gallery: Moon Occults Jupiter in 2023 May: Notable Submissions to APOD   
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