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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 August 25   
      
                                A Season of Saturn   
                       Image Credit & Copyright: Andy Casely   
      
      Explanation: Ringed planet Saturn will be at its 2023 opposition,   
      opposite the Sun in Earth's skies, on August 27. While that puts the   
      sixth planet from the Sun at its brightest and well-placed for viewing,   
      its beautiful ring system isn't visible to the unaided eye. Still, this   
      sequence of telescopic images taken a year apart over the last six   
      years follows both Saturn and rings as seen from inner planet Earth.   
      The gas giant's ring plane tilts from most open in 2018 to approaching   
      edge-on in 2023 (top to bottom). That's summer to nearly the autumn   
      equinox for Saturn's northern hemisphere. In the sharp planetary   
      portraits, Saturn's northern hexagon and a large storm system are   
      clearly visible in 2018. In 2023, ice moon Tethys is transiting,   
      casting its shadow across southern hemisphere cloud bands, while   
      Saturn's cold blue south pole is emerging from almost a decade of   
      winter darkness.   
      
                        Tomorrow's picture: phases of Venus   
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