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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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                                    2024 May 18   
      
                              North Celestial Aurora   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Chirag Upreti   
      
      Explanation: Graceful star trail arcs reflect planet Earth's daily   
      rotation in this colorful night skyscape. To create the timelapse   
      composite, on May 12 consecutive exposures were recorded with a camera   
      fixed to a tripod on the shores of the Ashokan Reservoir, in the   
      Catskills region of New York, USA. North star Polaris is near the   
      center of the star trail arcs. The broad trail of a waxing crescent   
      Moon is on the left, casting a strong reflection across the reservoir   
      waters. With intense solar activity driving recent geomagnetic storms,   
      the colorful aurora borealis or northern lights, rare to the region,   
      shine under Polaris and the north celestial pole.   
      
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