Astronomy Picture of Day: Children of the Sun# Astronomy - 天文
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Children of the Sun
Credit: SOHO Consortium, LASCO, ESA, NASA - courtesy Steele Hill
Explanation: For a moment, planets Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Mercury all
posed near their parent star in this Sun-centered view, recorded on November
11. The picture, from a coronograph onboard the space-based SOlar
Heliospheric Observatory, spans 15 degrees with the Sun's size and position
indicated by the white circle. Background stars are also visible as the
otherwise overwhelming sunlight is blocked by the c
Credit: SOHO Consortium, LASCO, ESA, NASA - courtesy Steele Hill
Explanation: For a moment, planets Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Mercury all
posed near their parent star in this Sun-centered view, recorded on November
11. The picture, from a coronograph onboard the space-based SOlar
Heliospheric Observatory, spans 15 degrees with the Sun's size and position
indicated by the white circle. Background stars are also visible as the
otherwise overwhelming sunlight is blocked by the c