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APOD: 2026 September 22 Á Chance Triple Alignment: Plane, Space Station, Sun
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Credit & Copyright: Petr Horalek /
Inst. Physics Opava
Explanation:
This shot captured an unexpected silhouette. Which is it?
It isn't the
sunspots,
the small dark regions caused by concentrated
magnetic fields
visible around the Sun's bright disk. Sunspots typically last
for weeks and were expected, since these spots were seen previously.
It isnÁt the
International Space Station (ISS), the
small dark
structure on the middle left.á
This isábecause the
featured picture was planned with
sub-second timing to record the
iconic structure passing before the
Sun.
It is the
airplane.
Just as
this exposure was taking place in June, from
Prasek in the
Czech Republic, an airplane began its own miniature
partial eclipse.
The result is this
triply aligned image of our Sun.
The photographer estimates that the chance of any
random
Sun image containing
silhouettes of both a space station and an airplane,
from that location, is about 30 million to one.á
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: airplane - ISS
Publications with words: airplane - ISS
See also:
- APOD: 2026 May 16 Á Aurora Slathers Up the Sky
- APOD: 2026 April 15 Á The ISS Transits the Moon
- APOD: 2025 May 21 Á International Space Station Crosses the Sun
- The ISS Meets Venus
- Galaxies in Space
- APOD: 2025 January 5 Á Rocket Launch as Seen from the International Space Station
- APOD: 2023 November 19 Á Space Station, Solar Prominences, Sun