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<!doctype html> <html> <head> <title>Astronomy Picture of the Day </title> <!-- gsfc meta tags --> <meta name="orgcode" content="661"> <meta name="rno" content="amber.n.straughn"> <meta name="content-owner" content="Jerry.T.Bonnell.1"> <meta name="webmaster" content="michael.arida"> <meta name="description" content="A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation."> <!-- --> <meta name=viewport content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <meta name="keywords" content="earthshine, planetshine, da vinci"> <meta name="keywords" content="venus, iss, conjunction"> <!-- --> <script id="_fed_an_ua_tag" src="//dap.digitalgov.gov/Universal-Federated-Analytics-Min.js?agency=NASA"> </script> </head> <body BGCOLOR="#F4F4FF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#7F0F9F" alink="#FF0000"> <center> <h1> Astronomy Picture of the Day </h1> <p> <a href="archivepix.html">Discover the cosmos!</a> Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. <p> 2025 April 11 <br> <a href="image/2504/Venus-ISSsingleframe.jpeg"> <IMG SRC="image/2504/Venus-ISSsingleframe1100c.jpeg" alt="See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available." style="max-width:100%"></a> </center> <center> <b> The ISS Meets Venus </b> <br> <b> Image Credit & <a href="lib/about_apod.html#srapply">Copyright</a>:</b> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aj.smadi/">A.J. Smadi</a> </center> <p> <b> Explanation: </b> Made with a telescope shaded from bright sunlight by an umbrella, on April 5 a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aj.smadi/p/DIIERE2y23f/?img_index=1">well-planned video</a> captured a crescent Venus shining in clear daytime skies from Shoreline, Washington, USA at 11:57AM Pacific Time. It also caught the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/">International Space Station</a> in this single <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Astronomy/comments/1jsdrrs/i_captured_the_iss_passing_venus_in_broad/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button&rdt=34311">video frame</a>. In close conjunction with the bright planet, the faint outline of the orbital outpost seen at a range of about 400 kilometers appears to be similar in size to the slender planetary crescent. Of course the ISS is much smaller than Venus. <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/whats-up-april-2025-skywatching-tips-from-nasa/">Now appearing</a> as planet Earth's brilliant morning star and climbing above the eastern horizon in predawn skies, inner planet Venus was nearly 45 million kilometers from Shoreline. <p> <center> <b> Tomorrow's picture: </b>light-weekend <p> <hr> <a href="ap250410.html"><</a> | <a href="archivepix.html">Archive</a> | <a href="lib/apsubmit2015.html">Submissions</a> | <a href="lib/aptree.html">Index</a> | <a href="https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search">Search</a> | <a href="calendar/allyears.html">Calendar</a> | <a href="/apod.rss">RSS</a> | <a href="lib/edlinks.html">Education</a> | <a href="lib/about_apod.html">About APOD</a> | <a href="http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=250411">Discuss</a> | <a href="ap250412.html">></a> <hr><p> <b> Authors & editors: </b> <a href="http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html">Robert Nemiroff</a> (<a href="http://www.phy.mtu.edu/">MTU</a>) & <a href="https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html" >Jerry Bonnell</a> (<a href="http://www.astro.umd.edu/">UMCP</a>)<br> <b>NASA Official: </b> Amber Straughn <a href="lib/about_apod.html#srapply">Specific rights apply</a>.<br> <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html">NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices</a><br> <b>A service of:</b> <a href="https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/">ASD</a> at <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/">NASA</a> / <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/">GSFC</a>, <br> <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/learners">NASA Science Activation</a> <br><b>&</b> <a href="http://www.mtu.edu/">Michigan Tech. U.</a><br> </center> </body> </html>