Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]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.

                                2026 June 19
   [2]A sunset sky is seen above a dark sloping horizon. A tall tree is on
    the left. The sky is partly cloudy with a crescent Moon on the upper
    right and a bright planet just to the right of the tree. Next to the
   tree in the foreground on the right is an easel showing the famous van
       Gogh painting Starry Night. Please see the explanation for more
                            detailed information.

                               Starry Night II
       Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Rodrigo Guerra, Original Painting:
                             [4]Vincent van Gogh

   Explanation: Does this scene look familiar? It is a modern recreation
   of the famous painting [5]Starry Night by [6]Vincent van Gogh. Both
   [7]the image and the painting depict a tall tree on the left, a
   [8]crescent moon on the upper right, the [9]planet Venus just to the
   right of the tree, a foreground horizon rising from left to right, and
   [10]clouds above the horizon. Differences include that the photograph
   was taken in mid-April earlier this year in [11]Cascavel, [12]Brazil,
   while the painting was composed in [13]Saint-Rémy-de-Provence,
   [14]France, in 1889. The [15]original Starry Night is considered by
   many to be one of the three [16]most famous paintings in the world
   today and a statement about the [17]wonders of the night sky. Today is
   (roughly) the [18]anniversary of the morning that van Gogh saw the sky
   that he later painted in [19]his version of Starry Night.

              Night Sky Jigsaw: [20]Astronomy Puzzle of the Day
              Tomorrow's picture: Sometimes, I like the clouds.
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References

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2606/StarryNight2_Guerra_4080.jpg
   3. https://www.instagram.com/rodrigoguerra13/
   4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh
   5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191023.html
   6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh
   7. https://www.instagram.com/p/DX2Hp-OmsW8/
   8. https://science.nasa.gov/moon/moon-phases/
   9. https://science.nasa.gov/venus/
  10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250817.html
  11. https://youtu.be/7t8oTjc7Y-M
  12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil
  13. https://youtu.be/JlcMFjwFHVA
  14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France
  15. https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79802
  16. https://www.nguyenartgallery.com/top-100-most-world-famous-paintings/
  17. https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/2jqsdk/the_omg_cat/#lightbox
  18. https://samsoriginalart.com/blogs/art/starry-night-facts-about-van-goghs-masterpiece
  19. https://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/starry-night.html
  20. https://www.scigames.org/apps/webjigsaw2/index.php
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  26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html
  27. https://apod.com/feed.rss
  28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html
  29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  30. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=260619
  31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260620.html
  32. https://www.mtu.edu/physics/department/faculty/nemiroff/
  33. https://www.mtu.edu/physics/
  34. https://inspirehep.net/authors/1073087
  35. http://www.astro.umd.edu/
  36. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
  37. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
  38. https://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/
  39. https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/
  40. https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/astrophysics/
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  43. https://science.nasa.gov/learn/about-science-activation/
  44. http://www.mtu.edu/