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LTC Stephen F.
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Wednesday, June 9, 2021 entitled "A Total Lunar Eclipse Corona."

Image: A Total Lunar Eclipse Corona - Image Credit & Copyright - Helmut Eder

Supermoon sounds like a super hero of sorts :-)
Corona as a term is dominated by the COVID language - so much for a legitimate astronomy term. :-(

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Explanation: This moon appears multiply strange. This moon was a full moon, specifically called a Flower Moon at this time of the year. But that didn't make it strange -- full moons occur once a month (moon-th). This moon was a supermoon, meaning that it reached its full phase near its closest approach to the Earth in its slightly elliptical orbit. Somewhat strange, a supermoon appears a bit larger and brighter than the average full moon -- and enables it to be called a Super Flower Moon. This moon was undergoing a total lunar eclipse. An eclipsed moon can look quite strange, being dark, unevenly lit, and, frequently, red -- sometimes called blood red. Therefore, this moon could be called a Super Flower Blood Moon. This moon was seen through thin clouds. These clouds created a faint corona around the moon, making it look not only strange, but colorful. This moon was imaged so deeply that the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, far in the background, was visible to its lower right. This moon, this shadow, this galaxy and these colors were all captured last month near Cassilis, NSW, Australia -- with a single shot. (Merged later with two lower shots that better capture the Milky Way.)

Since there is no music focused on Corona
The Knack- My Sharona (Live 2005)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVt2O8NnOIs

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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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Super cool astronomy picture share from NASA Maj William W. 'Bill' Price , first one that I have ever seen sir, have a great Wednesday sir.
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1SG Steven Imerman
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I did not know that would ever happen. Thanks, it's beautiful.
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