# Darth sighted at APOD

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-sighted-at-apod/566498>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 5, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-sighted-at-apod/566498 "2011-01-05T16:38:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-sighted-at-apod/566498/1 "2011-01-05T16:38:30Z")

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In his Tie Fighter:

> **[APOD: 2011 January 5 - Eclipsing the Sun](https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110105.html)**
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> A different astronomy and space science
> related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-sighted-at-apod/566498/2 "2011-01-05T16:48:54Z")

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That’s no moon…

ETA: There’s already another thread about it (different link, same pic):

> **[That's no moon!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=591729)**
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> That’s a space station! Astrophotographer Thierry Legault travels to Oman to get to the one spot on earth where he can snap a shot of the ISS transiting the sun during a partial solar eclipse. The ISS transit takes about 1 second, which doesn’t...

And they beat me to the punch with my line. Dangit.