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NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for November 10, 2026 shows Saturn briefly hidden behind the Moon, an occultation photographed from Sardinia, Italy. The featured image is a digital fusion of three exposures: one of Saturn before it disappeared and two of the Moon with different exposure lengths, all taken after sunset. The bright dot near Saturn is the star 85 Aquarii, not a moon of Saturn, and it lies farther behind Saturn than Saturn lies behind the Moon. The occultation was visible in early 2025 along a narrow band of Earth running from Greenland through central Europe into northern Africa. The next such event visible from somewhere on Earth is due in 2031. Each daily entry pairs a photograph with a short explanation written by a professional astronomer.