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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS and M5
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS( C/2023 A3 ) and the M5 Serpens Cluster in the same frame. The image was captured in 2024 using a Canon EOS 6D (infrared-modified) digital SLR camera paired with a 65mm APO....
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: M16: Pillars of...
M16: Pillars of Star Creation Explanation: These dark pillars may look destructive, but they are creating stars. This pillar-capturing picture of the Eagle Nebula combines visible light exposures...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Caught (2024 Oct 23)
Caught Explanation: What if a rocket could return to its launch tower -- and be caught? This happened for the first time 10 days ago, after a SpaceX Starship rocket blasted off from its pad in Boca...
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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • 9 days of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
This montage shows the comet from September 29, 2024 until October 21, photographed from Reunion IslandPrigent by Wilfried Prigent, sur FlickrStatistics: Posted by Prigent — Wed Oct 23, 2024 6:02 am —...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: NGC 7293: The...
NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula Explanation: A mere seven hundred light years from Earth toward the constellation Aquarius, a star is dying. The once sun-like star's last few thousand years have produced...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Globular Star...
Globular Star Cluster NGC 6752 Explanation: Some 13,000 light-years away toward the southern constellation Pavo, the globular star cluster NGC 6752 roams the halo of our Milky Way galaxy. Over 10...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Phantoms in...
Phantoms in Cassiopeia Explanation: These brightly outlined flowing shapes look ghostly on a cosmic scale. A telescopic view toward the constellation Cassiopeia, the colorful skyscape features the...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: LDN 43: The...
LDN 43: The Cosmic Bat Nebula Explanation: What is the most spook-tacular nebula in the galaxy? One contender is LDN 43, which bears an astonishing resemblance to a vast cosmic bat flying amongst the...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: STEVE: A Glowing...
STEVE: A Glowing River over France Explanation: Sometimes a river of hot gas flows over your head. In this case the river created a Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement (STEVE) that glowed...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: NGC 602: Stars...
NGC 602: Stars Versus Pillars from Webb Explanation: The stars are destroying the pillars. More specifically, some of the newly formed stars in the image center are emitting light so energetic that is...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: NGC 7635: The...
NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula Explanation: What created this huge space bubble? Blown by the wind from a star, this tantalizing, head-like apparition is cataloged as NGC 7635, but known simply as the...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Rigel and the...
Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula Explanation: By starlight, this eerie visage shines in the dark with a crooked profile evoking its popular name, the Witch Head Nebula. In fact, this entrancing...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Spiral Galaxy NGC...
Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744 Explanation: Big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 6744 is nearly 175,000 light-years across, larger than our own Milky Way. It lies some 30 million light-years distant in the...
View ArticleThe Communications Center: Breaking Science News • A Distant Quasar's Black...
by Ken CroswellThe black hole powering the quasar has a record mass relative to the galaxy's stellar mass.Link: Science NewsStatistics: Posted by Mercury — Fri Nov 01, 2024 6:01 pm — Replies 0 — Views...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Saturn at Night...
Saturn at Night Explanation: Saturn is bright in Earth's night skies. Telescopic views of the outer gas giant planet and its beautiful rings often make it a star at star parties. But this stunning...
View ArticleThe Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Submissions: 2024 November
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View ArticleThe Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Found Images: 2024 November
Have you seen a great image or video somewhere that you think would make a great APOD? Nominate it for APOD! Please post as much information here as you have about the image/video with a link to any...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Jupiter Abyss...
Jupiter Abyss Explanation: What's that black spot on Jupiter? No one is sure. During one pass of NASA's Juno over Jupiter, the robotic spacecraft imaged an usually dark cloud feature informally dubbed...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: M42: The Great...
M42: The Great Nebula in Orion Explanation: The Great Nebula in Orion, an immense, nearby starbirth region, is probably the most famous of all astronomical nebulas. Here, glowing gas surrounds hot...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Milky Way over...
Milky Way over Easter Island Explanation: Why were the statues on Easter Island built? No one is sure. What is sure is that over 900 large stone statues called moais exist there. The Rapa Nui (Easter...
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