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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Supernova Remnant...
Supernova Remnant CTA 1 Explanation: There is a quiet pulsar at the heart of CTA 1. The supernova remnant was discovered as a source of emission at radio wavelengths by astronomers in 1960 and since...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: South Pacific...
South Pacific Shadowset Explanation: The full Moon and Earth's shadow set together in this island skyscape. The alluring scene was captured Tuesday morning, August 20, from Fiji, South Pacific Ocean,...
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The Communications Center: Breaking Science News • CHANDRA: Silver Jubilee
Chandra's Silver JubileeHEAPOW | 2024 June 29 Twenty-five years ago, on July 23, 1999, the Space Shuttle Columbia carried aloft in its payload bay an extraordinary instrument, NASA's third "Great...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Fresh Tiger...
Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn's Enceladus Explanation: Do underground oceans vent through canyons on Saturn's moon Enceladus? Long features dubbed tiger stripes are known to be spewing ice from the...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Perseid Meteors...
Perseid Meteors Over Inner Mongolia Explanation: Did you see it? One of the more common questions during a meteor shower occurs because the time it takes for a meteor to flash is similar to the time...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Moon Eclipses...
Moon Eclipses Saturn Explanation: What if Saturn disappeared? Sometimes, it does. It doesn't really go away, though, it just disappears from view when our Moon moves in front. Such a Saturnian...
View ArticleThe Library: Information Desk and Educational Resources • AstroTOPhotographers
On this channel you will find a collection of Top Astrophotographers in deep space. You are welcome to help expand the list.To see the latest posts in reverse order, press this link!Statistics: Posted...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Tulip Nebula and...
Tulip Nebula and Black Hole Cygnus X-1 Explanation: When can you see a black hole, a tulip, and a swan all at once? At night -- if the timing is right, and if your telescope is pointed in the right...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Star Factory...
Star Factory Messier 17 Explanation: A nearby star factory known as Messier 17 lies some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius. At that distance, this 1.5 degree wide...
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The Communications Center: Breaking Science News • HUBBLE: Spectacular UV...
Hubble captures unique ultraviolet view of a spectacular star cluster NGC 346 inestled within the SMCNASA/ESA | Original release 2024 August 26 NGC 346 is nestled within the Small Magellanic Cloud, a...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Southern...
Southern Moonscape Explanation: The Moon's south pole is toward the top left of this detailed telescopic moonscape. Captured on August 23, it looks across the rugged southern lunar highlands. The...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: IFN and the NGC...
IFN and the NGC 7771 Group Explanation: Galaxies of the NGC 7771 Group are featured in this intriguing skyscape. Some 200 million light-years distant toward the constellation Pegasus, NGC 7771 is the...
View ArticleThe Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related • Are space storms a...
If you watch scifi shows you’ll notice that to create conflict space ships are subjected to a whole lot of dangerous storms in space analogous to hurricanes and rogue waves to terrestrial ships. “Ion...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: The Moon Dressed...
The Moon Dressed Like Saturn Explanation: Why does Saturn appear so big? It doesn't -- what is pictured are foreground clouds on Earth crossing in front of the Moon. The Moon shows a slight crescent...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: A Triangular...
A Triangular Prominence Hovers Over the Sun Explanation: Why is there a triangle hovering over the Sun? Although the shape is unusual, the type of structure is not: it is part of an evolving solar...
View ArticleThe Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Submissions: 2024 September
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View ArticleThe Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Found Images: 2024 September
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 Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Solar loops
Hi all a superb loop today !228mm F/11.25 Ha refractor / PST modification + BF-15 + barlow 1.8x / Basler 1920-155Best regardsPhil : photoastro.comStatistics: Posted by Philippe TOSI — Mon Sep 02, 2024...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Quarter Moon and...
Quarter Moon and Sister Stars Explanation: Nine days ago, two quite different sky icons were imaged rising together. Specifically, Earth's Moon shared the eastern sky with the sister stars of the...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: NGC 6995: The Bat...
NGC 6995: The Bat Nebula Explanation: Can you see the bat? It haunts this cosmic close-up of the eastern Veil Nebula. The Veil Nebula itself is a large supernova remnant, the expanding debris cloud...
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