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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: NGC 247 and...
NGC 247 and Friends Explanation: About 70,000 light-years across, NGC 247 is a spiral galaxy smaller than our Milky Way. Measured to be only 11 million light-years distant it is nearby though. Tilted...
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On this channel you will find a collection of Top Space Telescopes for deep space observation. You are welcome to help expand the list.To see the latest posts in reverse order, press this...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Ringed Ice Giant...
Ringed Ice Giant Neptune Explanation: Ringed ice giant Neptune lies near the center of this sharp near-infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope. The dim and distant world is the farthest...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Small Moon Deimos...
Small Moon Deimos Explanation: Mars has two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, named for the figures in Greek mythology Fear and Panic. Detailed surface views of smaller moon Deimos are shown in both...
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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • The 400Mpixels mosaic...
Today, Victor Sabet and I are pleased to present you one of our most challenging and biggest project. Not big because of the integration time but big due to the data processing. Indeed, here is a...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: M31: The...
M31: The Andromeda Galaxy Explanation: The most distant object easily visible to the unaided eye is M31, the great Andromeda Galaxy. Even at some two and a half million light-years distant, this...
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The Communications Center: Breaking Science News • ALMA: Gravitational...
Expert explains evidence for planetary formation through gravitational instabilityphys.org | Original release 2024 September 04 The canonical theory for planet formation in circumstellar disks...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Mars: Moon,...
Mars: Moon, Craters, and Volcanos Explanation: If you could fly over Mars, what might you see? The featured image shows exactly this in the form of a Mars Express vista captured over a particularly...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Horsehead and...
Horsehead and Orion Nebulas Explanation: The dark Horsehead Nebula and the glowing Orion Nebula are contrasting cosmic vistas. Adrift 1,500 light-years away in one of the night sky's most recognizable...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: A Night Sky over...
A Night Sky over the Tatra Mountains Explanation: A natural border between Slovakia and Poland is the Tatra Mountains. A prominent destination for astrophotographers, the Tatras are the highest...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Young Star...
Young Star Cluster NGC 1333 Explanation: This spectacular mosaic of images from the James Webb Space Telescope peers into the heart of young star cluster NGC 1333. A mere 1,000 light-years distant...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Aurora Australis...
Aurora Australis and the International Space Station Explanation: This snapshot from the International Space Station was taken on August 11 while orbiting about 430 kilometers above the Indian Ocean,...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: The Moona Lisa...
The Moona Lisa Explanation: Only natural colors of the Moon in planet Earth's sky appear in this creative visual presentation. Arranged as pixels in a framed image, the lunar disks were photographed...
View ArticleShip's Log: APOD Retrospectives and Collections • APOD_Telescopes: JWST -...
On this channel you will find a collection of APOD's from the JWST - James Web Space Telescope.To see the latest posts in reverse order, press this link! [/quote] APODTJWSTStatistics: Posted by AVAO —...
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The Communications Center: Breaking Science News • WEBB: JWST peers into the...
NASA’s Webb Peers Into Digel Cloud 1/2 in the Extreme Outer Galaxy universetoday.com | Original release 2024 September 13 The Milky Way’s outer reaches are coming into view thanks to the JWST....
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Find the Man in...
Find the Man in the Moon Explanation: Have you ever seen the Man in the Moon? This common question plays on the ability of humans to see pareidolia -- imagining familiar icons where they don't...
View ArticleShip's Log: APOD Retrospectives and Collections • APOD_Hall of Fame: Judy...
Here you will find the Hall of Fame Collection of APODs by Judy Schmidt.To see the latest posts in reverse order, press this link! APODHoFJSchmidtStatistics: Posted by AVAO — Sun Sep 15, 2024 7:22 am...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Mercury's...
Mercury's Vivaldi Crater from BepiColombo Explanation: Why does this large crater on Mercury have two rings and a smooth floor? No one is sure. The unusual feature called Vivaldi Crater spans 215...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Melotte 15 in the...
Melotte 15 in the Heart Nebula Explanation: Cosmic clouds form fantastic shapes in the central regions of emission nebula IC 1805. The clouds are sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from massive...
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