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2024 February 18 - Hoag's Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy

Posted February 18, 2024

In today's image, we see an example of a ring galaxy. We see two distinct parts of the galaxy which appear to be separated by a gap. The underlying...

2024 February 17 - Meteor over the Bay of Naples

Posted February 17, 2024

In today's image, we see a meteor that happened to occur at the time of the photograph. This is a small bit of material - a dust grain - that is being...

2024 February 16 - Structure in the Tail of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks

Posted February 16, 2024

In today's image, we see the comet 12P/Pons-Brooks. The comet is currently heading to the inner solar system and will reach its closest approach to...

2024 February 15 - NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe

Posted February 15, 202400:04:31

In today's image, we see an example of a spiral galaxy. We can see many of the distinct features of star formation here including the dark dusty regions,...

2024 February 14 - Rosette Deep Field

Posted February 14, 2024

In today's image, we see the region around the Rosette Nebula. This is a region of star formation and we see the red glow caused by the excitation of...