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2024 January 14 - Dragon Aurora over Iceland

Posted January 14, 2024 •

In today's image, we see an aurora over Iceland which may be seen to resemble a dragon in the sky. The aurora are caused by charged particles from our...

2024 January 13 - Circling the Sun

Posted January 13, 2024 • 00:04:27

In today's image, we see a circle around the Sun in the form of a 22 degrees halo caused by ice crystals in Earth's atmosphere. The planet Earth also...

2024 January 12 - Good Morning Moon

Posted January 12, 2024 • 00:04:03

In today's image, we see the thin crescent moon in the morning sky. This was the last day before the moon reached the new phases and started its cycle...

2024 January 11 - Quadrantids of the North

Posted January 11, 2024 • 00:04:32

In today's image, we see a number of meteors from the Quadrantid meteor shower. A meteor shower is named from the constellation from which the meteors...

2024 January 10 - The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty

Posted January 10, 2024 • 00:04:06

In today's image, we see a star forming region in the constellation of Cepheus. In this area, we see many different types of nebulae including red emission...