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2022 November 30 - The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty

Posted November 30, 2022 • 00:03:57

In today's image, we see several different types of nebulae associated with star forming regions. We see the emission nebulae where gs is energized...

2022 November 29 - The Gum Nebula Supernova Remnant

Posted November 29, 2022 • 00:03:55

In today's image, we see the Gum Nebula, an example of a supernova remnant. It is actually a difficult one to see wince it is the closest supernova...

2022 November 28 - Leonid Meteors Through Orion

Posted November 28, 2022 • 00:04:40

In today's image, we see some of the Leonid meteors from earlier this month as they pass through some of the constellations of the winter sky. Prominent...

2022 November 27 - Supernumerary Rainbows over New Jersey

Posted November 27, 2022 • 00:03:47

In today's image, we see at least five supernumerary rainbows in the image. These are causes when identically sized water droplets, less than a millimeter...

2022 November 26 - Saturn at Night

Posted November 26, 2022 • 00:03:42

In today's image, we see an image of Saturn from the Cassini spacecraft just a couple of days before it was plunged into the atmosphere at the end of...