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2022 September 04 - Sea and Sky Glows over the Oregon Coast

Posted September 4, 2022 • 00:03:42

In today's image, we see a number of different lights in the sea and sky off the coast of Oregon. This includes stars and our own Milky Way in the sky...

2022 September 03 - Sun and Moon and ISS

Posted September 3, 2022 • 00:04:20

In today's image, we see the International Space Station as its transits across the front of our Sun and our Moon in two images taken just 29 seconds...

2022 September 02 - M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy

Posted September 2, 2022 • 00:03:38

In today's image, we seethe Whirlpool Galaxy. This is one of a pair of interacting galaxies and we can see tidal streams as their gravitational fields...

2022 September 01 - The Tulip and Cygnus X-1

Posted September 1, 2022 • 00:04:08

In today's image, we see the emission nebula known as the Tulip Nebula. In addition, we can see Cygnus X-1 which is one of the strongest x-ray sources...

2022 August 31 - Siccar Point on Mars

Posted August 31, 2022 • 00:03:31

In today's image, we see Siccer Point on the surface of Mars. This is a region with two different types of rocks of very different ages. This was imaged...