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2022 February 08 - Aurora and Light Pillars over Norway

Posted February 8, 202200:03:44

In today's image, we see two halves of the sky - on the right we see the green color of the aurora and on the left we see the light pillars stretching...

2022 February 07 - NGC 4651: The Umbrella Galaxy

Posted February 7, 202200:03:29

In today's image, we see the Umbrella Galaxy which is actually two galaxies. The smaller galaxy is being disrupted by the larger one and torn apart....

2022 February 06 - Blue Marble Earth

Posted February 6, 202200:03:44

In today's image, we see an image of our Earth as taken by the Apollo 17 astronauts back in 1972.


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2022 February 05 - Symbiotic R Aquarii

Posted February 5, 202200:03:27

In today's image, we see an example of a symbiotic star. This consists of two stars orbiting each other. In this case, it is a white dwarf star collecting...

2022 February 04 - Moons at Twilight

Posted February 4, 202200:03:42

In today's image, we see five of the larger moons in the solar system - our own Moon and four of the moons of Jupiter in one image.


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