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2021 October 18 - Earthshine Moon over Sicily

Posted October 18, 2021 • 00:04:09

In today's image, we see the crescent moon over Sicily. Part of the Moon is indirectly illuminated by Earth which we call earthshine. We also see the...

2021 October 17 - The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens

Posted October 17, 2021 • 00:03:57

In today's image, we see a gravitational lens known as the Einstein Cross. This consists of multiple images of a very distant quasar which have been...

2021 October 16 - The Moona Lisa

Posted October 16, 2021 • 00:03:31

In today's image, we see a framed portrait of many images of our Moon in different colors. The colors are all natural colors in which our Moon can be...

2021 October 15 - NGC 289: Swirl in the Southern Sky

Posted October 15, 2021 • 00:03:39

In today's image, we see an example of a spiral galaxy with its blue spiral arms swirling out from the center. The blue color is indicative of newly...

2021 October 14 - NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula

Posted October 14, 2021 • 00:03:30

In today's image, we see the Helix Nebula, which is an example of a planetary nebula. This is what forms at the end of the life of a star much like...