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2025 January 03 - Eclipse Pair

Posted January 3, 2025

In today's image, we see a set of two eclipses from this past year. We see a partial lunar eclipse to the left, and an annular solar eclipse to the...

2025 January 02 - Solar Analemma 2024

Posted January 2, 202500:03:56

In today's image, we see an analemma of the Sun from images taken in 2024. The figure-8 pattern is due to a combination of the tilt of Earth's axis...

2025 January 01 - Alpha Centauri: The Closest Star System

Posted January 1, 2025

In today's image, we see Alpha Centauri, the triple star system containing the closest star to Earth, known as Proxima Centauri.


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2024 December 31 - The Twisted Disk of NGC 4753

Posted December 31, 2024

In today's image, we see the disk galaxy known as NGC 4753. This is a twisted disk galaxy, likely due to the interaction with another galaxy.

2024 December 30 - M27: The Dumbbell Nebula

Posted December 30, 2024

In today's image, we see an example of a planetary nebula known as the dumbbell nebula, this is what our Sun will one day become in the distant future....