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Back to Search2023 - June 20 - The Nandu in the Milky Way
In today's image, we see our Milky Way galaxy stretching from lower left to upper right. On the left hand side, we see the Milky Way itself. On the r…
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2023 June 19 - The Busy Center of the Lagoon Nebula
In today's image, we see the central portions of the Lagoon Nebula which is a star forming region in the constellation of Sagittarius. We see a numbe…
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2023 June 18 - Saturn's Northern Hexagon
In today's image, we see the north polar region of Saturn as imaged by the Cassini spacecraft. The polar hexagon was first seen by the voyager craft …
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2023 June 17 - Planet Earth at Night II
In today's image, we see a video taken from the International Space Station showing the Earth at night. We will watch the ISS fly over North America,…
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2023 June 16 - Sunset to Sunrise over the Baltic Sea
In today's image, we see combination of thousands of different images, taken one vertical column at a time to show the changes in the sky over the c…
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2023 June 15 - M15: A Dense Globular Star Cluster
In today's image, we see tube globular star cluster known as M15. Globular star clusters are some of the oldest objects in the universe, many having …
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2023 June 14 - The Shark Nebula
In today's image, we see the Shark Nebula, which is an example of a dusty nebula in a region of star formation in a molecular cloud. The two brighter…
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2023 June 13 - Moons Across Jupiter
In today's image, we see the two innermost large moons of Jupiter - Io and Europa as they orbit around the giant planet. We also see the Great Red Sp…
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2023 June 12 - The Largest Satellites of Earth
In today's image, we see the two largest satellites of Earth. The largest satellite is the one natural satellite, our own Moon. The next largest sate…
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2023 June 11 - The Sun and Its Missing Colors
In today's image, we see the spectrum of the Sun. When light is passed through a prism or similar device, it is split into its component colors. The …
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