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Back to Search2022 November 11 - Blood Moon, Ice Giant
In today's image, we see the fully eclipsed Moon just before it passes in front of the ice giant known as Uranus. This is an example of an occultation when is when one astronomical object passes dire…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
2022 November 10 - Total Lunar Eclipse
In today's image, we see three images from the total lunar eclipse of November 8 of this year. The middle image is of the deeper part of the eclipse when Moon was furthest into Earth's shadow. The ot…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
2022 November 09 - The Asymmetric Nebula Surrounding Wolf-Rayet Star 18
In today's image, we see Wolf-Rayet star 18 and its surrounding nebula. The nebula is asymmetric - brighter to the upper right and fainter to the lower left. While this was originally believed to be …
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
2022 November 08 - Galaxies: Wild's Triplet from Hubble
In today's image, we see Wild's Triplet which contains three spiral galaxies which appear to be interacting with each other. However, it has been found that only the two larger galaxies (with the bri…
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2022 November 07 - A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Tajikistan
In today's image, we see a video showing a total lunar eclipse which was visible from Tajikistan in 2011. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes into Earth's shadow and becomes dim and red. Anot…
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2022 November 06 - Dark Ball in Inverted Starfield
In today's image, we see our Sun in an image taken in the light of hydrogen, converted to black and white and then inverted to give a negative image. This is then placed on a negative image of a fiel…
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2022 November 05 - Lunar Eclipse at the South Pole
In today's image, we see a lunar eclipse as observed at the South Pole telescopes from May of this year. In the deepest part of the eclipse, the Moon appears a blood red color as light is bent by Ear…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago