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Back to Search2024 April 28 - Rings Around the Ring Nebula
In today's image, we see a very deep image of the Ring Nebula as observed by multiple large telescopes. This allows for the imaging of fainter rings …
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2024 April 27 - All Sky Moon Shadow
In today's image, we see an all sky image of the eclipse of April 8. The outer portion shows the horizon while the central circular region shows the …
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2024 April 26 - Regulus and the Dwarf Galaxy
In today's image, we see the bright star Regulus which is the brightest star in the constellation of Leo. We see almost all stars as points of light …
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2024 April 25 - NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery
In today's image, we see a large star forming region in the galaxy M33: The Triangulum Galaxy. This is one of the spiral galaxies in our own Local Gr…
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2024 April 24 - Dragon's Egg Bipolar Emission Nebula
In today's image, we see an example of an emission nebula around a hot massive star. The ultraviolet light from the star excites the gases around it …
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2024 April 23 - Contrail Shadow X
In today's image, we see two contrails from airplanes that cross in the sky. Because of the positioning of the Sun and upper clouds, we also see the …
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2024 April 22 - Moon and Smoke Rings over Mt. Etna
In today's image, we see a thin waning crescent moon in the sky over Mt. Etna. We also see smoke rings from the volcano - this is a rare effect that …
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2024 April 21 - Perijove 16: Passing Jupiter
In today's image, we see a time-lapse video clip from the Juno spacecraft as it made its 16 close approach to the planet Jupiter. Juno has a highly e…
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2024 April 20 - Diamonds in the Sky
In today's image, we see several images of the total solar eclipse which occurred on April 8. The central page showing details of the solar corona on…
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2024 April 19 - The Great Carina Nebula
In today's image, we see the Great Carina Nebula which is a large star forming region about 7500 light years from Earth - it is much larger than the …
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