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Back to Search2023 December 10 - Big Dipper over Pyramid Mountain
In today's image, we see the Big Dipper which is an asterism or grouping of bright stars located in the constellation of Ursa Major. The middle five …
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2023 December 09 - Pic du Pleiades
In today's image, we see the Pleiades star cluster, an open star cluster located in the constellation of Taurus. We also see the bright trail of a me…
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2023 December 08 - Vega and Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks
In today's image, we see the bright star Vega to the upper left, the fifth brightest star in our night sky. To the lower right, we see the comet Pons…
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2023 December 07 - Orion and the Ocean of Storms
In today's image, we see the Orion spacecraft as it flew around our Moon last year in a test of the craft to eventually return humans to the Moon. Th…
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2023 December 06 - Stars Versus Dust in the Carina Nebula
In today's image, we see a part of the Carina Nebula where stars are forming from dust while already formed stars are eating away at the dust, inhibi…
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2023 December 05 - Energetic Particle Strikes the Earth
In today's image, we see a shower of particles from a single, very high energy nucleus striking Earth's upper atmosphere. While these cosmic rays str…
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2023 December 04 - Plane Crossing Crescent Moon
In today's image, we see an image of the waning crescent moon, just a couple of days before new moon. As the image was being taken, a plane flew acro…
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2023 December 03 - Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano
In today's image, we see a video clip which shows the Moon setting behind the rim of a volcano in the Canary Islands. The video will play about 2 min…
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2023 December 02 - Startrails over Beijing Ancient Observatory
In today's image, we see an ancient observatory in Beijing including a giant Armillary Sphere which can be used to measure positions of objects in th…
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2023 December 01 - Milky Way Rising
In today's image, we see the Milky Way above the telescopes of the La Silla observatory in Chile. We are looking in the direction of the center of th…
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