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Back to Search2023 September 19 - HH 211: Jets from a Forming Star
In today's image, we see HH 211 - this is an example of what is called a Herbig-Haro object. These objects are associated with newly forming stars an…
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2023 September 18 - The Red Sprite and the Tree
In today's image, we see an example of red sprite lightning in the sky. This lightning is associated with storm clouds but occurs much higher in the …
2 years, 5 months ago
2023 September 17 - Moon Mountains Magnified during Ring of Fire Eclipse
In today's image, we see an image of an annular eclipse of the Sun from 2020. This type of eclipse occurs when the Moon is a bit farther away and doe…
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2023 September 16 - Fireball over Iceland
In today's image, we see a fireball visible in the sky over Iceland, near the Arctic Circle. A fireball is a meteor formed by a larger piece of mater…
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2023 September 15 - Venus, Moon, and the Smoking Mountain
In today's image, we see an image taken from an airplane on a flight to Mexico City. We see the active volcano off in the distance. And, up in the sk…
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2023 September 14 - NGC 7331 and Beyond
In today's image, we see the spiral galaxy known as NGC 7331. this galaxy is about 50 million light years from Earth. Beyond it we see several other …
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2023 September 13 - NGC 4632: Galaxy with a Hidden Polar Ring
In today's image, we see the spiral galaxy known as NGC 4632. The galaxy has a recently discovered polar ring - the ring of material is essentially p…
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2023 September 12 - Galaxy Cluster Abell 370 and beyond
In today's image, we see the galaxy cluster known as Abell 370. The arcs in the photo are distorted images of distant galaxies beyond the cluster tha…
2 years, 5 months ago
2023 September 11 - Beautiful Comet Nishimura
In today's image, we see both Comet Nishimura and the planet Venus in the morning sky just before sunrise. Comet Nishimura will make its closest appr…
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2023 September 10 - An Annular Solar Eclipse over New Mexico
In today's image, we see an annular solar eclipse from 2012 in New Mexico. Another such Eclipse will occur for parts of North and South America on Oc…
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