The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Video Submissions
Real time 4K video - Aurora Borealis/Northern Lights peak activity 11th October 2024The high activity segment of the aurora borealis peak, the event started on the night of the 10th October 2024 and...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Colorful Aurora...
Colorful Aurora over New Zealand Explanation: Sometimes the night sky is full of surprises. Take the sky over Lindis Pass, South Island, New Zealand one-night last week. Instead of a typically calm...
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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Submissions: 2023 November
Ancient Beams by Lefteris Velissaratos, on FlickrStatistics: Posted by Guest — Wed Oct 16, 2024 11:05 pm — Replies 63 — Views 287195
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: The Clipper and...
The Clipper and the Comet Explanation: NASA's Europa Clipper is now headed toward an ocean world beyond Earth. The large spacecraft is tucked into the payload fairing atop the Falcon Heavy rocket in...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Most of Comet...
Most of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Explanation: On October 14 it was hard to capture a full view of Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Taken after the comet's closest approach to our fair planet, this...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Comet...
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Flys Away Explanation: These six panels follow daily apparitions of comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as it moved away from our fair planet during the past week. The images...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Dark Matter in a...
Well, that's a nice surprise! A non-comet, non-aurora APOD! We haven't had many of them lately.My first thought, when I just glimpsed the APOD, was, "Wow, that's a lot of fireflies in that thicket of...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Comet...
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over California Explanation: The tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS were a sight to behold. Pictured, C/2023 A3 (TsuchinshanâATLAS) was captured near peak impressiveness last...
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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS and M5
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS( C/2023 A3 ) and the M5 Serpens Cluster in the same frame. The image was captured in 2024 using a Canon EOS 6D (infrared-modified) digital SLR camera paired with a 65mm APO....
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View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Caught (2024 Oct 23)
As of this minute, there is no main image displayed of this amazing technical feat...Hopethishelp.Statistics: Posted by Guest — Wed Oct 23, 2024 5:41 am — Replies 1 — Views 44
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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • 9 days of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
This montage shows the comet from September 29, 2024 until October 21, photographed from Reunion IslandPrigent by Wilfried Prigent, sur FlickrStatistics: Posted by Prigent — Wed Oct 23, 2024 6:02 am —...
View ArticleThe Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related • Inside a globular...
It's kind of an interesting thought experiment - what would the sky look like from a planet orbiting a member of a globular cluster? I suppose it would depend greatly on the current position of the...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: NGC 7293: The...
Nice APOD. And a very big picture, too, 1.05 MB.NGC 7293: The Helix Nebula. Image Credit & Copyright: Patrick WinklerI don't usually have that much to say about planetary nebulas, but this closeup...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Globular Star...
Globular Star Cluster NGC 6752Bedin 1 in NGC 6752: ZOOM:https://esahubble.org/images/heic1903b/zoomable/CREDIT: NASA/ESAThanks, Jac, I remember the dwarf galaxy behind the globular, but I had no idea...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Phantoms in...
Because the APOD is so large, more than 800 KB, I won't copy it. Instead, let's look at a few other pictures of the illuminating star Gamma Cas, and the "ghosts" named IC 59 and IC 63.Rogelio Bernal...
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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Video Submissions
Dynamics of a Comet's TailThere has been thousands of spectacular images recently taken of Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas and I have finally joined the party...all be it late!Imaged on the 23 of October 2024...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: LDN 43: The...
Yes, the Cosmic Bat Nebula does look like Batman in flight, I'll grant you that.LDN 43: The Cosmic Bat Nebula. Credit & Copyright: Mark Hanson and Mike SelbyThe Cosmic Bat Nebula is also known as...
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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • The traveling comet...
After weeks of trying to capture the comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan Atlas, the weather did not allow it, but the weather itself, giving us a truce, gave us a night, and looking for an alignment and...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: STEVE: A Glowing...
STEVE: A Glowing River over France Explanation: Sometimes a river of hot gas flows over your head. In this case the river created a Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement (STEVE) that glowed...
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