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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: A Cosmic Rose:...
A Cosmic Rose: NGC 2237 in Monoceros Explanation: The Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237, is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of flowers, but it is probably the most famous. At the...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Parhelia at...
Parhelia at Abisko Explanation: Three suns seem to hug the horizon in this otherworldly winterscape. But the evocative scene was captured during a February 3rd snowmobile exploration of the...
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And how far away at 99% C?Well, if the source is 55 million ly away, then the particles following the light can't be more than about 500,000 ly away.So why can we not conclude in the same way that if...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Perijove 11:...
Perijove 11: Passing Jupiter Explanation: Here comes Jupiter. NASA's robotic spacecraft Juno is continuing on its highly elongated orbits around our Solar System's largest planet. The featured video...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: SpaceX Rocket...
SpaceX Rocket Launch Plume over California Explanation: What's happened to the sky? Last Monday, the photogenic launch plume from a SpaceX rocket launch created quite a spectacle over parts of...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Thor's...
Thor's Helmet versus the Seagull Explanation: Seen as a seagull and a duck, these nebulae are not the only cosmic clouds to evoke images of flight. But both are winging their way across this broad...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: HH 30: A Star...
I miss the mention of the conical outflow, co-axial to the thin and bright jetNear-infrared imaging, provided by JWST, reveals conical outflows alongside the two jets.Statistics: Posted by VictorBorun...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Messier 87 (2025...
Messier 87 Explanation: Enormous elliptical galaxy Messier 87 is about 50 million light-years away. Also known as NGC 4486, the giant galaxy holds trillions of stars compared to the mere billions of...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Hubble's...
Hubble's Andromeda Galaxy Mosaic Explanation: The largest photomosaic ever assembled from Hubble Space Telescope image data is a panoramic view of our neighboring spiral Andromeda Galaxy. With 600...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Rima Hyginus...
Rima Hyginus Explanation: Rima Hyginus is a spectacular fissure, some 220 kilometers long, found near the center of the lunar near side. Easy to spot in telescopic views of the Moon, it stretches top...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Saturn in...
Saturn in Infrared from Cassini Explanation: Saturn looks slightly different in infrared light. Bands of clouds show great structure, including long stretching storms. Also quite striking in infrared...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Light Pillar over...
Light Pillar over Erupting Etna Explanation: Can a lava flow extend into the sky? No, but light from the lava flow can. One effect is something quite unusual -- a volcanic light pillar. More...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: M41: The Little...
Oh wow! To me this APOD is a beautiful and mouth-watering as a box of colorfully wrapped and glittering pieces of chocolate!M41: The Little Beehive Star Cluster. Image Credit & Copyright: Xinran...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Einstein Ring...
So what's the difference between an Einstein Ring and an Einstein Cross?I found this image on the net which was described as an Einstein Ring:What are the four bright spots doing there? Apparently...
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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Submissions: 2025 January /...
Bewitched Galactic Viewshttps://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/j_9k-Le ... dlMP5Y.jpgLink to the imageFrames:3 panel mosaicPanel 1: 94x120 sPanel 2: 94x120 sPanel 3: 94x120 sLocation: Peloponnese in Greece...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Open Star...
It's not easy being green , but it's fairly easy being blu(ish) and masquerading as a member of cluster M35!So there is a little less of M35, at least when it comes to bright blue stars, than seems to...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Athena to the...
Athena to the Moon Explanation: Planet Earth hangs in the background of this space age selfie. The snapshot was captured by the IM-2 Nova-C lander Athena, just after stage separation following its...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Nacreous Clouds...
Nice APOD!slopeHi Ann! I saw this while I was outsideStatistics: Posted by dianereese — Fri Feb 28, 2025 7:00 am — Replies 16 — Views 21374
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The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Found Images: 2025
Gorgeous portrait of Fornax Ahttps://astrotrex.wordpress.com/2024/12 ... y/#englishsprunki retakeCredit: Team ShaRA; data acquired via Chilescope in Rio Hurtado, ChileThere is lots and lots of...
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The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related • Two galactic centers
Here's two more images I like to juxtapose, both of these galaxies have AGNs like the ones above, and the second one, NGC 4380, is also a BL Lac object, a type of AGN that has abrupt variations in...
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