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The Sombrero Galaxy from Hubble
Fifty million-year-old light from the Sombrero Galaxy can be seen with a small telescope towards the constellation of Virgo.
Image Credit: Hubble Heritage Team ( AURA / STScI / NASA )
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Launch imminent:
SpaceX Falcon 9 — Starlink (15-16).
Due to Launch in 45 Mins. from Vandenberg SFB, United States.
Image: SpaceX
#Space #RocketLaunch
ALT Starlink night fairing Launch-level image associated with Starlink (15-16). Credit: SpaceX. Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0.
Launch imminent:
SpaceX Falcon 9 — Starlink (15-16).
Due to Launch in 45 Mins. from Vandenberg SFB, United States.
Image: SpaceX
#Space #RocketLaunch
ALT Starlink night fairing Launch-level image associated with Starlink (15-16). Credit: SpaceX. Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0.
Visible in the next hour:
Lunar Clair-obscur effect - Zeno Steps.
Moon visible in Europe, Africa & western Asia.
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#MoonHour
Infrared Trifid
Where visible light pictures show the nebula divided into three parts by dark, obscuring dust lanes, this penetrating infrared image reveals filaments of glowing dust clouds and newborn stars.
Image Credit: J. Rho ( SSC/Caltech ), JPL-Caltech, NASA
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Ultraviolet Rings of M31
While its spiral arms stand out in visible light images of Andromeda, the arms look more like rings in the GALEX ultraviolet view, a view dominated by the energetic light from hot, young, massive stars.
Image Credit: GALEX, JPL-Caltech, NASA
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Comet PanSTARRS, Moon, and Venus
Over the trees, far in the distance, are bright Venus and an even brighter crescent Moon.
Image Credit: Amit Kamble ( Auckland Astronomical Society ); Rollover Annotation: Judy Schmidt
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Today: Full Moon 'Hunters Moon', 100% illuminated, distance 366,692 km
#Astronomy #Moon
Moon visualization: NASA SVS — rendered from LRO data
Visible in the next hour:
Lunar Clair-obscur effect - L-Shaped Mountain.
Moon visible in Africa, Asia & the Indian Ocean region.
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#MoonHour
Comet PanSTARRS and a Crescent Moon
A crescent moon dominates the image center.
Image Credit: Yuri Beletsky ( Las Campanas Observatory, Carnegie Institution )
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The First Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral
Shown above, the Bumper V-2 was an ambitious two-stage rocket program that topped a V-2 missile base with a WAC Corporal rocket.
Image Credit: GRIN, NASA
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Launch imminent:
CASC Unconfirmed Vehicle — TBD.
Due to Launch in 50 Mins. from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, China.
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Charon
Charon is seen in unprecedented detail in this image from New Horizons.
Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Inst.
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SkyCalPro.com retweeted
This picture has never seen a desktop. Data beamed directly from the #Vespera II telescope onto my iPhone and slightly adjusted in the incl. SkyColor app.
Why am I showing you this?
Well, this is a refreshing approach to dive in the deep sky. It eliminates the need for special software, a powerful computer, advanced skills and a lot of TIME.⏳🔭
#astrophotography #galaxies NGC7331 & friends
50 Miles on Pluto
A 50 mile (80 kilometer) trip across Pluto would cover the distance indicated by the scale bar in this startling image.
Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Inst.
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Pluto Resolved
Featured here is the highest resolution image of Pluto taken before closest approach, an image that really brings Pluto into a satisfying focus.
Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Inst.
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SkyCalPro.com retweeted
🌌 The sky is still bleeding blue when you bend to the eyepiece. ✨🔭 Red light at your feet. The Big Dipper overhead. Five of its stars are a family that has travelled together since long before us. You look past all of them, into the dark.
And you don’t say a word. #Stargazing
