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Like NPR "All Things Considered" with a focus on astronomy and space topics to include... literally any object or phenomenon above Earth's atmosphere. (PLEASE abstain from posting anything about astrology)

Like NPR "All Things Considered" with a focus on astronomy and space topics to include... literally any object or phenomenon above Earth's atmosphere. (PLEASE abstain from posting anything about astrology)

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Jun 17, 2021Jun 2021

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Reddish NGC 20 and it's smaller bluish neighbor NGC 2020 belong to the same star forming region.
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Jun 17, 2021Jun 2021

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NGC 6769 6770 and 6771 are a trio of galaxies located between 190 and 200 million light years away in the constellation of Pavo.
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Jun 17, 2021Jun 2021

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M16. Just wonderful.
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Jun 1, 2021Jun 2021

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This is the Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius.
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Jun 1, 2021Jun 2021

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White Aurora Borealis. I know it's not really astronomy, but it's SO pretty!
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May 26, 2021May 2021

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known as NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula
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May 10, 2021May 2021

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A high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto's moon Charon.
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Apr 21, 2021Apr 2021

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In 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe observed & studied the explosion of a star that became known as Tycho's supernova.
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Apr 21, 2021Apr 2021

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Comet Lovejoy disjointed tail caused by solar winds
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Apr 16, 2021Apr 2021

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The portrait features the giant nebula NGC 2014 and its neighbour NGC 2020 which together form part of a vast star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud
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Apr 16, 2021Apr 2021

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Rhea, Saturn's second largest moon and Epimetheus, the smaller moon to the right, against the backdrop of Saturn, its rings, and ring shadows.
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Mar 18, 2021Mar 2021

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Just so you know!
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Mar 18, 2021Mar 2021

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The Twin Jet Nebula, or PN M2-9, is a striking example of a bipolar planetary nebula. Bipolar planetary nebulae are formed when the central object is not a single star, but a binary system. Article also said they thought this one is only 1200 years ...
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Mar 5, 2021Mar 2021

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NGC 2217 is a barred spiral galaxy located 83 million light years from here in the constellation of Canis Major.
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Mar 3, 2021Mar 2021

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How big Andromeda would be in our sky if we could see it all.
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Feb 23, 2021Feb 2021

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I find that I am not coming on as often. Would someone prefer to take over this group? I feel like a bad parent!
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Feb 23, 2021Feb 2021

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Size comparison
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Feb 10, 2021Feb 2021

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Seyfert’s Sextet
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Feb 10, 2021Feb 2021

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Huge Images Show Majestic Beauty and Violence of Large and Small Magellanic Clouds
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Feb 10, 2021Feb 2021

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Nice! .
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Feb 10, 2021Feb 2021

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The Hubble Space Telescope captures a rare view of overlapping galaxies, called NGC 3314. They are about the same distance apart as Andromeda and the Milkyway.
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Jan 24, 2021Jan 2021

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The image of comet 67p was taken by the @europeanspaceagency most ambitious robotic spacecraft, the @rosettamission probe, at a distance of just 20km!
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Jan 3, 2021Jan 2021

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NGC 2736, The Pencil Nebula
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Dec 31, 2020Dec 2020

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At 5,500 light years distant, the Cat’s Paw nebula NGC 6334 is an emission nebula with a red colour that originates from an abundance of ionised hydrogen atoms.
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Dec 30, 2020Dec 2020

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On Dec. 30, 1930, the first-ever photo of the Earth's curvature was taken. This photo was taken by Lieutenant Colonel Albert William Stevens, who was an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps and an aerial photographer. He also happened to be a ...
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Posted by starwatcher-alThe occultation of Mars on the 7th.

Posted by starwatcher-alThe occultation of Mars on the 7th.

Posted by starwatcher-alSolar minimum was in 2019 so the sun is ramping up in flares, spots and prominences.

Posted by starwatcher-alI missed the early phases of the eclipse but the clouds mostly left during totality. All in all a great eclipse. Next one is Nov. 8-22

Posted by starwatcher-alI missed the early phases of the eclipse but the clouds mostly left during totality. All in all a great eclipse. Next one is Nov. 8-22

Posted by RobecologyFor those following the JWST.

Posted by AnonySchmoose The post-launch set-up of the new James Webb telescope has gone very well.

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken October 2nd 2021 with Stellina 1.

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken October 2nd 2021 with Stellina 1.

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken October 2nd 2021 with Stellina 1.

Posted by starwatcher-al Did you know that you can see Venus in the daytime?

Posted by starwatcher-alOne of these days I think that I'll figure out this Nikon.
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