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- APOD: Planets of the Solar System (2022 Jun 25)
Planets of the Solar System Explanation: Simultaneous images from four cameras were combined to construct this atmospheric predawn skyscape The cooperative astro-panorama captures all the planets of the Solar System, just before sunrise on June 24 That foggy morning found innermost planet Mercury close to the horizon but just visible against the twilight, below and left of brilliant Venus
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- APOD: Saturns Northern Hexagon (2023 Jun 18)
Re: APOD: Saturn's Northern Hexagon (2023 Jun 18) by Roger Niesen » Sun Jun 18, 2023 6:03 pm It seems to me this is not a hexagon, but a sine wave of six cycles occurring in a circle, with an amplitude that doubles the curve of the troughs and flattens out the crests in bending it around the axis
- APOD: NGC 7331 Close Up (2022 Sep 22) - Starship Asterisk*
Re: APOD: NGC 7331 Close Up (2022 Sep 22) by Ronald Jensen » Thu Sep 22, 2022 5:57 am One thing I've often wondered about these pictures of distant galaxies, especially ones that are from an angle like this one These galaxies are tens of thousands of light years across, often more than a hundred thousand light years across
- APOD: Sunspots on an Active Sun (2023 Jul 11)
Re: APOD: Sunspots on an Active Sun (2023 Jul 11) by Tszabeau » Tue Jul 11, 2023 12:34 pm If you stare at it long enough and defocus, you might see a 3D teapot
- APOD: M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange. . . (2024 Oct 09)
Re: APOD: M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange (2024 Oct 09) by Ann » Wed Oct 09, 2024 7:19 am This is exactly the kind of APOD that I should comment on, but I have no time this morning! (Yes, it's morning here in Sweden) BBL But before I go, I'll leave you with two pictures that you might want to ponder in relation to the APOD
- APOD: Doomed Star Eta Carinae (2023 Jul 09) - Starship Asterisk*
APOD Robot wrote: ↑ Sun Jul 09, 2023 4:07 amDoomed Star Eta Carinae " Eta Carinae, in the Keyhole Nebula, is the only star currently thought to emit natural LASER light " The word "LASER" is an acronym and stands for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation"
- APOD: NGC 3521: Galaxy in a Bubble (2022 May 05)
APOD: NGC 3521: Galaxy in a Bubble (2022 May 05) by APOD Robot » Thu May 05, 2022 4:05 am NGC 3521: Galaxy in a Bubble Explanation: Gorgeous spiral galaxy NGC 3521 is a mere 35 million light-years away, toward the northern springtime constellation Leo
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