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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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Dec 18, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by starwatcher-al
It's still 3 days away from the close conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn and this is how close they are tonight. I included a moon shot to compare how close they are and the size of the moon. If you can zoom in on Saturn you will sorta see the rings.
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Dec 16, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by starwatcher-al
If you are not outside this evening, you should be. hurry, east coast, too late. A replay tomorrow evening with the moon moved to the left.
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Dec 13, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by starwatcher-al
Don't forget the Geminid Meteor shower tonight is at it's maximum. I know, it's cold. Bundle up an get out there.
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Dec 12, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Hathacat
When radiation and winds from massive stars impact clouds of cool gas, they can trigger new generations of stars to form. This is likely what's happening in this object, a region of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula
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Dec 7, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Hathacat
The Umbrella Galaxy ( NGC 4651)
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Dec 7, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Hathacat
I would not normally post a joke here, but come on!
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Dec 4, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by yvilletom
Has NASA aborted the James Webb Space Telescope? I understood it’s to be launched in 2021 but there’s now talk about another Hubble. What’s NASA doing?
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Nov 23, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Dark Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
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Nov 19, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Arp 84 is a pair of interacting galaxies
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Nov 17, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Pedrohbds
History of astronomy in memes
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Nov 16, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by starwatcher-al
December will be a busy month. SKIES OF ARIZONA by Al Schober Ok, it's December and it's supposed to be cold. But the year 2020 has been anything but normal in so many ways. As I am writing this in mid November it's 70 degrees during the day so all...
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Nov 15, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Cassini looking at Saturns Moons. truly amazing shots
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Nov 11, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Barchan dunes marching across the martian landscape...
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Nov 5, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Hathacat
N44. large Magellanic cloud
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Nov 3, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Hathacat
NGC 6537, the Red Spider Nebula. I always forget what gas is what color representation.
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Oct 26, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Dione and Enceladus seen by Cassini.
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Oct 22, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Hathacat
I have heard this...
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Oct 20, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Cygnus: Bubble and Crescent These clouds of gas and dust drift through rich star fields along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the high flying constellation Cygnus. Caught within the telescopic field of view are the Soap Bubble (lower left)...
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Oct 20, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Frost on Moni. Mars. The Moni Crater is a 5-kilometer crater with ravines on its walls and curved ridges on the ground that meet at the distal ends of the rubble platforms of the ravines. In addition to knowing the formation of the ridges, another of...
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Oct 19, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by BirdMan1
Guess Who's Birthday this Is?
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Oct 19, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by BirdMan1
How About Some Astrophysical Controversy?
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Oct 18, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Perhaps the most-terrifying space photograph .
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Oct 18, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by BirdMan1
We Are in the Merging Lane:
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Oct 18, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Killtheskyfairy
Star Being Sucked In By A Black Hole || Death By Spaghettification
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Oct 18, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Flying past Saturn's moon Dione, Cassini captured this view that includes two smaller moons, Epimetheus and Prometheus, near the planet's rings.
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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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