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2024 September 12 - Young Star Cluster NGC 1333

Posted September 12, 2024

In today's image, we see a young star cluster as imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope. Here we can look for lower mass stars and brown dwarf stars...

2024 September 11 - A Night Sky over the Tatra Mountains

Posted September 11, 2024

In today's image, we see a number of different objects in the sky over the Tatra Mountains. This includes our Milky Way, including many stars and nebulae...

2024 September 10 - Horsehead and Orion Nebulas

Posted September 10, 2024

In today's image, we see the region around the constellation of Orion. This includes the Horsehead Nebula, which is close to the belt of Orion and the...

2024 September 09 - Mars: Moon, Craters, and Volcanos

Posted September 8, 202400:04:05

In today's image, we see an image of the planet Mars from space. Here we see one of the moon - Phobos as well as craters and volcanos on the surface...

2024 September 08 - M31: The Andromeda Galaxy

Posted September 8, 2024

In today's image, we see the spiral galaxy known as M31 or more popularly known as the Andromeda Galaxy. This is the nearest large spiral galaxy to...