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2024 June 30 - Earthrise: A Video Reconstruction

Posted June 30, 2024 • 00:03:54

In today's image, we see a video put together from the famous Earthrise photo taken by the Apollo 8 astronauts. This is what would have been seen by...

2024 June 29 - A Solstice Moon

Posted June 29, 2024 •

In today's image, we see the path of the full moon across the sky from about one week ago. This is the summer solstice moon which is very low in the...

2024 June 28 - Comet 13P/Olbers

Posted June 28, 2024 • 00:03:33

In today's image, we see a comet. In many ways, this is much like Halley's Comet. Olber's Comet orbits the Sun just a little faster than Halley's completing...

2024 June 27 - Protostellar Outflows in Serpens

Posted June 27, 2024 • 00:04:24

In today's image, we see outflows from young, forming stars. This has been imaged with the James Webb Space Telescope looking at a small region around...

2024 June 26 - Timelapse: Aurora, SAR, and the Milky Way

Posted June 26, 2024 • 00:03:42

In today's image, we see time-lapse video showing several different phenomena on our sky. We see the aurora, the SAR (Stable Auroral Red arcs), and...