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2022 October 30 - Night on a Spooky Planet

Posted October 30, 2022 • 00:03:14

In today's image, we see the spooky planet known as Earth. The clouds in the foreground are clouds of steam from vents in the ground in Iceland. The...

2022 October 29 - LDN 673: Dark Clouds in Aquilla

Posted October 29, 2022 • 00:03:37

In today's image, we see the dark nebula known by its catalog designation of LDN 673. This is an example of a dark nebula in which star formation is...

2022 October 28 - Seven Years of Halley Dust

Posted October 28, 2022 • 00:04:46

In today's image, we see a number of meteors which in this case are pieces of Comet Halley which visits the inner solar system once every 75 years....

2022 October 27 - Sunset, Moonset, Taj Mahal

Posted October 27, 2022 • 00:04:28

In today's image, we see a partial solar eclipse in the sky over the Taj Mahal. The eclipse occurred just a couple of days ago. The next eclipse will...

2022 October 26 - Cocoon Nebula Wide Field

Posted October 26, 2022 • 00:03:28

In today's image, we see the Cocoon Nebula which bears a vague resemblance to a comet with a head to the left side and the tail stretching out to the...