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2025 October 27 - Two Tails of Comet Lemmon

Posted October 27, 2025

In today's image, we see Comet Lemmon which remains visible in the northwest after sunset for observers in the northern hemisphere. While barely visible...

2025 October 26 - Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula

Posted October 26, 2025

In today's image, we see the Ghost Head Nebula which is a star forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. We also leek at Halloween and discuss it...

2025 October 25 - Webb's Rho Ophiuchi

Posted October 25, 2025

In today's image, we see Rho Ophiuchi star forming region as imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope. The is the nearest star forming region to our...

2025 October 24 - Saturn at Night

Posted October 24, 2025

In today's image, we see Saturn as imaged by the Cassini spacecraft back in September of 2017 a couple of days before it was plunged into Saturn's atmosphere...

2025 October 23 - SWAN, Swan, Eagle

Posted October 23, 2025

In today's image, we see the Swan and Eagle Nebulae as well as Comet SWAN as it passes in front of some of the bright star clouds of our Milky Way galaxy.