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2025 April 18 - Comet C/2025 F2 SWAN

Posted April 18, 2025

In today's image, we see a comet currently visible with binoculars or a small telescope in the sky. Comet SWAN will be making its perihelion (closest...

2025 April 17 - Virgo Cluster Galaxies

Posted April 17, 2025

In today's image, we see the Virgo galaxy cluster, the nearest large galaxy cluster to our own local group of galaxies. This includes the giant elliptical...

2025 April 16 - Halo of the Cat's Eye

Posted April 16, 202500:03:23

In today's image, we see the Cat's Eye nebula. The is an example of a planetary nebula. Here we look at an image which enhances the outer layers to...

2025 April 15 - Planetary Nebula NGC 1514 from Webb

Posted April 15, 2025

In today's image, we see a planetary nebula as imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope. A planetary nebula is the end state of a star much like our...

2025 April 14 - The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT

Posted April 14, 2025

In today's image, we see the region around the center of our galaxy as imaged by an array of radio telescope in South Africa. The inset image is a small...