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Milky Way and Aurora over Antarctica Even further in the distance, visible as extended smudges near the top, are the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, satellite galaxies near our huge Milky Way Galaxy. Image Credit: LI Hang #Astronomy

The Sombrero Galaxy from Hubble Fifty million-year-old light from the Sombrero Galaxy can be seen with a small telescope towards the constellation of Virgo. Image Credit: Hubble Heritage Team ( AURA / STScI / NASA ) #Astronomy

Launch imminent: SpaceX Falcon 9 — Starlink (15-16). Due to Launch in 45 Mins. from Vandenberg SFB, United States. Image: SpaceX #Space #RocketLaunch

Visible in the next hour: Lunar Clair-obscur effect - Zeno Steps. Moon visible in Europe, Africa & western Asia. #Astronomy #MoonHour

Infrared Trifid Where visible light pictures show the nebula divided into three parts by dark, obscuring dust lanes, this penetrating infrared image reveals filaments of glowing dust clouds and newborn stars. Image Credit: J. Rho ( SSC/Caltech ), JPL-Caltech, NASA #Astronomy

Ultraviolet Rings of M31 While its spiral arms stand out in visible light images of Andromeda, the arms look more like rings in the GALEX ultraviolet view, a view dominated by the energetic light from hot, young, massive stars. Image Credit: GALEX, JPL-Caltech, NASA #Astronomy

3D moon

Comet PanSTARRS, Moon, and Venus Over the trees, far in the distance, are bright Venus and an even brighter crescent Moon. Image Credit: Amit Kamble ( Auckland Astronomical Society ); Rollover Annotation: Judy Schmidt #Astronomy

Today: Full Moon 'Hunters Moon', 100% illuminated, distance 366,692 km #Astronomy #Moon Moon visualization: NASA SVS — rendered from LRO data

Visible in the next hour: Lunar Clair-obscur effect - L-Shaped Mountain. Moon visible in Africa, Asia & the Indian Ocean region. #Astronomy #MoonHour

Comet PanSTARRS and a Crescent Moon A crescent moon dominates the image center. Image Credit: Yuri Beletsky ( Las Campanas Observatory, Carnegie Institution ) #Astronomy

The First Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral Shown above, the Bumper V-2 was an ambitious two-stage rocket program that topped a V-2 missile base with a WAC Corporal rocket. Image Credit: GRIN, NASA #Astronomy

Launch imminent: CASC Unconfirmed Vehicle — TBD. Due to Launch in 50 Mins. from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, China. #Space #RocketLaunch

Charon Charon is seen in unprecedented detail in this image from New Horizons. Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Inst. #Astronomy

50 Miles on Pluto A 50 mile (80 kilometer) trip across Pluto would cover the distance indicated by the scale bar in this startling image. Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Inst. #Astronomy

Pluto Resolved Featured here is the highest resolution image of Pluto taken before closest approach, an image that really brings Pluto into a satisfying focus. Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Inst. #Astronomy

Now: Moon & Neptune — Conjunction: 5° separation ends. #Astronomy #Space

Today: inferior conjunction of Venus #Astronomy #Venus

Check out Knuds diurnal libration of the Moon images. We see a slightly different point of the moon depending on our position on Earth. Knud captured a great example of it and has put it on Wikipedia Click the link Thanks for Sharing Knud! @knudjahnke.bsky.social en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librati...

New Horizons Passes Pluto and Charon Pluto flyby updates: #PlutoFlyby, Twitter, Facebook, Web, NASA TV Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Inst. #Astronomy

Now: Moon & Neptune — Conjunction: 5° separation begins. #Astronomy #Space

Last Look at Pluto's Charon Side Assuming the robotic spacecraft operates as hoped, images taken of the other side of Pluto, taken near closest approach, will be about 300 times more detailed. Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Inst. #Astronomy

Launch imminent: CASC Unconfirmed Vehicle — TBD. Due to Launch in 75 Mins. from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. #Space #RocketLaunch

New Horizons Launch to Pluto The New Horizons spacecraft roared off its launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA in 2006 toward adventures in the distant Solar System. Image Credit: Ben Cooper #Astronomy

Today: Lunar libration maximum toward the West #Astronomy #Moon

Visible in the next hour: Lunar Clair-obscur effect - Broken Engagement Ring. Moon visible in the Americas, Europe & Africa. #Astronomy #MoonHour

Geology on Pluto New Horizon 's images and data on these structures will likely be studied for years to come in an effort to better understand the geologic history of Pluto and our Solar System. Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Inst. #Astronomy

Sunset just now

Messier 43 It's just part of the star forming complex of gas and dust that includes the larger, more famous neighboring Messier 42, the Great Orion Nebula. Image Credit: Yuri Beletsky ( Carnegie Las Campanas Obs. ), Igor Chilingarian ( Harvard-Smithsonian CfA ) #Astronomy

5 Million Miles from Pluto A bright heart-shaped region on the right is about 1,200 miles (2,000) kilometers across, possibly covered with a frost of frozen methane, nitrogen, and/or carbon monoxide. Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Inst. #Astronomy

In the Company of Dione First, the large orb looming behind Dione is Saturn itself, faintly lit by sunlight first reflected from the rings. Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute #Astronomy

The Milky Way from a Malibu Sea Cave After some planning, he timed this single shot image through the 10-meter high cave entrance to show the Milky Way far in the distance. Image Credit: Jack Fusco #Astronomy

Colorful Clouds Near Rho Ophiuchi These star clouds are even more colorful than humans can see, emitting light across the electromagnetic spectrum. Image Credit: Markus Noller ( Deep-Sky-Images ) #Astronomy

Visible in the next hour: Lunar Clair-obscur effect - Golden Handle. Moon visible in the Americas & much of the Pacific. #Astronomy #MoonHour

Launch imminent: Galactic Energy Ceres-1 — TBD. Due to Launch in 35 Mins. from Yellow Sea, China. #Space #RocketLaunch

Launch imminent: SpaceX Falcon 9 — Starlink (15-15). Due to Launch in 70 Mins. from Vandenberg SFB, United States. Image: SpaceX #Space #RocketLaunch

Visible in the next hour: Lunar Clair-obscur effect - Gruithuisens Lunar CIty. Moon visible in Europe, Africa & western Asia. #Astronomy #MoonHour

Zeta Oph: Runaway Star Zeta Oph was likely once a member of a binary star system, its companion star was more massive and hence shorter lived. Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Spitzer Space Telescope #Astronomy

Venus and Jupiter are Close Of course, Venus and Jupiter are still close. Image Credit: Composite Image Credit & Copyright: Wang, Letian #Astronomy

Now: Moon & Pluto — Conjunction: 5° separation ends. #Astronomy #Space

Launch imminent: JAXA H-3 — Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX). Due to Launch in 41 Mins. from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. #Space #RocketLaunch

Venus, Jupiter, and Noctilucent Clouds The brightest objects visible above the horizon will be Venus and Jupiter, with Venus being the brighter of the two. Image Credit: Petr Horlek #Astronomy

Visible in the next hour: Lunar Clair-obscur effect - Plato's Hook. Moon visible in Europe, Africa & western Asia. #Astronomy #MoonHour

An Unusual Mountain on Asteroid Ceres Also visible across Ceres' surface are some enigmatic light areas: bright spots whose origin and composition that also remain an active topic of investigation. Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, UCLA, MPS/DLR/IDA #Astronomy

Visible in the next hour: Lunar Clair-obscur effect - The Eyes of Clavius. Moon visible in Africa, Asia & the Indian Ocean region. #Astronomy #MoonHour

Now: Moon & Pluto — Conjunction: 4° separation ends. #Astronomy #Space

Visible in the next hour: Lunar Clair-obscur effect - Gruithuisens Lunar CIty. Moon visible in East Asia, Australia & the Pacific. #Astronomy #MoonHour

All the Colors of the Sun Here are all the visible colors of the Sun, produced by passing the Sun's light through a prism -like device. Image Credit: Nigel Sharp ( NSF ), FTS, NSO, KPNO, AURA, NSF #Astronomy

Now: Moon & Pluto — Conjunction: 4° separation begins. #Astronomy #Space

Visible in the next hour: Lunar Clair-obscur effect - Two Bright Stars. Moon visible in the Americas & much of the Pacific. #Astronomy #MoonHour