... The glittering objects visible in this photograph are, from lower left to upper right: Phoenix, our Moon, Venus, and Jupiter. ... An Annular Eclipse of the Sun . ... The above picture was taken at that time by a video camera in Mersing on the East Coast of Malaysia and emailed to APOD yesterday from an internet cafe in Kuala Lumpur. Vega . ... Vega is a bright blue star 25 light years away. ... M13 is one of the most prominent and best known globular clusters. ... Doomed Star Eta Carinae . ...