Astronomy Picture of the Day . Discovery s Dawn . ... On April 5, visitors to Kennedy Space Center saw these colorful clouds, twisting and drifting through dawn skies. ... NGC 602 and Beyond . ... Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies 5 million year young star cluster NGC 602. ... Recorded on March 1, the night sky includes a nearly full Moon and bright planet Saturn seen through thin clouds near picture center. ... April . ...