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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
Most of Comet Tsuchinshan ATLAS
17.10.2024
On October 14 it was hard to capture a full view of Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Taken after the comet's closest approach to our fair planet, this evening skyview almost does though. With...
The Clipper and the Comet
16.10.2024
NASA's Europa Clipper is now headed toward an ocean world beyond Earth. The large spacecraft is tucked into the payload fairing atop the Falcon Heavy rocket in this photo, taken at Kennedy Space Center the day before the mission's successful October 14 launch.
APOD: 2024 October 16 Б Colorful Aurora over New Zealand
15.10.2024
Sometimes the night sky is full of surprises. Take the sky over Lindis Pass, South Island, New Zealand one-night last week. Instead of a typically calm night sky filled with constant stars, a busy and dynamic night sky appeared.
APOD: 2024 October 15 Б Animation: Comet Tsuchinshan ATLAS Tails Prediction
14.10.2024
How bright and strange will the tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS become? The comet has brightened dramatically over the few weeks as it passed its closest to the Sun and, just three days ago, passed its closest to the Earth.
APOD: 2024 October 14 Б Comet Tsuchinshan ATLAS Over the Lincoln Memorial
13.10.2024
Go outside at sunset tonight and see a comet! C/2023 A3 (TsuchinshanБATLAS) has become visible in the early evening sky in northern locations to the unaided eye. To see the comet, look west through a sky with a low horizon.
APOD: 2024 October 13 Б Aurora Timelapse Over Italian Alps
12.10.2024
Did you see last night's aurora? This question was relevant around much of the world a few days ago because a powerful auroral storm became visible unusually far from the Earth's poles.
Northern Lights, West Virginia
11.10.2024
A gravel country lane gently winds through this colorful rural night skyscape. Captured from Monroe County in southern West Virginia on the evening of October 10, the starry sky above is a familiar sight. Shimmering curtains of aurora borealis or northern lights definitely do not make regular appearances here, though.
Ring of Fire over Easter Island
10.10.2024
The second solar eclipse of 2024 began in the Pacific. On October 2nd the Moon's shadow swept from west to east, with an annular eclipse visible along a narrow antumbral shadow path tracking...
Five Bright Comets from SOHO
9.10.2024
Five bright comets are compared in these panels, recorded by a coronograph on board the long-lived, sun-staring SOHO spacecraft. Arranged chronologically all are recognizable by their tails streaming away from...
APOD: 2024 October 9 Б M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange Center
8.10.2024
What's happening at the center of spiral galaxy M106? A swirling disk of stars and gas, M106's appearance is dominated by blue spiral arms and red dust lanes near the nucleus, as shown in the featured image taken from the Kuwaiti desert.
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