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Moonrise Through Mauna Kea's Shadow It cannot -- what was photographed here is a moonrise through the shadow of a large volcano. Image Credit: Michael Connelley (U. Hawaii) #Astronomy

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Launch imminent: SpaceX Starship — Starship Orbital Flight 1 (Starship Flight 14). Due to Launch in 75 Mins. from SpaceX Starbase, United States. #Space #RocketLaunch

Rocket launching soon for the Starship Orbital Flight 1 (Starship Flight 14) mission

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M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy Though M51 looks faint and fuzzy to the eye, deep images like this one can reveal striking colors and the faint tidal debris around the smaller galaxy Image Credit: Martin Pugh #Astronomy

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MESSENGER's Last Day on Mercury Launched in 2004, the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemisty and Ranging spacecraft completed over 4,000 orbits after reaching the Solar System's innermost planet in 2011. Credit: NASA APOD (2015) #Astronomy

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Comet Churyumov Gerasimenko in Crescent Additionally, neither Rosetta nor its Philae lander detected a magnetic field around the comet nucleus, indicating that magnetism might have been unimportant in the evolution of the early Solar System. Credit: NASA APOD (2015) #Astronomy

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Visible in the next hour: Lunar Clair-obscur effect - Zeno Steps. Moon visible in the Americas, Pacific & eastern Oceania. #Astronomy #MoonHour

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

Moon & Neptune in conjunction in the night sky

Massive Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841 A mere 46 million light-years distant, spiral galaxy NGC 2841 can be found in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. Image Credit: Roberto Colombari #Astronomy

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Space Station over Lunar Terminator The sun-glinting station can be seen just to the dark side of the day / night line known as the terminator. Image Credit: Dani Caxete #Astronomy

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Today: Full Moon 'Corn Moon' / Harvest Moon, 100% illuminated, distance 381,067 km #Astronomy #Moon Moon visualization: NASA SVS — rendered from LRO data

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Launch imminent: SpaceX Falcon 9 — USSF-385 ("R-3"). Due to Launch in 60 Mins. from Vandenberg SFB, United States. #Space #RocketLaunch

Rocket launching soon for the USSF-385 ("R-3") mission

Planetary Nebula Mz3: The Ant Nebula Planetary nebula Mz3 is being cast off by a star similar to our Sun that is, surely, round. Credit: NASA APOD (2015) #Astronomy

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

The L-Shaped Mountain lunar light effect

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Cluster and Starforming Region Westerlund 2 Located 20,000 light-years away in the constellation Carina, the young cluster and starforming region Westerlund 2 fills this cosmic scene. Image Credit: NASA #Astronomy

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Launch imminent: Rocket Lab Electron — StriX Launch 13. Due to Launch in 26 Mins. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. #Space #RocketLaunch

Rocket launching soon for the StriX Launch 13 mission

Blue Tears and the Milky Way City lights along the coast of mainland China shine beneath low clouds in the west but stars and the faint Milky Way still fill the night above. Image Credit: Rogelio Bernal Andreo #Astronomy

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

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Meteor in the Milky Way Flashing toward the southeastern horizon, the meteor's brilliant streak crosses the central region of the rising Milky Way. Image Credit: Marko Korosec #Astronomy

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SkyCalPro | Kev @skycalpro.com · 24/09/2026

Colorful Star Clouds in Cygnus Featured here is a star forming region rich in glowing gas and dark dust toward the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus), near the bright star Sadr. Image Credit: Andr van der Hoeven #Astronomy

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Ring Galaxy AM 0644-741 from Hubble That galaxy, AM 0644-741, is known as a ring galaxy and was caused by an immense galaxy collision. Credit: NASA APOD (2015) #Astronomy

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SkyCalPro | Kev @skycalpro.com · 24/09/2026

Launch imminent: CASC Unconfirmed Vehicle — TBD. Due to Launch in 45 Mins. from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. #Space #RocketLaunch

Rocket launching soon for the TBD mission

SkyCalPro | Kev @skycalpro.com · 24/09/2026

The Great Crater Hokusai This mosaic of oblique views focuses on Hokusai close up, its sunlit central peaks, terraced crater walls, and frozen sea of impact melt on the crater's floor. Credit: NASA APOD (2015) #Astronomy

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M46 Plus Two Image Credit: Denis Priou #Astronomy

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Launch imminent: CASC Unconfirmed Vehicle — TBD. Due to Launch in 30 Mins. from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, China. #Space #RocketLaunch

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

The Broken Engagement Ring lunar light effect

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One-Armed Spiral Galaxy NGC 4725 While most spiral galaxies, including our own Milky Way, have two or more spiral arms, NGC 4725 has only one. Image Credit: Martin Pugh #Astronomy

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Mystic Mountain Dust Pillars Located in the Carina Nebula and known informally as Mystic Mountain, these pillar's appearance is dominated by the dark dust even though it is composed mostly of clear hydrogen gas. Image Credit: David Forteza #Astronomy

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Milky Way over Erupting Volcano Visible in the sky, in separate exposures taken a few minutes later, are many stars much further in the distance, as well as the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy situated horizontally overhead. Image Credit: Sergio Montfar #Astronomy

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Sentinels of the Arctic Image Credit: Niccol Bonfadini #Astronomy

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

Moon & Pluto in conjunction in the night sky

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Venus in the West Also known as the Seven Sisters, the stars of the compact Pleiades cluster appear above Venus in this picture. Image Credit: Babak Tafreshi #Astronomy

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NGC 2903: A Missing Jewel in Leo One of the brighter galaxies visible from the northern hemisphere, NGC 2903 is surprisingly missing from Charles Messier's catalog of lustrous celestial sights. Image Credit: Tony Hallas #Astronomy

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

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Visible in the next hour: Lunar Clair-obscur effect - Golden Handle. Moon visible in Asia & Australia. #Astronomy #MoonHour

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A Golden Gate Eclipse Shadows play on the water and in the sky in this panoramic view of the April 4 total lunar eclipse over San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. Image Credit: Rogelio Bernal Andreo #Astronomy

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Full Moon in Earth's Shadow Last week the Full Moon was completely immersed in Earth's dark umbral shadow, just briefly though. Image Credit: Rolf Olsen #Astronomy

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

The Gruithuisens Lunar CIty lunar light effect

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In the Heart of the Virgo Cluster The Virgo Cluster of Galaxies is the closest cluster of galaxies to our Milky Way Galaxy. Image Credit: R. Colombari/G. Paglioli #Astronomy

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NGC 3293: A Bright Young Star Cluster Open cluster NGC 3293 is located in the constellation Carina, lies at a distance of about 8000 light years, and has a particularly high abundance of these young bright stars. #Astronomy

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Saturn, Tethys, Rings, and Shadows At that distance (around 300,000 kilometers) it is well outside Saturn's main bright rings, but Tethys is still one of five major moons that find themselves within the boundaries of the faint and tenuous outer E ring. #Astronomy

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Visible in the next hour: Lunar Clair-obscur effect - Plato's Hook. Moon visible in the Americas, Pacific & eastern Oceania. #Astronomy #MoonHour

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Launch imminent: SpaceX Falcon 9 — Starlink (15-27). Due to Launch in 47 Mins. from Vandenberg SFB, United States. Image: SpaceX #Space #RocketLaunch

Starlink night fairing Launch-level image associated with Starlink (15-27). Credit: SpaceX. Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0.