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2024 September 8

M31: The Andromeda Galaxy Image Credit: Subaru (NAOJ), Hubble (NASA/ESA), Mayall (NSF); Processing & Copyright: R. Gendler & R. Croman

Explanation: The most distant object easily visible to the unaided eye is M31, the great Andromeda Galaxy. Even at some two and a half million light-years distant, this immense spiral galaxy – spanning over 200,000 light years – is visible, although as a faint, nebulous cloud in the constellation Andromeda. A bright yellow nucleus, dark winding dust lanes, and expansive spiral arms dotted with blue star clusters and red nebulae, are recorded in this stunning telescopic image which combines data from orbiting Hubble with ground-based images from Subaru and Mayall. In only about 5 billion years, the Andromeda galaxy may be even easier to see – as it will likely span the entire night sky – just before it merges with, or passes right by, our Milky Way Galaxy.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240908.html

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Autumn 2024 is almost here!

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Japanese Autumnal Wordporn

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The Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC), located on the robotic arm of NASA’s InSight lander, took this picture of the Martian surface on Nov. 26, 2018, the same day the spacecraft touched down on the Red Planet. The camera’s transparent dust cover is still on in this image, to prevent particulates kicked up during landing from settling on the camera’s lens. This image was relayed from InSight to Earth via NASA’s Odyssey spacecraft, currently orbiting Mars.

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Saturn - GREEN-BLUE-VIOLET - August 11 1981 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill

Can’t wait to walk down the block and see decorated houses 😮‍💨🍂🎃🧡

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october by OneEyedJax on Flickr.