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codl dead hands

@APoD theeere it is! I've been waiting for this one

Astronomy Picture of the Day

In the Center of the Cat's Eye Nebula

Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA; Reprocessing & Copyright: Raul Villaverde

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The featured image shows an image of the center of the Cat's Eye Nebula as taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. A bright star is in the center surrounded by a complex red nebula.
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Milky Way Motion in 3D from Gaia

Credit & License: ESA, Gaia, DPAC; Text: Ata Sarajedini (Florida Atlantic U., Astronomy Minute podcast)

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The featured image shows a map of star motions in the Milky Way galaxy with red, mostly on the left, meaning stars are moving away us. Blue, on the right, shows stars there are mostly toward us.
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A Molten Galaxy Einstein Ring

Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Jha; Processing: Jonathan Lodge

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Comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)

Image Credit & Copyright: Jose J. Chambo (Cometografia)

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Planets of the Solar System

Image Credit & Copyright: Antonio Canaveras, Chiara Tronci, Giovanni Esposito, Giuseppe Conzo, Luciana Guariglia, (Gruppo Astrofili Palidoro)

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Supernova Remnant: The Veil Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Craig Stocks (Utah Desert Remote Observatories)

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The Gamma Cygni Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Min Xie, Chen Wu, Yizhou Zhang, and Benchu Tang

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Good Morning Planets from Chile

Image Credit & Copyright: Elke Schulz (Daniel Verschatse Observatory)

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Opalium

@APoD This image is both a triumph for the current generation... and a headache in the making for the next one. One man's satellite is another's space trash.

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M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy from Hubble

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA; Processing & Copyright: Bernard Miller

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The featured image shows the nearby Whirlpool Galaxy cataloged as Messier 51.
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Arp 286: Trio in Virgo

Image Credit & Copyright: Nicolas Rolland, Telescope.Live

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