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		| Pluto in True Color
  
  What color is Pluto, really? It took some effort to figure out.   
     
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		| 25 Brightest Stars in the Night Sky
  
  Do you know the names of some of the brightest stars?   
     
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		| M1 Crab nebula
  
  Narrow band imaging (true colors)   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: R Leporis: A Vampire's Star
  
  Better known as Hind's Crimson Star, R Leporis is a rare star in planet Earth's night sky. It's also a shocking shade of red.   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Nearby Cepheid Variable RS Pup
  
  In the center is one of the most important stars on the sky.   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Highlights of the Summer Sky
  
  What can you see in the night sky this summer?   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Star Size Comparison 2
  
  How big is our Sun compared to other stars? In dramatic and popular videos featured on YouTube, the relative sizes of planets, stars, and even the universe are shown from smallest to largest.   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Saturn's Hyperion in Natural Color
  
  What lies at the bottom of Hyperion's strange craters?   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula
  
  Blown by the wind from a massive star, this interstellar apparition has a surprisingly familiar shape.   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Intrepid Crater on Mars from Opportunity
  
  The robotic rover Opportunity sometimes passes small craters on Mars   
     
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