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A Meteor and the Gegenschein
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Big Dipper among spring blossoms
Big Dipper among spring blossoms
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The Perseids and the Plough
Despite interfering moonlight, many denizens of planet Earth were able to watch this year's Perseid meteor shower.
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A View Toward M106
Big, bright, beautiful spiral, Messier 106 dominates this cosmic vista.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Aurora Shimmer, Meteor Flash
Some night skies are serene and passive -- others shimmer and flash. The later, in the form of auroras and meteors, haunted skies over the island of Kvaløya, near Tromsø Norway on 2009 December 13.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Summer to Winter Milky Way
Taken near local midnight, this autumn night's panorama follows the arch of the Milky Way across the northern horizon from the High Fens, Eifel Nature Park at the border of Belgium and Germany.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Window Seat over Hudson Bay
On the August 18 night flight from San Francisco to Zurich, a window seat offered this tantalizing view when curtains of light draped a colorful glow across the sky over Hudson Bay.
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Big Dipper over Kelardasht City
Big Dipper over Kelardasht City
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