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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Red Nebula, Green Comet, Blue Stars
  
  This festively colored skyscape was captured in the early morning hours of December 17, following Comet Wirtanen's closest approach to planet Earth. The comet was just visible to the eye.   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Geminids and Friends
  
  From a radiant in the constellation of the Twins, the annual Geminid meteor shower rained down on our fair planet this week.   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Shadow Rise on the Inside Passage
  
  At sunset look east not west. As Earth's dark shadow rises from the eastern horizon, faint and subtle colors will appear opposite the setting Sun.   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Northern Lights and Noctilucent Clouds
  
  Skies after the near-solstice sunset on June 17 are reflected in this calm lake.   
     
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		| Astronomy Picture of the Day: Reflections of Venus and Moon
  
  Posing near the western horizon, a brilliant evening star and slender young crescent shared reflections in a calm sea last Thursday after sunset.   
     
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		| Lovely night among palm groves
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		| My lovely town - eghlid
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