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Stargazer and Milky Way
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A Meteor and the Gegenschein
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Mid-Air Meteor and Milky Way
On September 24, a late evening commercial flight from Singapore to Australia offered stratospheric views of the southern hemisphere's night sky.
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The Annotated Galactic Center
The center of our Milky Way galaxy can be found some 26,000 light-years away toward the constellation Sagittarius.
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NGC 7129 and NGC 7142
The two appear separated by only half a degree on the sky, but they actually lie at quite different distances.
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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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Chamaeleon II Dark Cloud
A small constellation hiding near the south celestial pole, The Chamaeleon boasts no bright stars.
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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: December's Comet Wirtanen
Coming close in mid-December, Comet 46P Wirtanen hangs in this starry sky over the bell tower of a Romanesque church.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: A Cold River to Orion
Ice is forming on the river Lielupe as it flows through the landscape in this winter's night scene.
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