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What you would see if Andromeda was brighter in the night sky
If the Andromeda galaxy were brighter, it would be a major feature in the night sky, visible even in cities with moderate light pollution: Huge: It would appear roughly six times larger than the moon. Dominant: It would dominate the sky and be easily identifiable every night. Visible in cities: It would be visible even in cities with moderate light pollution. The Andromeda galaxy is currently too far away to be easily seen: Distance: It's 2.5 million light years away, or about 25 Milky Way diameters. Visibility: Only the super-condensed nucleus of Andromeda is bright enough to be visible to the naked eye. Appearance: To the naked eye, the galaxy's disk appears as a fuzzy smudge about one-quarter of a degree wide.
November 27, 2024 at 6:27 PM
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Earth’s temporary mini-moon, 2024 PT5, is leaving orbit today and is expected to return in 2055
Astronomers believe it could be a lost fragment of the Moon
November 28, 2024 at 1:02 AM
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Death of Star vs Birth of Cell
November 28, 2024 at 1:24 AM
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In case you didn't know, the aurora is not always green :)
November 20, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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The Carina Nebula - Hubble vs Webb telescopes
November 21, 2024 at 6:44 AM
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Good morning Bluesky ☀️☕️☕️🦋
November 20, 2024 at 1:18 PM
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The birth of a star as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope
November 21, 2024 at 8:03 AM
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The Ring Nebula (M57)
The Ring Nebula (M57) is more complicated than it appears through a small telescope. The easily visible central ring is about one light-year across, but this remarkably deep exposure - a collaborative effort combining data from three different large telescopes - explores the looping filaments of glowing gas extending much farther from the nebula's central star. This composite image includes red light emitted by hydrogen as well as visible and infrared light. The Ring Nebula is an elongated planetary nebula, a type of nebula created when a Sun-like star evolves to throw off its outer atmosphere and become a white dwarf star. The Ring Nebula is about 2,500 light-years away toward the musical constellation Lyra. Image Credit: Hubble, Large Binocular Telescope, Subaru Telescope; Composition & Copyright: Robert Gendler
November 19, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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Here are some nice mushrooms
A family of fuzzy white splitgill mushrooms grow on the underside of an upturned stick above a forest floor covered in dried leaves
November 20, 2024 at 1:31 PM
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The skull nebula
Image credit:- NASA Hubble
November 20, 2024 at 7:06 AM
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The Antennae Galaxies - Hubble
November 20, 2024 at 6:16 AM
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November 19, 2024 at 3:01 PM
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Pinky Norway lights 🌌✨
November 20, 2024 at 5:36 AM