2019 March 30 3D 67P Image Credit: ESA, Rosetta, MPS, OSIRIS – Stereo Anaglyph: Philippe Lamy and The Team Explanation:Put on your red/cyan glasses and float next to the jagged and double-lobed nucleus of Churyumov-Gerasimenko, also known as Comet 67P. The stereo anaglyph was created by combin […]
2019 March 29 M104: The Sombrero Galaxy Image Data: NASA, ESA, Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing & Copyright: Rogelio Bernal Andreo (DeepSkyColors.com) Explanation: The striking spiral galaxy M104 is famous for its nearly edge-on profile featuring a broad ring of obscuring dust lanes. Seen in si
2019 March 28 The Gaia Stars of M15 Image Credit: Robert Vanderbei (Princeton University), ESA, Gaia, DPAC Explanation: Messier 15 is a 13 billion year old relic of the early formative years of our galaxy, one of about 170 globular star clusters that still roam the halo of the Milky Way. About 200 l
2019 March 27 NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus Image Credit & Copyright: Steve Milne, Barry Wilson – Processing: Steve Milne Explanation: NGC 1333 is seen in visible light as a reflection nebula, dominated by bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected by interstellar dust. A me
2019 March 26 AE Aurigae and the Flaming Star Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Amir Abolfath (TWAN) Explanation: Is star AE Aurigae on fire? No. Even though AE Aurigae is named the flaming star, the surrounding nebula IC 405 is named the Flaming Star Nebula, and the region shape gives the appea
2019 March 25 Arp 194: Merging Galaxy Group Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt Explanation: Why are stars forming in the bridge between these colliding galaxies? Usually when galaxies crash, star formation is confined to galaxy disks or tidal tails. In Arp 194,
2019 March 24 Zooming in on Star Cluster Terzan 5 Video Credit: Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org), DSS, Hubble, NASA, ESA, ESO; Music: Johan B. Monell Explanation: Globular clusters once ruled the Milky Way. Back in the old days, back when our Galaxy first formed, perhaps thousands of globular clusters
2019 March 23 Four Towers and the Equinox Moon Image Credit & Copyright: Javier Martinez Moran Explanation: The first Full Moon of northern spring rises behind four distant towers in this telescopic view. In an image captured from some 40 kilometers west of the city of Madrid, this moonrise also
2019 March 22 北方冬季天空的交响乐 A Symphony in Northern Winter Skies 图片来源及版权：Lorenzo Ranieri Tenti Image Credit & Copyright: Lorenzo Ranieri Tenti 描述：尽管天气很冷，但有机会看到闪烁的北极光，这名天文爱好者来到了位于基维诺半岛西海岸的苏必利尔湖结冰的湖面上，并以此作为天籁渐强的奖励。在2月28日/ 3月1日晚上10点到凌晨1点之间拍摄的图片中，北方冬末的夜空也划过全景式的画面构图制作。在左边，一束微弱的黄道光从地平线上突然升起，穿过火星和昴宿星团。遥远的M
2019 March 21 Star Trails and the Equinox Sunrise Image Credit & Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado (TWAN, Earth and Stars) Acknowledgement: Andrea Rodriguez Anton Explanation: Stars trail and the Sun rises in this night and day composite panorama made on March 19. The view looks toward the eastern h
