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Astronomy photo of the day: An Almost Everything Sky.
Copyright:
Koen van Barneveld

Explanation: This surprising sky has almost everything. First, slanting down from the upper left and far in the distance is the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. More modestly, slanting down from the upper right and high in Earth's atmosphere is a bright meteor

"Terminator Moon: A Moonscape of Shadows" is #NASA #astronomy picture of the day #APOD for 2025-04-22, photo by Rich Addis - Whether on Earth, the Moon or another planet, a "terminator" is the astronomical term for the day/night or light/shadow boundary when viewed from a distance. This image of the #Moon is a composite of multiple photos which eliminates terminators and enhances 3D appearance of surface features. apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250422.ht

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Bom-dia :) - #APOD - Galáxia que "Lenteia" Outra Galáxia no Telescópio Webb - Abr 21 -

bsky.app/profile/apodunofficia -
...duas galáxias se alinham perfeitamente no céu, fazendo com que a gravidade da galáxia próxima distorça e amplie a luz da galáxia distante, fenômeno chamado lente gravitacional...

Bluesky Social · Astronomy Picture of the Day (unofficial bot) (@apodunofficial.bsky.social)#apod 2025-04-21 Galaxy Lenses Galaxy from Webb Web page: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250421.html

Bom-dia :) - #APOD - Galaxy Lenses Galaxy from Webb - Abr 21 -
Galáxia que "Lenteia" Outra Galáxia no Telescópio Webb -

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250421.ht -
... quando duas galáxias (uma próxima e outra distante) se alinham perfeitamente no céu, fazendo com que a gravidade da galáxia próxima distorça e amplie a luz da galáxia distante — um fenômeno chamado lente gravitacional...

apod.nasa.govAPOD: 2025 April 21 – Galaxy Lenses Galaxy from WebbA different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

Astronomy photo of the day: Terminator Moon: A Moonscape of Shadows.
Copyright:
Rich Addis

Explanation: What's different about this Moon. It's the terminators. In the featured image, you can't directly see any terminator -- the line that divides the light of day from the dark of night. That's because the featured image is a digital composite of many near-terminator lunar strips over a full Moon

Bom-dia :) - #APOD - The Orion Nebula in Visible and Infrared - Abr 20 -
A Nebulosa de Órion em Luz Visível e Infravermelho -

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250420.ht -
A Grande Nebulosa de Órion se estende por cerca de 40 anos-luz e cerca de 1.500 anos-luz ...Esta composição digital combina 3 cores de luz visível com 4 cores de luz infravermelha capturadas pelo telescópio Spitzer da NASA. O coração energético da Nebulosa de Órion (M42) é o Trapézio — um conjunto de 4 das estrelas + brilhantes da nebulosa...

apod.nasa.govAPOD: 2025 April 20 – The Orion Nebula in Visible and InfraredA different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

Galaxy Lenses Galaxy from Webb

Is this one galaxy or two? Although it looks like one, the answer is two. One path to this happening is when a small galaxy collides with a larger galaxy and ends up in the center. But in the featured image, something more rare is going on. Here, the central light-colored elliptical galaxy is much closer than the blue and red-colored spiral galaxy that surrounds it.

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Astronomy photo of the day: Galaxy Lenses Galaxy from Webb.
Copyright: Unknown

Explanation: Is this one galaxy or two. Although it looks like one, the answer is two. One path to this happening is when a small galaxy collides with a larger galaxy and ends up in the center. But in the featured image, something more rare is going on