The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

Image Credit & Copyright: Serge Brunier, Jean-François Bax, David Vernet OCA/C2PU

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APOD: 2023 September 1 - The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Lorand Fenyes

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APOD: 2023 September 2 - NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula

Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Fragments

Credit: NASA, ESA, H. Weaver (JHU / APL), M. Mutchler and Z. Levay (STScI)

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A fuzzy comet is shown in gray on the upper left against a dark space background. The comet's tail extends diagnonally to the lower right. The main part of the comet is seen broken up into many trailing pieces.

Cygnus: Bubble and Crescent

Credit & Copyright: Abdullah Al-Harbi

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Red glowing gas is seen before a dark starfield. On the upper right is a complicated filamentary nebula in blue and red. On the lower left is a simple circular nebula in blue.

Blue Supermoon Beyond Syracuse

Credit & Copyright: Kevin Saragozza

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A large Moon is seen behind a historic stone structure.

The Large Cloud of Magellan

Image Credit & Copyright: Chris Willocks

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APOD: 2023 September 7 - The Large Cloud of Magellan

Comet Nishimura Grows

Credit & Copyright: Peter Kennett

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A comet is shown with its green coma on the bottom right and a long and structured ion tail flowing diagonally across the image toward the top left.

Beautiful Comet Nishimura

Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek / Institute of Physics in Opava

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A scenic and hilly landscape is shown just before sunrise. On the left is Comet Nishimura near the horizon with a long tail fading off toward the top of the frame. On the right is a bright spot that is Venus. The sunrise sky is dark blue at the top but morphs into tan at the horizon, while the foreground hills are green.

Galaxy Cluster Abell 370 and Beyond

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Jennifer Lotz and the HFF Team (STScI)

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APOD: 2023 September 12 - Galaxy Cluster Abell 370 and Beyond

NGC 4632: Galaxy with a Hidden Polar Ring

Credit: Jayanne English (U. Manitoba), Nathan Deg (Queen's University) & WALLABY Survey, CSIRO/ASKAP, NAOJ/Subaru Telescope; Text: Jayanne English (U. Manitoba)

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A galaxy with blue spiral arms is seen in the image center in the midst of numerous foreground stars. This galaxy is surrounded by a white envelope, which was found to be hydrogen gas.

NGC 7331 and Beyond

Image Credit & Copyright: Ian Gorenstein

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APOD: 2023 September 14 - NGC 7331 and Beyond

Venus, Moon, and the Smoking Mountain

Image Credit & Copyright: Luis Miguel Meade Rodríguez

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APOD: 2023 September 15 - Venus, Moon, and the Smoking Mountain

Moon Mountains Magnified during Ring of Fire Eclipse

Credit & Copyright: Wang Letian (Eyes at Night)

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A dark circle is seen in the image center. On both the left and right of the circle are a series of bright half-rings. Some parts of these bright half rings are dark, and the dark areas look similar to mountains.

Tagging Bennu

Image Credit: OSIRIS-REx, University of Arizona, NASA, Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio

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APOD: 2023 September 21 - Tagging Bennu

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A Ring of Fire Sunrise Solar Eclipse

Video Credit: Colin Legg & Geoff Sims; Music: Peter Nanasi

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IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Antoine & Dalia Grelin

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A starfield surrounds a large nebula that is mostly brown and blue and has an appearance reminiscent of the head of a horse. This nebula is not the more famous .

A Harvest Moon over Tuscany

Image Credit & Copyright: Antonio Tartarini

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APOD: 2023 September 30 - A Harvest Moon over Tuscany