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NGC 1232: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy

Image Credit: FORS, 8.2-meter VLT Antu, ESO

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A spiral galaxy with big blue spiral arms is shown with a center that appears more yellow.
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Rocket Transits Rippling Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Steven Madow

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A rocket is pictured ascending during launch. A nearly full moon is behind it. The rocket exhaust, itself visible, causes the bottom of the Moon to appear unusually rippled.
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A SAR Arc from New Zealand

Image Credit & Copyright: Tristian McDonald; Text: Tiffany Lewis (Michigan Tech U.)

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A flat landscape with a pond is imaged at night below a starfield. A multicolored aurora is seen in an arc across the image center. Around this arc is another red arc that is particularly smooth.
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Zeta Oph: Runaway Star

Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Spitzer Space Telescope

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APOD: 2024 January 4 - Zeta Oph: Runaway Star
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The Snows of Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Images Credit: ESA, Rosetta, MPS, OSIRIS; UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA; Animation: Jacint Roger Perez

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APOD: 2024 January 6 - The Snows of Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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