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a strange light among the stars

[without-ado]

Moon's vast lava plain, Mare Imbrium close-up

l Roger Hyman l Jan 2022

[humanoidhistory]

Behold the Pillars of Creation, known more officially as the Eagle Nebula or M16.

(HubbleSite)

[nemfrog]

Astronomy vignettes. Learning about our world. 1932.  

[space-pics]

Starshine in Canis Major [1754 x 1777]

[humanoidhistory]

Behold the Moon, photographed during NASA’s Apollo 15 mission, July 26-August 7, 1971.

[spaceexp]

30 second exposure of the Moon to capture light beams.

via reddit

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Partial Lunar Eclipse with Clouds

Photographer: Ethan Roberts - Moon runner-up

2020 Astronomy Photographer Of The Year Awards - Royal Observatory Greenwich

[celestialobjects]

— the Southern Crab Nebula in the constellation Centaurus as observed by the Hubble telescope ( i.)

[celestialobjects]

— the heart of the Flame Nebula in the constellation Orion as observed by the Hubble telescope ( i.)

[chibinotan]

Neptune

[wonders-of-the-cosmos]

Six Moons of Saturn (Titan, Mimas, Tethys, Enceladus, Dione & Rhea)

Image Credit: Rafael Defavari

[deathandmysticism]

Instrument for determining the duration of the moonlight, 1533

[wonders-of-the-cosmos]

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on August 18th, 2015.

Image Credit: NASA/CalTech-JPL/ISS/Kevin M. Gill

[dream-and-delirium]

[celestialobjects]

— interacting spiral galaxies NGC 6285 and NGC 6286; also known as Arp 293 in the constellation Draco as observed by the Hubble telescope ( i.)

[wrappedallinwoe]

Saturn’s Moon Titan, Gordan Ugarkovic, 2014-2015.

[space-pics]

Caldwell 82 by NASA Hubble