#astronomny

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Jets from Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko (Image Credit: ESA)

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JUNO:Jupiter flyby, Perijove 16/ Detail006 15.12.2018

Who would have ever though Jupiter would be so beautiful.

“On October 29, 2018, NASA's Juno probe successfully performed her Perijove-16 Jupiter flyby. This time, Juno's spin axis was pointed away from Earth, in order to obtain a better view to Jupiter for Juno's instruments. At the same time, solar conjunction was appraoching. So, the amount of data was more restricted for this perijove pass than usual.

JunoCam's priority was on high-quality close-up images. Images of the north polar region were dedicated for long-exposure observations close to the terminator.”

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The Crescent Nebula

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Rosette nebula

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This is the first picture of the moon’s far side taken by China’s probe after it landed.

Nice!

Congrats to China, well done!

“The news: Chang’e 4 touched down on the moon’s far surface at 10:26 Beijing time (9:26 p.m. US eastern time) last night, state media reports. It’s the first time any spacecraft has ever landed on the side of the moon that is permanently facing away from Earth.“

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LT M51 r NebRGB PS27sign

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EARTH SELFIE / 46 years ago we landed on the Moon. :D

“Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, is photographed next to the deployed United States flag during lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The highest part of the flag appears to point toward our planet Earth in the distant background. This picture was taken by astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 commander. While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module (LM) to explore the moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit.“

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Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy

by:Deep Sky Colors - Photography by RBA