Corona Australis

M42, Heart of Orion 

Our graceful and faithful Moon

The Eagle has risen: stellar spire of gas & dust

California Nebula and the Pleiades

The moon on November 8th 2019.

The James Webb Space Telescope lifted off on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, at 13:20 CET on 25 December on its exciting mission to unlock the secrets of the Universe.

ESA/CNES/Arianespace

Clearest Image ever taken of Mars’ North Pole. Yes that’s water ice.

The Gamma Cygni Nebula Image Credit: Min Xie, Chen Wu, Yizhou Zhang, and Benchu Tang

2020 July 7

Comet NEOWISE over Lebanon Image Credit & Copyright: Maroun Habib (Moophz)

Explanation: A comet has suddenly become visible to the unaided eye. Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was discovered in late March and brightened as it reached its closest approach to the Sun, inside the orbit of Mercury, late last week. The interplanetary iceberg survived solar heating, so far, and is now becoming closer to the Earth as it starts its long trek back to the outer Solar System. As Comet NEOWISE became one of the few naked-eye comets of the 21st Century, word spread quickly, and the comet has already been photographed behind many famous sites and cities around the globe. Featured, Comet NEOWISE was captured over Lebanon two days ago just before sunrise. The future brightness of Comet NEOWISE remains somewhat uncertain but the comet will likely continue to be findable not only in the early morning sky, but also next week in the early evening sky.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200707.html

Jamestown, California by Eric Houck