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A Two-fer Cosmic Postcard
February 22, 2026 - Today's Cosmic Postcard comes to us from the constellation Puppis. It may not be super obvious but the slight concentrat...
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"New" Star in our Neighbor Galaxy
December 19, 2025 - The Andromeda Galaxy (also known as M31) is our nearest neighboring large spiral galaxy, much like the Milky Way where w...
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Two Comets
December 17, 2025 - These are a couple of faint comet I was able to image recently. The interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is now nearly at close...
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Ghostly clouds of gas and dust in Cassiopeia
November 08, 2025 - Ghostly interstellar clouds known as IC 59 and IC 63 in the constellation Cassiopeia in the light of hydrogen taken from...
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A message from the deep universe
November 04, 2025 - A message from the deep universe: light that took 350 million years to reach us from a supernova explosion.
Supernova 2...
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The Magnificent Rosette
October 27, 2025 - The Rosette Nebula (NGC 2238) is a perennial favorite deep sky target. This is a composite of images made with both a mo...
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A Pair of Hairy Stars
October 26, 2025 - Apparently the origin of the word comet is from their description as "long-haired stars" (kometes in greek). Two comets...
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A Not So Bright Comet
August 19, 2025 - It may not look like it but this is the brightest comet in the sky right now. Known as C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), it's a primord...
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Hubble Streaking Across the Sky
June 21, 2024 - Maybe a boring picture, but perhaps less so when you realize the bright streak is the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in an...
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The (almost) Unblemished Sun
June 23, 2020 - The Sun is a very powerful nuclear energy generator. Fortunately it produces a very constant, copious flow of energy tha...
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A Date That Will Live...In My Memory
March 07, 2020 - March 7th has a special meaning for me. In 1970 -- 50 years ago! I was about to graduate from high school and embark on...
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