APOD from 2025-09-10

The Great Lacerta #Nebula

The Great Lacerta Nebula (Sh2-126), similar in size to the Andromeda #Galaxy, is a faint emission nebula best viewed through long-exposure photography. It spans about three degrees in the constellation Lacerta and glows red from hydrogen excited by star 10 Lacertae, lying around 1,200 light-years away.

HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250910.html#space #astronomy #telescope #universe

APOD from 2025-02-26

Einstein Ring Surrounds Nearby #Galaxy Center

NGC 6505's gravity creates an Einstein ring by distorting a distant galaxy's image into a circle, revealing its mass and dark matter content. Captured by ESA's Euclid #telescope in 2023, this rare alignment aids in studying cosmic details.

HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250226.html#space #astronomy

APOD from 2025-02-12

#Asteroid Bennu Holds the Building Blocks of Life

NASA's OSIRIS-REx returned samples from asteroid Bennu containing 14 of 20 essential amino acids. This discovery prompts questions about life's origins and why #Earth only has left-handed amino acids, as Bennu had a mix of both types.

Video at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250212.html#space #astronomy

APOD from 2024-06-29

A Solstice #Moon

June's Full Moon rose opposite the setting Sun near the solstice, staying low in northern skies. Captured from Bursa, Turkey, it coincided with a #lunar standstill—its southernmost rise and set due to an 18.6-year orbital cycle.

HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240629.html#space #astronomy

APOD from 2023-09-30

Title: A Harvest #Moon over Tuscany

Copyright/credit: Antonio Tartarini

See explanation and HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230930.html

#space #astronomy