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Astronaut shoots a shadowy Dragon
Monday, November 4, 2024: NASA astronaut Don Pettit snapped this ghostly photo of SpaceX's Crew Dragon Freedom docked at the International Space Station. The black-and-white image shows the belly of the Dragon, including windows with filters on board to lessen the bright sun. "I like how the sun shines through the stitching, personifying the composition," Pettit wrote on social media. — Elizabeth Howell
Read more: NASA astronaut snaps spooky photo of SpaceX Dragon capsule from ISS
Martian solar eclipse
Friday, November 1, 2024: NASA's Perseverance Mars rover was treated to a "googly eye" solar eclipse as the planet's moon Phobos passed in front of the sun.
Phobos — one of Mars' two moons, along with the even tinier Deimos — traveled between the Red Planet and the sun on Sept. 30, the 1,285th Martian day of Perseverance's mission. The rover, located on the western wall of Mars' Jezero Crater at the time, captured the eclipse using its powerful Mastcam-Z camera system. — Samantha Mathewson
Read more: Perseverance rover watches 'googly eye' solar eclipse from Mars (video)
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rod The Exoplanets Channel said:The images are truly breath-taking.
The Exoplanets Channel, what star and reddish exoplanet is shown in your picture, looks like about 8" angular separation? I use this site as my canonical reference to exoplanets, The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia Currently 4150 exoplanets are listed. -
swiggly The Exoplanets Channel said:The images are truly breath-taking.
My Comet Image:
Neowise -
rod
This is a very good image here. In enjoyed some recent views of NEOWISE using my 90-mm telescope at 40x early, shortly after 0415 EDT. Bifurcated tail obvious too.swiggly said:My Comet Image:
Neowise -
Helio The IOD image for yesterday of the Veil nebula is stunning! The graphics are such that it's almost as if it has an oil film on top. It has both 3D and texture feel to it.Reply -
Astro.Letizia I hope they start posting these daily again! I always start my day off with the newest image but it's been a couple of months now :(Reply