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Category: astronomy
APOD: Orion’s Belt
Orion’s Belt: Scenes from Two Hemispheres.
Blue Moon Rising
“Blue Moon” to Shine on New Year’s Eve
National Geographic writes about the “Blue Moon” which will shine on New Year’s Eve this year.
Martian Landscapes
Today, the Big Picture presents Martian landscapes from the HiRise (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera.
What Apollo Means to Me
Bad Astronomer Phil Plait writes about What Apollo means to me.
Apollo 11
The Big Picture presents another of its fabulous photo-essays in Remembering Apollo 11 – The Big Picture – Boston.com.
Hubble’s Final Service Call
The Big Picture at Boston.com has some fabulous photos of the final service call by the Shuttle Atlantis to the Hubble Space Telescope. Bad weather has postponed the shuttle landing until Saturday.
Venus and the Moon
Conjunction
Jack and I saw this conjunction of the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus as we drove home last night. The photo on Flickr was taken in Colorado by zyrcaster.