In today's image, we see the region in space near the Rosette Nebula. This is a part of a star forming region where a new cluster of stars is in the process of forming at the center of the Rosette nebula.

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In today's image, we see a mosaic of images from APOD images used during the past five years. These are put together to reproduce Van Gogh's famous Starry Night painting.

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In today's image, we see the sunset as seen on two different planets. On the left we see the sunset as seen from Earth. On the right we see the sunset as seen from the planet Mars.

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In today's image, we see a view over the Limay River in Argentina. In the sky, we see our Milky Way, the planet Venus as well as several meteors and many satellite trails going across the sky.

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In today's image, we see the galaxy known as UGC 2885, also known as Rubin's galaxy after astronomer Vera Rubin who studied galaxies like this to suggest the existence of dark matter in the haloes of galaxies.

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In today's image, we see an example of a total solar eclipse from 2023. A total solar eclipse occurs when our Moon passes in front of our Sun, temporarily blocking out its light.

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In today's image, we see s compilation of images of the 25 brightest stars visible in the sky. This includes the brightest star, Sirius. You will note Polaris is not on the list, being the 50th brightest star, but important because of its location near the north celestial pole.

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In today's image, we see the moon of Saturn known as Enceladus. This moon is known to have an ocean of liquid water below its surface and is a potential candidate for life.

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In today's image, we see two recently discovered nebula candidates. Scylla is a candidate for a supernova remnant while Charybdis is a candidate for a planetary nebula. Both need further study before they can be confirmed.

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In today's image, we see the nearby spiral galaxy known by its catalog designation NGC 3344. This is an example of a face on spiral galaxy where we are looking down from above (or up from below!) allowing us to see the grand spiral structure present.

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