Happy Eighth Anniversary, Rover Curiosity !

Annular or the Ring Of Fire solar eclipse is tomorrow

The time of maximum eclipse, when that "ring of fire" event happens, will be at 2:40 a.m. EDT (0640 GMT) Sunday, June 21, when the moon crosses into the center of the sphere of the sun, from Earth's perspective. The eclipse starts at 11:45 p.m. EDT Saturday, June 20 (0345 GMT Sunday) and ends at 5:34 a.m. EDT (1034 GMT) June 20, according to NASA.

Regions in the path of visibility include the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia, the Red Sea, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, the Gulf of Oman, Pakistan, India, China, Taiwan, the Philippine Sea (south of Guam), northern Australia and the north Pacific Ocean.

Picture description : An annular solar eclipse as seen by Japan's Hinode spacecraft on May, 20, 2012.

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300 

Image Credit: Hubble Heritage Team,ESA, NASA

The Horsehead Nebula in Infrared from Hubble

Fittingly named the Horsehead Nebula, it is embedded in the vast and complex Orion Nebula (M42). A potentially rewarding but difficult object to view personally with a small telescope, the above gorgeously detailed image was taken in 2013 in infrared light by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope in honor of the 23rd anniversary of Hubble's launch. The dark molecular cloud, roughly 1,500 light years distant, is cataloged as Barnard 33 and is seen above primarily because it is backlit by the nearby massive star Sigma Orionis . (Text adapted from APOD.NASA.GOV)

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Saturn and Dione , 2005

credits : NASA

Happy Solstice 2020!

The evening began with a beautiful sunset:

...though pretty clouds meant Jupiter and Saturn's closest dance was a little fuzzy:

They'd traded places and moved much closer than on Saturday:

This longer Saturday exposure shows Saturn's biggest moon, Titan (arrow), and all four of Jupiter's Galilean moons:

...and here's Jupiter's moons plus Titan (arrow; another arrow points out Amalthea hugging its parent world) tonight:

Happy Great Conjunction Day!

Galaxy NGC 2768 as seen by Hubble on my birthday.

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Saturn is nestling close to Jupiter this week, in an event known as the Great Conjunction that occurs regularly, aligning these two gas giants every twenty years or so. Skywatchers can catch this once in a decades cosmic marriage in the early predawn hours.

Photo Credit : Techlife

Egg NebulaPhoto by geckzilla via flickr(cc)

The Deep Lagoon also known as M8, captured at Mt. Lemmon Skycentre, Arizona, is located on the constellation of Sagittarius towards the centre of Milky Way.

Image Credit : Adam Block//Mt. Lemmon SkyCentre Arizona//Univ.Arizona