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Classic portrait of a barred spiral galaxy

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Here’s meteorite in your eye!
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Come to Hawaii for the transit of Venus!
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Sheldon Reynolds’ Images of Life
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IBEX illuminates a dark corner of our neighborhood
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Classic portrait of a barred spiral galaxy

Observations of galaxies such as NGC 1073 help astronomers learn more about the Milky Way.Read more.

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Six open clusters in Canis Major

February 2–9, 2012: Open clusters NGC 2345, NGC 2354, NGC 2367, NGC 2374, NGC 2383, and NGC 2384 are all visible through small telescopes, and all lie in the same constellation — Canis Major. Read more.

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