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A Pileus Iridescent Cloud Over Ethiopia

by Father Sky

Yes, but how many dark clouds have a multicolored lining? Pictured, behind this darker cloud, is a pileus iridescent cloud, a group of water droplets that have a uniformly similar size and so together diffract different colors of sunlight by different amounts. The above image was taken just after the picturesque sight was noticed by [...]

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Moonset Over Pleasant Bay

by Father Sky

It was a sky for the imagination. In the early evening last week, the sky illuminating the unaided eye was perhaps even more illuminating to the mind's eye. The unaided eye saw clouds framing the Moon setting over a calm and reflective bay, spruce trees lining the nearby shores, the Pleiades open star cluster (M45) [...]

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Galaxies Beyond the Heart: Maffei 1 and 2

by Father Sky

The two galaxies on the far left were unknown until 1968. Although they would have appeared as two of the brighter galaxies on the night sky, the opaque dust of the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy had obscured them from being seen in visible light. The above image in infrared light taken by [...]

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Andromeda

by Father Sky

Abbreviation: And Genitive: Andromedae Translation: Princess of Ethiopia or the Chained Lady Position in the Sky Right Ascension: 1 hour Declination: 40 degrees Visible between latitudes 90 and -40 degrees Best seen in November (at 9:00 PM) Named Stars ALPHERATZ (Alpha And) MIRACH (Beta And) ALMAAK (Gamma 1 And) Adhil (Xi And) Messier Objects M31 [...]

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