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#Comet #ATLAS Before #Sunrise
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Comet photographed at dawn.

APOD: 2025 January 13 – Comet ATLAS Before Sunrise

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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Diamond Dust Sky Eye

Image Credit & Copyright: Jaroslav Fous

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A snow covered road goes up a hill to a sky filled with stars. Arcs and halos in the sky ahead appear similar to a giant eye.

APOD: 2024 December 25 – Diamond Dust Sky Eye

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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The Long Night Moon

Along with a colorful lunar corona and aircraft contrail this Long Night Moon shines in a cold sky above the rugged, snowy peaks of the Italian Dolomites.

Image Credit & Copyright: Giorgia Hofer and Dario Giannobile (Pictores caeli)

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On the night of December 15, the Full Moon was bright. Known to some as the Cold Moon or the Long Night Moon, it was the closest Full Moon to the northern winter solstice and the last Full Moon of 2024. This Full Moon was also at a major lunar standstill. A major lunar standstill is an extreme in the monthly north-south range of moonrise and moonset caused by the precession of the Moon's orbit over an 18.6 year cycle. As a result, the full lunar phase was near the Moon's northernmost moonrise (and moonset) along the horizon. December's Full Moon is rising in this stacked image, a composite of exposures recording the range of brightness visible to the eye on the northern winter night.
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