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Darn dubby, mods :sherlock::hmm: Apologies

Mass-Westward-Exodus-Gridlock 2/24/22

Positively Santa Clarita (ouskirts of LA) Anything is possible. Under the glare of a harsh streetlight, and the ambient glow from the lights of LA, a backyard astronomer captured a blood red Rosetta Nebula (which some also call, the “Skull Nebula”). A bit of patience —and hours of exposture...

Where is he Putin it, Tovarish. Dosvidaniya

Defending the motherland

You can try turning over that old flea market for nuggets of joy. There was recently a beaut of a piggie stem Snapped! —up before you could blink.

Next best option, a wall shot

Now that we have your attention, Happy 2s-Day! : 2-22-22

Round and round we go, where it stops no one knows....

Meet ALCYONEUS (radio galaxy lobes) :cool: Size of Milky Way with regards to mass: 52,850 light years Andromeda: 110,000 light years

Whirls and Swirls

Poor Chuck gave his Mom the corona.... Meanwhile, back in Cornwall

Beijing Duck Quintet

Re-living the high

The Carrington Effect, where the super large solar flare (X type, the most violent) erupted in 1859; knocked out the then new fangled telegraph network, the internet of the day, may be repeated as the sun approaches its 11-year solar max in 2025. So, if you are an Elon Musk, be forewarned. ;)...

Morning becomes Elektra On the galactic scale, it is minute. But the revelation that an asteroid can have a 3-body orbiting moonlet system is YUGE! A century plus later, asteroid 130 Elektra (first detected in the 19th Century) is found to have 3 small moonlets orbiting it. Better data...

Selenology, and vis-à-vis —the eye of Ansel Adams Half Dome

Red Flag, Black Eye Sartorial proclivities notwithstanding, looks like the cislunar space debris that will impact on the far side of the moon bordering its Mare Orientale around 7:25 AM (EST) on March 4th is not the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket, but most likely the errand booster...