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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Astronomy Magazine Picture of the Day

TONIGHT'S SKY
  
  
Sun
5:22 AM
8:34 PM
 
Sun
 
Moon
12:08 AM
1:02 PM
 
 
Last quarter
48%
July 12: Aldebaran is 0.9° south of the Moon (occultation)

Picture of the Day

Bode’s Galaxy (M81) floats through space some 11.7 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major the Great Bear.

Bode’s Galaxy

Bode’s Galaxy (M81) floats through space some 11.7 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major the Great Bear. It’s the largest member in the M81 Group, a collection of 34 galaxies. (10-inch Astro-Tech AT10RCF Ritchey-Chrétien astrographic reflector, SBIG STXL-6303E CCD camera, LRGB image with 25 hours of exposures, stacked)

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