Pizza Dough Galaxy

There are billions and billions of galaxies in our universe and they come in all shapes and sizes. I kinda like the shape of this one known commonly as the Pizza Dough Galaxy or formally as ESO 510-G13. The Galaxy is located in the constellation Hydra, the largest of the 88 constellations.

Jupiter Ephemerides 2008

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Double Shadow Transit on Jupiter

Alas, I post this only as a teaser! Tonight (November 11, 2007) at 23:38 LMT (ADT) two of Jupiter’s Moons, Io and Europa, will pass across the face of the giant gas planet. Jupiter will have long set in the Western sky by the time the event happens but, if the planet were visible, we [...]