Random Astronomy Pictures OTD on Nostr: APOD from 2009-11-12 Art and Science in NGC 918 Spiral galaxy NGC 918, 50,000 ...
APOD from 2009-11-12
Art and Science in NGC 918
Spiral galaxy NGC 918, 50,000 light-years wide and 60 million light-years away in Aries, is captured with Milky Way stars and dust clouds. Image highlights supernova SN2009js, a recent discovery marking the explosive death of a star within NGC 918.
HD image at
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091112.html 
Published at
2025-02-18 01:31:07Event JSON
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