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STEVE over Copper Harbor


Active Regions

Sun in Hydrogen Alpha light

The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars

The Pelican Nebula is slowly being transformed.

Gigantic Jet Lightning over India

Can your lightning bolt do this?

Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945

Large spiral galaxy NGC 4945 is seen edge-on near the center of this cosmic galaxy portrait.

The Local Void in the Nearby Universe

What does our region of the Universe look like?

The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT

What's happening at the center of our galaxy?

NGC 1566: The Spanish Dancer Spiral Galaxy

If not perfect, then this spiral galaxy is at least one of the most photogenic.

M83: The Thousand-Ruby Galaxx

Big, bright, and beautiful, spiral galaxy M83 lies a mere twelve million light-years away, near the southeastern tip of the very long constellation Hydra.

Noctilucent Clouds, Reflections, and Silhouettes

Sometimes it's night on the ground but day in the air. As the Earth rotates to eclipse the Sun, sunset rises up from the ground.

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