M 51 and NGC 5195 – CVn
M51, a stunning face-on spiral galaxy, was discovered in 1774 by C. Messier , while its companion, NGC 5195, was discovered by P. Méchain in 1785. Its distance in estimated in about 30 millions...
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Polaris Dawn’s spacecraft captured in a record image, after the historic, first private spacewalk in orbit: 13 Sept. 2024 -
Asteroid (248750) Asteroidday: an image – 5 Sept. 2024 -
NGC 925, a stunning barred spiral galaxy – 6 Sept. 2024 -
Supernova SN 2023ixf in the Messier 101 spiral galaxy: an image – 5 Sept. 2024. -
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2013 FW13 close encounter: an image – 10 Sept. 2024.