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Astronomy Picture of the Day- Government shutdown so no APOD Today. I will dig up some of my favorites - NGC 2903: A Missing Jewel in Leo
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| 10 Apr, 2015
| Image Credit & Copyright: Tony Hallas
Posted on 10/20/2025 12:47:01 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Barred spiral galaxy NGC 2903 is only some 20 million light-years distant. Popular among amateur astronomers, it shines in the northern spring constellation Leo, near the top of the lion's head. That part of the constellation is sometimes seen as a reversed question mark or sickle. One of the brighter galaxies visible from the northern hemisphere, NGC 2903 is surprisingly missing from Charles Messier's catalog of lustrous celestial sights. This colorful image from a small ground-based telescope shows off the galaxy's gorgeous spiral arms traced by young, blue star clusters and pinkish star forming regions. Included are intriguing details of NGC 2903's bright core, a remarkable mix of old and young clusters with immense dust and gas clouds. In fact, NGC 2903 exhibits an exceptional rate of star formation activity near its center, also bright in radio, infrared, ultraviolet, and x-ray bands. Just a little smaller than our own Milky Way, NGC 2903 is about 80,000 light-years across.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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MtnClimber
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Pinging the APOD list
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MtnClimber
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Black Hole.................
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10/20/2025 12:48:52 PM PDT
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Red Badger
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Magnum44
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How?
Will it plug up Uranus?.....................
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Red Badger
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Magnum44
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Diana in Wisconsin
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Diana in Wisconsin
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Diana in Wisconsin
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10/20/2025 3:06:15 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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MUCH better than the shots I got last spring with my Dwarf 3 scope. BUT, my shots were more detailed than looking through my scope.
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