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Telescope FOV
Telescope FOV

This drawing superimposed on an image of the moon illustrates the field of view (FOV) of a telescope used to…

Simultaneous Observations
Simultaneous Observations

Simultaneous observations of the moon are performed using two telescopes in order to rule out flashes from noise and satellites.

Expedition 50 Spacewalks Prepare Station for Arrival of Commercial Crew Spacecraft
Expedition 50 Spacewalks Prepare Station for Arrival of Commercial Crew Spacecraft

Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of ESA is seen floating outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk. Pesquet and Expedition…

Agricultural Fires in India Continue
Agricultural Fires in India Continue

The Suomi NPP satellite’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument captured a look at dozens and dozens of fires…

An Audacious Vision Realized
An Audacious Vision Realized

On May 25, 1961, president John F. Kennedy announced that the United States would commit to a lunar landing by…

Was 49 Galaxy Merger
Was 49 Galaxy Merger

This optical image shows the Was 49 system, which consists of a large disk galaxy, Was 49a, merging with a…

Checking in on Bleriot
Checking in on Bleriot

What appears as a pair of bright dashes at the center of this image is one of the features rings…

Dark Spot and Jovian ‘Galaxy’
Dark Spot and Jovian ‘Galaxy’

This enhanced-color image of a mysterious dark spot on Jupiter seems to reveal a Jovian “galaxy” of swirling storms.

14” S-C Telescope
14” S-C Telescope

A 14” Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with a focal reducer and astronomical video cameras used to observe lunar impact flashes at the…

ALaMO Domes
ALaMO Domes

The Automated Lunar and Meteor Observatory (ALaMO) consists of two observatory domes, a 15 meter (50 ft) tower with a…