StellarSnap<p>📸 Fireball over Cape San Blas</p><p>A fireball is a meteor so bright it can rival Venus or even the full Moon. These rare events burn through Earth's atmosphere, often leaving a smoky trail as they break apart.</p><p>This one was spotted last week from a deadwood beach in Cape San Blas, Florida.</p><p>📷 Jason Rice<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fireball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fireball</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meteor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meteor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CapeSanBlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapeSanBlas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BrightMeteor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrightMeteor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NightSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NightSky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StellarSnap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StellarSnap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a></p>
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StellarSnap<p>📸 The Spiral North Pole of Mars<br>Each winter, Mars adds a fresh layer of carbon dioxide ice atop its North Pole. Swirling winds shaped by the planet’s rotation sculpt this spiral form, known as Planum Boreum. Data from ESA’s Mars Express and NASA’s MGS reveal the stunning structure.</p><p>📅 APOD – July 6, 2025<br>📷 ESA/DLR/FU Berlin; NASA MGS MOLA Science Team</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/APOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APOD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarsExpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarsExpress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MGS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MGS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlanumBoreum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanumBoreum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RedPlanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedPlanet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StellarSnap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StellarSnap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlanetaryScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarsPole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarsPole</span></a></p>
StellarSnap<p>📸 Nova V462 Lupi Now Visible<br>A rare celestial event is underway in the southern sky. Nova Lupi 2025 is a thermonuclear explosion on a white dwarf, discovered mid-June and now visible with binoculars. Even more rare: Nova Velorum 2025 is visible too, making two simultaneous novas!</p><p>📅 July 3, 2025<br>📷 Credit: Matipon Tangmatitham (NARIT)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/APOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APOD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nova</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/V462Lupi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>V462Lupi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NovaVelorum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NovaVelorum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MilkyWay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilkyWay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lupus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lupus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vela</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Stargazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stargazing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BinocularView" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BinocularView</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NightSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NightSky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceEvent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceEvent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StellarSnap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StellarSnap</span></a></p>
StellarSnap<p>📸 Two Worlds, Two Analemmas<br>An analemma shows the Sun’s position at the same time each day over a year. Earth’s forms a figure-8. Mars, with a more eccentric orbit, creates a teardrop shape. The images were taken from Earth (2011–2012) and by the Opportunity rover on Mars (2006–2008).<br>📅 June 21, 2025<br>📷 Tunc Tezel, NASA/JPL/Cornell/ASU/TAMU<br>🔗 <a href="https://stellarsnap.space" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">stellarsnap.space</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/APOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APOD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Analemma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Analemma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Solstice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solstice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlanetaryScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StellarSnap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StellarSnap</span></a></p>
StellarSnap<p>📸 NGC 3521: Galaxy in a Bubble<br>Spiral galaxy NGC 3521 lies 35 million light-years away in Leo. It features dusty, uneven spiral arms, star-forming regions, and young blue stars. Surrounding it are faint, bubble-like shells — likely tidal debris from past galaxy mergers.<br>📅 June 19, 2025<br>📷 Vikas Chander<br>🔗 stellarsnap.space<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/APOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APOD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NGC3521" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGC3521</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpiralGalaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpiralGalaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Leo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TidalDebris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TidalDebris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeepSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StellarSnap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StellarSnap</span></a></p>
StellarSnap<p>📸 Facing NGC 3344<br>NGC 3344 is a face-on spiral galaxy about 20 million light-years away in Leo Minor. This Hubble view shows its yellow core of old stars, blue star clusters, and red star-forming regions in the arms. The spiky stars are from our Milky Way, lying in the foreground.<br>📅 June 8, 2025<br>📷 NASA APOD<br>🔗 <a href="https://stellarsnap.space/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">stellarsnap.space/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/APOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APOD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NGC3344" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGC3344</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hubble</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StellarSnap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StellarSnap</span></a></p>
StellarSnap<p>📸 Savudrija Star Trails<br>Savudrija lighthouse glows on the Adriatic coast, while Polaris — the North Star — shines above. This stunning composite shows star trails around the North Celestial Pole, captured through 400 stacked 30-second exposures. A perfect blend of Earth and sky in motion.<br>📅 June 5, 2025<br>📷 Branko Nadj / NASA APOD</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/APOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APOD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StarTrails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrails</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Polaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polaris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StellarSnap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StellarSnap</span></a></p>
StellarSnap<p>📸 Mars in the Loop<br>Between Sep 2024 and May 2025, Mars traced a retrograde loop through Gemini and Cancer. This apparent reversal happens when Earth, moving faster in its orbit, overtakes Mars. Around Dec 8, Mars seemed to pause near the star cluster M44, drifted westward, then returned by May. At its closest on Jan 16, it was just 96 million km away.<br>🔗 apod.nasa.gov<br>📷 Tunc Tezel / NASA APOD<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/APOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APOD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retrograde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retrograde</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NightSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NightSky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stellarsnap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stellarsnap</span></a></p>
StellarSnap<p>📸 Zeta and Rho Ophiuchi with Milky Way<br>This wide field image shows the Milky Way, the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, and the red glow of the Zeta Ophiuchi Nebula. Captured from South Africa in a 17-hour composite, it also features Antares, M4, and the Blue Horsehead Nebula.</p><p>📅 May 27, 2025<br>📷 Ireneusz Nowak / NASA APOD<br>🔗 <a href="https://stellarsnap.space" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">stellarsnap.space</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/APOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APOD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MilkyWay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilkyWay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ZetaOphiuchi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZetaOphiuchi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StellarSnap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StellarSnap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a></p>
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