These great hollow globes of artificial super-metals, and artificial transparent adamant, ranged in size from the earliest and smallest structures, which were no bigger than a very small asteroid, to spheres considerably larger than the Earth. (Olaf Stapledon, STAR MAKER)
Friday, February 27, 2015
Lovejoy and Nebula
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) and (as a small smudge above) Messier 76 (The "Little Dumbell" Nebula) in the constellation of Perseus. Lovejoy is on the way out of the solar system, on a long slow journey towards the constellation of Cassiopeia.
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