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)
Sunday, February 25, 2018
Flame On!
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows us variable star AE Aurigae and the Flaming Star Nebula. Try to catch a glimpse of it (even in a modest telescope) in Auriga, as it is well placed in the northern hemisphere this time of the year.
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