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Waning Gibbous78% lit · full Oct 26
December solsticeDec 21, 2026
Moon photograph by Gregory H. Revera, CC BY-SA 3.0. Planet positions are drawn for 40° north at civil twilight.
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Object of the day · October 01The Lagoon Nebula
A naked-eye star factory in the heart of the Milky Way's summer band.
The Lagoon (M8), roughly 4,100 light-years toward Sagittarius, is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to northern naked eyes. It spans over a hundred light-years, split by the dark channel that earned its name, and its core hides the…
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Sky notes
South Korea's Nuri rocket to carry NeonSat-2 to 6 on October 7The Korean Nuri rocket has a launch window opening at 03:23 UTC on October 7 for the NeonSat-2 through NeonSat-6 satellites. Nuri is South Korea's…
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SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A targets October 5A Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket is scheduled to launch the SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A satellites with a window opening at 08:06 UTC on October 5. This…
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Falcon Heavy to carry NROL-97 on October 2SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket has a launch window opening at 03:53 UTC on October 2 for the NROL-97 mission, which is a national reconnaissance…
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