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Approximate location of the Sun in the Milky Way. The distance from us to the galactic center is 26,000 light years, where a supermassive black hole known as "Sagittarius A*" is located.

New painting! "2 The Moon!"

Just seen over sky in Greece.

Saw this above the island of Kos by Turkey at 22:12 local time. Any ideas what it could be? Apologies for poor imagery it was on a phone. It's a line of approximately 20 lights of equal size seeming to follow each other.

Milky Way Over Sawtooth Mountains and reflected in Stanley Lake

Solar active region AR3363

Active region AR3363 feom July 17, one of the biggest of late, is making it's way beyond the horizon 375/2500 frames stacked in AS3, decon and histogram in IMPPG, curves, raw filter in PS TS-125mm, Daystar quark chromosphere + Lunt 40 filter, Baader DERF, ZWO ASI174MM iOptron CEM120

Our Sun taken 30th of March

Apollo Programme Numbering

Would anyone be able to help me out. Why were the Apollo mission patches a mix of Roman and Arabic numerals? I know the crews designed their own patches so was it just totally arbitrary or was there a system? Cheers in advance

C3-NGC 4236. A short 1 hour photo.

Intern equipment

Does anyone know what kind of computer interns get for swe/dev? Just curious!

Boeing lawsuit ? Anyone heard about it ?

Hello, I was surprised the other day when I saw this, [cnbc link](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/07/wilson-aerospace-sues-boeing-over-allegedly-stole-ip-for-nasa-projects.html) regarding a lawsuit for Boeing. Anyone here have any details on this and the story here ? Looks like a very serious matter this one, as there might even be a way to prove theft on this one. That is, given certain criteria being met. However, thanks in advance! ​

Telescope control

Heyhey, I was looking through my Stellarium app and I saw something called telescope control. It basically controls your telescope to a point you pick in the app. However how do I use this app to control my telescope (Bresser, Skylux, 35x-175x)? Does this telescope support it, or do I need to buy something for it to work? I hope someone can help!

Elephant's trunk Nebula

Let’s create a new scientific speciality: Lunology

Lunology: The study of moons and objects orbiting a larger object (ISS to earth, or Moon to earth) ​ ​

What is the average distance, and variance between stars within Ultracompact Dwarf Galaxies?

Google only gives me results pertaining to the distance of various UCDG from Sol, being too obstinately single-minded on that search entry for a nuanced answer.

I Heart you galaxy C45