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2026-11-04
“I see” IC 342, the Hidden Galaxy! Today’s image peers through the plane of the Milky Way, through all its gas, dust and stars, to unveil this spiral galaxy. IC 342 (or Caldwell 5) is one of the brigh…
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Space Weather
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AIA 193 A (Corona) (SDO)
Earth (EPIC/DSCOVR) — 2026-11-01
Moon Phase
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Waning Crescent
19.1% illuminated
Next Full Moon
24. Nov (19d)
Next New Moon
9. Nov (4d)
Meteor Showers
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Leonids 12dPeak: 17. Nov 2026 ZHR: ~15 71 km/s55P/Tempel-Tuttle
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Geminids 39dPeak: 14. Dec 2026 ZHR: ~150 35 km/s3200 Phaethon
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Ursids 47dPeak: 22. Dec 2026 ZHR: ~10 33 km/s8P/Tuttle
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Quadrantids 60dPeak: 4. Jan 2027 ZHR: ~110 41 km/s2003 EH1
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Lyrids 168dPeak: 22. Apr 2027 ZHR: ~18 49 km/sC/1861 G1 (Thatcher)
Near-Earth Asteroids
CNEOSNext 14 days, < 0.1 AU
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2026 VP12026-Nov-05 14:0 0.5 LD 211.377 km 12.6 km/s
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2026 VN12026-Nov-06 06:5 1.6 LD 598.414 km 17.1 km/s
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2026 VY12026-Nov-08 13:2 4.1 LD 1.594.620 km 13.6 km/s
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2026 VV12026-Nov-05 20:5 4.5 LD 1.746.227 km 6.1 km/s
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2026 UG42026-Nov-08 13:4 6.7 LD 2.560.818 km 7.2 km/s
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2026 VX12026-Nov-11 15:1 8 LD 3.060.093 km 4.3 km/s
LD = Lunar Distances (384.400 km)
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Current Comets
Heavens-Above| Comet | Mag | Constellation | Alt |
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| 10P Tempel 2 | 11.9 | Sculptor | -53.5° |
| C/2026 A2 Bok | 12.5 | Cygnus | 13.5° |
| 161P Hartley-IRAS | 12.6 | Aquila | -21.3° |
| 260P McNaught | 13.1 | Auriga | 63.3° |
| C/2024 T5 ATLAS | 13.4 | Lepus | 10.9° |
| 29P Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 | 13.6 | Virgo | 15.8° |
| C/2024 J3 ATLAS | 13.6 | Lyra | 7.9° |
| P/2026 R2 Leonard | 13.8 | Triangulum Australe | -49.5° |
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