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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Why are there oxygen-emitting arcs near the direction of the Andromeda galaxy? No one is sure. The gas arcs, shown in blue, were discovered and first confirmed by amateur astronomers just last year. The two main origin hypotheses for the arcs are that they really are close to Andromeda (M31), or that they are just coincidentally placed gas filaments in our Milky Way galaxy. Adding to the mystery is that arcs were not seen in previous deep images of M31 taken primarily in light emitted by hydrogen, and that other, more distant galaxies have not been generally noted as showing similar oxygen-emitting structures. Dedicated amateurs using commercial telescopes made this discovery because, in part, professional telescopes usually investigate angularly small patches of the night sky, whereas these arcs span several times the angular size of the full moon. Future observations -- both in light emitted by oxygen and by other elements -- are sure to follow.

Photo by Yann SaintyMarcel Drechsler

Must I, live this way?
Away from my wife,
for time as a whole,
creating all this strife.

Go out the door,
escape from this din.
Oh, what a mess,
you have yourself in.

I won't seek religion,
not something I'll do,
for no matter what,
no progress, in keeping you.

A vision of loveliness,
appeared, in a long coat
and a hat.
I wanted to capture,
with my camera,
but didn't.
I met her few minutes ago.
She said she would,
wear it, once more.
I await the day to see,
if my reaction is the same.

Long lay the attitude
of ignorance.
What to do?
Spend a lot more money,
but that will never happen.

Wikimedia Commons Photo of the day (1/17/23) - Photo Attribution: Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia Commons / “Dülmen, Hausdülmen, Zaun einer Wiese -- 2021 -- 5073-7” / CC BY-SA 4.0

Who said you need sleep?
Sure, wasn't me.
Three hours last night.
Went up, to my place,
here at the home.
Crawled into bed, at seven.
Someone knocked at eight.
Got up, showered,
now having breakfast,
at nine fifteen.
I miss my wife.
Hope she is ok,
wandering the halls
at night.

Eating lunch, at memory care.
A bowl of Lentil soup,
while the drawstring of
my hoody is in my soup,
but not discovering until later.
Embarrassing, to say the least.

Our love is long.
Our love is true.
Not seeing you,
makes me blue.

Long were the days,
when I knew the real you,
all, which I've thought on,
everything I knew about you.

I've wandered the valley,
climbed the highest hill,
but when I see you,
it's exciting, such a thrill.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Our Moon doesn't really look like this. Earth's Moon, Luna, doesn't naturally show this rich texture, and its colors are more subtle. But this digital creation is based on reality. The featured image is a composite of multiple images and enhanced to bring up real surface features. The enhancements, for example, show more clearly craters that illustrate the tremendous bombardment our Moon has been through during its 4.6-billion-year history. The dark areas, called maria, have fewer craters and were once seas of molten lava. Additionally, the image colors, although based on the moon's real composition, are changed and exaggerated. Here, a blue hue indicates a region that is iron rich, while orange indicates a slight excess of aluminum. Although the Moon has shown the same side to the Earth for billions of years, modern technology is allowing humanity to learn much more about it -- and how it affects the Earth.

Photo by Darya Kawa Mirza