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Get started on a journey of discovery and wonder! The extinct constellation Machina Electrica makes a great target for beginning observers, whileCleopatra's Eye and spiral galaxy NGC 1300 provide nice targets for telescope owners.

On January 15, we would be seeing an annular Solar eclipse in our skies. Unlike total solar eclipses, it won't have the diamond ring. Instead, there will be a gold ring around the Sun because the moon would be too distant from the earth to be able to cover the sun completely. This would also be quite a long eclipse and is expected to last over 10 minutes. It is expected to begin by 13: 23 IST, an

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It was probably when Apollo astronauts, on the way to the Moon, first saw our home planet in its entirety from their unique vantage point in space that humans began to view Earth as a single entity, rather than a conglomeration of diverse political entities . To this day, astronauts on their first flights all note the absence of "painted" national boundaries, as they look down upon Earth from orb