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1. Andromeda before Photoshop

   What does the Andromeda galaxy really look like?

   
   

2. A Stellar Jewel Box: Open Cluster NGC 290

   Jewels don't shine this bright -- only stars do.

   
   

3. Interplanetary Earth

   In an interplanetary first, on July 19, 2013

   
   

4. Planet Earth at Blue Hour

   Nature photographers and other

   
   

5. Mid-Air Meteor and Milky Way

   On September 24, a late evening commercial flight from