Chubby, brunette Eunice Kinnison sat in a rocker, reading the Sunday papers and listening to the radio. Her husband Ralph lay sprawled upon the davenport, smoking a cigarette and reading the current issue of EXTRAORDINARY STORIES against an unheard background of music. Mentally, he was far from Tellus, flitting in his super-dreadnaught through parsec after parsec of vacuous space. E.E. "Doc" Smith, Triplanetary, Chapter 5: "1941"
Monday, April 16, 2012
Peak Nebula
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the Eagle Nebula (including those famous "Pillars of Creation") as taken by the 0.9 meter telescope on Kitt Peak. Pretty good for a ground-based scope!
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