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    SpaceX’s Starlink satellites will be visible for long stretches of the night. Credit: SpaceX
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    Dozens of previously obscured galaxies in the ‘zone of avoidance’ have now come to light . Artist's illustration. Credit: ICRAR
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    Electric Wizardry by Shane Turgeon, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Category: Aurorae. Equipment: Canon 1DX camera, 14mm f/2.5, ISO 1000, 6-second exposure
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    Stuart Atkinson braved the cold at 05:45 UTC on 7 December 2022 to capture this (cropped) image of Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF. Equipment: Canon EOS 700D DSLR camera, iOptron sky tracker, 80-300mm lens at 300.
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    Webb Telescope captures thousands of faint galaxies in brand new image

    Gravitationally-lensed galaxy 9io9, discovered by TV viewers and wowing scientists ever since. Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble/Meli thev
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    How Stargazing Live viewers found a galaxy that’s key to the early Universe

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