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Persian astrolabe at Astrolabe, by Andrew Dunn

Distance between Earth and Moon at Orbit of the Moon by Nickshanks

Solar eclipse, by Luc Viatour (edited by Diliff)

Comet McNaught, by Fir0002

28 August 2007 lunar eclipse, by Fir0002

Full Moon, by Luc Viatour

433 Eros, by NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft

Io, by Galileo probe

Sombrero Galaxy M104, by Hubble Space Telescope

Kepler's Supernova at SN 1604, by Spitzer space telescope, Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory

Mars, by Viking 1 orbiter

Sunspot, by TRACE space telescope

Atmosphere of Jupiter at Jupiter, by Voyager 1 spacecraft

Tycho's supernova at SN 1572, by Chandra X-ray Observatory

Voyager 1 entering heliosheath region at Heliopause, by Walt Feimer, NASA

Moons of solar system at Natural satellite, by NASA, edited by Deuar, KFP and TotoBaggins

Dione and Saturn at Dione, by Cassini orbiter

Pleiades, by NASA

Hubble Ultra Deep Field, by Hubble Space Telescope

Deep Impact Probe Collision at Deep Impact, by NASA

Eagle Nebula, by Hubble Space Telescope

Jupiter, by Cassini orbiter

Earthrise at Apollo 8, by William Anders

Pioneer plaque, by Carl Sagan, Frank Drake and Linda Salzman Sagan

Comet Hale-Bopp by Philipp Salzgeber

Orion Nebula, by Hubble Space Telescope

Crab Nebula, by Hubble Space Telescope

Victoria Crater, by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Rings of Saturn, by Cassini orbiter

Planum Boreum, by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Methane Lakes on Titan, by Cassini orbiter

Polar Map of Jupiter, by Cassini orbiter

NGC 602, by the Hubble Space Telescope

Helix Nebula, by NASA, ESA, and C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University)

Antennae Galaxies, by NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team

Eta Carinae Nebula, NASA/ESA/STSCI

NGC 2244, by NASA/JPL

Iapetus (moon) mosaic color, by NASA/JPL

Whirlpool Galaxy and NGC 5195, by NASA/ESA

Infrared image of the core of the Milky Way galaxy, by NASA/JPL-Caltech/S. Stolovy (SSC/Caltech)

Hyperion (moon), by NASA

Tvashtar volcano erupting on Io, by NASA/JHU/APL

Milky Way from Death Valley, by Dan Duriscoe, National Park Service

Landslide on Mars, by NASA

Iapetian equatorial ridge, by Cassini orbiter

Iapetian trailing hemisphere, by Cassini orbiter

False color mosaic of the moon (at Geology of the Moon), by NASA

Mira bow shock, by NASA

Saturn, by Cassini orbiter

Unseen side of Mercury, by NASA

Victoria crater ,Mars, by Opportunity rover

Mice Galaxies, by Hubble Space Telescope

Geocentric model, by Bartolomeu Velho (photo by Joaquim Alves Gaspar)

Eta Carinae, by Hubble Space Telescope

Cosmic microwave background radiation, by NASA/WMAP Science Team