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[NASA] APOD: 2026 September 4 – Na Uhane Mahoe Huki Pu i ke Ola

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APOD

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

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Nā ʻUhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola

Explanation:

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, is the Hawaiian name given to this image of a pair of spiral galaxies locked in a mutual gravitational embrace. Some 200 million light-years distant toward the high flying constellation Pegasus their spectacular, galactic scale merger is captured in sharp detail in the image from the 8.1 meter
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telescope on Maunakea, Hawai‘i. The galaxy pair,
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, was chosen as a target, researched, and given an Hawaiian name by high school students in the joint Gemini Observatory and University of Hawaiʻi
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internship program. The name translates to “The Twin Spirits Pulling Together Creating Life”. That’s both culturally and astronomically appropriate for
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that trigger a cosmic
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from galactic reservoirs of elemental building blocks of life.
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are found within a region of Pegasus identified as the Hawaiian navigational constellation
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APOD’s main NASA site is

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Tomorrow’s picture: chasing shadows

Date September 4, 2026
Credit: Image Credit:
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Image Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab),
T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
Authors & editors: Jerry Bonnell, Cecilia Chirenti, Robert Nemiroff, Keighley Rockcliffe
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