The #Retrograde Dance of #Saturn and #Neptune
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260506.html

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Tuesday, May 5th, 2026

Today, the #Moon 🌖 enters #Capricorn ♑, bringing...

a need to get organized. 🗃️

With a square from the Moon to #Neptune, 🌛

it's a great time to focus on:

✨ structures that support your dreams 💭
✨ what you are becoming or creating 🌱
✨ "shoulds" that need to be released 🌬️

It's time to step into ➡️

what is calling you forward! 💖

Details in this video https://youtu.be/-KmfPXIKW58

#SelfCare #Astrology #AstrologyHeals #EvolutionaryAstrology #Horoscope #Zodiac

2026-05-02 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-04-25)

NEPTUNE
- Distance (km): 4,586,716,808.37 km (-10,120,983.83 km)
- Distance (AU): 30.66 (-0.07)
- Light travel time: 4 h 14 min 59.64 s (-33.76 s)
- Orbital speed: 5.47 km/s (-0.00 km/s)

Image: Neptune - Changes in Great Dark Spot
Credit: NASA/JPL

#Neptune #Space #SolarSystem

Neptune Blue-green Atmosphere

Neptune's blue-green atmosphere is shown in greater detail than ever before by the Voyager 2 spacecraft as it rapidly approaches its encounter with the giant planet. This color image, produced from a distance of about 16 million kilometers, shows several complex and puzzling atmospheric features. The Great Dark Spot (GDS) seen at the cente...

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA02245
Credit: NASA/JPL

#neptune #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

Post-encounter View of Neptune South Pole

NASA Voyager 2 post-encounter view of Neptune south pole as the spacecraft sped away on a southward trajectory.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA01539
Credit: NASA/JPL

#neptune #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

2026-04-25 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-04-18)

NEPTUNE
- Distance (km): 4,596,837,792.20 km (-8,389,934.18 km)
- Distance (AU): 30.73 (-0.06)
- Light travel time: 4 h 15 min 33.40 s (-27.99 s)
- Orbital speed: 5.47 km/s (+0.00 km/s)

Image: Neptune Full Disk
Credit: NASA/JPL

#Neptune #Space #SolarSystem