Astronomy Picture of the Day . Jupiter, Saturn and Messier 45 . ... Jupiter blazes forth above and to the left of a slightly fainter Saturn in this telephoto picture taken on January 19th. Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 2903 . ... NGC 2903 is a spiral galaxy similar to our own Milky Way Galaxy. ... Moving northward in Earth's sky, today the Sun crosses the celestial equator at 13:31 Universal Time bringing Spring to the north and Fall to the south. ... Rockets and Robert Goddard . ... A Sun Pillar . ...