Astronomy Picture of the Day . Shadow Play . ... During September 7th's lunar eclipse, the Moon slid through the Earth's shadow. ... This very sharp telescopic vista features the last object in the modern version of Charles Messier's catalog of bright clusters and nebulae - Messier 110. A dwarf elliptical galaxy, M110 (aka NGC 205) is actually a bright satellite of the large spiral galaxy Andromeda, making M110 a fellow member of the local group of galaxies. ... Pluto in True Color . ...