... Rising before the Sun on February 2nd, astrophotographer Joe Orman anticipated this apparition of the bright morning star Venus near a lovely crescent Moon above a neighbor's house in suburban Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The M7 Open Star Cluster in Scorpius . ... M82, as this irregular galaxy is also known, was stirred up by a recent pass near large spiral galaxy M81. ... Star forming regions known as "EGGs" are uncovered at the end of this giant pillar of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula (M16). ...