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In fact, if you are in a city, it will look even more spectacular. <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103/http://gizmodo.com/5373663/go-enjoy-the-harvest-moon-tonight-and-tomorrow" title="Click here to read more about Go Enjoy the Harvest Moon Tonight and Tomorrow">More »</a> </div> </div><div class="postmeta smalltype"> <div class="postmeta_ad"> </div> <div class="pm_l pm_date"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103/http://gizmodo.com/5373663/go-enjoy-the-harvest-moon-tonight-and-tomorrow" class="pm_link" rel="nofollow" title="on 10/03/09">10/03/09</a><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103im_/http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/base.v9/img/icons/clock-empty.png" class="pm_meta_icon" width="15" height="15"/> </div> <div class="pm_l pm_views" title="48,547 views on this post"> 48,547<img alt="48,547 views on this post" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103im_/http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/base.v9/img/icons/flame-orange.png" title="48,547 views on this post" class="pm_meta_icon" width="10" height="15"/> </div> <div class="pm_l pm_comments"> <a class="pm_link" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103/http://gizmodo.com/5373663/go-enjoy-the-harvest-moon-tonight-and-tomorrow#viewcomments" rel="nofollow" title="Read 90 comments on the post">90</a><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103im_/http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/base.v9/img/icons/comment-empty.png" title="Read 90 comments on the post" class="pm_meta_icon" width="15" height="15"/> </div> <div class="pm_l pm_byline"> <cite class="pm_byline">By <a href="/web/20100124105103/http://gizmodo.com/people/jesusdiaz/posts/" title="Click here to read posts written by Jesus Diaz" class="pm_link">Jesus Diaz</a> </cite> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="dotted"></div> </div> <div class="postid_5368457 post"> <div class="content"> <div class="postpic"> <a title="Click here to read Homemade Astro-Photography: Look Out, Hubble" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103/http://gizmodo.com/tag/astronomy/" class="topTag"><span class="hash">#</span>astronomy</a> <a title="Click here to read Homemade Astro-Photography: Look Out, Hubble" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103/http://gizmodo.com/5368457/homemade-astro+photography-look-out-hubble" class="pp_image"> <img height="120" width="160" title="Click here to read Homemade Astro-Photography: Look Out, Hubble" alt="Click here to read Homemade Astro-Photography: Look Out, Hubble" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103im_/http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2009/09/160x120_aa_pelicannebula.jpg"/> </a> </div> <h1> <a title="Click here to read Homemade Astro-Photography: Look Out, Hubble" class="dcolor" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103/http://gizmodo.com/5368457/homemade-astro+photography-look-out-hubble">Homemade Astro-Photography: Look Out, Hubble</a> </h1> Wired has a selection of reader-submitted space photos, and they're more impressive than I could have imagined. This one is a shot of the Pelican Nebula, 2,000 light years away, with a 114-minute exposure. Awesome. [<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103/http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/reader-astronomy-photos/">Wired</a>] </div> <div class="postmeta smalltype"> <div class="postmeta_ad"> </div> <div class="pm_l pm_date"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103/http://gizmodo.com/5368457/homemade-astro+photography-look-out-hubble" class="pm_link" rel="nofollow" title="on 09/26/09">09/26/09</a><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103im_/http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/base.v9/img/icons/clock-empty.png" class="pm_meta_icon" width="15" height="15"/> </div> <div class="pm_l pm_views" title="15,760 views on this post"> 15,760<img alt="15,760 views on this post" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103im_/http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/base.v9/img/icons/flame-orange.png" title="15,760 views on this post" class="pm_meta_icon" width="10" height="15"/> </div> <div class="pm_l pm_comments"> <a class="pm_link" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103/http://gizmodo.com/5368457/homemade-astro+photography-look-out-hubble#viewcomments" rel="nofollow" title="Read 38 comments on the post">38</a><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103im_/http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/base.v9/img/icons/comment-empty.png" title="Read 38 comments on the post" class="pm_meta_icon" width="15" height="15"/> </div> <div class="pm_l pm_byline"> <cite class="pm_byline">By <a href="/web/20100124105103/http://gizmodo.com/people/din117/posts/" title="Click here to read posts written by Dan Nosowitz" class="pm_link">Dan Nosowitz</a> </cite> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="dotted"></div> </div> <div class="postid_5351239 post"> <div class="content"> <div class="postpic"> <a title="Click here to read The Most Distant, Oldest Black Hole In the Universe Still Runs in 8-Bits" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103/http://gizmodo.com/tag/science/" class="topTag"><span class="hash">#</span>science</a> <a title="Click here to read The Most Distant, Oldest Black Hole In the Universe Still Runs in 8-Bits" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103/http://gizmodo.com/5351239/the-most-distant-oldest-black-hole-in-the-universe-still-runs-in-8+bits" class="pp_image"> <img height="120" width="160" title="Click here to read The Most Distant, Oldest Black Hole In the Universe Still Runs in 8-Bits" alt="Click here to read The Most Distant, Oldest Black Hole In the Universe Still Runs in 8-Bits" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103im_/http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2009/09/160x120_qsohost_falsecolor3_zoom.jpg"/> </a> </div> <h1> <a title="Click here to read The Most Distant, Oldest Black Hole In the Universe Still Runs in 8-Bits" class="dcolor" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103/http://gizmodo.com/5351239/the-most-distant-oldest-black-hole-in-the-universe-still-runs-in-8+bits">The Most Distant, Oldest Black Hole In the Universe Still Runs in 8-Bits</a> </h1> Behold, the most distant <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged BLACK HOLE" title="Click here to read more posts tagged BLACK HOLE" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103/http://gizmodo.com/tag/black-hole/">black hole</a> in the Universe. But don't hold it too tight or it will suck you right in, with all its suckity sucking 1980s 8-bit powers. 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</div> <div class="postid_5335213 post"> <div class="content postBigPic"> <a title="Click here to read Space Alert: The Perseids Are Coming, Go See Them" class="spimage" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103/http://gizmodo.com/5335213/space-alert-the-perseids-are-coming-go-see-them"> <img width="500" style="padding: 0pt;" title="" alt="" class="bigpic" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103im_/http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2009/08/500x_377481main_perseid_690.jpg"/> </a> <a title="Click here to read Space Alert: The Perseids Are Coming, Go See Them" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100124105103/http://gizmodo.com/tag/imagecache/" class="topTag condensedTag" id="tag_5335213"> <span class="hash">#</span>imagecache </a> <div class="bigExcerptHolder"> <h1> <a title="Click here to read Space Alert: The Perseids Are Coming, Go See Them" class="dcolor" 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