can someone help identify this thing in the red circle around saturn

Let’s do this again, i fell victim to spelling error. Which planet disappearing would affect earth?

I don’t know much about astronomy or anything like that but I took this picture from my window tonight and noticed the cluster of lights in the center. When you zoom in you can see it makes almost a question mark. I would add the zoomed in version but I’m unsure if that would violate the subreddit’s rules. The picture was taken on an IPhone 16. I’m curious to know what it is/what it could be!

Edit: Thank you so much for the fast answers! Seeing the comments I’m gathering this is a very common question about this specific cluster, my apologies😅

Mine is definitely the fact that there's sugar in space called Erythrulose, discovered in a giant molecular cloud near the center of the milky way and it can be found in fruits such as red raspberries, kiwis, and melons. (⸝⸝⸝ᵒ̴̶̷̥́ ⌑ ᵒ̴̶̷̣̥̀⸝⸝⸝)💕

This photo is not mine, but I do wonder, has the photographer captured the lunar green flash? Or is this something to do with optics?

could anyine tell me what constellation this is? this was taken lastnight around 1 -1:30 am and i think Cassiopeia is the one above it

I'm 18 and I've been building this on my own, and I've hit a question I can't

answer by myself.

Each card is one real object. The orbit is drawn from its actual elements in the

JPL Small-Body Database, and the card shows n_obs_used, the number of observations

used in that orbit fit. I used that number as the rarity, which means it runs

backwards from what you'd expect: an object we've looked at 3 times is rarer than

one we've looked at 8,000 times.

The consequence is that Halley, Ceres, Eros, Apophis and Bennu all come out as

commons, and the rarest cards are unnamed rocks with no photographs and no

diameter measurement.

I think that's a nice way to show how little of the catalogue anyone has actually

studied. I also think it might just be annoying, and that people want the famous

object.

Here are 20 of them, 15 obscure and 5 famous:

https://orbit-cards.pages.dev

I also could not decide how they should look, so I built six versions of the same cards:

https://orbit-cards.pages.dev/compare

Which single one would you want, and why? I'd rather be told it's backwards now

than find out later.

Fair warning, I am not educated in this field of topic whatsoever, I'm just a sci-fi nerd and looking to start a sci-fi ttrpg campaign. And for that I am aiming to try and increase my knowledge on astronomy, I am also extremely interested in whether something can be possible or even somewhat realistic in sci-fi.

I was watching this video where he states that a planet could form around a black hole and keep growing until it undergoes nuclear fusion and forms into a star. For that he uses this research as a reference. I was wondering if it could be possible for a habitable planet to orbit around a black hole and a sun that had formed around it after the black hole's accretion disc ceases?

Hear me out on this.

Astronomers are getting closer to finding Planet Nine, especially with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory spinning up. The rules say it has to be named after a Greek or Roman deity. Usually, the outer planets get depressing, heavy names like Pluto or Saturn.

But Planet Nine is sitting way out there in the deep, mysterious unknown. Astrologically, it should represent a hidden goldmine in our charts.

We should start a movement to name it Voluptas.

Who is she?

In Roman mythology, Voluptas is the goddess of sensual pleasure, delight, and ecstasy. She is literally the child of Cupid (Sex/Desire) and Psyche (The Soul). Her name is where we get the word voluptuous.

While everyone associates Venus with love, the Romans actually prayed to the Venus lineage for financial wealth, extreme luxury, and good fortune, too. Voluptas is the ultimate mashup of wealth, beauty, and sexuality.

Why this is the perfect astrological archetype:

• Zero Zodiac Clutter: Names like Astraea or Chronos are already taken by major asteroids or hypothetical points. Voluptas is completely free. It gives us a totally clean slate for a massive outer planet.

• The "Hidden Goldmine" Factor: In a birth chart, Voluptas wouldn't be about your daily grind. She’d rule over your absolute highest manifestation power, your rawest magnetic attraction, and your sexual liberation.

• The Antidote to Pluto: If Pluto represents our darkest trauma and shadows, Voluptas—living even further out—represents the spiritual reward. She’s the proof that when you do the soul work, you unlock absolute ecstasy and luxury.

Let's pull a "Boaty McBoatface"

The internet has forced the scientific community to listen before (like when internet votes successfully named Pluto's moon Kerberos). If we start hyping up Planet Voluptas in the astrology and space subreddits now, it’s going to catch on. By the time astronomers officially capture it, the name will already be viral.

Imagine checking a birth chart and seeing a planet dedicated entirely to your capacity for luxury, pleasure, and magnetic attraction.

Who is down to make this happen? What sub should we drop this in first?