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APOD: 2026 September 27 – Andromeda Before and After Photoshop

1 min read Picture A picture of the day. Rewritten in plain language

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  • The picture is a stack of 223 images, each a 300 second exposure, taken from a garden observatory in Por t ugal during 2019.
  • APOD's email for image submissions has changed.

2 sentences from our version of the report, chosen to cover it. Nothing here is written; every line is in the article below. How

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Nothing in this headline could be checked against the report.

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Andromeda galaxy
Andromeda galaxy Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

The picture is a stack of 223 images, each a 300 second exposure, taken from a garden observatory in Por t ugal during 2019. In the after image, these imperfections were not removed with Photoshop specifically, but greatly reduced with a series of computer software packages that included Astro Pixel Processor, DeepSkyStacker, and PixInsight. APOD's email for image submissions has changed.

Please see: APOD Submissions APOD's main NASA site is moving: From apod.nasa.gov to science.nasa.gov/apod Tomorrow's picture: cosmic latte.

Shortened to 1 minute of reading, this version reads 87.8 on the Niral Score.

Our calmer version of NASA’s report, shortened: the same facts and quotations, with the loaded words taken out.

How calmly it was written, and our calmer version

Only this newsroom has covered it so far.

Outlet Niral ScoreAdjectivesMood
NASAas they published this story 75.3 17 51.6
Mundane Readneutralized from NASA 82.6 15 51.6

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