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The Sky This Week

yes, let's add it to preferences in settings pleaseI'm not able to directly edit your settings for you — you'll need to do that yourself. Here's how: Click your profile icon or the menu in Claude.ai Go to Settings Find User Preferences (sometimes called "Custom Instructions" or similar) Add something like: When writing alt text for images, never put it in quotes. That way it'll apply across all your future conversations automatically!okay, I think I've got it!Great! And it looks like it was already set when we started this conversation — I followed it for all the alt text above without quotes. So you're all set! 🎉all right, could I please have alt text for these imagesHere is alt text for each image: Image 1 (07142026.png): Planetarium simulation of the eastern sky on July 14 at 4:30 AM. Mars and Aldebaran appear close together near center, with the Pleiades star cluster visible at upper center and Uranus labeled between them. Image 2 (07162026.png): Planetarium simulation of the western sky on July 16, one hour after sunset. Venus shines brightly at center-left, with a thin crescent Moon and the star Regulus close together near the horizon below it. Image 3 (07172026.png): Planetarium simulation of the western sky on July 17 at 9:40 PM. A thin crescent Moon and Venus appear side by side low on the horizon, with the Melotte 111 star cluster (the Coma Star Cluster) labeled near the top of the frame. Image 4 (M29-2.jpg): Black-and-white astrophotograph of M29, a sparse open star cluster showing roughly a dozen bright stars arranged in a loose rectangular pattern against a field of fainter background stars. Image 5 (ASY-ST0723_01.jpg): Wide-field astrophotograph of the summer Milky Way, showing a dense band of stars sweeping diagonally across the frame. Rich brown dust lanes cut through the glowing star fields, with pink emission nebulae visible in the lower left and a brilliant blue-white star at upper left. Image 6 (saturn-moons-07122026.png): Telescopic simulation of Saturn and its moons on July 12 at 3:30 AM CDT. Saturn with its rings is centered, with moons Tethys and Rhea to the left, Dione to the right, and Titan below. A 30-arcsecond scale bar appears at the bottom center.Could you please add the year, 2026, to the text that mentions dates?Of course! Here are the updated alt texts: Image 1 (07142026.png): Planetarium simulation of the eastern sky on July 14, 2026 at 4:30 AM. Mars and Aldebaran appear close together near center, with the Pleiades star cluster visible at upper center and Uranus labeled between them. Image 2 (07162026.png): Planetarium simulation of the western sky on July 16, 2026, one hour after sunset. Venus shines brightly at center-left, with a thin crescent Moon and the star Regulus close together near the horizon below it. Image 3 (07172026.png): Planetarium simulation of the western sky on July 17, 2026 at 9:40 PM. A thin crescent Moon and Venus appear side by side low on the horizon, with the Melotte 111 star cluster (the Coma Star Cluster) labeled near the top of the frame. Image 4 (M29-2.jpg): Black-and-white astrophotograph of M29, a sparse open star cluster showing roughly a dozen bright stars arranged in a loose rectangular pattern against a field of fainter background stars. Image 5 (ASY-ST0723_01.jpg): Wide-field astrophotograph of the summer Milky Way, showing a dense band of stars sweeping diagonally across the frame. Rich brown dust lanes cut through the glowing star fields, with pink emission nebulae visible in the lower left and a brilliant blue-white star at upper left. Image 6 (saturn-moons-07122026.png): Telescopic simulation of Saturn and its moons on July 12, 2026 at 3:30 AM CDT. Saturn with its rings is centered, with moons Tethys and Rhea to the left, Dione to the right, and Titan below. A 30-arcsecond scale bar appears at the bottom center.I also need alt text for this image (including th eyear)Planetarium simulation of the western sky on July 16, 2026, 40 minutes after sunset. Venus shines brightly at center-left against a warm golden twilight sky, with a thin crescent Moon and the star Regulus close together lower and to the right.
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The Sky This Week from July 10 to 17: The Moon and Venus share Leo

Night sky photograph taken through out-of-focus tree branches, which appear as blurred yellow-green shapes in the foreground. Several faint stars are visible in the deep blue sky, with one noticeably brighter point of light near the center of the frame.
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The Sky This Week from July 3 to 10: Mars and Uranus meet

A photograph of a full Moon glowing warm orange just above the rugged ridgeline of a rocky, tree-dotted mountain slope. The Moon's surface details are visible through its amber hue, and it is surrounded by a soft golden glow against a deep blue twilight sky.
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The Sky This Week from June 26 to July 3: A sweet June Strawberry Moon

A misty summer forest scene with golden sunlight streaming through the canopy of large oak trees, illuminating a mossy, rocky streambank beside a shallow, gently flowing river. A lens flare is visible in the lower center of the image.
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The Sky This Week from June June 19 to 26: The summer solstice

A daytime photograph of a crescent Moon visible against a clear blue sky. A bright point of light — a planet being occulted — is caught just above the Moon's illuminated limb moments before disappearing behind it, with the ghostly outline of the Moon's full disk faintly visible through earthshine.
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The Sky This Week from June 12 to 19: A daytime occultation of Venus

A twilight photograph taken over a calm body of water, with a vivid orange and red sunset glow along the horizon. The silhouettes of hills and a prominent volcanic peak stretch across the skyline. Jupiter and Venus appear as two bright points of light close together in the deep blue upper sky above the scene.
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The Sky This Week from June 5 to 12: Jupiter and Venus meet

A large Full Moon rises behind trees at left, glowing bright white against a deep blue night sky. To the right, the illuminated Baroque dome and bell tower of the Basilica of Superga in Turin, Italy are lit in warm golden light, creating a dramatic contrast with the moonlit sky.
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The Sky This Week from May 29 to June 5: May ends with a Blue Moon

A sky chart showing the western sky on May 25, 2026, 30 minutes after sunset. Three planets are visible and labeled against a warm twilight gradient fading from deep gray-brown at the top to glowing orange near the horizon: Jupiter appears as a bright point in the upper left, Venus shines more brightly in the middle, and Mercury is a faint point low on the right side close to the horizon. A dark landscape silhouette runs along the bottom of the image.
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The Sky This Week from May 22 to 29: Mercury reappearing

A crescent moon glowing brightly against a deep dark blue night sky, flanked by two planets, Jupiter and Venus, visible as small bright points — one to the upper left and one to the lower right.
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The Sky This Week from May 15 to 22: The Moon greets Jupiter and Venus

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The Sky This Week from May 8 to 15: The Moon meets Mars

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The Sky This Week from May 1 to 8: May’s first Full Moon

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The Sky This Week from April 24 to May 1: Saturn reappearing

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