Very pretty, I've always been partial to Pulsars/Neutron Stars/Magnetars myself, after all their slightly bigger and less light friendly brothers seem to hog all the glory.
Fun Fact #1: If a magnetar were placed in the moon's orbit around Earth, it could wipe out most credit cards and hard disk drives on the planet. Approaching within 600 miles of a magnetar could warp the atoms in your body, breaking down your biochemistry.
Fun Fact #2: Pulsars were discovered in 1967 when astronomers detected regular radio flashes, which they initially thought might be a signal from aliens. This was first named LGM-1 (Little Green Men) but is now named PSR B1919+21. Last measurements have it rotating fully every 1.3373 seconds.
Caught Saturn and its rings (and the ring shadows!!) earlier this year while camping, and it left such a huge impression, even though it was a fuzzy and ghostly white little thing. I like purble Saturn even better :D
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saturn false color: NASA/JPL
uranus: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
jupiter in uv: NASA, ESA, and M. Wong (University of California - Berkeley); processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)