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  1. Heute Abend könnt ihr nach Sonnenuntergang im Westen die Venus sehen und südlich davon (rund 3°) solltet ihr auch die Mondsichel finden. #astronomie #astrodon #moon #venus

  2. RE: mastodon.social/@TillSawala/10

    Time to renew my #CallforSpeakers - if you have some interesting results to share with the #HelsinkiUniversity #Astronomy & #Astrophysics community, please reach out! We will start the seminar again in September, with a mix of remote and in-person (hybrid) talks.

    #astrodon

  3. RE: mastodon.social/@TillSawala/10

    Time to renew my #CallforSpeakers - if you have some interesting results to share with the #HelsinkiUniversity #Astronomy & #Astrophysics community, please reach out! We will start the seminar again in September, with a mix of remote and in-person (hybrid) talks.

    #astrodon

  4. Ever wondered what a molecular cloud *looks* like??

    #JWST & #Orion have you covered -- here we have OMC-2, which is a portion of a molecular cloud north of M42.

    📷 :esawebb.org/images/potm2605a/

    #astronomy #astrodon #space #science #Webb #astrophotography #orion

  5. Ever wondered what a molecular cloud *looks* like??

    #JWST & #Orion have you covered -- here we have OMC-2, which is a portion of a molecular cloud north of M42.

    📷 :esawebb.org/images/potm2605a/

    #astronomy #astrodon #space #science #Webb #astrophotography #orion

  6. Ever wondered what a molecular cloud *looks* like??

    #JWST & #Orion have you covered -- here we have OMC-2, which is a portion of a molecular cloud north of M42.

    📷 :esawebb.org/images/potm2605a/

    #astronomy #astrodon #space #science #Webb #astrophotography #orion

  7. Ever wondered what a molecular cloud *looks* like??

    #JWST & #Orion have you covered -- here we have OMC-2, which is a portion of a molecular cloud north of M42.

    📷 :esawebb.org/images/potm2605a/

    #astronomy #astrodon #space #science #Webb #astrophotography #orion

  8. Ever wondered what a molecular cloud *looks* like??

    #JWST & #Orion have you covered -- here we have OMC-2, which is a portion of a molecular cloud north of M42.

    📷 :esawebb.org/images/potm2605a/

    #astronomy #astrodon #space #science #Webb #astrophotography #orion

  9. Oblate Mimas

    NASA Cassini spacecraft reveals the cratered surface of Mimas, a moon whose shape is flattened at the poles.

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA116
    Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

    #mimas #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  10. still can't believe we could have had a HOT AIR BALLON (Globus Aerostaticus) constellation, but instead ended up with Microscopium....

    For more on the #history & #astronomy of the #constellation Microscopium, check out this week's episode here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

    #AstroDon #meme #humor #constellations #StarLore #stars

  11. still can't believe we could have had a HOT AIR BALLON (Globus Aerostaticus) constellation, but instead ended up with Microscopium....

    For more on the #history & #astronomy of the #constellation Microscopium, check out this week's episode here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

    #AstroDon #meme #humor #constellations #StarLore #stars

  12. still can't believe we could have had a HOT AIR BALLON (Globus Aerostaticus) constellation, but instead ended up with Microscopium....

    For more on the #history & #astronomy of the #constellation Microscopium, check out this week's episode here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

    #AstroDon #meme #humor #constellations #StarLore #stars

  13. still can't believe we could have had a HOT AIR BALLON (Globus Aerostaticus) constellation, but instead ended up with Microscopium....

    For more on the #history & #astronomy of the #constellation Microscopium, check out this week's episode here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

    #AstroDon #meme #humor #constellations #StarLore #stars

  14. still can't believe we could have had a HOT AIR BALLON (Globus Aerostaticus) constellation, but instead ended up with Microscopium....

    For more on the #history & #astronomy of the #constellation Microscopium, check out this week's episode here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

    #AstroDon #meme #humor #constellations #StarLore #stars

  15. “After completing the @esoastronomy #ELT, the Earthlings would have to cross the mirror superstructure whilst avoiding the Vortex - if they were caught, they would have to walk all the way home.” #TheAdventureGame #astrodon #exoplanets

  16. “After completing the @esoastronomy #ELT, the Earthlings would have to cross the mirror superstructure whilst avoiding the Vortex - if they were caught, they would have to walk all the way home.” #TheAdventureGame #astrodon #exoplanets

  17. Messier 27, the Dumbbell Nebula - a dying Sun-like star, quietly leaving behind a glowing shell of gas in the dense star fields of the Milky Way.

    adfr.io/astro/20260624_dumbbel

    #astrodon #astrophotography #Messier27 #DumbbellNebula #narrowband #space

  18. Messier 27, the Dumbbell Nebula - a dying Sun-like star, quietly leaving behind a glowing shell of gas in the dense star fields of the Milky Way.

    adfr.io/astro/20260624_dumbbel

    #astrodon #astrophotography #Messier27 #DumbbellNebula #narrowband #space

  19. Cosmography alert 🚨

    Challenging the assumption of large-scale isotropy: detection of anisotropic cosmic structures on a gigaparsec scale in DESI-DR1 data.

    by Francesco Sylos Labini & Marco Galoppo

    nature.com/articles/s41586-026

    #Cosmology #Cosmography #universe #LambdaCDM #science #news #astrodon #galaxies #DESI

  20. Cosmography alert 🚨

    Challenging the assumption of large-scale isotropy: detection of anisotropic cosmic structures on a gigaparsec scale in DESI-DR1 data.

    by Francesco Sylos Labini & Marco Galoppo

    nature.com/articles/s41586-026

    #Cosmology #Cosmography #universe #LambdaCDM #science #news #astrodon #galaxies #DESI

  21. Mimas Polar Maps - June 2012

    The northern and southern hemispheres of Saturn moon Mimas are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available NASA Cassini and Voyager images.

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA149
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

    #mimas #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  22. Roche Division Shadow Caster

    The moon Prometheus casts a shadow on Saturn F ring near a streamer-channel it has created on the ring. The image was taken as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox.

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA115
    Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

    #dione #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  23. Roche Division Shadow Caster

    The moon Prometheus casts a shadow on Saturn F ring near a streamer-channel it has created on the ring. The image was taken as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox.

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA115
    Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

    #dione #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  24. Saturn and 4 Icy Moons in Natural Color

    This approximate natural-color image shows Saturn, its rings, and four of its icy satellites. Three satellites (Tethys, Dione, and Rhea) are visible against the darkness of space, and another smaller satellite (Mimas) is visible against Saturn's cloud tops very near the left horizon and just below the rings. The dark shadows o...

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA004
    Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS

    #dione #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  25. Saturn and 4 Icy Moons in Natural Color

    This approximate natural-color image shows Saturn, its rings, and four of its icy satellites. Three satellites (Tethys, Dione, and Rhea) are visible against the darkness of space, and another smaller satellite (Mimas) is visible against Saturn's cloud tops very near the left horizon and just below the rings. The dark shadows o...

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA004
    Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS

    #dione #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  26. Dione as seen by Voyager 2

    Cracks, canyons, craters, and streaks are seen in this image of Saturn icy moon, Dione, taken from Voyager 2 on August 3, 2005.

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA181
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

    #dione #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  27. Dione as seen by Voyager 2

    Cracks, canyons, craters, and streaks are seen in this image of Saturn icy moon, Dione, taken from Voyager 2 on August 3, 2005.

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA181
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

    #dione #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  28. Farewell to Mimas

    In its season of "lasts," NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its final close approach to Saturn's moon Mimas on January 30, 2017. At closest approach, Cassini passed 25,620 miles (41,230 kilometers) from Mimas. All future observations of Mimas will be from more than twice this distance. This mosaic is one of ...

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA172
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

    #mimas #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  29. Farewell to Mimas

    In its season of "lasts," NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its final close approach to Saturn's moon Mimas on January 30, 2017. At closest approach, Cassini passed 25,620 miles (41,230 kilometers) from Mimas. All future observations of Mimas will be from more than twice this distance. This mosaic is one of ...

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA172
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

    #mimas #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  30. Streaked Craters in False-Color

    A false-color view of Saturn moon Mimas from NASA Cassini spacecraft accentuates terrain-dependent color differences and shows dark streaks running down the sides of some of the craters on the region of the moon that leads in its orbit around Saturn.

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA125
    Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

    #mimas #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  31. Dione as seen by Voyager 2

    Cracks, canyons, craters, and streaks are seen in this image of Saturn icy moon, Dione, taken from Voyager 2 on August 3, 2005.

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA181
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

    #dione #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  32. Dione as seen by Voyager 2

    Cracks, canyons, craters, and streaks are seen in this image of Saturn icy moon, Dione, taken from Voyager 2 on August 3, 2005.

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA181
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

    #dione #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  33. Taking a Bite Out of Tethys

    Dione steps in front of Tethys for a few minutes in an occultation, or mutual event. These events occur frequently for the Cassini spacecraft when it is orbiting close to the ringplane

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA081
    Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

    #dione #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  34. Taking a Bite Out of Tethys

    Dione steps in front of Tethys for a few minutes in an occultation, or mutual event. These events occur frequently for the Cassini spacecraft when it is orbiting close to the ringplane

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA081
    Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

    #dione #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  35. NOIRLab image of the week

    A blazing meteor pops into the sky above Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.

    Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)

    noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw

    #NOIRLab #Astronomy #Meteor #KittPeak #Tucosn #Arizona #Astrodon #photography #astrophotography

  36. NOIRLab image of the week

    A blazing meteor pops into the sky above Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.

    Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)

    noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw

    #NOIRLab #Astronomy #Meteor #KittPeak #Tucosn #Arizona #Astrodon #photography #astrophotography

  37. Mimas Mountain

    Shadows cast across Mimas' defining feature, Herschel Crater, provide an indication of the size of the crater's towering walls and central peak. Named after the icy moon's discoverer, astronomer William Herschel, the crater stretches 86 miles (139 kilometers) wide -- almost one-third of the diameter of Mimas...

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA205
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

    #mimas #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  38. Saturn and 4 Icy Moons in Natural Color

    This approximate natural-color image shows Saturn, its rings, and four of its icy satellites. Three satellites (Tethys, Dione, and Rhea) are visible against the darkness of space, and another smaller satellite (Mimas) is visible against Saturn's cloud tops very near the left horizon and just below the rings. The dark shadows o...

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA004
    Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS

    #dione #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  39. Dione Mosaic

    Many impact craters -- the record of the collision of cosmic debris -- are shown in this mosaic from NASA Voyager 1 of Saturn moon Dione.

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA000
    Credit: NASA/JPL

    #dione #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  40. Dot Against the Dark

    As if trying to get our attention, Mimas is positioned against the shadow of Saturn's rings, bright on dark. As we near summer in Saturn's northern hemisphere, the rings cast ever larger shadows on the planet. With a reflectivity of about 96 percent, Mimas (246 miles, or 396 kilometers across) appears ...

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA182
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

    #mimas #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  41. Dot Against the Dark

    As if trying to get our attention, Mimas is positioned against the shadow of Saturn's rings, bright on dark. As we near summer in Saturn's northern hemisphere, the rings cast ever larger shadows on the planet. With a reflectivity of about 96 percent, Mimas (246 miles, or 396 kilometers across) appears ...

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA182
    Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

    #mimas #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  42. Stretched Shadow

    The shadow of Saturn moon Dione, cast onto the planet, is elongated in dramatic fashion in this image captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft. The moon itself does not appear here, but the shadow can be seen south of the ringplane.

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA125
    Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

    #dione #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  43. Tiny little butte in the middle of the valley, captured in Stereo3D just 4 hours ago by Curiosity

    To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye.

    Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech

    #Mars June 1, 2026 - Sol 4912

    #Curiosity #rover #Sol4912 #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #landscape #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #3D #Stereo3D #Stereoscopy

  44. Tiny little butte in the middle of the valley, captured in Stereo3D just 4 hours ago by Curiosity

    To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye.

    Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech

    #Mars June 1, 2026 - Sol 4912

    #Curiosity #rover #Sol4912 #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #landscape #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #3D #Stereo3D #Stereoscopy

  45. Recalling Voyager

    Like the Voyager spacecraft that came before, NASA Cassini spacecraft chronicles wispy terrain on Saturn moon Dione.

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA127
    Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

    #dione #cassini #cassinihuygens #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

  46. Saturn and 4 Icy Moons in Natural Color

    This approximate natural-color image shows Saturn, its rings, and four of its icy satellites. Three satellites (Tethys, Dione, and Rhea) are visible against the darkness of space, and another smaller satellite (Mimas) is visible against Saturn's cloud tops very near the left horizon and just below the rings. The dark shadows o...

    More: images.nasa.gov/details/PIA004
    Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS

    #dione #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics