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NOIRLab image of the week

Following the Stars with Rubin

Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/H. Stockebrand

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2619a/

#NOIRLab #Astronomy #Rubin #RubinObs #RubinObservatory #Astrophysics #Astrodon #photography #astrophotography #nightphotography #Chile #stars #startrails #SouthPole #Octans

NOIRLab image of the week

Following the Stars with Rubin

Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/H. Stockebrand

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2619a/

#NOIRLab #Astronomy #Rubin #RubinObs #RubinObservatory #Astrophysics #Astrodon #photography #astrophotography #nightphotography #Chile #stars #startrails #SouthPole #Octans

NOIRLab image of the week

Following the Stars with Rubin

Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/H. Stockebrand

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2619a/

#NOIRLab #Astronomy #Rubin #RubinObs #RubinObservatory #Astrophysics #Astrodon #photography #astrophotography #nightphotography #Chile #stars #startrails #SouthPole #Octans

NOIRLab image of the week

Following the Stars with Rubin

Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/H. Stockebrand

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2619a/

#NOIRLab #Astronomy #Rubin #RubinObs #RubinObservatory #Astrophysics #Astrodon #photography #astrophotography #nightphotography #Chile #stars #startrails #SouthPole #Octans

NOIRLab image of the week

Following the Stars with Rubin

Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/H. Stockebrand

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2619a/

#NOIRLab #Astronomy #Rubin #RubinObs #RubinObservatory #Astrophysics #Astrodon #photography #astrophotography #nightphotography #Chile #stars #startrails #SouthPole #Octans

2026 May 15

Unraveling NGC 3169
* Image Credit & Copyright: Simone Curzi and the ShaRA Team
https://app.astrobin.com/u/MRWSKYLOVER?i=0ym89c#gallery
https://astrotrex.wordpress.com/2024/05/22/shara8-2-the-galaxy-duo/

Explanation:
Spiral galaxy NGC 3169 looks to be unraveling like a ball of cosmic yarn. It lies some 70 million light-years away, south of bright star Regulus toward the faint constellation Sextans. Wound up spiral arms are pulled out into sweeping tidal tails as NGC 3169 (left) and neighboring NGC 3166 interact gravitationally. Eventually the galaxies will merge into one, a common fate even for bright galaxies in the local universe. Drawn out stellar arcs and plumes are clear indications of the ongoing gravitational interactions across the deep and colorful galaxy group photo. The telescopic frame spans about 20 arc minutes or about 400,000 light-years at the group's estimated distance, and includes smaller, bluish NGC 3165 to the right. NGC 3169 is also known to shine across the spectrum from radio to X-rays, harboring an active galactic nucleus that is the site of a supermassive black hole.
https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso1114a/
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ngc3166/
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120604.html
http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galgrps/leoii.html
https://app.astrobin.com/u/MRWSKYLOVER?i=e4w7jc
http://arxiv.org/abs/0801.4382

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260515.html

#space #galaxy #astrophotography #photography #science #astronomy #nature #esa #NASA #education #apod

Volcanic Caldera on Io

This photograph of Jupiter satellite Io taken by NASA Voyager 1 shows what appears to be a volcanic caldera that is venting gasses the bright blue patch at left center.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA00021
Credit: NASA/JPL

#io #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

Volcanic Caldera on Io

This photograph of Jupiter satellite Io taken by NASA Voyager 1 shows what appears to be a volcanic caldera that is venting gasses the bright blue patch at left center.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA00021
Credit: NASA/JPL

#io #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

Volcanic Caldera on Io

This photograph of Jupiter satellite Io taken by NASA Voyager 1 shows what appears to be a volcanic caldera that is venting gasses the bright blue patch at left center.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA00021
Credit: NASA/JPL

#io #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

Volcanic Caldera on Io

This photograph of Jupiter satellite Io taken by NASA Voyager 1 shows what appears to be a volcanic caldera that is venting gasses the bright blue patch at left center.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA00021
Credit: NASA/JPL

#io #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

Volcanic Caldera on Io

This photograph of Jupiter satellite Io taken by NASA Voyager 1 shows what appears to be a volcanic caldera that is venting gasses the bright blue patch at left center.

More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA00021
Credit: NASA/JPL

#io #voyager #astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics

Milky Way Over Syme Hut and Mount Taranaki

"Reaching Mount Taranaki, New Zealand involving over five hours of hiking through deep snow and ice in extreme conditions, with windchill dropping to around -15C and a heavy 20kg pack, progress was slow and physically taxing."

Photograph: Brendan Larsen

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#NewZealand
#AltText
#mountains

Botswana Baobabs by Night

"I spent 10 days travelling through Botswana, living out of my car and moving through remote desert landscapes in complete isolation, focused entirely on photographing the night sky. This location became the highlight of the trip: a small, ancient island rising from the middle of a vast salt pan."

Photograph: Stefano Pellegrini

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#Botswana
#baobabs

Moonset, Planet Earth
Credits: STS-35, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

Valle de la Luna, Universo Triassico Ischigualasto

This photograph was captured in Argentina, in a Unesco world heritage site. Cancha de bochas has geological importance as the only place on Earth where the complete sequence of the Triassic period can be observed, preserving key fossils from the earliest dinosaurs.

Photograph: Gonzalo Javier Santile

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#AltText
#Argentina

Valle de la Luna, Universo Triassico Ischigualasto

This photograph was captured in Argentina, in a Unesco world heritage site. Cancha de bochas has geological importance as the only place on Earth where the complete sequence of the Triassic period can be observed, preserving key fossils from the earliest dinosaurs.

Photograph: Gonzalo Javier Santile

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#AltText
#Argentina

Valle de la Luna, Universo Triassico Ischigualasto

This photograph was captured in Argentina, in a Unesco world heritage site. Cancha de bochas has geological importance as the only place on Earth where the complete sequence of the Triassic period can be observed, preserving key fossils from the earliest dinosaurs.

Photograph: Gonzalo Javier Santile

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#AltText
#Argentina

Valle de la Luna, Universo Triassico Ischigualasto

This photograph was captured in Argentina, in a Unesco world heritage site. Cancha de bochas has geological importance as the only place on Earth where the complete sequence of the Triassic period can be observed, preserving key fossils from the earliest dinosaurs.

Photograph: Gonzalo Javier Santile

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#AltText
#Argentina

Valle de la Luna, Universo Triassico Ischigualasto

This photograph was captured in Argentina, in a Unesco world heritage site. Cancha de bochas has geological importance as the only place on Earth where the complete sequence of the Triassic period can be observed, preserving key fossils from the earliest dinosaurs.

Photograph: Gonzalo Javier Santile

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#AltText
#Argentina

Salto del Agrio

This image was captured at Salto del Agrio, in the province of Neuquén, Argentina.The 45-metre waterfall plunges into a canyon carved by ancient lava flows from the Copahue volcano. Surrounded by basalt, the scene is enriched by the vivid colours left behind by minerals, particularly iron and sulfur carried by the Agrio River.

Photograph: Alejandra Heis

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#Argentina
#waterfall
#AltText

Salto del Agrio

This image was captured at Salto del Agrio, in the province of Neuquén, Argentina.The 45-metre waterfall plunges into a canyon carved by ancient lava flows from the Copahue volcano. Surrounded by basalt, the scene is enriched by the vivid colours left behind by minerals, particularly iron and sulfur carried by the Agrio River.

Photograph: Alejandra Heis

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#Argentina
#waterfall
#AltText

Salto del Agrio

This image was captured at Salto del Agrio, in the province of Neuquén, Argentina.The 45-metre waterfall plunges into a canyon carved by ancient lava flows from the Copahue volcano. Surrounded by basalt, the scene is enriched by the vivid colours left behind by minerals, particularly iron and sulfur carried by the Agrio River.

Photograph: Alejandra Heis

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#Argentina
#waterfall
#AltText

Salto del Agrio

This image was captured at Salto del Agrio, in the province of Neuquén, Argentina.The 45-metre waterfall plunges into a canyon carved by ancient lava flows from the Copahue volcano. Surrounded by basalt, the scene is enriched by the vivid colours left behind by minerals, particularly iron and sulfur carried by the Agrio River.

Photograph: Alejandra Heis

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#Argentina
#waterfall
#AltText

Salto del Agrio

This image was captured at Salto del Agrio, in the province of Neuquén, Argentina.The 45-metre waterfall plunges into a canyon carved by ancient lava flows from the Copahue volcano. Surrounded by basalt, the scene is enriched by the vivid colours left behind by minerals, particularly iron and sulfur carried by the Agrio River.

Photograph: Alejandra Heis

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#Argentina
#waterfall
#AltText

Time for a midweek break from #astrophotography from our #constellation of the #month #Camelopardalis to show you Petrus Plancius!

Who is Petrus Plancius? Another of the multi-hyphenate astronomers of the 1600s, who we met in this week's episode!

For more, check out: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-cosmic-background/

📷 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Plancius#/media/File:Petrusplancius.gif

#astronomer #astronomy #history #historical #AstroDon #space #science #constellation

Time for a midweek break from #astrophotography from our #constellation of the #month #Camelopardalis to show you Petrus Plancius!

Who is Petrus Plancius? Another of the multi-hyphenate astronomers of the 1600s, who we met in this week's episode!

For more, check out: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-cosmic-background/

📷 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Plancius#/media/File:Petrusplancius.gif

#astronomer #astronomy #history #historical #AstroDon #space #science #constellation

Time for a midweek break from #astrophotography from our #constellation of the #month #Camelopardalis to show you Petrus Plancius!

Who is Petrus Plancius? Another of the multi-hyphenate astronomers of the 1600s, who we met in this week's episode!

For more, check out: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-cosmic-background/

📷 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Plancius#/media/File:Petrusplancius.gif

#astronomer #astronomy #history #historical #AstroDon #space #science #constellation

Time for a midweek break from #astrophotography from our #constellation of the #month #Camelopardalis to show you Petrus Plancius!

Who is Petrus Plancius? Another of the multi-hyphenate astronomers of the 1600s, who we met in this week's episode!

For more, check out: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-cosmic-background/

📷 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Plancius#/media/File:Petrusplancius.gif

#astronomer #astronomy #history #historical #AstroDon #space #science #constellation

Time for a midweek break from #astrophotography from our #constellation of the #month #Camelopardalis to show you Petrus Plancius!

Who is Petrus Plancius? Another of the multi-hyphenate astronomers of the 1600s, who we met in this week's episode!

For more, check out: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-cosmic-background/

📷 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Plancius#/media/File:Petrusplancius.gif

#astronomer #astronomy #history #historical #AstroDon #space #science #constellation

Double Milky Way Over Monfragüe national park

This image was taken Monfragüe national park, Spain during one of the few nights of the year when both the winter and summer Milky Way can be seen in the same sky. The scene does not appear this way to the naked eye. It is a composite that captures the transition of the Milky Way over several hours, combining the winter Milky Way visible after dusk with the summer Milky Way rising before dawn.

Luis Cajete

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#Spain
#Alt

Milky Way Over Tatra Mountains
This image is taken in the Białka Gorge in Jurgów, Poland. In the foreground, the river creates a natural leading line, guiding the eye from the Earth towards the mountains and into the night sky, visually connecting the terrestrial and the cosmic.

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#Poland
#AltText
#mountains
#rivers
#Tatry

The aurora australis streams serenely above the Indian Ocean

Credit: ESA/Sophie Adenot

https://flic.kr/p/2scSXXP

#SophieAdenot #ISS #space #Aurora #AuroraAustralis #photography #astrophotography

Astro Catalog
by Sylvain Villet
https://github.com/sylvainvillet
https://app.astrobin.com/u/SylvainV
https://app.astrobin.com/forum/topic/191541

This project generates a mosaic of Messier or Caldwell objects, using images from a local folder.
The script arranges the objects into a configurable grid, supports larger slots for extended targets (e.g. Andromeda), and overlays labels and a title.

Perfect for creating a large-format print.

Features:
+ Loads Messier or Caldwell object images from a folder (M31.jpg, M-31.png, M_31.tif, etc.)
+ Places objects on a grid with configurable layout
+ Supports multi-cell slots for large objects (e.g. M31, M42, M45)
+ Supports grouping multiple objects in one slot for objects close to each other (e.g. M42 and M43, M31 and M32)
+ Adds a title and progress counter if it's not completed yet
+ Draws labels on images and placeholders for missing ones
+ Adjustable size of the final image
+ Saves as JPEG, PNG or TIFF

https://github.com/sylvainvillet/astro-catalog#features

#space #tech #science #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #code #python #unix #linux #commandline #plotting

Astro Catalog
by Sylvain Villet
https://github.com/sylvainvillet
https://app.astrobin.com/u/SylvainV
https://app.astrobin.com/forum/topic/191541

This project generates a mosaic of Messier or Caldwell objects, using images from a local folder.
The script arranges the objects into a configurable grid, supports larger slots for extended targets (e.g. Andromeda), and overlays labels and a title.

Perfect for creating a large-format print.

Features:
+ Loads Messier or Caldwell object images from a folder (M31.jpg, M-31.png, M_31.tif, etc.)
+ Places objects on a grid with configurable layout
+ Supports multi-cell slots for large objects (e.g. M31, M42, M45)
+ Supports grouping multiple objects in one slot for objects close to each other (e.g. M42 and M43, M31 and M32)
+ Adds a title and progress counter if it's not completed yet
+ Draws labels on images and placeholders for missing ones
+ Adjustable size of the final image
+ Saves as JPEG, PNG or TIFF

https://github.com/sylvainvillet/astro-catalog#features

#space #tech #science #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #code #python #unix #linux #commandline #plotting

Astro Catalog
by Sylvain Villet
https://github.com/sylvainvillet
https://app.astrobin.com/u/SylvainV
https://app.astrobin.com/forum/topic/191541

This project generates a mosaic of Messier or Caldwell objects, using images from a local folder.
The script arranges the objects into a configurable grid, supports larger slots for extended targets (e.g. Andromeda), and overlays labels and a title.

Perfect for creating a large-format print.

Features:
+ Loads Messier or Caldwell object images from a folder (M31.jpg, M-31.png, M_31.tif, etc.)
+ Places objects on a grid with configurable layout
+ Supports multi-cell slots for large objects (e.g. M31, M42, M45)
+ Supports grouping multiple objects in one slot for objects close to each other (e.g. M42 and M43, M31 and M32)
+ Adds a title and progress counter if it's not completed yet
+ Draws labels on images and placeholders for missing ones
+ Adjustable size of the final image
+ Saves as JPEG, PNG or TIFF

https://github.com/sylvainvillet/astro-catalog#features

#space #tech #science #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #code #python #unix #linux #commandline #plotting

Astro Catalog
by Sylvain Villet
https://github.com/sylvainvillet
https://app.astrobin.com/u/SylvainV
https://app.astrobin.com/forum/topic/191541

This project generates a mosaic of Messier or Caldwell objects, using images from a local folder.
The script arranges the objects into a configurable grid, supports larger slots for extended targets (e.g. Andromeda), and overlays labels and a title.

Perfect for creating a large-format print.

Features:
+ Loads Messier or Caldwell object images from a folder (M31.jpg, M-31.png, M_31.tif, etc.)
+ Places objects on a grid with configurable layout
+ Supports multi-cell slots for large objects (e.g. M31, M42, M45)
+ Supports grouping multiple objects in one slot for objects close to each other (e.g. M42 and M43, M31 and M32)
+ Adds a title and progress counter if it's not completed yet
+ Draws labels on images and placeholders for missing ones
+ Adjustable size of the final image
+ Saves as JPEG, PNG or TIFF

https://github.com/sylvainvillet/astro-catalog#features

#space #tech #science #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #code #python #unix #linux #commandline #plotting

Astro Catalog
by Sylvain Villet
https://github.com/sylvainvillet
https://app.astrobin.com/u/SylvainV
https://app.astrobin.com/forum/topic/191541

This project generates a mosaic of Messier or Caldwell objects, using images from a local folder.
The script arranges the objects into a configurable grid, supports larger slots for extended targets (e.g. Andromeda), and overlays labels and a title.

Perfect for creating a large-format print.

Features:
+ Loads Messier or Caldwell object images from a folder (M31.jpg, M-31.png, M_31.tif, etc.)
+ Places objects on a grid with configurable layout
+ Supports multi-cell slots for large objects (e.g. M31, M42, M45)
+ Supports grouping multiple objects in one slot for objects close to each other (e.g. M42 and M43, M31 and M32)
+ Adds a title and progress counter if it's not completed yet
+ Draws labels on images and placeholders for missing ones
+ Adjustable size of the final image
+ Saves as JPEG, PNG or TIFF

https://github.com/sylvainvillet/astro-catalog#features

#space #tech #science #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #code #python #unix #linux #commandline #plotting

TOPIC> THE Messier Catalog

2026 May 14

Messier Catalog at Uniform Scale
* Image Credit: Sylvain Villet
https://app.astrobin.com/u/SylvainV
https://app.astrobin.com/forum/topic/191541
* Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)
https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci/bio/cecilia.chirenti

Explanation:
What are some of the most interesting astronomical objects you can see in the night sky, armed with a good pair of binoculars or a small telescope? If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, you can look for the very popular objects in the Messier Catalog (most of them, but not all, are also visible from the Southern half of the Earth). The featured image shows all 110 objects in the catalog, shown at uniform scale. Charles Messier created the catalog in the 18th Century. He was interested in comets, and his catalog was a list of known comet-like "objects to avoid" in the sky when observing or hunting for comets. The deep sky objects in the catalog include a supernova remnant (the Crab Nebula, M1), other galaxies (such as Andromeda, M31), nebulae (e.g. the Orion Nebula, M42, a star forming region) and stellar clusters (such as the Pleiades, M45, a bright young open cluster).
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap000311.html
!!!explore> https://science.nasa.gov/specials/apps/hubble-skymap/messier/
https://app.astrobin.com/u/SylvainV?i=9cdwrv
https://science.nasa.gov/people/explore-the-night-sky-hubbleatms-messier-catalog-bio/
https://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/page/comets
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_object
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-sky_object
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova_remnant
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250508.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251115.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250420.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260223.html
https://esahubble.org/wordbank/open-cluster/

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260514.html

#space #messier #astrophotography #photography #science #nature #physics #NASA #ESA #apod

Divinity
Capturing a setting Milky Way core from this beach on the west coast of New Zealand had been on my list for a long time, with the starfish-covered reef offering a distinctive and compelling foreground. The terrain is hazardous, with gaps between the rocks posing a real risk, and the rapidly rising tide added constant pressure throughout the shoot.
Photograph: Kavan Chay

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#AltText
#NewZealand
#beach

Galaxy on the Rise

Although it was only a few minutes from the parking area, it took me nearly four hours of scouting to finally locate this cave in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Capturing the image proved just as challenging. Composing and shooting the panoramic foreground required careful positioning, while properly illuminating the upper section of the cave was particularly difficult.

Photograph: Anastasia Gulova

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#AltText
#Tenerife
#Spain
#cave

Lost in the Ripples of Space and Time

There is something uniquely powerful about a calm, windless night in the Pinnacles desert, and Western Australia offers some of the finest night skies in the world. In this composition, the main limestone pillar aligns almost perfectly with the south celestial pole, anchoring the image beneath the rotating sky.

Photograph: Leonel Padrón

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#AltText
#Australia
#WA
#Pinnacles

Night at the Remarkables

The galactic centre of the Milky Way, composed of billions of stars, gas and dust, rises above an icy, ancient landscape deep within Aoraki/Mount Cook national park in New Zealand, part of the largest Gold Tier Dark Sky Reserve in the world. This was one of the most remarkable scenes I have experienced in over seven years of astrophotography.

Photograph: Tom Rae

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#AltText
#NewZealand
#mountains

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How the "tuning" works:

The VLT uses a technology called Adaptive Optics to fix this in real-time:

Creating the Reference: The lasers are fired 90 kilometers up into a layer of the atmosphere rich in sodium atoms. The laser light excites these atoms, making them glow and creating an "artificial star" exactly where the telescope is looking.

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#Chile
#VLT
#lasers
#astronomy

You can think of those lasers as the "tuning fork" for the telescope's optical system.

Even in a place as clear as the Atacama, our atmosphere isn't perfectly still. Pockets of warm and cool air act like moving lenses, bending light and causing that "twinkling" effect we see in stars. While it's pretty for us, it’s a nightmare for astronomers because it blurs the fine details of distant galaxies.

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#Chile
#VLT
#lasers

Sodium Milky Way

This scene was captured at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) on Cerro Paranal, in Chile’s Atacama desert, under exceptionally pure observing conditions where the boundary between Earth and sky feels almost seamless. Situated at 2,635 metres above sea level, the site benefits from extremely dry conditions, stable atmospheric layers and minimal light pollution, resulting in more than 300 clear nights each year.

Julien Looten

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#AltText
#Chile
#VLT

Aoraki Mount Cook

The Milky Way arch above Aoraki/Mount Cook in New Zealand. Reaching this location required drawing on my experience as a mountaineer, navigating steep rocky terrain and snow-covered slopes under winter conditions. The route presented constant challenges, including large washouts along the mountainside, unstable snow affected by solar radiation, and the demands of winter camping at altitude.
Photo: Owain Scullion

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#NewZealand
#AltText
#mountains

The Milky Way Over a Field of Lupines

The Milky Way rising above a blooming field of lupines in New Zealand during November, when spring wildflowers transform the landscape beneath the night sky. Using a fisheye perspective, the flowers encircle the scene, forming a natural frame that draws the viewer into the celestial sphere above.

Photograph: Alvin Wu

#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#NewZealand
#AltText
#flowers
#lupins
#BloomScrolling
#wildflowers

More #astrophotography from #Camelopardalis -- this is the starburst galaxy NGC 1569!

Jordan shouted this out particular one during our Gold Star segment on this week's episode, here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-cosmic-background/

📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/potw1626a/

#astronomy #AstroDon #space #podcast #space #science #NASA #ESA #NGC1569

NiSi’s Newest Filters Promise Dreamier Starry Skies https://petapixel.com/2026/05/12/nisis-newest-filters-promise-dreamier-starry-skies/ #astrophotography #Equipment #nightsky #prostar #filter #jetmag #News #nisi #soft

2026 May 12

The Conjunction of Comet R3 PanSTARRS and the Orion Nebula
* Image Credit & Copyright: Julien De Winter, Sascha Ebeler
https://www.instagram.com/dwj85
https://www.instagram.com/sascha.ebeler
* Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II)
https://kerockcliffe.com/
https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci/bio/keighley.e.rockcliffe
https://csst.umbc.edu/directory/
https://cresst2.umd.edu/

Explanation:
Today’s composite image features something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue! Comet R3 PanSTARRS, streaking across the right of the image, likely originated from the Oort Cloud, meaning it is an old Solar System relic from billions of years ago. It’s bright extended ion tail glows blue as the gas escaping the comet’s core is ionized by sunlight. Astronomers are fascinated by comets for all sorts of reasons: comet compositions are untouched time capsules containing the building blocks of Solar System planets; comets may have delivered water to the young Earth; the behavior of cometary tails shed light on solar wind and radiation interactions. The background mosaic, featuring the Orion Nebula (M42), was taken over two nights of observation with the comet captured on the third night. The Orion Nebula is our nearest stellar nursery and, at about 2 million years old, is our something (relatively) new! Now at around 127.5 million kilometers from Earth, we wave goodbye to the borrowed Comet R3 PanSTARRS as it leaves the Solar System.
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https://theskylive.com/c2025r3-info

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260512.html

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