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  1. Daniel Pomarède @[email protected] ·

    The open star cluster Messier 21 as imaged by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

    Located near the Trifid Nebula, Messier 21 is relatively young and tightly packed with small, dim stars.

    Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA
    noirlab.edu/public/images/noir

    @VRubinObs

    #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #Rubin #observatory #RubinObservatory #science #telescope #Messier21 #opencluster #starcluster #astrophotography

    #rubinfirstlook #capturethecosmos #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #rubin
  2. Daniel Pomarède @[email protected] ·

    Rubin with M41 during First Look Observations

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

    noirlab.edu/public/images/noir

    @VRubinObs

    #RubinFirstLook #CaptureTheCosmos #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #Rubin #observatory #RubinObservatory #science #telescope #Messier41 #opencluster #starcluster #beehivecluster #astrophotography #nightskyphotography

    #rubinfirstlook #capturethecosmos #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #rubin
  3. Michael Busch @[email protected] ·

    #WithoutNSF, there would be no @VRubinObs .

    And a lot less of the science it will do, from near-Earth objects to cosmology.

    QT AURA Astronomy
    ‪@aura-astronomy.bsky.social‬
    2025 May 23

    SAVE THE DATE: The world's First Look at images from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is coming June 23, 2025!

    Get ready for a preview of how Rubin will soon #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey

    More details soon—stay up to date at rubinobservatory.org/news/rubi

    bsky.app/profile/aura-astronom

    #withoutnsf #capturethecosmos