#kittpeak — Public Fediverse posts

This week's episode on #Sagitta is focused on the #astronomy in the constellation, which means -- #astrophotography from this constellation ahead this week!!!

Here we have the Little Cocoon Nebula aka Little Trifid Nebula aka Sh2-82. It is an emission nebula surrounded by a reflection nebula. while it wasn't our gold star winner, this is a dazzling image!

Listen to the #podcast episode here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-cosmic-background/

📷 : https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-sh2-82/

#astronomy #astrodon #space #science #NASA #KittPeak #NOIRLab #stars #nebula #astrophotography

#MPIfR:
"
Neue EHT-Bilder zeigen unerwartete Polarisationswechsel bei M87*
"
"Mehrjährige Beobachtungen mit dem Event Horizon Telescope erfassen sich verändernde Polarisationsmuster um das supermassereiche Schwarze Loch und zeigen Radiostrahlung vom Fußpunkt des Jets."

https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pressemeldungen/2025/6

16.9.2025

#Astronomie #EHT #Jet #Magnetfeld #M87* #Polarisationsmuster #KittPeak #NOEMA #Radioastronomie #Radioteleskop #SchwarzesLoch #VLBI

#MPIfR:
"
Neue EHT-Bilder zeigen unerwartete Polarisationswechsel bei M87*
"
"Mehrjährige Beobachtungen mit dem Event Horizon Telescope erfassen sich verändernde Polarisationsmuster um das supermassereiche Schwarze Loch und zeigen Radiostrahlung vom Fußpunkt des Jets."

https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pressemeldungen/2025/6

16.9.2025

#Astronomie #EHT #Jet #Magnetfeld #M87* #Polarisationsmuster #KittPeak #NOEMA #Radioastronomie #Radioteleskop #SchwarzesLoch #VLBI

#MPIfR:
"
Neue EHT-Bilder zeigen unerwartete Polarisationswechsel bei M87*
"
"Mehrjährige Beobachtungen mit dem Event Horizon Telescope erfassen sich verändernde Polarisationsmuster um das supermassereiche Schwarze Loch und zeigen Radiostrahlung vom Fußpunkt des Jets."

https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pressemeldungen/2025/6

16.9.2025

#Astronomie #EHT #Jet #Magnetfeld #M87* #Polarisationsmuster #KittPeak #NOEMA #Radioastronomie #Radioteleskop #SchwarzesLoch #VLBI

#MPIfR:
"
Neue EHT-Bilder zeigen unerwartete Polarisationswechsel bei M87*
"
"Mehrjährige Beobachtungen mit dem Event Horizon Telescope erfassen sich verändernde Polarisationsmuster um das supermassereiche Schwarze Loch und zeigen Radiostrahlung vom Fußpunkt des Jets."

https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pressemeldungen/2025/6

16.9.2025

#Astronomie #EHT #Jet #Magnetfeld #M87* #Polarisationsmuster #KittPeak #NOEMA #Radioastronomie #Radioteleskop #SchwarzesLoch #VLBI

#MPIfR:
"
Neue EHT-Bilder zeigen unerwartete Polarisationswechsel bei M87*
"
"Mehrjährige Beobachtungen mit dem Event Horizon Telescope erfassen sich verändernde Polarisationsmuster um das supermassereiche Schwarze Loch und zeigen Radiostrahlung vom Fußpunkt des Jets."

https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pressemeldungen/2025/6

16.9.2025

#Astronomie #EHT #Jet #Magnetfeld #M87* #Polarisationsmuster #KittPeak #NOEMA #Radioastronomie #Radioteleskop #SchwarzesLoch #VLBI

NOIRLab image of the week

Hiltner Under the Darkness

Credits: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2536a/

#NOIRLab #Astrophotography #KittPeak #Hiltner #telescope #KPNO #observatory #Arizona #photography #astrodon #astronomy #darkness #MilkyWay #nebula #GumNebula

Vera Rubin at Mayall Telescope

Deidre Hunter (left), Katy Garmany (center), and Vera Rubin (right) at the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope around 2000.

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/VeraRubin_DeidreHunter_KatyGarmany-CC/

#VeraRubin #Astronomer #Astronomy #Rubin #DeidreHunter #KatyGarmany #science #STEM #WomeninSTEM #WomeninScience #Astrodon #KittPeak #Arizona #Xterminal #Xterminals #xterm

Vera Rubin at Mayall Telescope

Deidre Hunter (left), Katy Garmany (center), and Vera Rubin (right) at the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope around 2000.

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/VeraRubin_DeidreHunter_KatyGarmany-CC/

#VeraRubin #Astronomer #Astronomy #Rubin #DeidreHunter #KatyGarmany #science #STEM #WomeninSTEM #WomeninScience #Astrodon #KittPeak #Arizona #Xterminal #Xterminals #xterm

Vera Rubin at Mayall Telescope

Deidre Hunter (left), Katy Garmany (center), and Vera Rubin (right) at the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope around 2000.

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/VeraRubin_DeidreHunter_KatyGarmany-CC/

#VeraRubin #Astronomer #Astronomy #Rubin #DeidreHunter #KatyGarmany #science #STEM #WomeninSTEM #WomeninScience #Astrodon #KittPeak #Arizona #Xterminal #Xterminals #xterm

Vera Rubin at Mayall Telescope

Deidre Hunter (left), Katy Garmany (center), and Vera Rubin (right) at the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope around 2000.

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/VeraRubin_DeidreHunter_KatyGarmany-CC/

#VeraRubin #Astronomer #Astronomy #Rubin #DeidreHunter #KatyGarmany #science #STEM #WomeninSTEM #WomeninScience #Astrodon #KittPeak #Arizona #Xterminal #Xterminals #xterm

Vera Rubin at Mayall Telescope

Deidre Hunter (left), Katy Garmany (center), and Vera Rubin (right) at the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope around 2000.

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/VeraRubin_DeidreHunter_KatyGarmany-CC/

#VeraRubin #Astronomer #Astronomy #Rubin #DeidreHunter #KatyGarmany #science #STEM #WomeninSTEM #WomeninScience #Astrodon #KittPeak #Arizona #Xterminal #Xterminals #xterm

One of the two very large #telescopes the #NSF was helping fund will be cancelled (say goodbye to the Thirty Meter Telescope). "Access to the telescopes 🔭 at #KittPeak* and #CerroTololo** will be phased out," and the NSF will transfer the facilities to other organizations https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/us-science-is-being-wrecked-and-its-leadership-is-fighting-the-last-war

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitt_Peak_National_Observatory
** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro_Tololo_Inter-American_Observatory

#Astronomy #Science #NationalScienceFoundation

One of the two very large #telescopes the #NSF was helping fund will be cancelled (say goodbye to the Thirty Meter Telescope). "Access to the telescopes 🔭 at #KittPeak* and #CerroTololo** will be phased out," and the NSF will transfer the facilities to other organizations https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/us-science-is-being-wrecked-and-its-leadership-is-fighting-the-last-war

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitt_Peak_National_Observatory
** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro_Tololo_Inter-American_Observatory

#Astronomy #Science #NationalScienceFoundation

One of the two very large #telescopes the #NSF was helping fund will be cancelled (say goodbye to the Thirty Meter Telescope). "Access to the telescopes 🔭 at #KittPeak* and #CerroTololo** will be phased out," and the NSF will transfer the facilities to other organizations https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/us-science-is-being-wrecked-and-its-leadership-is-fighting-the-last-war

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitt_Peak_National_Observatory
** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro_Tololo_Inter-American_Observatory

#Astronomy #Science #NationalScienceFoundation

One of the two very large #telescopes the #NSF was helping fund will be cancelled (say goodbye to the Thirty Meter Telescope). "Access to the telescopes 🔭 at #KittPeak* and #CerroTololo** will be phased out," and the NSF will transfer the facilities to other organizations https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/us-science-is-being-wrecked-and-its-leadership-is-fighting-the-last-war

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitt_Peak_National_Observatory
** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro_Tololo_Inter-American_Observatory

#Astronomy #Science #NationalScienceFoundation

One of the two very large #telescopes the #NSF was helping fund will be cancelled (say goodbye to the Thirty Meter Telescope). "Access to the telescopes 🔭 at #KittPeak* and #CerroTololo** will be phased out," and the NSF will transfer the facilities to other organizations https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/us-science-is-being-wrecked-and-its-leadership-is-fighting-the-last-war

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitt_Peak_National_Observatory
** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro_Tololo_Inter-American_Observatory

#Astronomy #Science #NationalScienceFoundation

NOIRLab image of the week: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope

Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2440a/

#NOIRLab #comet #KittPeak #Tucson #Arizona #Astronomy #Astrodon #teslescope #photography #astrophotography #sunrise #iotw

Gizmodo: Hackers Force Shutdown of Two Key Astronomical Observatories https://gizmodo.com/hackers-shutdown-two-observatories-north-south-gemini-1850786991?utm_source=regular #associationofuniversitiesforresearchinastronomy #scienceandtechnologyintheunitedstates #nationalopticalastronomyobservatory #cerrotololointeramericanobservatory #nationalsciencefoundation #researchintheunitedstates #observationalastronomy #infraredastronomy #geminiobservatory #observatory #cerropachon #kittpeak #noirlab

Update on the campaign to observe the #transit of #HIP41378 f on Nov. 12. We are one day before !!!

Main observatory statuts:
- #Wendelstein obs. 🟢
- #SOPHIE / #HauteProvence 🟢
- #CARMENES / #CalarAlto 🟢
- #MERCATOR / #LaPalma 🟢
- #HARPS-N / #LaPalma 🟢
- #ESPRESSO / #ESO Paranal 🟢
- #EXPRES / #Lowell 🟢
- #NEID / #KittPeak 🟠
- #MINERVA / #FWLO 🟢
- #HIRES / #MaunaKea 🟢
- #MAROON-X / #MaunaKea 🔴
- #SPIRou / #CFHT 🟢
- #PARAS / #MountAbu 🟢

#AstronomerLife #Astronomy #exoplanet

Update on the campaign to observe the #transit of #HIP41378 f on Nov. 12. We are one day before !!!

Main observatory statuts:
- #Wendelstein obs. 🟢
- #SOPHIE / #HauteProvence 🟢
- #CARMENES / #CalarAlto 🟢
- #MERCATOR / #LaPalma 🟢
- #HARPS-N / #LaPalma 🟢
- #ESPRESSO / #ESO Paranal 🟢
- #EXPRES / #Lowell 🟢
- #NEID / #KittPeak 🟠
- #MINERVA / #FWLO 🟢
- #HIRES / #MaunaKea 🟢
- #MAROON-X / #MaunaKea 🔴
- #SPIRou / #CFHT 🟢
- #PARAS / #MountAbu 🟢

#AstronomerLife #Astronomy #exoplanet

Update on the campaign to observe the #transit of #HIP41378 f on Nov. 12. We are one day before !!!

Main observatory statuts:
- #Wendelstein obs. 🟢
- #SOPHIE / #HauteProvence 🟢
- #CARMENES / #CalarAlto 🟢
- #MERCATOR / #LaPalma 🟢
- #HARPS-N / #LaPalma 🟢
- #ESPRESSO / #ESO Paranal 🟢
- #EXPRES / #Lowell 🟢
- #NEID / #KittPeak 🟠
- #MINERVA / #FWLO 🟢
- #HIRES / #MaunaKea 🟢
- #MAROON-X / #MaunaKea 🔴
- #SPIRou / #CFHT 🟢
- #PARAS / #MountAbu 🟢

#AstronomerLife #Astronomy #exoplanet

Update on the campaign to observe the #transit of #HIP41378 f on Nov. 12. We are one day before !!!

Main observatory statuts:
- #Wendelstein obs. 🟢
- #SOPHIE / #HauteProvence 🟢
- #CARMENES / #CalarAlto 🟢
- #MERCATOR / #LaPalma 🟢
- #HARPS-N / #LaPalma 🟢
- #ESPRESSO / #ESO Paranal 🟢
- #EXPRES / #Lowell 🟢
- #NEID / #KittPeak 🟠
- #MINERVA / #FWLO 🟢
- #HIRES / #MaunaKea 🟢
- #MAROON-X / #MaunaKea 🔴
- #SPIRou / #CFHT 🟢
- #PARAS / #MountAbu 🟢

#AstronomerLife #Astronomy #exoplanet

Update on the campaign to observe the #transit of #HIP41378 f on Nov. 12. We are one day before !!!

Main observatory statuts:
- #Wendelstein obs. 🟢
- #SOPHIE / #HauteProvence 🟢
- #CARMENES / #CalarAlto 🟢
- #MERCATOR / #LaPalma 🟢
- #HARPS-N / #LaPalma 🟢
- #ESPRESSO / #ESO Paranal 🟢
- #EXPRES / #Lowell 🟢
- #NEID / #KittPeak 🟠
- #MINERVA / #FWLO 🟢
- #HIRES / #MaunaKea 🟢
- #MAROON-X / #MaunaKea 🔴
- #SPIRou / #CFHT 🟢
- #PARAS / #MountAbu 🟢

#AstronomerLife #Astronomy #exoplanet

- #EXPRES / #Lowell 🟢
- #NEID / #KittPeak 🟠
- #MINERVA / #FWLO 🟢

#Weather in #Arizona looks perfect for the #transit night ... but the #KittPeak #observatory was hit by a serious #contreras #fire in June and the #telescope is down since then. Fortunately, the #firefighters saved the observatory and the staff are working hard. The instrument is expected to be back on sky on Nov. 11, hence ONE DAY before the transit. We still don't know what will be the instrumental stability. #AstronomerLife

- #EXPRES / #Lowell 🟢
- #NEID / #KittPeak 🟠
- #MINERVA / #FWLO 🟢

#Weather in #Arizona looks perfect for the #transit night ... but the #KittPeak #observatory was hit by a serious #contreras #fire in June and the #telescope is down since then. Fortunately, the #firefighters saved the observatory and the staff are working hard. The instrument is expected to be back on sky on Nov. 11, hence ONE DAY before the transit. We still don't know what will be the instrumental stability. #AstronomerLife

- #EXPRES / #Lowell 🟢
- #NEID / #KittPeak 🟠
- #MINERVA / #FWLO 🟢

#Weather in #Arizona looks perfect for the #transit night ... but the #KittPeak #observatory was hit by a serious #contreras #fire in June and the #telescope is down since then. Fortunately, the #firefighters saved the observatory and the staff are working hard. The instrument is expected to be back on sky on Nov. 11, hence ONE DAY before the transit. We still don't know what will be the instrumental stability. #AstronomerLife

- #EXPRES / #Lowell 🟢
- #NEID / #KittPeak 🟠
- #MINERVA / #FWLO 🟢

#Weather in #Arizona looks perfect for the #transit night ... but the #KittPeak #observatory was hit by a serious #contreras #fire in June and the #telescope is down since then. Fortunately, the #firefighters saved the observatory and the staff are working hard. The instrument is expected to be back on sky on Nov. 11, hence ONE DAY before the transit. We still don't know what will be the instrumental stability. #AstronomerLife

- #EXPRES / #Lowell 🟢
- #NEID / #KittPeak 🟠
- #MINERVA / #FWLO 🟢

#Weather in #Arizona looks perfect for the #transit night ... but the #KittPeak #observatory was hit by a serious #contreras #fire in June and the #telescope is down since then. Fortunately, the #firefighters saved the observatory and the staff are working hard. The instrument is expected to be back on sky on Nov. 11, hence ONE DAY before the transit. We still don't know what will be the instrumental stability. #AstronomerLife

Some update of the upcoming campaign to observe the #transit of #HIP41378 f on Nov. 12 (thread here: https://astrodon.social/@AlexSanterne/109298827881210776).

Main observatory statuts:
- #Wendelstein obs. 🟠
- #SOPHIE / #HauteProvence 🟠
- #CARMENES / #CalarAlto 🟢
- #HARPS-N / #LaPalma 🟠
- #ESPRESSO / #ESO Paranal 🟢
- #EXPRES / #Lowell 🟢
- #NEID / #KittPeak 🟠
- #MINERVA / #FWLO 🟢
- #HIRES / #MaunaKea 🟢
- #MAROON-X / #MaunaKea 🔴
- #PARAS / #MountAbu 🟢
Details ⤵️

#astrophysics #AstronomerLife #Astronomy #exoplanet

Some update of the upcoming campaign to observe the #transit of #HIP41378 f on Nov. 12 (thread here: https://astrodon.social/@AlexSanterne/109298827881210776).

Main observatory statuts:
- #Wendelstein obs. 🟠
- #SOPHIE / #HauteProvence 🟠
- #CARMENES / #CalarAlto 🟢
- #HARPS-N / #LaPalma 🟠
- #ESPRESSO / #ESO Paranal 🟢
- #EXPRES / #Lowell 🟢
- #NEID / #KittPeak 🟠
- #MINERVA / #FWLO 🟢
- #HIRES / #MaunaKea 🟢
- #MAROON-X / #MaunaKea 🔴
- #PARAS / #MountAbu 🟢
Details ⤵️

#astrophysics #AstronomerLife #Astronomy #exoplanet

Some update of the upcoming campaign to observe the #transit of #HIP41378 f on Nov. 12 (thread here: https://astrodon.social/@AlexSanterne/109298827881210776).

Main observatory statuts:
- #Wendelstein obs. 🟠
- #SOPHIE / #HauteProvence 🟠
- #CARMENES / #CalarAlto 🟢
- #HARPS-N / #LaPalma 🟠
- #ESPRESSO / #ESO Paranal 🟢
- #EXPRES / #Lowell 🟢
- #NEID / #KittPeak 🟠
- #MINERVA / #FWLO 🟢
- #HIRES / #MaunaKea 🟢
- #MAROON-X / #MaunaKea 🔴
- #PARAS / #MountAbu 🟢
Details ⤵️

#astrophysics #AstronomerLife #Astronomy #exoplanet

Some update of the upcoming campaign to observe the #transit of #HIP41378 f on Nov. 12 (thread here: https://astrodon.social/@AlexSanterne/109298827881210776).

Main observatory statuts:
- #Wendelstein obs. 🟠
- #SOPHIE / #HauteProvence 🟠
- #CARMENES / #CalarAlto 🟢
- #HARPS-N / #LaPalma 🟠
- #ESPRESSO / #ESO Paranal 🟢
- #EXPRES / #Lowell 🟢
- #NEID / #KittPeak 🟠
- #MINERVA / #FWLO 🟢
- #HIRES / #MaunaKea 🟢
- #MAROON-X / #MaunaKea 🔴
- #PARAS / #MountAbu 🟢
Details ⤵️

#astrophysics #AstronomerLife #Astronomy #exoplanet

Some update of the upcoming campaign to observe the #transit of #HIP41378 f on Nov. 12 (thread here: https://astrodon.social/@AlexSanterne/109298827881210776).

Main observatory statuts:
- #Wendelstein obs. 🟠
- #SOPHIE / #HauteProvence 🟠
- #CARMENES / #CalarAlto 🟢
- #HARPS-N / #LaPalma 🟠
- #ESPRESSO / #ESO Paranal 🟢
- #EXPRES / #Lowell 🟢
- #NEID / #KittPeak 🟠
- #MINERVA / #FWLO 🟢
- #HIRES / #MaunaKea 🟢
- #MAROON-X / #MaunaKea 🔴
- #PARAS / #MountAbu 🟢
Details ⤵️

#astrophysics #AstronomerLife #Astronomy #exoplanet