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Kitt Peak National Observatory image of Arp 9, also known as NGC 2523.
NGC 2523 is the bright barred spiral galaxy on the left side of this image. The edge-on spiral galaxy to the right is NGC 2523 B. They are both in the same group of galaxies are are about 180 million light years away.
Credit: KPNO, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, Adam Block
Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n2523block/ -
Kitt Peak National Observatory image of Arp 9, also known as NGC 2523.
NGC 2523 is the bright barred spiral galaxy on the left side of this image. The edge-on spiral galaxy to the right is NGC 2523 B. They are both in the same group of galaxies are are about 180 million light years away.
Credit: KPNO, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, Adam Block
Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n2523block/ -
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Kitt Peak National Observatory image of Arp 9, also known as NGC 2523.
NGC 2523 is the bright barred spiral galaxy on the left side of this image. The edge-on spiral galaxy to the right is NGC 2523 B. They are both in the same group of galaxies are are about 180 million light years away.
Credit: KPNO, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, Adam Block
Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n2523block/ -
Kitt Peak National Observatory image of Arp 9, also known as NGC 2523.
NGC 2523 is the bright barred spiral galaxy on the left side of this image. The edge-on spiral galaxy to the right is NGC 2523 B. They are both in the same group of galaxies are are about 180 million light years away.
Credit: KPNO, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, Adam Block
Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n2523block/ -
Kitt Peak National Observatory image of Arp 9, also known as NGC 2523.
NGC 2523 is the bright barred spiral galaxy on the left side of this image. The edge-on spiral galaxy to the right is NGC 2523 B. They are both in the same group of galaxies are are about 180 million light years away.
Credit: KPNO, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA, Adam Block
Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n2523block/ -
A rainbow rises to the clouds over Kitt Peak National Observatory
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/D. Salman
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2412a/#photography #rainbow #rainbowphotography #clouds #astronomy #astrodon #telescope #telescopes #observatory #KittPeak #Arizona #KPNO #spectroscopy #science #STEAM
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A rainbow rises to the clouds over Kitt Peak National Observatory
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/D. Salman
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2412a/#photography #rainbow #rainbowphotography #clouds #astronomy #astrodon #telescope #telescopes #observatory #KittPeak #Arizona #KPNO #spectroscopy #science #STEAM
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McMath Solar Telescope (later renamed the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope). Kitt Peak, Arizona. February 1979.
Scanned from a 35mm Ektachrome slide. #OldPhotos #Ektachrome #Arizona #KittPeak #KPNO #Astronomy #Ioligam
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Two days ahead of schedule Korea's #Danuri or #KPNO has reached its - ~100 km high and nearly circular - target orbit around the Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAGEkLSF3Z4 (movie clip in Korean; auto-translation of CC works o.k.), https://www.kari.re.kr/cop/bbs/BBSMSTR_000000000011/selectBoardArticle.do?nttId=8590&kind=&mno=sitemap_02&pageIndex=1&searchCnd=&searchWrd= (press release in Korean; Chrome's auto-translation takes care of it) and https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2022/12/133_342563.html (an article in English with about the same content).
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Guess I should do an #about as a way of #Introductions. I’m from #Wisconsin and the #TwinCities, #Minnesota. Graduate of #Drake. Degree in #Physics and #Math. Worked at #KPNO, now @NOIRLabAstro. #Tucson was too hot, my wife and I moved to #Chicagoland and I worked at the Intense Pulsed #Neutron Sourse at @argonne. Joined @fermilab as co-founder of #ScientificLinux. Now at @redhat doing #OpenShift Enterprise #kubernetes. ❤️ #Progressive #travel, #italy, #MountainBiking, #Flying