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  1. I mean, the study about patches in the atmosphere of Betelgeuse is interesting and all, but it's still mind-boggling for me we can detect spots, in the atmosphere of Betelgeuse, which is at least 640 LIGHT-YEARS AWAY!

    Link: aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/fort

    #Space #Astronomy #Stars

  2. I mean, the study about patches in the atmosphere of Betelgeuse is interesting and all, but it's still mind-boggling for me we can detect spots, in the atmosphere of Betelgeuse, which is at least 640 LIGHT-YEARS AWAY!

    Link: aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/fort

    #Space #Astronomy #Stars

  3. I mean, the study about patches in the atmosphere of Betelgeuse is interesting and all, but it's still mind-boggling for me we can detect spots, in the atmosphere of Betelgeuse, which is at least 640 LIGHT-YEARS AWAY!

    Link: aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/fort

    #Space #Astronomy #Stars

  4. I mean, the study about patches in the atmosphere of Betelgeuse is interesting and all, but it's still mind-boggling for me we can detect spots, in the atmosphere of Betelgeuse, which is at least 640 LIGHT-YEARS AWAY!

    Link: aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/fort

    #Space #Astronomy #Stars

  5. I mean, the study about patches in the atmosphere of Betelgeuse is interesting and all, but it's still mind-boggling for me we can detect spots, in the atmosphere of Betelgeuse, which is at least 640 LIGHT-YEARS AWAY!

    Link: aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/fort

    #Space #Astronomy #Stars

  6. Had no luck with the stars - but a lot of clouds last weekend. Postponed my carbon stars observation project until October.

  7. The Sodden Astronomer

    They say, Do not look at the stars,
    or you will step into holes
    and sink your shoes in mud.

    So you can keep your eyes
    fixed on the ground,
    safe from puddles,
    safe from falling,
    and miss the lights
    burning above in the dark—

    except for a stolen glance,
    a hurried sip of heaven.

    Or you can throw
    caution to the wind,
    lift your thirsty face
    to those bright jewels
    sewn into black velvet,

    and stumble on
    with wet feet.

    October 27, 1988 (edited June 2026)
    Curridabat, Costa Rica

    Part of the continuing Respectful American series, a selection of writings from my travel journals from Central America in 1988

    9.927128-84.082012 San Jose, Costa Rica #1988 #astronomyMetaphor #awe #Beauty #blackVelvetSky #CentralAmerica #ContemplativePoetry #Courage #CreativeWriting #dreamers #Dreaming #earthAndHeaven #HereAreSomeWordPressTagsForThePoemSoddenAstronomer #Hope #Imagination #jewelsInTheDarkness #lookingUp #mudAndStars #mysticalPoetry #night #NightSky #poeticImage #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #Poetry #ProsePoem #Risk #SpiritualReflection #stargazing #stars #symbolicPoetry #walkingByFaith #wetFeet #Wonder #wonderAndCaution #Writing
  8. Giornata Internazionale dei Planetari

    La Giornata Internazionale dei Planetari torna oggi, il 7 maggio 2026 e, come ogni anno, ci invita a riscoprire il cielo con occhi nuovi. Per chi vuole rileggere il percorso iniziato lo scorso anno, ecco l’articolo precedente:

    https://perfettamentechic.com/2025/05/07/giornata-internazionale-dei-planetari/

    ✨ Cosa cambia nel 2026

    Il 2026 porta con sé un’energia diversa: più tecnologia, più inclusione, più “meraviglia accessibile”. Ecco le novità più interessanti.

    • Planetari immersivi di nuova generazione ⇔ Diversi centri europei inaugurano cupole a risoluzione 12K, con sistemi audio spaziali che ricreano il silenzio cosmico e le vibrazioni stellari. L’esperienza non è più solo visiva: è multisensoriale.
    • Accessibilità ampliata ⇔ Arrivano percorsi tattili per persone ipovedenti, mappe stellari in rilievo e narrazioni audio pensate per chi ha difficoltà uditive o cognitive. Il cielo diventa davvero per tutti.
    • Notte dei Planetari ⇔ Novità assoluta: una rete di strutture europee organizza una “notte condivisa” con proiezioni sincronizzate, talk con astrofisici e collegamenti live tra città diverse. Un’unica grande cupola virtuale che abbraccia il continente.
    • Focus 2026: la vita oltre la Terra ⇔ Molti programmi tematici di quest’anno ruotano attorno alle nuove scoperte sugli esopianeti abitabili e sulle missioni verso Europa ed Encelado. La domanda “siamo soli?” torna protagonista, ma con dati più freschi e suggestioni più audaci.

    🌌 Perché celebrarla

    Perché i planetari sono ponti: tra scienza e immaginazione, tra passato e futuro, tra ciò che sappiamo e ciò che ancora non riusciamo a spiegare. Nel 2026, più che mai, diventano luoghi dove rallentare, alzare lo sguardo e ricordare che siamo parte di qualcosa di immensamente più grande.

    Autore: Lynda Di Natale
    Fonte: web
    Immagine: AI
    #Arte #astronomia #astronomy #atmosfera #atmosphere #Avventura #Curiosità #Beauty #bellezza #celestial #Cielo #cieloNotturno #constellations #cosmic #costellazioni #cultura #culturaScientifica #cupola #design #discovery #divulgazione #dome #dream #Educazione #elegance #Eleganza #emotion #emozionante #Emozione #Esperienza #esplorazione #exploration #Fascino #galassiaChic #galassie #galaxies #giornatainternazionaledeiplanetari #History #innovation #innovazione #internationalplanetariumday #light #luce #Magia #magic #meraviglia #observation #osservazione #passion #Passione #passioneCosmica #PerfettamenteChic #planetariItaliani #planetario #planetarioModerno #PlanetarioChic #planetarium #proiezioni #projections #raffinato #science #scienza #scoperta #show #Sky #sofisticato #Sogno #space #spazio #spettacolo #stargazing #stars #Stelle #stelleArtificiali #Stile #storia #technology #Tecnologia #travel #universe #Universo #universoChic #universoVisivo #Viaggi
  9. Hot new James Webb Space Telescope image just dropped. Like, *really* hot.

    This is just a tiny portion of the #HelixNebula. It is the end result of a life stage of #stars with about the mass of the Sun. Like people, stars are born, live and die. The Helix Nebula represents old age for Sun-like stars, after the exhaust their nuclear fuel. The stars shed their outer layers into the surrounding space and contract to become white dwarfs, a kind of shell or husk of their former selves.

    What you're seeing here are thousands of so-called 'cometary knots', each about the size of our Solar System. They're only 'cometary' in appearance, forming tails behind them. Note that they all point in a common direction, toward the white dwarf star that is outside the frame toward the top. The knots are clumps of material rich in molecules, shed by the dying star before it entered its current phase. Now they are blasted by the intense radiation coming from that star, which shapes their appearance.

    As the European Space Agency puts it: "Its intense radiation lights up the surrounding gas, creating a rainbow of features: hot ionized gas closest to the white dwarf, cooler molecular hydrogen farther out, and protective pockets where more complex molecules can begin to form within dust clouds. This interaction is vital, as it’s the raw material from which new planets may one day form in other star systems."

    Read more about this image on: esawebb.org/news/weic2601/

    #Astronomy

  10. The Week That Broke Us 😮‍💨 | 10 Observatories in 10 Weeks – Week 9

    Week 9 was supposed to be the home stretch… but instead it hit like a brick.
    This was the week of every tiny, annoying, fiddly job that had been waiting for attention — and the week we dove headfirst into the most soul-destroying task of all: rubbering the observatories.

    Hours of cold, sticky, repetitive misery.
    Monotonous. Dreary. Painful.
    A true test of patience, sanity, and lower-back durability.

    Rubbering meant pushing 12 mm round rubber into the small cavity of the 40×40 aluminium — inch by inch, joint by joint, across every single observatory. It was tedious, physically brutal, and somehow both infuriating and necessary.

    But we pushed through. Bit by bit, joint by joint, we knocked down the last of the little tasks and inched the entire site toward completion.

    It wasn’t glamorous. It wasn’t fun.
    But it was necessary — and it brought us one week closer to the finish line.

    #10Observatories10Weeks #TheWeekThatBrokeUs #ObservatoryBuild #DIYObservatory #AstroWorx #RollOffRoof #MakerLife #EngineeringChallenge #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Space #Science #TelescopeLife #StarviewFarm #AstroBuild #Universe #Stargazing #NightSky #astronomy #space #astrophotography #universe #science #nasa #cosmos #nightsky #stars #galaxy #telescope #observatory #DIYObservatory #engineering #STEM #astrophysics #spaceexploration #makerlife

    youtu.be/0wn82IAVsYA

  11. Blown Away 💨 | 10 Observatories in 10 Weeks – Week 8

    Week 8 came in swinging — and the wind did not hold back.
    The marquee? Gone.
    The tents? Nearly airborne.
    John? Almost lost his dirty dishes to the gale.

    Between hanging onto everything that wasn’t bolted down and trying to keep our sanity, we still managed to get the last two roofs on and tick off nearly all the fiddly bits that had been holding us up.

    It was chaos, comedy, and construction all rolled into one windy finale.
    Only two weeks left — and the observatory field is finally starting to look ready for the stars.

    #BlownAway #10Observatories10Weeks #AstroWorx #ObservatoryBuild #DIYObservatory #RollOffRoof #TelescopeLife #AstroBuild #MakerLife #EngineeringChallenge #StarviewFarm #Astronomy #Space #Astrophotography #Cosmos #Science #NASA #Stargazing #NightSky #Galaxy #Stars #Moon #Universe #AstroLife #SpaceExploration #Physics #STEM #Engineering

    youtu.be/6X79wfBbBPE

  12. Cosmic Cocoon

    “A curled-up figure floating in space inside a translucent bubble filled with books, dreams, and stars — glowing softly, safe in their own universe, peaceful and meditative tone, high-detail concept art”

    #cosmic #cocoon #space #bubble #floating #books #dreams #stars #universe #digitalart #imagine #aiart #aiartwork #aigenerated #aigenerator #aigeneratedart #introvert #introverts

  13. Mind Constellations

    “Abstract image of a human silhouette filled with glowing constellations, neural pathways shaped like star maps, floating in a dark cosmic void — symbolic art, minimal color palette, high-concept digital design”

    #mind #constellations #abstract #human #silhouette #glowing #neural #stars #cosmic #digitalart #imagine #aiart #aiartwork #aigenerated #aigenerator #aigeneratedart #introvert #introverts

  14. How did so much ordinary #matter end up in the middle of nowhere? Vast amounts of #gas are ejected from #galaxies when massive #stars explode in #supernovas or when supermassive #BlackHoles inside galaxies "burp," expelling material after consuming stars or gas
    "If the #universe were a more boring place, or the laws of #physics were different, you might find that ordinary matter would all fall into galaxies, cool down, form stars, until every proton & neutron were a part of a star," Connor said.

  15. Movement is often mistaken for progress. Wandering can be aimless, chaotic, revelatory—or pointless. Not every journey leads to a shining truth, and not every traveler finds what they’re looking for — regardless of how noble or charming they may appear.

    foxandthistle.studio/products/

    #foxandthistle #art #artist #tea #stars #wandering #wisconsin #folk #travel #lost #beard #mystic #design

  16. My SO was on the Creative Team for Julius Caesar at Oregon Shakespeare Festival (osfashland.org/) and we were able to get into the Elizabethan Theatre on a cloudless night. Unfortunately, the moon was quite bright so my framing options were very limited. OM-1 / OM 12-40mm F2.8 II / 10sec x 20exp-stacked in StarryLandscapeStacker / minor post-processing in ON1 Photo Raw
    #OM1 #OMSystem #NightSky #StarrySky #NightPhotography #ON1Pics #Stars #Constellation

  17. Oh wow. Phil Plait on a really big BOOM.

    "This is the single most powerful and luminous confirmed supernova ever seen. [...] [I]t was emitting energy at a rate 100 billion times the Sun’s output."

    syfy.com/syfywire/record-break

    #Astronomy #Space #SuperNovas #Stars