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What is Webb observing?
Target: BD+28-4305
Target Category: Exoplanet System Formation And Dynamics
Research Program: Imaging the Coldest Planets Around the Nearest Accelerating Starshttps://spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=01KY36JY6SXM1JA8Z3YT7SPQ7Q
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What is Webb observing?
Target: Kepler-12
Target Category: Exoplanet Atmospheres And Habitability
Research Program: Meeting their Match: Measuring Cloudy Hot Jupiter Counterparts to Understand the Silicate Cloud Regime with JWST/MIRIhttps://spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=01KXFB6W0H84CHMTQ7J2AMJV27
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What is Webb observing?
Target: Kepler-12
Target Category: Exoplanet Atmospheres And Habitability
Research Program: Meeting their Match: Measuring Cloudy Hot Jupiter Counterparts to Understand the Silicate Cloud Regime with JWST/MIRIhttps://spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=01KXFB6W0H84CHMTQ7J2AMJV27
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What is Webb observing?
Target: GAIA.DR2.6044879015558339072
Target Category: Exoplanet System Formation And Dynamics
Research Program: JWST Mid-IR Observations of Warm Debris Disks around Nearby M-dwarfshttps://spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=01KXS0C7QRCDWK55VHCRPWTQRR
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What is Webb observing?
Target: W1835+4355
Target Category: Supermassive Black Holes And Active Galaxies
Research Program: MILAN - MIRI LRS Program of AGN at Cosmic Noonhttps://spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=01KXS0C7QRQ9AK4350FTPK1P2B
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What is Webb observing?
Target: HSCJ0206-0206
Target Category: Supermassive Black Holes And Active Galaxies
Research Program: Probing hidden active SMBHs in the epoch of reionization: the missing link between classical quasars and faint JWST AGNshttps://spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=01KXS0C7TWV2ZBAFRV6NGJK31Q
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What is Webb observing?
Target: ember_obs17_uds_p2_msa
Target Category: Supermassive Black Holes And Active Galaxies
Research Program: A comprehensive population study of Little Red Dots: Connecting early BH and galaxy growthhttps://spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=01KXS0C7WTGBE0YZRXZ3C4C1ED
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What is Webb observing?
Target: 2003GH55
Target Category: Solar System
Research Program: Complex Cyanides as Tracers for Unlocking the Chemical History of Trans-Neptunian Objectshttps://spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=01KXS0C7WKF1ADA1MSKQM0YW0A
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Catastrophe annoncée dans le ciel au profit d’une entreprise américaine
https://www.ca-se-passe-la-haut.fr/2026/07/reflect-orbital-une-pure-catastrophe.html
#ciel #espace #capitalisme #recherche #miroirs #télescope #science #astronomie #astrophysique #USA #luminosité #éclairage -
Catastrophe annoncée dans le ciel au profit d’une entreprise américaine
https://www.ca-se-passe-la-haut.fr/2026/07/reflect-orbital-une-pure-catastrophe.html
#ciel #espace #capitalisme #recherche #miroirs #télescope #science #astronomie #astrophysique #USA #luminosité #éclairage -
What is Hubble observing?
Target: ERO-QPE2
Target Category: Supermassive Black Holes And Active Galaxies
Research Program: The UV-Optical-IR Spectral Energy Distribution of Quasi-Periodic Eruptionshttps://spacetelescopelive.org/hubble?obsId=01KXWK1EY5YNBG217QJ7MPSQ6A
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What is Webb observing?
Target: Kepler-89
Target Category: Exoplanet Atmospheres And Habitability
Research Program: Comparative Planetology in Kepler-89: Mass-Loss, Disk Gaps, and Super-Puffshttps://spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=01KXFB6WHKG6GC4VRWW5F6X2DQ
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What is Webb observing?
Target: Kepler-89
Target Category: Exoplanet Atmospheres And Habitability
Research Program: Comparative Planetology in Kepler-89: Mass-Loss, Disk Gaps, and Super-Puffshttps://spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=01KXFB6WHKG6GC4VRWW5F6X2DQ
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What is Webb observing?
Target: HD3861B
Target Category: Stars And Stellar Populations
Research Program: Empirically anchoring the physics of silicate clouds using L0- T9 benchmark brown dwarfshttps://spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=01KXS0C7XRP84M9E0VNSVJJ3ZN
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What is Hubble observing?
Target: ERO-QPE2
Target Category: Supermassive Black Holes And Active Galaxies
Research Program: The UV-Optical-IR Spectral Energy Distribution of Quasi-Periodic Eruptionshttps://spacetelescopelive.org/hubble?obsId=01KXWK1J72AR0X272P5YA1AJN9
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Siril is an open source astrophotography image processing tool. Very actively developed, and it works well. Get it at: https://siril.org For Linux get the appimage.
#linux #opensource #foss #siril #astrophotography #astronomy #telescope #astronomie #photography
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What is Hubble observing?
Target: NGC104
Target Category: Calibration
Research Program: ACS External CTE Monitorhttps://spacetelescopelive.org/hubble?obsId=01KXWK1M1YSDWWN536MZ2QAKFS
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Question: with our small 100mm f/4 dobsonian telescope* I use the 8mm** and 20mm*** eyepieces from our Nextstar 5SE.
This gives magnification of 50x and 20x. With the x2.25 barlow**** on order that's 112.5x and 45x.
For planet watching some more magnification would be nice. Is that realistic though, and if so, what would you recommend (and maybe works with the 5SE)
* Skywatcher Heritage 100p
** Something 8mm UWA 58º
*** Vixen LV20mm 50º
**** Baader Q-Barlow 2.25x -
Our mini-dob #telescope had some scratches. But they're visible no more thanks to the power of a sticker machine! :-)
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After having my Celestron SLT 130 telescope for some 10 years now, yesterday it broke. Exactly before the total solar eclipse next month...after I was preparing so much for it.
What broke? This shitty little plastic gear that got worn out over the years:
That's all. A terrible design pairing such badly made gears with metal ones. And now I cannot control the left/right movements of my telescope. And I cannot find a way to replace it. Or to buy the entire motor... Unless, maybe, I order it from USA/Canada and I pay a lot of money and may not arrive in time for the eclipse.
Hey Universe, not enough that I was already in a black hole mentally? You want more?! What else next ha?!
I give up man... :))
Fuck this shit. All of it. I wish I could sleep and just sleep. And not dream. But I can't even sleep for the past weeks. And when I do I always have nightmares.
Welcome to my downfall.
Is fine...I think I will survive. But that's the last thing I needed for the telescope to break. I also don't feel like buying a different one since it works, is just a little fucking gear/wheel....is just that I also broke something else when I opened it...so I likely need to get the entire engine for it...
I wish life was a stupid game and I can say: ok that's it, turn it off. I'll go back to the real life and not play this stupid game again.
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What is Webb observing?
Target: NGC-7479
Target Category: Supermassive Black Holes And Active Galaxies
Research Program: A JWST Survey of Compton Thick AGNhttps://spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=01KXFB6WW358EHM1BMJG226P91
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What is Hubble observing?
Target: NAME-FOMALHAUT
Target Category: Exoplanets And Exoplanet Formation
Research Program: Direct imaging of a catastrophic exosolar planetesimal collision in real time with HST/STIShttps://spacetelescopelive.org/hubble?obsId=01KXWK20PQZ8RSF9DHQQX9VT7G
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60: Groovy skies tonight, you dig it?
1m: Umm why yes, but what's that noise you're making?
60:I'm golden with these gears but hey we can't all be cherry.
1m:You can say that again, my pointing model is already off...
60 from the 60's vs 1m from 2019 last night in #Toronto... a telescope face off 😂
and the end of the story is that they were both good #telescope and got all their research objects#observatory #science #Astrodon #astronomy #yorkuniversity @AllanICarswellObservatory
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Are we alone in the universe? For scientists working on NASA's proposed Habitable Worlds Observatory, that question is no longer purely philosophical. It is increasingly becoming an engineering… #science #telescope #habitable
Posted into FLIPBOARD EXCHANGE FEED 🗞️ @flipboard-exchange-feed-Econopass
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What is Hubble observing?
Target: TOI-214
Target Category: Exoplanets And Exoplanet Formation
Research Program: STELa: Survey of Transiting Exoplanets in Lyman-alphahttps://spacetelescopelive.org/hubble?obsId=01KXFBCHCBTDPTHYFVWYFYGKNH
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What is Hubble observing?
Target: AV75
Target Category: Calibration
Research Program: Cycle 33 COS FUV Wavelength Scale Monitorhttps://spacetelescopelive.org/hubble?obsId=01KXFBCKADK6A3VA1JSEMC8AV0
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570-Megapixel Dark Energy Camera Photographs Van Gogh-Esque ‘Starry Night’ https://petapixel.com/2026/07/16/570-megapixel-dark-energy-camera-photographs-van-gogh-esque-starry-night/ #darkenergycamera #telescope #noirlba #Space #decam #space #News
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What is Webb observing?
Target: SF1615+001A
Target Category: Stars And Stellar Populations
Research Program: GoldSpec: Absolute Flux Calibration Stars for the Hubble/Webb/Roman Multi-Mission Erahttps://spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=01KXH6VG99S5GPF81D1C7V9970
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A near disaster
The Vixen VC200L Modified Cassegrain telescope on a good evening in 2020. The Sky-Watcher mount now sits atop a permanent pier inside the observatory, no longer on the grass.On July 12, we had just finished installing the Vixen telescope on to a new rack that attached to our Sky-Watcher mount, and were fine-tuning the system’s balance when it happened. There, in front of us, out of reach for rescue, the telescope slid along its railing, down the new rack like a skier down their ramp! Horrified, we watched as it cleared the bottom of the mount, plunged five feet to the floor, bounced, and landed upon its side just outside the observatory door!
Expecting the worst, we lifted the poor thing up and looked down the tube to check the primary mirror … and it was intact. The outside of the tube showed a long, thin scratch and a little scraped spot, and the finder ring was loose and ajar but looked repairable. A set screw for the visual back had sheared off. Fortunately, the finder scope was undamaged, and the flip mirror eyepiece accessory had not been installed so it escaped the crash. Apparently the telescope, which slid bottom end first, struck the polyethylene observatory door threshold, bouncing from there possibly softening the impact — a bit better than directly hitting the concrete floor!
The next day, after thoroughly examining the OTA, straightening out the finder rings, and removing the offending mount rack, it was time to see whether we could see. It being daytime we clamped the scope directly to the solid Sky-Watcher mount atop its pier, attached the solar filter, and aimed skyward. Surprisingly, the two large sunspots present could be seen clearly in full-disk viewing and the edges of Sun looked good; the telescope was actually usable! Higher magnification and later imaging were not as impressive. After dark we attempted photography of M57 — the Ring Nebula — to look at star shapes. Not surprisingly the stars showed distinct signs of a telescope out of collimation. The scope needs work.
We will attempt collimation soon after we receive a replacement visual back for the telescope but would really prefer to have the instrument checked and serviced by professionals.
#2026 #astronomy #observatory #telescope #trouble #vixen -
Centaurus A looking STUNNIN' out there!
#AstroDon #Astrophotography #astronomy #NASA #ESA #JWST #space #science #Webb #Telescope
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The massive Extremely Large Telescope in Chile just rotated its 7.7-million-pound structure for the very first time! An amazing milestone for humanity's biggest eye on the sky: [https://www.space.com/astronomy/extremely-large-telescope-reaches-a-major-milestone-space-photo-of-the-day-for-july-13-2026](https://www.space.com/astronomy/extremely-large-telescope-reaches-a-major-milestone-space-photo-of-the-day-for-july-13-2026)
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think i have found my next #lego kit :) :)
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/hubble-space-telescope-11382
