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- Wed Jul 05, 2023 7:47 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 July
- Replies: 48
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NOIRLab: NGC 6946 "Fireworks Galaxy"
NGC 6946 "Fireworks Galaxy" NOIRLab | Gemini North | 2020 Jun 30 https://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/screen/noao-ngc6946.jpg NGC 6946 , the “Fireworks Galaxy,” lies between 10 and 20 million light-years away on the border between the constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus , and...
- Mon Jul 03, 2023 10:18 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 July
- Replies: 48
- Views: 47678
ESA: Serene Supernova Aftermath (UGC 11860)
Serene Supernova Aftermath ESA Hubble Picture of the Week | 2023 Jul 03 https://cdn.spacetelescope.org/archives/images/screen/potw2327a.jpg The spiral galaxy UGC 11860 seems to float serenely against a field of background galaxies in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. UGC 11860 li...
- Mon Jul 03, 2023 10:08 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 July
- Replies: 48
- Views: 47678
ESO: How Many Telescopes Can You Spot?
How Many Telescopes Can You Spot? ESO Picture of the Week | La Silla | 2023 Jul 03 https://cdn.eso.org/images/screen/potw2327a.jpg Have you ever seen so many telescopes all together? This Picture of the Week was taken at sunset at ESO’s La Silla Observatory, suspended over an ocean of mountains and...
- Mon Jul 03, 2023 9:58 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 July
- Replies: 48
- Views: 47678
ESA: Views of a Titanic Clash (NGC 3256)
Views of a Titanic Clash ESA Webb Picture of the Month | 2023 Jul 03 https://cdn.esawebb.org/archives/images/screen/potm2306b.jpg Image 1: A large, face-on spiral galaxy. The core is radiating very brightly. Streaks of dust glow intensely red, in the centre and across most of the galaxy. This gas i...
- Mon Jul 03, 2023 8:50 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 July
- Replies: 48
- Views: 47678
Found Images: 2023 July
Have you seen a great image or video somewhere that you think would make a great APOD? Nominate it for APOD! Please post as much information here as you have about the image/video with a link to any source(s) for it you know of here, and the editors will take a look. When posting the image itself, ...
- Mon Jul 03, 2023 8:50 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 July
- Replies: 110
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Submissions: 2023 July
__________________________________________________________________________________________________ Please post your images here. Please see this thread before posting images; posting images demonstrates your agreement with the possible uses for your image. If hotlinking to an image, please ensure i...
- Thu Jun 29, 2023 8:09 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Message from the Gravitational... (2023 Jun 29)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6171
Re: APOD: A Message from the Gravitational... (2023 Jun 29)
orin stepanek wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 8:00 pm Gwb_Nanograv_960.jpg
I was hoping to get the annotations with the photo!![]()
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Kitty peeking at something!![]()
- Tue Jun 27, 2023 3:03 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 June
- Replies: 32
- Views: 36570
ESO: 'Smiling Cat' Nebula (Sh2-284)
'Smiling Cat' Nebula Captured in New ESO Image ESO Photo Release | VST | 2023 Jun 27 https://cdn.eso.org/images/screen/eso2309a.jpg This cloud of orange and red, part of the Sh2-284 nebula, is shown here in spectacular detail using data from the VLT Survey Telescope ( VST ), hosted by the European ...
- Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:39 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Belt of Venus over Mount Everest (2023 Jun 26)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2939
Re: APOD: The Belt of Venus over Mount Everest (2023 Jun 26)
https://asterisk.apod.com/download/file.php?id=47757&mode=view Wow; A lot of great photos in today's APOD Orin, that's a great image! :D I couldn't find it in the links of today's caption. Where did you find it? ... the belt is frequently caught by accident in other photographs . APOD: Shadows ...
- Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:51 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: Webb: First Detection of Crucial Carbon Molecule
- Replies: 2
- Views: 19641
Webb: First Detection of Crucial Carbon Molecule
Webb Makes First Detection of Crucial Carbon Molecule NASA | GSFC | STScI | JWST | 2023 Jun 26 https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/imagea.jpeg?itok=U_5TSDna A team of international scientists has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to detect a new c...
- Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:21 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 June
- Replies: 32
- Views: 36570
ESA: Hubble Checks in on the Neighbours (ESO 174-1)
Hubble Checks in on the Neighbours ESA Hubble Picture of the Week | 2023 Jun 26 https://cdn.spacetelescope.org/archives/images/screen/potw2326a.jpg The highly irregular galaxy ESO 174-1 , which resembles a lonely, hazy cloud against a backdrop of bright stars , dominates this image from the NASA/ES...
- Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:08 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 June
- Replies: 32
- Views: 36570
ESO: All Alone in the Desert (APEX)
All Alone in the Desert ESO Image of the Week | APEX | 2023 Jun 26 https://cdn.eso.org/images/screen/potw2326a.jpg Take a look at this aerial photo of the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, or APEX for short, sat stoically atop the Chajnator plateau in Chile’s Atacama Desert . This remote, dry location...
- Mon Jun 26, 2023 9:59 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: HEAPOW: The Curl of the Crab (2023 Jun 26)
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HEAPOW: The Curl of the Crab (2023 Jun 26)
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/objects/heapow/nebulae/crab_ixpe_small.jpg The Curl of the Crab The Crab Nebula is an extended cloud of hot gas produced by the total explosion of a hot, massive star which was observed in 1054 A. D . (but which occurred nearly 2000 years earlier). At the heart ...
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 5:37 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: UT: Detecting Merging Supermassive Black Holes
- Replies: 0
- Views: 27965
UT: Detecting Merging Supermassive Black Holes
Astronomers Have Never Detected Merging Supermassive Black Holes. That Might Be About to Change Universe Today | Brian Koberlein | 2023 Jun 19 https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/merger.jpg Gravitational wave astronomy currently can only detect powerful rapid events, such as th...
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 5:05 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: Space: Expansion of the universe could be a mirage
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- Views: 27457
Space: Expansion of the universe could be a mirage
Expansion of the universe could be a mirage Space.com | Robert Lea | 2023 Jun 21 New research looking at the cosmological constant problem suggests the expansion of the universe could be an illusion. https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ydpsncMiE6rHH2mN7caMP4-1920-80.jpg.webp The expansion of the univ...
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:50 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: UT: Evidence is Building that Dark Matter is Made of Axions
- Replies: 1
- Views: 14421
UT: Evidence is Building that Dark Matter is Made of Axions
Evidence is Building that Dark Matter is Made of Axions Universe Today | Carolyn Collins Petersen | 2023 Jun 19 https://cdn.spacetelescope.org/archives/images/screen/heic2003b.jpg There’s some potentially big news on the hunt for dark matter. Astronomers may have a handle on what makes this mysteri...
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:55 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: CXC: Milky Way's Central Black Hole Woke Up 200 Years Ago
- Replies: 0
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CXC: Milky Way's Central Black Hole Woke Up 200 Years Ago
Milky Way's Central Black Hole Woke Up 200 Years Ago NASA | MSFC | SAO | Chandra X-ray Observatory | 2023 Jun 21 https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/gcenter/gcenter.jpg These images show X-ray data of the area around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. New data fro...
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:40 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: NOIRLab: Never-Before-Seen Way to Annihilate a Star
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- Views: 19696
NOIRLab: Never-Before-Seen Way to Annihilate a Star
Never-Before-Seen Way to Annihilate a Star NOIRLab Science Release | Gemini | 2023 Jun 22 International Gemini Observatory traces gamma-ray burst to nucleus of ancient galaxy, suggesting stars can undergo demolition-derby-like collisions https://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/screen/noirl...
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:27 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 June
- Replies: 32
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NOIRLab: Dark Shrouds in Orion (LDN 1622)
Dark Shrouds in Orion NOIRLab Image of the Week | KPNO | 2023 Jun 21 https://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/screen/iotw2325a.jpg The shadowy clouds of LDN 1622 are pictured in this observation from the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory ( KPNO ), a Prog...
- Wed Jun 21, 2023 4:48 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: The Hidden Benefits of Large Science Projects
- Replies: 2
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The Hidden Benefits of Large Science Projects
The Hidden Benefits of Large Science Projects Universe Today | Paul M. Sutter | 2023 Jun 16 https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/noirlab2118a.jpg Large astronomical projects like the Dark Energy Survey and the James Webb Space Telescope provide innumerable benefits to society, l...
- Tue Jun 20, 2023 1:20 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: HEAPOW: A Final Exam for XRISM (2023 Jun 19)
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HEAPOW: A Final Exam for XRISM (2023 Jun 19)
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/objects/heapow/technology/xrism23_small.jpg A Final Exam for XRISM As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words . Astronomers have their own variation on this honored maxim: a spectrum is worth a thousand pictures. A spectrum is the measure of the bri...
- Tue Jun 20, 2023 12:45 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 June
- Replies: 32
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ESA: On the Edge of the Lagoon (NGC 6544)
On the Edge of the Lagoon ESA Hubble Picture of the Week | 2023 Jun 19 potw2325a[1].jpg A cluster of stars in warm and cool colours. The whole view is filled with small stars, which become much denser and brighter around a core just right of centre. Most of the stars are small, but some are larger ...
- Thu Jun 15, 2023 7:39 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: NOIRLab: The ‘Brightest of All Time’ Gamma-Ray Burst and Its Ordinary Supernova
- Replies: 5
- Views: 33649
NOIRLab: The ‘Brightest of All Time’ Gamma-Ray Burst and Its Ordinary Supernova
The ‘Brightest of All Time’ Gamma-Ray Burst and Its Ordinary Supernova NOIRLab Stories | 2023 Jun 14 One of the closest and most powerful gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) ever seen could change the way that we think about these titanic explosions. https://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/screen/noir...
- Thu Jun 15, 2023 2:52 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: HEAPOW: Happy 15th Anniversary to Fermi (2023 Jun 12)
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HEAPOW: Happy 15th Anniversary to Fermi (2023 Jun 12)
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/objects/heapow/technology/fermi15_small.jpg Happy 15th Anniversary to Fermi June 11, 2023, marks the 15th anniversary of the launch of the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope , named in honor of the great physicist Enrico Fermi . Fermi, as it's commonly called, scan...
- Thu Jun 15, 2023 2:03 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 June
- Replies: 32
- Views: 36570
NOIRLab: Red Bloom above Cerro Tololo
Red Bloom above Cerro Tololo NOIRLab Image of the Week | CTIO | 2023 Jun 14 https://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/screen/iotw2324a.jpg Below the southern skies, the telescopes of Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ( CTIO ), a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, bask in the starlight of the br...