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Got it with Seestar S50 just now from my backyard!
Moon with Saturn nearby (composite and edited in PS. Edits: made black and white, sharpened)
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Got it with Seestar S50 just now from my backyard!
Moon with Saturn nearby (composite and edited in PS. Edits: made black and white, sharpened)
🌕🪐
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Got it with Seestar S50 just now from my backyard!
Moon with Saturn nearby (composite and edited in PS. Edits: made black and white, sharpened)
🌕🪐
Got it with Seestar S50 just now from my backyard!
Moon with Saturn nearby (composite and edited in PS. Edits: made black and white, sharpened)
🌕🪐
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If you've got a pair of binoculars, a telescope, a Seestar, or a DSLR with zoom lens -- then make sure you take a look up at the Moon tonight, because the bright dot next door is Saturn!
Easy to spot with the Moon being so close.
And if you're viewing device is powerful enough to resolve the small detail, you can even see some of Saturn's moons around it
📸 Stellarium
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If you've got a pair of binoculars, a telescope, a Seestar, or a DSLR with zoom lens -- then make sure you take a look up at the Moon tonight, because the bright dot next door is Saturn!
Easy to spot with the Moon being so close.
And if you're viewing device is powerful enough to resolve the small detail, you can even see some of Saturn's moons around it
📸 Stellarium
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If you've got a pair of binoculars, a telescope, a Seestar, or a DSLR with zoom lens -- then make sure you take a look up at the Moon tonight, because the bright dot next door is Saturn!
Easy to spot with the Moon being so close.
And if you're viewing device is powerful enough to resolve the small detail, you can even see some of Saturn's moons around it
📸 Stellarium
If you've got a pair of binoculars, a telescope, a Seestar, or a DSLR with zoom lens -- then make sure you take a look up at the Moon tonight, because the bright dot next door is Saturn!
Easy to spot with the Moon being so close.
And if you're viewing device is powerful enough to resolve the small detail, you can even see some of Saturn's moons around it
📸 Stellarium
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One of the most common questions I get is "What's the best entry-level telescope I should buy?"
People often see the beautiful images we share online from the cosmos, but traditionally, #astrophotography has been expensive, complex and requires a commitment to a steep learning curve.
Now, smart telescopes are breaking down these barriers, making the sky more accessible to wider audiences.
I've got both the Seestar S50 and the traditional setup and did an astrophotography comparison, so wrote up my thoughts in this #SpaceAustralia article: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/democratising-astrophotograpy-seestar-s50
With Christmas around the corner - don't waste your money on cheaper alternatives, the Seestar S50 is the best entry-level telescope for any person - esp. those with zero prior knowledge of astrophotography or astronomy.
Check out my compared pics below.
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One of the most common questions I get is "What's the best entry-level telescope I should buy?"
People often see the beautiful images we share online from the cosmos, but traditionally, #astrophotography has been expensive, complex and requires a commitment to a steep learning curve.
Now, smart telescopes are breaking down these barriers, making the sky more accessible to wider audiences.
I've got both the Seestar S50 and the traditional setup and did an astrophotography comparison, so wrote up my thoughts in this #SpaceAustralia article: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/democratising-astrophotograpy-seestar-s50
With Christmas around the corner - don't waste your money on cheaper alternatives, the Seestar S50 is the best entry-level telescope for any person - esp. those with zero prior knowledge of astrophotography or astronomy.
Check out my compared pics below.
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One of the most common questions I get is "What's the best entry-level telescope I should buy?"
People often see the beautiful images we share online from the cosmos, but traditionally, #astrophotography has been expensive, complex and requires a commitment to a steep learning curve.
Now, smart telescopes are breaking down these barriers, making the sky more accessible to wider audiences.
I've got both the Seestar S50 and the traditional setup and did an astrophotography comparison, so wrote up my thoughts in this #SpaceAustralia article: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/democratising-astrophotograpy-seestar-s50
With Christmas around the corner - don't waste your money on cheaper alternatives, the Seestar S50 is the best entry-level telescope for any person - esp. those with zero prior knowledge of astrophotography or astronomy.
Check out my compared pics below.
One of the most common questions I get is "What's the best entry-level telescope I should buy?"
People often see the beautiful images we share online from the cosmos, but traditionally, #astrophotography has been expensive, complex and requires a commitment to a steep learning curve.
Now, smart telescopes are breaking down these barriers, making the sky more accessible to wider audiences.
I've got both the Seestar S50 and the traditional setup and did an astrophotography comparison, so wrote up my thoughts in this #SpaceAustralia article: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/democratising-astrophotograpy-seestar-s50
With Christmas around the corner - don't waste your money on cheaper alternatives, the Seestar S50 is the best entry-level telescope for any person - esp. those with zero prior knowledge of astrophotography or astronomy.
Check out my compared pics below.
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Astronomy, astrophotography and space images are wonderful to look at but require visual abilities that not everyone has.
#Accessibility is important, esp. when we share our images of the cosmos so that everyone has access to enjoy them.
I have put together a little checklist that can be used as guidelines when writing your alt-text for your images.
Many platforms now also allow you to set up your settings so that you can't actually publish the post until the alt-text is in - which serves as a good reminder.
I hope this is useful! 👇
(background image is an old photo of mine)
#Astronomy #Astrophotography #Astrodon #ScienceCommunication #AltText
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Astronomy, astrophotography and space images are wonderful to look at but require visual abilities that not everyone has.
#Accessibility is important, esp. when we share our images of the cosmos so that everyone has access to enjoy them.
I have put together a little checklist that can be used as guidelines when writing your alt-text for your images.
Many platforms now also allow you to set up your settings so that you can't actually publish the post until the alt-text is in - which serves as a good reminder.
I hope this is useful! 👇
(background image is an old photo of mine)
#Astronomy #Astrophotography #Astrodon #ScienceCommunication #AltText
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Astronomy, astrophotography and space images are wonderful to look at but require visual abilities that not everyone has.
#Accessibility is important, esp. when we share our images of the cosmos so that everyone has access to enjoy them.
I have put together a little checklist that can be used as guidelines when writing your alt-text for your images.
Many platforms now also allow you to set up your settings so that you can't actually publish the post until the alt-text is in - which serves as a good reminder.
I hope this is useful! 👇
(background image is an old photo of mine)
#Astronomy #Astrophotography #Astrodon #ScienceCommunication #AltText
Astronomy, astrophotography and space images are wonderful to look at but require visual abilities that not everyone has.
#Accessibility is important, esp. when we share our images of the cosmos so that everyone has access to enjoy them.
I have put together a little checklist that can be used as guidelines when writing your alt-text for your images.
Many platforms now also allow you to set up your settings so that you can't actually publish the post until the alt-text is in - which serves as a good reminder.
I hope this is useful! 👇
(background image is an old photo of mine)
#Astronomy #Astrophotography #Astrodon #ScienceCommunication #AltText
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There is a monster set of Sunspots on our local star at the moment, incl. this beast that is in its centre.
We sometimes take for granted that we have a Sun …. But when we think about it, there is a star - A STAR - just sitting there in our sky. It’s so close to us that it gives us light, heat and drives the weather systems.
It’s so close, that we can see features on its surface - these are sunspots, and there are plenty of them at the moment … including that huge one that is centred. Note how it has an inner dark region and an outer less dark region.
Caught these between the cloud breaks a few mins ago using my Seestar S50.
Remember folks - never look or image the sun without proper equipment!
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There is a monster set of Sunspots on our local star at the moment, incl. this beast that is in its centre.
We sometimes take for granted that we have a Sun …. But when we think about it, there is a star - A STAR - just sitting there in our sky. It’s so close to us that it gives us light, heat and drives the weather systems.
It’s so close, that we can see features on its surface - these are sunspots, and there are plenty of them at the moment … including that huge one that is centred. Note how it has an inner dark region and an outer less dark region.
Caught these between the cloud breaks a few mins ago using my Seestar S50.
Remember folks - never look or image the sun without proper equipment!
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There is a monster set of Sunspots on our local star at the moment, incl. this beast that is in its centre.
We sometimes take for granted that we have a Sun …. But when we think about it, there is a star - A STAR - just sitting there in our sky. It’s so close to us that it gives us light, heat and drives the weather systems.
It’s so close, that we can see features on its surface - these are sunspots, and there are plenty of them at the moment … including that huge one that is centred. Note how it has an inner dark region and an outer less dark region.
Caught these between the cloud breaks a few mins ago using my Seestar S50.
Remember folks - never look or image the sun without proper equipment!
There is a monster set of Sunspots on our local star at the moment, incl. this beast that is in its centre.
We sometimes take for granted that we have a Sun …. But when we think about it, there is a star - A STAR - just sitting there in our sky. It’s so close to us that it gives us light, heat and drives the weather systems.
It’s so close, that we can see features on its surface - these are sunspots, and there are plenty of them at the moment … including that huge one that is centred. Note how it has an inner dark region and an outer less dark region.
Caught these between the cloud breaks a few mins ago using my Seestar S50.
Remember folks - never look or image the sun without proper equipment!
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Are astronomers on the brink of discovering a new celestial object?
Recently, astronomers have been discovering an emerging population of astrophysical objects that resemble neutron stars, but with longer rotation periods. This unique population is challenging our understanding of how these objects form and how they emit radiation.
I got to speak with this exciting new paper’s lead author, Dr Manisha Caleb from The University of Sydney, about this remarkable discovery, which was first found by CSIRO's #ASKAP telescope located in WA.
What if we are on the precipice of something big here? These are def. very exciting times for geeks like me!
https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/population-strange-slow-rotating-astrophysical-objects-grows
#SpaceAustralia #Astrophysics #NeutronStars #Astrodon #RadioAstronomy
📸 Carl Knowx/OzGrav
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Are astronomers on the brink of discovering a new celestial object?
Recently, astronomers have been discovering an emerging population of astrophysical objects that resemble neutron stars, but with longer rotation periods. This unique population is challenging our understanding of how these objects form and how they emit radiation.
I got to speak with this exciting new paper’s lead author, Dr Manisha Caleb from The University of Sydney, about this remarkable discovery, which was first found by CSIRO's #ASKAP telescope located in WA.
What if we are on the precipice of something big here? These are def. very exciting times for geeks like me!
https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/population-strange-slow-rotating-astrophysical-objects-grows
#SpaceAustralia #Astrophysics #NeutronStars #Astrodon #RadioAstronomy
📸 Carl Knowx/OzGrav
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Are astronomers on the brink of discovering a new celestial object?
Recently, astronomers have been discovering an emerging population of astrophysical objects that resemble neutron stars, but with longer rotation periods. This unique population is challenging our understanding of how these objects form and how they emit radiation.
I got to speak with this exciting new paper’s lead author, Dr Manisha Caleb from The University of Sydney, about this remarkable discovery, which was first found by CSIRO's #ASKAP telescope located in WA.
What if we are on the precipice of something big here? These are def. very exciting times for geeks like me!
https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/population-strange-slow-rotating-astrophysical-objects-grows
#SpaceAustralia #Astrophysics #NeutronStars #Astrodon #RadioAstronomy
📸 Carl Knowx/OzGrav
Are astronomers on the brink of discovering a new celestial object?
Recently, astronomers have been discovering an emerging population of astrophysical objects that resemble neutron stars, but with longer rotation periods. This unique population is challenging our understanding of how these objects form and how they emit radiation.
I got to speak with this exciting new paper’s lead author, Dr Manisha Caleb from The University of Sydney, about this remarkable discovery, which was first found by CSIRO's #ASKAP telescope located in WA.
What if we are on the precipice of something big here? These are def. very exciting times for geeks like me!
https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/population-strange-slow-rotating-astrophysical-objects-grows
#SpaceAustralia #Astrophysics #NeutronStars #Astrodon #RadioAstronomy
📸 Carl Knowx/OzGrav
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#JWST is often cited for its amazing work with galaxies, BUT LOOK AT IT DISSECTING UP THE CRAB NEBULA AND SHOWING US STAR GUTS FROM A 1000-YEAR OLD STELLAR DETONATION.
Wow! Look at the pulsar!
So epic that we can see this detail, the different structures, elements, velocities, energies, etc. from an event that Chinese and Japanese astronomers witnessed and documented 1000 years back.
We're connected through time with this event to them!
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#JWST is often cited for its amazing work with galaxies, BUT LOOK AT IT DISSECTING UP THE CRAB NEBULA AND SHOWING US STAR GUTS FROM A 1000-YEAR OLD STELLAR DETONATION.
Wow! Look at the pulsar!
So epic that we can see this detail, the different structures, elements, velocities, energies, etc. from an event that Chinese and Japanese astronomers witnessed and documented 1000 years back.
We're connected through time with this event to them!
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#JWST is often cited for its amazing work with galaxies, BUT LOOK AT IT DISSECTING UP THE CRAB NEBULA AND SHOWING US STAR GUTS FROM A 1000-YEAR OLD STELLAR DETONATION.
Wow! Look at the pulsar!
So epic that we can see this detail, the different structures, elements, velocities, energies, etc. from an event that Chinese and Japanese astronomers witnessed and documented 1000 years back.
We're connected through time with this event to them!
#JWST is often cited for its amazing work with galaxies, BUT LOOK AT IT DISSECTING UP THE CRAB NEBULA AND SHOWING US STAR GUTS FROM A 1000-YEAR OLD STELLAR DETONATION.
Wow! Look at the pulsar!
So epic that we can see this detail, the different structures, elements, velocities, energies, etc. from an event that Chinese and Japanese astronomers witnessed and documented 1000 years back.
We're connected through time with this event to them!
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I'm so excited about this find!
Aussie astronomers have used Murriyang (Parkes radio telescope) to confirm the closest millisecond pulsar to the Galactic Centre!
Got to chat with CSIRO astronomer Marcus Lower (Lead Author of the paper) about this exciting new science.
https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/millisecond-pulsar-lurking-galactic-centre
#SpaceAustralia #Astrodon #Pulsars #Astrophysics
📸 Heywood et al. 2022 / me
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I'm so excited about this find!
Aussie astronomers have used Murriyang (Parkes radio telescope) to confirm the closest millisecond pulsar to the Galactic Centre!
Got to chat with CSIRO astronomer Marcus Lower (Lead Author of the paper) about this exciting new science.
https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/millisecond-pulsar-lurking-galactic-centre
#SpaceAustralia #Astrodon #Pulsars #Astrophysics
📸 Heywood et al. 2022 / me
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I'm so excited about this find!
Aussie astronomers have used Murriyang (Parkes radio telescope) to confirm the closest millisecond pulsar to the Galactic Centre!
Got to chat with CSIRO astronomer Marcus Lower (Lead Author of the paper) about this exciting new science.
https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/millisecond-pulsar-lurking-galactic-centre
#SpaceAustralia #Astrodon #Pulsars #Astrophysics
📸 Heywood et al. 2022 / me
I'm so excited about this find!
Aussie astronomers have used Murriyang (Parkes radio telescope) to confirm the closest millisecond pulsar to the Galactic Centre!
Got to chat with CSIRO astronomer Marcus Lower (Lead Author of the paper) about this exciting new science.
https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/millisecond-pulsar-lurking-galactic-centre
#SpaceAustralia #Astrodon #Pulsars #Astrophysics
📸 Heywood et al. 2022 / me
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Got another 1.5 hours of light last night from nearby(ish) galaxy NGC 3621 which features the recent supernova #SN2024ggi
Have now been grabbing light from this event over a few months and can see its colour/flux temporal evolution.
Caught it with VIVID’s extreme light pollution too! (VIVID is a very popular festival of light here in Sydney in which light pollution increases by several orders of magnitude!)
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Got another 1.5 hours of light last night from nearby(ish) galaxy NGC 3621 which features the recent supernova #SN2024ggi
Have now been grabbing light from this event over a few months and can see its colour/flux temporal evolution.
Caught it with VIVID’s extreme light pollution too! (VIVID is a very popular festival of light here in Sydney in which light pollution increases by several orders of magnitude!)
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Got another 1.5 hours of light last night from nearby(ish) galaxy NGC 3621 which features the recent supernova #SN2024ggi
Have now been grabbing light from this event over a few months and can see its colour/flux temporal evolution.
Caught it with VIVID’s extreme light pollution too! (VIVID is a very popular festival of light here in Sydney in which light pollution increases by several orders of magnitude!)
Got another 1.5 hours of light last night from nearby(ish) galaxy NGC 3621 which features the recent supernova #SN2024ggi
Have now been grabbing light from this event over a few months and can see its colour/flux temporal evolution.
Caught it with VIVID’s extreme light pollution too! (VIVID is a very popular festival of light here in Sydney in which light pollution increases by several orders of magnitude!)
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I forgot to post this a couple weeks back! It was the 20-year anniversary of one of the first exoplanets
ever found - and it was lurking around a pulsar!
Draugr (Norse for "undead creatures") is one of three planets that orbits the pulsar Lich (also an undead creature).
The official name of the system is PSR B1257+12 and it features the three planets in orbit around the nasty pulsar.
It's located about 1900 light-years away in the constellation Virgo and was discovered in 1994, two years after the first two exoplanets were found around Lich.
The *EXTREMELY NEAT* thing about Draugr is that, to date, it remains the least massive exoplanet ever discovered, even when compared to the planets in our Solar System - which tells us something!
Found through pulsar timing, its mass is only ~2 times the lunar mass.
Here's the discovery paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.264.5158.538
Pulsar planets really have had it rough.
Remember, to form a pulsar you need a supernova! So they can be second-gen planets from supernova debris!
Read more about pulsar planets in my #SpaceAustralia article here: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/science-talk-what-are-pulsar-planets
📷 NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt
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I forgot to post this a couple weeks back! It was the 20-year anniversary of one of the first exoplanets
ever found - and it was lurking around a pulsar!
Draugr (Norse for "undead creatures") is one of three planets that orbits the pulsar Lich (also an undead creature).
The official name of the system is PSR B1257+12 and it features the three planets in orbit around the nasty pulsar.
It's located about 1900 light-years away in the constellation Virgo and was discovered in 1994, two years after the first two exoplanets were found around Lich.
The *EXTREMELY NEAT* thing about Draugr is that, to date, it remains the least massive exoplanet ever discovered, even when compared to the planets in our Solar System - which tells us something!
Found through pulsar timing, its mass is only ~2 times the lunar mass.
Here's the discovery paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.264.5158.538
Pulsar planets really have had it rough.
Remember, to form a pulsar you need a supernova! So they can be second-gen planets from supernova debris!
Read more about pulsar planets in my #SpaceAustralia article here: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/science-talk-what-are-pulsar-planets
📷 NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt
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I forgot to post this a couple weeks back! It was the 20-year anniversary of one of the first exoplanets
ever found - and it was lurking around a pulsar!
Draugr (Norse for "undead creatures") is one of three planets that orbits the pulsar Lich (also an undead creature).
The official name of the system is PSR B1257+12 and it features the three planets in orbit around the nasty pulsar.
It's located about 1900 light-years away in the constellation Virgo and was discovered in 1994, two years after the first two exoplanets were found around Lich.
The *EXTREMELY NEAT* thing about Draugr is that, to date, it remains the least massive exoplanet ever discovered, even when compared to the planets in our Solar System - which tells us something!
Found through pulsar timing, its mass is only ~2 times the lunar mass.
Here's the discovery paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.264.5158.538
Pulsar planets really have had it rough.
Remember, to form a pulsar you need a supernova! So they can be second-gen planets from supernova debris!
Read more about pulsar planets in my #SpaceAustralia article here: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/science-talk-what-are-pulsar-planets
📷 NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt
I forgot to post this a couple weeks back! It was the 20-year anniversary of one of the first exoplanets
ever found - and it was lurking around a pulsar!
Draugr (Norse for "undead creatures") is one of three planets that orbits the pulsar Lich (also an undead creature).
The official name of the system is PSR B1257+12 and it features the three planets in orbit around the nasty pulsar.
It's located about 1900 light-years away in the constellation Virgo and was discovered in 1994, two years after the first two exoplanets were found around Lich.
The *EXTREMELY NEAT* thing about Draugr is that, to date, it remains the least massive exoplanet ever discovered, even when compared to the planets in our Solar System - which tells us something!
Found through pulsar timing, its mass is only ~2 times the lunar mass.
Here's the discovery paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.264.5158.538
Pulsar planets really have had it rough.
Remember, to form a pulsar you need a supernova! So they can be second-gen planets from supernova debris!
Read more about pulsar planets in my #SpaceAustralia article here: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/science-talk-what-are-pulsar-planets
📷 NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt
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Wooooaaahhhh!
The new JWST image of a small bit of the Horsehead Nebula is INCREDIBLE.
To give you a sense of scale here, here’s an image of the nebula from my backyard. That small white box … that’s the JWST field of view! 🤯🤯🤯
Look at ALL those galaxies, all in that tiny white box.
JWST image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, K. Misselt and A. Abergel. [updated]
Dodgy image with white boxes is my own.
#JWST #SpaceTelescope #HorseheadNebula #Astronomy #Galaxies #Astrodon
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Wooooaaahhhh!
The new JWST image of a small bit of the Horsehead Nebula is INCREDIBLE.
To give you a sense of scale here, here’s an image of the nebula from my backyard. That small white box … that’s the JWST field of view! 🤯🤯🤯
Look at ALL those galaxies, all in that tiny white box.
JWST image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, K. Misselt and A. Abergel. [updated]
Dodgy image with white boxes is my own.
#JWST #SpaceTelescope #HorseheadNebula #Astronomy #Galaxies #Astrodon
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Wooooaaahhhh!
The new JWST image of a small bit of the Horsehead Nebula is INCREDIBLE.
To give you a sense of scale here, here’s an image of the nebula from my backyard. That small white box … that’s the JWST field of view! 🤯🤯🤯
Look at ALL those galaxies, all in that tiny white box.
JWST image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, K. Misselt and A. Abergel. [updated]
Dodgy image with white boxes is my own.
#JWST #SpaceTelescope #HorseheadNebula #Astronomy #Galaxies #Astrodon
Wooooaaahhhh!
The new JWST image of a small bit of the Horsehead Nebula is INCREDIBLE.
To give you a sense of scale here, here’s an image of the nebula from my backyard. That small white box … that’s the JWST field of view! 🤯🤯🤯
Look at ALL those galaxies, all in that tiny white box.
JWST image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, K. Misselt and A. Abergel. [updated]
Dodgy image with white boxes is my own.
#JWST #SpaceTelescope #HorseheadNebula #Astronomy #Galaxies #Astrodon
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🚨 A STAR HAS DIED! ⭐💥
And I just happened to catch it from my city light-polluted backyard, using a 5cm aperture SeestarS50!
Check it out ... on the left is my image (only 25 mins of data). The cross hairs indicate a 'new star' appearing in galaxy NGC 3621. The right image is from Stellarium and I have annotated where the new star appears, and how it was not there before.
This is a type II supernova, so a massive star's core collapsed and triggered off an extremely violent explosion that we are seeing 22 million years later.
It likely formed a neutron star or pulsar!
It is incredibly bright and I encourage everyone to turn their telescopes towards it and get data / light curves!
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🚨 A STAR HAS DIED! ⭐💥
And I just happened to catch it from my city light-polluted backyard, using a 5cm aperture SeestarS50!
Check it out ... on the left is my image (only 25 mins of data). The cross hairs indicate a 'new star' appearing in galaxy NGC 3621. The right image is from Stellarium and I have annotated where the new star appears, and how it was not there before.
This is a type II supernova, so a massive star's core collapsed and triggered off an extremely violent explosion that we are seeing 22 million years later.
It likely formed a neutron star or pulsar!
It is incredibly bright and I encourage everyone to turn their telescopes towards it and get data / light curves!
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🚨 A STAR HAS DIED! ⭐💥
And I just happened to catch it from my city light-polluted backyard, using a 5cm aperture SeestarS50!
Check it out ... on the left is my image (only 25 mins of data). The cross hairs indicate a 'new star' appearing in galaxy NGC 3621. The right image is from Stellarium and I have annotated where the new star appears, and how it was not there before.
This is a type II supernova, so a massive star's core collapsed and triggered off an extremely violent explosion that we are seeing 22 million years later.
It likely formed a neutron star or pulsar!
It is incredibly bright and I encourage everyone to turn their telescopes towards it and get data / light curves!
🚨 A STAR HAS DIED! ⭐💥
And I just happened to catch it from my city light-polluted backyard, using a 5cm aperture SeestarS50!
Check it out ... on the left is my image (only 25 mins of data). The cross hairs indicate a 'new star' appearing in galaxy NGC 3621. The right image is from Stellarium and I have annotated where the new star appears, and how it was not there before.
This is a type II supernova, so a massive star's core collapsed and triggered off an extremely violent explosion that we are seeing 22 million years later.
It likely formed a neutron star or pulsar!
It is incredibly bright and I encourage everyone to turn their telescopes towards it and get data / light curves!
