📸 The Rosette Nebula from DECam
A cosmic bloom in Monoceros. This glowing nebula spans 100 light-years and cradles young stars in its heart. Captured in vivid detail by DECam in Chile.

📅 APOD – July 16, 2025
📷 Credit: CTIO, NOIRLab, DOE, NSF, AURA

#APOD #NASA #RosetteNebula #NGC2237 #DECam #NOIRLab #CTIO #Nebulae #StarFormation #Monoceros #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #StellarNursery #EmissionNebula #DeepSky #Telescope #CosmicBloom #Stars #Universe #StellarSnap

NOIRLab image of the week

A Cerulean Moonset over CTIO

Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/H. Stockebrand
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2523a/

#NOIRLab #photography #Astronomy #Astrodon #astrophotography #CTIO #Andes #Chile #science #Moon

NOIRLab image of the week

Dust and Dark Energy above CTIO

Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
Release date: Jan. 22, 2025
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2504a/

#Astronomy #NOIRLab #BlancoTelescope #stars #milkyway #photography #astrophotography #nightskyphotography #darkenergy #CTIO #CerroTololo #Chile #DECam #cosmology #science #STEM #astrodon

New instance; new #introduction!

I got my PhD in physics at #UCSC working with the #DarkEnergySurvey. I studied #cosmology via galaxy clusters, observing at #CTIO and via #Chandra. It's hard to stay in touch with the field, so I am excited to see that #astrodon is a thing!

Now I am a software engineer at Google, optimizing their fiber optic networks. In my spare time, I play lead guitar, I'm learning Japanese, and I play a ton of #pathfinder2e. I'm excited to discuss all of the above here!