De Zon overleefde 4,4 miljoen jaar geleden een nauwe ontmoeting met twee massieve sterren
De ontmoeting liet een spoor achter in de gas- en stofwolken rond ons zonnestelsel.
#adhara #CanisMajor #GroteHond #HubbleSpaceTelescope #InterstellaireWolk #mirzam #zon
https://www.kuuke.nl/de-zon-overleefde-44-miljoen-jaar-geleden-een-nauwe-ontmoeting-met-twee-massieve-sterren/
The Huntsman and his Dog. 11 February 2019. Reddington Pass, Tucson.

#canismajor #orion #constellation #constellations #sirius #alnitak #alnilam #mintaka #star #stars #night #nightsky #mountain #mountains

The dog days of August are officially here.

The lower right corner shows Sirius, the dog star in morning twilight. That signifies the start of the dog days.

Jupiter and Venus are left of center. Orion is upper right quadrant.

#NewMexico #Twilight #Morning #Photography #Astrophotography #Venus #Jupiter #Orion #Sirius #DogDays #August #DogStar #CanisMajor

📸 The Seagull Nebula
Shaped like a bird in flight, the Seagull Nebula spans over 200 light-years near Sirius in Canis Major. IC 2177 forms the head, while surrounding clouds glow with hydrogen gas. A bluish arc is a bow shock from the runaway star FN Canis Majoris.
📅 June 26, 2025
📷 Timothy Martin
🔗 https://stellarsnap.space
#APOD #SeagullNebula #IC2177 #CanisMajor #Nebula #BowShock #FNCanisMajoris #StarFormation #DeepSky #MilkyWay #Astrophotography #StellarSnap #NightSky #EmissionNebula
Sirius in Canis Major is particularly bright tonight, flashing white and red #canismajor #sirius #astronomy

This #weekend you can catch the planets #Saturn and #Jupiter in the sky after sunset. Saturn will set during the night so you'll want to go out earlier to catch it in the West.

Notice Jupiter is up so high it can be seen in the screenshot from the East and the one from the West. Look UP to find Jupiter this weekend.

The winter constellations #Orion #Taurus and #CanisMajor are visible in the East along with the bright star cluster The Pleiades (aka the seven sisters)
🌎 #Oklahoma ⏰ 7pm CST