NOIRLab image of the week

Rubin’s Giant Eye on the Southern Sky

Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2542a/

#Rubin #RubinObservatory #MilkyWay #Astronomy #Astrodon #astrophotography #NOIRLab #IOTW #Photography #nightsky #nightskyphotography

NOIRLab image of the week

Research on the Ridge

Featuring Vera C. Rubin Observatory, Gemini South Telescope, SOAR Telescope, and the former Calypso Telescope, now repurposed as Rubin Auxiliary Telescope.

Credit: O. Bonin/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Release date: Jan. 15, 2025
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2503a/

#NOIRLab #Rubin #CerroPachón #Chile #RubinObservatory #photography #Gemini #Telescope #GemeniSouth #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #STEM #iotw #CerroPachon

Research on the Ridge

Research on the Ridge

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NOIRLab image of the week

Southwest of Tucson, the Quinlan Mountains majestically rise to an altitude of 2100 meters in the Schuk Toak District of the Tohono O’odham Nation. Atop the central peak in this image sits the Kitt Peak National Observatory.

📷 taken from the eastern side of Tucson on the Aqua Caliente Trail. Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks (NSF NOIRLab)

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2502a/

#NOIRLab #KittPeak #Tucson #Arizona #Astronomy #Astrodon #telescope #photography #sunset #iotw

A Global Epicenter for Astronomy

A Global Epicenter for Astronomy

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NOIRLab image of the week: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope

Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2440a/

#NOIRLab #comet #KittPeak #Tucson #Arizona #Astronomy #Astrodon #teslescope #photography #astrophotography #sunrise #iotw

Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS over the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope

Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS over the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope

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NOIRLab image of the week: The Tidal Tales of NGC 922

Credits: Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2439a/

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The Tidal Tales of NGC 922

The Tidal Tales of NGC 922

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NOIRLab image of the week

The Unfurling Spiral Arms of NGC 3981

Credit: Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Image processing: R. Colombari & M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab)

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2425a/

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The Unfurling Spiral Arms of NGC 3981

The Unfurling Spiral Arms of NGC 3981

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Did you know that #SpaceWeather even impacts the far reaches of our Solar System? Check out the most intense #aurora spotted on Uranus by @HUBBLE_space in this week's @esascience #IOTW. #SolarHazards
Details: http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2018/11/Polar_lights_on_Uranus https://twitter.com/esa/status/1059384339962781697/photo/1 source: https://twitter.com/esa/status/1059384339962781697
Polar lights on Uranus

On the first day of the 15th annual European Space Weather Week, this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope fittingly shows a striking occurrence of celestial weather in the outer reaches of the Solar System: an aurora on Uranus.Auroras, also known as polar lights, are a relative…

A portion of Comet #67P as viewed by @ESA_Rosetta on 22 September 2014. Two years later, on 22 September 2016 Rosetta concluded its trailblazing mission - @esascience #IOTW selected & processed by @landru79.

Read more: http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2018/10/Comet_landscape https://twitter.com/esa/status/1046720139620745217/photo/1 source: https://twitter.com/esa/status/1046720139620745217

Comet landscape

On 30 September 2016, ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft came closer than ever to the target it had studied from afar for more than two years, concluding its mission with a controlled impact onto the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P/C-G).This second comet landing followed the pioneer…

To infinity and beyond! The @esascience #IOTW features a stunning @ESAHerschel image of an infinity symbol-shaped strip of gas and dust in the Galactic Centre. Read more: http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2018/09/Herschel_s_view_of_the_Galactic_Centre https://twitter.com/esa/status/1044135608887791616/photo/1 source: https://twitter.com/esa/status/1044135608887791616
Herschel’s view of the Galactic Centre

An odd-shaped formation of gas and dust at the centre of the Milky Way, captured by the far-infrared cameras on board ESA’s Herschel space observatory. The nearly continuous strip of dense and cold clumps of material forms an infinity symbol, or sideways 8, that is a few hundred light yea…

Coming up to one year since @CassiniSaturn’s spectacular mission end, @HUBBLE_space is still checking in on the ringed planet and its moons from time to time. #Saturn features in this week's @esascience #IOTW

Details: http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2018/08/Saturn_and_its_moons_at_opposition https://twitter.com/esa/status/1039067211321757698/photo/1 source: https://twitter.com/esa/status/1039067211321757698

Saturn and its moons at opposition

Cassini ended its 13-year mission at Saturn on 15 September 2017 when it plunged into the gas giant's atmosphere, but the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is still keeping an eye on the ringed planet.This is a composite image taken by Hubble on 6 June 2018 showing a fully-illuminated Satur…