Alejandro
CosmicGoatObservations. 06 November 2018. Kitt Peak National Observatory, Quinlan Mountains.
This visit was one of the most awe-inspiring experiences of my life — seeing distant stars, galaxies, and nebulae with my very own eyes! The universe is so vast and beautiful. 💜 🌌
Enjoy one of my favorite photos, a twilight view of three observatories atop a Kitt Peak, with the Earth's shadow and the Belt of Venus visible in the sky.
#astronomy #telescope #science #stars #desert #sky #clouds #shadow #kitt #kittpeak #quinlan #arizona #TohonoOodhamNation #mountains #nature
This visit was one of the most awe-inspiring experiences of my life — seeing distant stars, galaxies, and nebulae with my very own eyes! The universe is so vast and beautiful. 💜 🌌
Enjoy one of my favorite photos, a twilight view of three observatories atop a Kitt Peak, with the Earth's shadow and the Belt of Venus visible in the sky.
#astronomy #telescope #science #stars #desert #sky #clouds #shadow #kitt #kittpeak #quinlan #arizona #TohonoOodhamNation #mountains #nature
RTN#MPIfR:
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Neue EHT-Bilder zeigen unerwartete Polarisationswechsel bei M87*
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"Mehrjährige Beobachtungen mit dem Event Horizon Telescope erfassen sich verändernde Polarisationsmuster um das supermassereiche Schwarze Loch und zeigen Radiostrahlung vom Fußpunkt des Jets."
https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pressemeldungen/2025/6
16.9.2025
#Astronomie #EHT #Jet #Magnetfeld #M87* #Polarisationsmuster #KittPeak #NOEMA #Radioastronomie #Radioteleskop #SchwarzesLoch #VLBI
Daniel PomarèdeNOIRLab image of the week
Hiltner Under the Darkness
Credits: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2536a/
#NOIRLab #Astrophotography #KittPeak #Hiltner #telescope #KPNO #observatory #Arizona #photography #astrodon #astronomy #darkness #MilkyWay #nebula #GumNebula
Vera Rubin at Mayall Telescope
Deidre Hunter (left), Katy Garmany (center), and Vera Rubin (right) at the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope around 2000.
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/VeraRubin_DeidreHunter_KatyGarmany-CC/
#VeraRubin #Astronomer #Astronomy #Rubin #DeidreHunter #KatyGarmany #science #STEM #WomeninSTEM #WomeninScience #Astrodon #KittPeak #Arizona #Xterminal #Xterminals #xterm
NOIRLab image of the week
It contrasts the beautiful curve of the Milky Way with the geometric architecture of the recently retired McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P.Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2524a
#MilkyWay #KittPeak #Astronomy #astrophotography #nightskyphotography #photography #Astrodon #Arizona
Spaceflight 🚀One of the two very large #telescopes the #NSF was helping fund will be cancelled (say goodbye to the Thirty Meter Telescope). "Access to the telescopes 🔭 at #KittPeak* and #CerroTololo** will be phased out," and the NSF will transfer the facilities to other organizations https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/us-science-is-being-wrecked-and-its-leadership-is-fighting-the-last-war
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitt_Peak_National_Observatory
** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro_Tololo_Inter-American_Observatory
#KittPeak observatory. The #Mayall 4 meter telescope dominates the summit.
#QuinlanMountains #SonoranDesert #Arizona
#QuinlanMountains #SonoranDesert #Arizona
