Yesterday we visited the #Volkssternwarte #Köln ✨🔭 The weather was overcast, so conditions were limited, but we were still able to observe #Jupiter and its four #GalileanMoons #Io, #Europa, #Ganymede, and #Callisto.

The main #telescope is a 600 mm #Cassegrain reflector with a focal length of 5,400 mm, which enables high-magnification observations of #planets, the #Moon, double #stars, and bright planetary #nebulae.

🌍 https://www.volkssternwartekoeln.de

#Cologne #Observatory #CLT #CologneLargeTelescope

Happy Space Science Saturday! The Cat's Eye Nebula, also known as NGC 6543, was one of the first, and one of the most complex, planetary nebulae ever discovered! It is estimated to be 1,000 years old. Planetary nebulae are named for their round shape, which made them appear to look like planets when viewed through early telescopes, but they are actually expanding gas thrown off by stars in their final stages of evolution.
#CatsEyeNebula #NGC6543 #Nebulae #SpaceExploration #Space #Astronomer #Planets #Stars #Science #Physics #Toronto #YorkUObservatory #AICO #YorkU #SpaceScienceSaturday #Telescope #Astronomy #AllanICarswellObservatory #Research #ScienceOutreach
NASA’s Hubble Revisits Crab Nebula to Track 25 Years of Expansion

Hubble takes a fresh look at the Crab Nebula revealing, in unparalleled detailed, the aftermath of a supernova and how it evolved over 25 years.

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Webb Studies Cranium Nebula http://dlvr.it/TRNkp7 #Nebulae
Webb Studies Cranium Nebula - NASA

Nebula PMR 1 is a cloud of gas and dust that bears an uncanny resemblance to a brain in a transparent skull, inspiring its nickname, the “Exposed Cranium”

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