NOIRLab image of the week

A blazing meteor pops into the sky above Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.

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

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2622a/

#NOIRLab #Astronomy #Meteor #KittPeak #Tucosn #Arizona #Astrodon #photography #astrophotography

This week's episode on #Sagitta is focused on the #astronomy in the constellation, which means -- #astrophotography from this constellation ahead this week!!!

Here we have the Little Cocoon Nebula aka Little Trifid Nebula aka Sh2-82. It is an emission nebula surrounded by a reflection nebula. while it wasn't our gold star winner, this is a dazzling image!

Listen to the #podcast episode here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-cosmic-background/

📷 : https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-sh2-82/

#astronomy #astrodon #space #science #NASA #KittPeak #NOIRLab #stars #nebula #astrophotography

#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

NOIRLab 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