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astronomy.bsky.social

21 May 2025 06:27

A cosmic masterpiece. The Orion Nebula (M42) glows with newborn stars, glowing gas, and dark dust. This blend of visible and infrared light reveals shock waves and the fierce Trapezium stars lighting it all up—just 1,500 light-years away. Credit: NASA/Spitzer

Andrew Fraknoi

fraknoi.bsky.social

14 May 2025 00:33

We see the Veil Nebula, a small part of a vast ancient remnant of an exploded star, still glowing with colorful emissions from hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur atoms. #astronomy #astroedu #astrophotography #space #spaceimages #spacephotos #astroimages #NASA #sciencephotos

Ernie Jacobs

astro716.bsky.social

14 May 2025 00:33

Messier 109 (M109) captured on 4/23/2025 from our club’s observatory by our imaging group. This is my processing of the data. More details in this Blog post: astronomy716.blogspot.com/2025/05/m109... #space #astronomy #astrophotography

Christian Fröschlin

chrfrde.bsky.social

14 May 2025 00:33

This evening's #ISS pass over The Hague. 31 x 0.25 ms unfiltered mono in Celestron 8" at f/10.

Physicians for a Healthy Democracy

physiciandemocracy.medsky.social

12 May 2025 05:52

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