All the Stars, All the Time - Some of the largest objects in the night sky to view through a telescope are galax... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/27/all-the-stars-all-the-time/ #observatory #astronomy #skysurvey #telescope #wideangle #science #data
Rubin with M41 during First Look Observations
Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
Smile, universe! It is time for your close-up with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
by By Kenneth Chang and Katrina Miller for The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/science/vera-rubin-telescopes-first-images.html
Cosmic Drama
A small section of NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s view of the Virgo Cluster, revealing both the grand scale and the faint details of this dynamic region of the Cosmos.
https://rubinobservatory.org/gallery/collections/first-look-gallery/urcqf35h9h28ha8huluk8jb02j
NEW #Astrophoto: Messier 3
Messier 3: 34,000 light-years away in Canes Venatici.
Captured this globular cluster after midnight on May 16, 2025, during my May Messier tour.
Full story: https://astrocamp.eu/en/messier-3-may25/
▼ Vixen VC200L | Canon EOS R(a) '25
A Swarm of New Asteroids, discovered by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in about 10 hours of observations
https://rubinobservatory.org/gallery/collections/first-look-gallery/5iqj02kcs14lt24j845a58n15p
Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae, captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in just over seven hours of observing time
Credit: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory
https://rubinobservatory.org/gallery/collections/first-look-gallery/o21f5luqhd3q56603a6toaf61c
The World’s Largest Camera Captures 10 Million Galaxies, Discovers 2,104 Asteroids in First Photos https://petapixel.com/2025/06/23/the-worlds-largest-camera-captures-10-million-galaxies-discovers-2104-asteroids-in-first-photos/ #veracrubinobservatory #astrophotography #rubinobservatory #lsstcamera #asteroids #astronomy #telescope #galaxies #science #cosmos #Space #space #News #lsst
Rubin observatory unveils first images taken with its giant mirror and camera
Pictures are a prelude to a transformative, all-sky survey set to begin in months. More images and videos will be revealed in a livestreamed event today.
NEW #Astrophoto: Messier 56
Caught Messier 56 (~33,000 ly away in Lyra) on night 1 of my globular cluster run. Short exposure, decent guiding—solid result!
Full story: https://astrocamp.eu/en/messier-56-may25/
▼ Vixen VC200L | Canon EOS R(a) '25
The 4 biggest mysteries the new Vera Rubin Observatory could solve
No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like this before. Here's what it could reveal about the universe.
Just two days to go before the public reveal of the first images!
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/vera-rubin-observatory-new-telescope-science-mysteries
@sundogplanets
It's also the sort of business that I feel like any state foreign intelligence service ought to be willing to fund. Just in case something they regarded as not being useful to them in space needed to be de-orbited in a responsible and timely manner. I feel like we should try to persuade the band to capitalise on that...
Regardless, astronomers of the world will be willing to give Space Junk Removal Service a listen
https://spacejunkremovalservice.bandcamp.com/album/critically-reclaimed
NEW #Astrophoto: Pinwheel Galaxy
Check out my latest image of the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), captured from home under a beautifully clear sky.
Full story: https://astrocamp.eu/en/pinwheel-galaxy-apr25/
▼ Vixen VC200L | Canon EOS R(a) '25
The Thirty-Meter Telescope has been planned to be built on Mauna Kea in #Hawaii since
2014, intended to be the largest optical #telescope in the Northern Hemisphere. The #NSF no longer wants to support the construction https://www.heise.de/en/news/The-end-of-the-Thirty-Meter-Telescope-US-Congress-to-stop-giving-money-10424963.html
NEW #Astrophoto: Messier 51 Whirlpool Galaxy
At the height of this year’s galaxy season, I finally captured my first image of the stunning Whirlpool #Galaxy (Messier 51).
Full story: https://astrocamp.eu/en/whirlpool-galaxy-0425/
▼ Vixen VC200L | Canon EOS R(a) '25
#astrophotography #nightsky #space #astronomy #telescope #clearsky #photography #nature