A bit of Pluto
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Traveling for work & on my morning off, I captured both

1) CENTAURS

And

2) DARK SKIES & SPACE ROCKS

#StarryTime is Life

If you too like centaurs & space — check out our #podcast here: https://www.starrytimepodcast.com/episodes.html

#astronomy My first action of the month was to photograph the Ring Nebula (M57) and the globular cluster M56 with the Seestar S50.
For the M56 shot, I stacked 2 images for 5 minutes exposure.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippughastronomer/54441814855/in/dateposted-public/

A bit of Pluto
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Toujours la lune en pleine journée
Canon EOS 1100D 55-250mm
#photography #cloudphotography #photooftheday #astronomy #universe #space #astrophotography#canoneos

French astronomer Charles Messier, who died OTD in 1817, published an astronomical catalogue consisting of 110 nebulae and faint star clusters, which came to be known as the Messier objects https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/paris-megaliths/?s=mb #travel #France #astronomy

Today in cosmic narratives:

The closest galaxy beyond our Milky Way is being torn apart, according to a new study. The Small Magellanic Cloud is apparently falling prey to the disruptive influence of its larger neighbor.

https://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/researchinfo/result-en/2025/04/20250411-01.html #space #science #astronomy

#UMPlus - Planetary Nebula PN K 4-55

https://www.universomagico.net/2025/04/nebulosa-planetaria-pn-k-4-55.html

This image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the planetary nebula PN K 4-55. Published in Universo Mágico in 2022, but recently reprocessed, it bears a certain resemblance to a parrot's eye. The swirling clouds in this stunning image seem surreal. What we are seeing are vast clouds of ionized.....
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First pictures back in after the telescope mirror cleaning and it's absolutely the best type of lunacy that I've seen in months #astronomy #Astrodon #astro #moon #telescopes #science #lunar #moonlight #yorkuniversity #LunarPhotography

Are you in Massachusetts? Do you like Science and astronomy? What about museums?

Come see me talk about astrophotography at the Boston Museum of Science on April 25 at 3 pm! The talk is a part of MA Space Week and it's free! Full schedule: https://spaceconsortium.org/space-week-schedule/

A bit of Pluto
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On this day, six years ago, on 12 April 2019, both @LIGO instruments and the Virgo detector observed the gravitational-wave signal GW190412.

It was a signal like none before, because GW190412 was the first to come from two merging black holes with very different masses. Never-before-heard overtones in the frequencies of the gravitational-wave were observed. These also allowed a more precise determination of the properties of the two black holes.

https://www.aei.mpg.de/213678/a-signal-like-none-before

About a year later (on 20 April 2020), the paper with all the details of the discovery was published.

https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.043015 [Open Access]

Happy International Day of Human Space Flight, 12 April, 2025. This year marks 64 years since the first human space flight 12 April, 1961 by Yuri Gagarin. May human space flight continue forever until humanity reaches the stars, our dream, humanity's biggest dream

Wohlan, Ihr Hexen und Werwölfe: Meton sagt, heute Nacht ist Vollmond.

https://www.thomasweibel.ch/meton/

A bit of Pluto
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