Our star today from West Seattle.

This is the Red Spider Nebula located about 3000 LY in the #constellation #Sagittarius

We talked about the #astronomy & #mythology of this #constellation back in season 1 of our podcast, here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagittarius-the-archer/

: https://esahubble.org/images/heic0109a/

Meet Asteroid Donaldjohanson: Long and Lumpy

During a close flyby on April 20th, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft surprised its science team by revealing an asteroid that was once two smaller pieces that have been conjoined into a larger whole.

by Emily Lakdawalla for Sky and Telescope
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/meet-asteroid-donaldjohanson/

Asteroids are just giant space peanuts.

I know you see it too.

Asteroid Donaldjohanson as captured by Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (L’LORRI) on NASA’s Lucy spacecraft.

NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOIRLab

Last night I left my #Dwarf3 out all night.

After a few hiccoughs, I targetted The Southern Pinwheel - #NGC5236 or #M83, for about four hours.

After running the results through the DwarfLab destar routine, I did a little cleanup in #Snapseed and #googlephotos

And this was the result. I'm pretty happy!

A starless version of the galaxy NGC 2903. I've been working on the version with stars for a couple of hours, and I'm just not getting it right. I might try again later or add more images to the stack tonight, if clear.
#space #astronomy #astrodon

Added a little wedge to the seestar so I can run it in equatorial mode for longer exposures. So far so good, 15 minutes of M42. #Astrodon #astrophotography #space

Mars and the Beehive from last night. 20 April 2025. #AstroDon #Astronomy #Astro #Space #Astrophotography

The laser beams of our Very Large Telescope pierce the star-filled sky of the Atacama Desert in #Chile

The lasers create artificial "stars" in the atmosphere, about 90 km above the ground, which then act as guides. By studying how they are blurred by the atmosphere, the telescope's deformable secondary mirror quickly reshapes itself in real time, yielding very sharp images. It’s almost as good as sending the VLT up into space!

Learn more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2516a/

ESO/A. de Burgos Sierra

Captured M16 last night, turned out ok! #seestars50 #astrodon #astrophotography

... um... i think I need this #space evening jacket...

P.S. we've done episodes on all of the #zodiac #constellations here: https://starrytimepodcast.com/episodes

: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/156060

The relatively active surface of the sun today.
#space #astronomy #astrodon

Another pairing. These are both globular clusters, though they look very different. M53 on the lower left, NGC 5053 on the upper right.
#space #astronomy #astrodon

Martian Memories

A Stereo3D view captured at Home Plate by the Spirit rover, Oct. 4, 2007 (Sol 1334).

To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel/left image for left eye/right image for right eye. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

! was so excited to see moonless sky with no fog last night. But 2 1/2 hours later it came slamming back. Still, something is better than nothing. This is a double open star cluster image. This is M36, the Pinwheel (upper left) and M38, the starfish (lower right).
#space #astronomy #astrodon

I was so excited to see moonless sky with no fog last night. But 2 1/2 hours later it came slamming back. Still, something is better than nothing. This is a double open star cluster image. This is M36, the Pinwheel (upper left) and M38, the starfish (lower right).
#space #astronomy #astrodon

#Messier 91 is a barred spiral #galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices, located about 60 million light-years from Earth, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed around March 22nd.

Detailed Information: https://astrocamp.eu/m91

▼ Baader Apo 95 Travel Companion | SkyEye62AM '25

We talked about Cassiopeia A (Cas A) during our #Astronomy episode on #cassiopeia here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/cassiopeia-cosmic-background/

And, gotta say, this 3D rendering does not disappoint!!!

#AstroDon #Space #Science #Chandra #Supernova #Astro #JWST #Webb #NASA

: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/3dmodels/

Massive Star formation G339.88-1.26 - NASA/ESA JWST

Full size 11184x4275 & more info: https://flic.kr/p/2qYAodE
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j.Roger/AndreaLuck CC BY

NASA/ESA JWST Space Telescope
Distance: 8900 light years
Filters: f150w2-f162m, f182m, f212n, f360m, f405n-f444w, f444w-f470n, f480m
Colours Assigned: Blue, Cyan, Teal, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red
PI: Yichen Zhang
PI Institution: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Proposal ID: 3907