Allen Realname Versfeld<p>Somehow missed that El Reg covered this story more than a week ago!</p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/17/universe_today_opinion/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/03/17/uni</span><span class="invisible">verse_today_opinion/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.monoceros.co.za/tags/UniverseToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniverseToday</span></a></p>
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Justin D Kruger (he/him)<p>Should March 5th be <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Mar5day" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mar5day</span></a> ?</p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/curiosity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>curiosity</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/perseverance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perseverance</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/JAXA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JAXA</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/UniverseToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniverseToday</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/FraserCain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FraserCain</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/CoolWorldsLabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoolWorldsLabs</span></a></p>
Ken Lee PhotographyThe Year Lot Longyear Became a Joshua Tree<br>
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Half the Park is After Dark. A magical winter night in Joshua Tree National Park. I love partially cloudy nights. To create this night photo, I lit the subject with a handheld LED flashlight while the camera shutter was open for a long time. So yes, this is a real single-exposure photo. And Lot Longyear is thought to be the bent figure on the cover of "Led Zeppelin IV."<br>
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Photos, books, workshops and more: www.kenleephotography.com<br>
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(Plate 3954) Pentax K-1/15-30mm f/2.8 lens. February 2025.<br>
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Cosmic Log<p>Telescope tracks fireworks around our galaxy’s black hole<br>The supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy may not be as voracious as the gas-gobbling monsters that astronomers have seen farther out in the universe, but new findings from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveal that its surroundings are flaring with firew<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/02/18/telescope-tracks-fireworks-around-our-galaxys-black-hole/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/02/18/teles</span><span class="invisible">cope-tracks-fireworks-around-our-galaxys-black-hole/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UniverseToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniverseToday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BlackHoles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHoles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JamesWebbSpaceTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamesWebbSpaceTelescope</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a></p>
HimmelhvælvI remember seeing the Horsehead nebula in my parents’ encyclopedia as a kid. I was amazed at how such a thing could exist. And now technologyy has evolved so far, that I can take the same picture from my own backyard! Here it is accompanied by the Flame nebula in the lower left together with the star Allnitak, which is the left most star in Orion’s belt. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/horsehead?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#horsehead</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/B33?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#B33</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NGC2023?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NGC2023</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/horseheadnebula?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#horseheadnebula</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/flamenebula?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flamenebula</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/astronomy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/astrophotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/deepsky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deepsky</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/backyardastronomy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#backyardastronomy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/astroshots?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astroshots</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/astrophoto?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophoto</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Space?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/universe?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#universe</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/galaxy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#galaxy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/universetoday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#universetoday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nightsky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nightsky</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stars?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stars</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/galaxy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#galaxy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nightphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nightphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/skywatcher?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#skywatcher</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/touptek?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#touptek</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/backyardastrophotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#backyardastrophotography</a>
Himmelhvælv<p>I remember seeing the Horsehead nebula in my parents’ encyclopedia as a kid. I was amazed at how such a thing could exist. And now technologyy has evolved so far, that I can take the same picture from my own backyard! <br>Here it is accompanied by the Flame nebula in the lower left together with the star Allnitak, which is the left most star in Orion’s belt. <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/horsehead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horsehead</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/B33" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>B33</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/NGC2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NGC2023</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/horseheadnebula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horseheadnebula</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/flamenebula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flamenebula</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/deepsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deepsky</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/backyardastronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backyardastronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astroshots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astroshots</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophoto</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universe</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/universetoday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universetoday</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/nightsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nightsky</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/stars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stars</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/nightphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nightphotography</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/skywatcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skywatcher</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/touptek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>touptek</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/backyardastrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backyardastrophotography</span></a></p>
Ken Lee PhotographyWhite Mojave Winter<br>
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In late January, it snowed in Pioneertown and elsewhere. The desert is so beautiful with a blanket of white snow. And elsewhere, that meant that Los Angeles got rain to help the firefighters battle the apocalyptic fires. To create this night photo, I lit the subject with a handheld flashlight while the camera shutter was open for a long time. This photo is near Pappy and Harriet's saloon.<br>
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Photos, books, workshops and more: www.kenleephotography.com<br>
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(Plate 3865) Pentax K-1/15-30mm f/2.8 lens. January 2025.<br>
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HimmelhvælvM104 is my favourite galaxy! <br>
So very photogenic with its distinct dust lane around the central bulge of stars, hanging in space like a small pendant - or a Sombrero apparently. In fact it’s composed of several hundred billion individual stars and is estimated at a diameter of 50.000 lightyears so the only reason for it appearing small is its mind-melting distance of 28 million lightyears (meaning that the fastest thing in the universe - light - has travelled for 28 million years before it hit my telescope in my backyard. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/M104?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#M104</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sombrerogalaxy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sombrerogalaxy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/astronomy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/astrophotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/deepsky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deepsky</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/backyardastronomy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#backyardastronomy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/astroshots?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astroshots</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/astrophoto?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophoto</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Space?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/universe?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#universe</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/galaxy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#galaxy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/universetoday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#universetoday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nightsky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nightsky</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stars?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stars</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/galaxy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#galaxy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nightphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nightphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/skywatcher?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#skywatcher</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/touptek?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#touptek</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/backyardastrophotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#backyardastrophotography</a>
Himmelhvælv<p>M104 is my favourite galaxy! <br>So very photogenic with its distinct dust lane around the central bulge of stars, hanging in space like a small pendant - or a Sombrero apparently. In fact it’s composed of several hundred billion individual stars and is estimated at a diameter of 50.000 lightyears so the only reason for it appearing small is its mind-melting distance of 28 million lightyears <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/M104" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>M104</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/sombrerogalaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sombrerogalaxy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/deepsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deepsky</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/backyardastronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backyardastronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astroshots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astroshots</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophoto</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universe</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/universetoday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universetoday</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/nightsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nightsky</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/stars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stars</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/nightphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nightphotography</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/skywatcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skywatcher</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/touptek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>touptek</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/backyardastrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backyardastrophotography</span></a></p>
Austro Astro🌌 The majestic Andromeda Galaxy, our closest galactic neighbor, shining bright in the vastness of space. Capturing the beauty of 2.5 million light years away<br>
📅 December 2024<br>
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- Canon R6 (not astromodified)<br>
- Samyang 135mm F2 @ F4.0<br>
- SWSA2i<br>
- ISO 800, 75x180s (2 Nights)<br>
- Siril, PS<br>
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Cosmic Log<p>SpaceX loses Starship’s upper stage but catches booster<br>SpaceX’s seventh flight test of its massive Starship launch system brought good news as well as not-so-great news.</p><p>The good news? The Super Heavy booster successfully flew itself back to the Texas launch site and was caught above the ground by the launch tower’s chopstick-style mechanical arms. That’s<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/01/16/spacex-loses-starships-upper-stage-but-catches-booster/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/01/16/space</span><span class="invisible">x-loses-starships-upper-stage-but-catches-booster/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UniverseToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniverseToday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Starship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starship</span></a></p>
Cosmic Log<p>NASA lays out two new options for Mars sample return<br>Months after deciding that its previous plan for bringing samples back from Mars wasn’t going to work, NASA says it’s working out the details for two new sample return scenarios, with the aim of bringing 30 titanium tubes filled with Martian rocks and soil back to Earth in the 2030s.</p><p>One scenario calls for using a<br><a href="https://cosmiclog.com/2025/01/07/nasa-lays-out-two-new-options-for-mars-sample-return/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmiclog.com/2025/01/07/nasa-</span><span class="invisible">lays-out-two-new-options-for-mars-sample-return/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UniverseToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniverseToday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a></p>
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