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Benjamin KnispelYou can also see structures (mountains, rims of craters and impact basins, etc.) at the lunar limb.There are also sunspots (and groups of them) and solar faculae on the surface of the Sun.<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SolarEclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolarEclipse</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrodon</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/RawTherapee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RawTherapee</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>

Benjamin KnispelSolar eclipse from Wedemark north of Hanover, Germany, at the maximum of the eclipse (12:16 CET) with the Moon covering 19.5% of the Sun.Photo taken with f=600 mm on a Canon EOS 6D with Baader Planetarium solar filter film. Cropped image, edited with RawTherapee.<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SolarEclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolarEclipse</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/eclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eclipse</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrodon</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Hanover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hanover</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/RawTherapee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RawTherapee</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>

DanPartial solar eclipse of 29.03.2025 taken from Germany near Cologne <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/solareclipse?src=hash" title="#solareclipse" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solareclipse</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/solareclipse2025?src=hash" title="#solareclipse2025" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solareclipse2025</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/sonnenfinsternis?src=hash" title="#sonnenfinsternis" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sonnenfinsternis</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/sofi?src=hash" title="#sofi" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sofi</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/sofi2025?src=hash" title="#sofi2025" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sofi2025</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/astrodon?src=hash" title="#astrodon" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrodon</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/sunspot?src=hash" title="#sunspot" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sunspot</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/sunspots?src=hash" title="#sunspots" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sunspots</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/sonnenflecken?src=hash" title="#sonnenflecken" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sonnenflecken</a>

CosmicRamiA while back (around seven months ago) I posted an image of ISS (first image), but captured FROM ABOVE (higher orbit). This is the work of Aussie company HEO!This type of work is really fascinating as things (like satellites) are all moving at high velocities up there (28,000 km/h) - so other things (like other satellites or space stations) zip past quickly. You would then need to 'de-zip' the object to make a crisp clear image.Well, they've done it again.This time, imaging the Chinese Space Station (second image) from a distance of 83 kilometres (resolution of 0.17 m/px) 🤯This is really cool stuff. I promise.📸 BlackSky / HEO<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/EarthObservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EarthObservation</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpaceStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceStation</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a>

Thomas HanrathThe Hamburger Galaxy, also known as NGC 3628, is an unbarred spiral galaxy located approximately 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo that reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed in early March.Detailed Information: <a href="https://astrocamp.eu/ngc3628" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://astrocamp.eu/ngc3628</a> ▼ Vixen VC200L | EOS R(a) '25<a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophoto</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/nightsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nightsky</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/sky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sky</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/telescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#telescope</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/clearsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#clearsky</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrodon</a>

CosmicRamiUpdated diagram version for <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciComm</a> usage!Have stitched together the annotated image, along with that excellent diagram from The Planetary Society.Someone said to me last night that this looks like a half-cut avocado, and now I cannot unsee it lololololSuch a great image, and another fine example of how physics allows us to see around corners!📸 ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Mahler & Planetary Society<a href="https://aus.social/tags/JWST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JWST</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Galaxies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Galaxies</a>

CosmicRamiWhooooaaaa! The new <a href="https://aus.social/tags/JWST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JWST</a> image is so good! So much physics going on — physics Einstein himself thought about!This is called an Einstein Ring. When a massive foreground galaxy (in this case, an elliptical galaxy) warps the space-time around it, light from behind it bends in our direction.The JWST caught this fantastic example, where the background spiral galaxy is getting warped into our view. It appears as a ring, but we can see its structures like its spiral arms, gas features and star clusters. Incredible science happening here! 📸 ESA/Webb/NASA/CSA/G. Mahler I added the annotations in the second image.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophysics</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/generalrelativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#generalrelativity</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/galaxies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#galaxies</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/gravitationallens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gravitationallens</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a>

Matthew KenworthyI’m in Belfast this week, giving an Astrophysics Research Centre Seminar at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QUB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QUB</a> on Wednesday 26th March titled “Scattered: Wide separation directly imaged exoplanets and shattered exomoons” (also soliciting pub recommendations!) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exoplanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exoplanets</a> 🔭🪐 🌗🎆

ESO1/3 An epic moonrise for an epic telescope! Kick off the week with this breathtaking video of the full <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Moon</a> rising behind our Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in the Atacama Desert in <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Chile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chile</a>.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pSxH0EkRNo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pSxH0EkRNo</a>And check the thread below for some spectacular images!📹 J. Beltrán/ESO<a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrodon</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a>

cafuego 🔭🤦🏼‍♂️I made the little seestar do some deep sky objects over night last night. I ran into a possible bug when trying to set up my original larger mosaic target, so instead I picked a few separate ones. The horse head nebula; Markarians Chain in the Virgo cluster; the Leo Triplet of galaxies and Omega Centauri. Because I dont have a tilting mount head for it (yet) I used alt-az mode, which means the field of view rotates over time, which is why the corners all look so rubbish :-)<a href="https://misanthrope.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://misanthrope.social/tags/seestar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#seestar</a> <a href="https://misanthrope.social/tags/seestars30" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#seestars30</a> <a href="https://misanthrope.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://misanthrope.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a>

CosmicRami'Mars Attack - How Elon Musk's Plans for Mars Threaten Earth'This is a really great read, and presented in the scroll storytelling format (I love this style).By Dr Kelly Weinersmith & Zach Weinersmith (who wrote the excellent 'A City on Mars' book)<a href="https://thebulletin.org/2025/03/mars-attacks-how-elon-musks-plans-to-colonize-mars-threaten-earth/#post-heading" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thebulletin.org/2025/03/mars-attacks-how-elon-musks-plans-to-colonize-mars-threaten-earth/#post-heading</a><a href="https://aus.social/tags/SpaceExploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceExploration</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mars</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a>

ESOTo clarify: this is only possible thanks to adaptive optics, which corrects atmospheric turbulence and allows us to read those tiny labels.<a href="https://xkcd.com/3066/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://xkcd.com/3066/</a><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrodon</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a>

titaniumbiscuit<a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cstross</a> good point! 😅 Hm, now I'm wondering: <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/blackholes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blackholes</a> are described as the curvature of spacetime approaching infinity. What about *negative* infinity then? Are there theories about that? Natively, I would think that this would then be antigravity, i.e. a point that you could never reach, even if you traveled at the speed of light. <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrodon</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#physics</a>

ESOUsing ALMA, in which we are a partner, astronomers have found oxygen in the most distant known galaxy!The galaxy, known as JADES-GS-z14-0, is so far away that we see it as it was when the Universe was less than 300 million years old, about 2% of its present age.Researchers had thought that this early on the Universe was still too young to have galaxies ripe with heavy elements. Yet this record-breaking detection indicates that JADES-GS-z14-0 has about 10 times more heavy elements than expected, making scientists rethink how quickly galaxies formed in the early Universe.Read more: <a href="https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2507/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2507/</a>📷 ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. Carniani et al./S. Schouws et al/JWST: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Brant Robertson (UC Santa Cruz), Ben Johnson (CfA), Sandro Tacchella (Cambridge), Phill Cargile (CfA)<a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrodon</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophysics</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a>

Iain MacLarenM51, some 31 million light years above my roof. Taken just now. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrodon</a>

CosmicRamiIt's Autumnal Equinox day for us here in the southern hemisphere (and the vernal equinox for friends in the north).We will reach the equinox at exactly 20:01 AEDT this evening, where the Sun will be directly over the equator crossing from south to north.The March Equinox has its roots in ancient astronomy, which helped people like my ancient Assyrian ancestors who lived in Mesopotamia to build their calendars and farm their lands.As it's the spring equinox in the north, it meant it was the time of 'rebirth', and was the start of their new year.This was only possible because many ancient cultures studied the position of objects like the Sun in the sky, and measured how long their day was. The collection of data, interpreting it, and recording it for future generations is very good science (even though it was tied to paganism/mythology).Today, Assyrians celebrate NYE like most others, but some continue the tradition of celebrating NYE around this time of the year too. We call it “Resha-d-Sheta” which means “head of the year”. Here is how we write it:ܪܫܐ ܕܫܢܬܐIt ties into an ancient 12-day NYE celebration known as 'Akitu'.So, when you think about the equinox today, think about how the calendars we use today, how we measure time passing, and how our base understanding of astronomy is connected in a very deep and long line of humans that stretches back thousands of years and will do so far into the future too.📸 time and date<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Equinox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Equinox</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Assyrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Assyrian</a>

Juan Carlos Muñoz<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memes</a>

aburtchThis photo is insane. Dude went to Alaska to capture the <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/eclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eclipse</a> and the Northern Lights appeared behind it. (Source: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DHTysJtvv4Q/?igsh=YzZ0aWMxYjlzaWF4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/p/DHTysJtvv4Q/?igsh=YzZ0aWMxYjlzaWF4</a>)<a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrodon</a>

Bibiana PrinothOkay, I need your help!I am finalising my PhD thesis at the moment, and it is "tradition" to have a quote at the beginning of each chapter. Now I want to be difficult: I want quotes from FEMALE astronomers / scientists talking about astronomy. Shoot me your favourites pls 🙏🏻<a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrodon</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a>

ESOThe lasers our Very Large Telescope (VLT) pierce the Milky Way… but what is that vertical glow just below? 🤔That’s the zodiacal light: caused by dust grains in the Solar System, it's so faint that it’s only visible in the darkest skies, such as those of Chile’s Atacama Desert. And the pristine night sky 🌌 in this region has always been intertwined with the culture and traditions of its indigenous people, discover how: <a href="https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2511a/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2511a/</a>📷 F. Millour/ESO<a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrodon</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophysics</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a>

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