APOD: 2025 March 13 - The Protostars within Lynds 483
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250313.html
M16: Inside the Eagle Nebula
Credits: Nicolas Paladini
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Every now and then there's a particularly badass APOD. Today is such a day.
Milky Way Molecule Map
Credits: CfA, Harvard
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The Centre of Centaurus A
Credits: STScI, #NASA
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More Centaurus A -- this time zoomed out & from the #Spitzer Space Telescope!
Check out our #podcast on the #astronomy of the #constellation #Centaurus here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/centaurus-cosmic-background/
An Enceladus Tiger Stripe from Cassini
Credits: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, #JPL, ESA, #NASA
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Observatory algorithm avoids targeting objects during bright moon periods. But hate wasting imaging time so fill these gaps with "low priority" targets by relaxing the rules (moon-target distance etc).
This "low priority" target is M74, the Phantom Galaxy. From ~3 hrs usable RGB & ~1.5 hrs Ha captured in January. Happy w/result, considering.
"Phantom" because it can be particularly difficult to see via eyepiece in amateur telescopes.
Waxing Gibbous Moon. 2156UT 12 March 2025. #AstroDon #Astronomy #Astro #Space #Astrophotography
Because the picture was taken at f=200 mm and because the Venus is near its inferior conjuction (i.e. close to being on the line between Earth and Sun), one can see the Venus crescent in a 100% crop of the image.
The crescent is much, much narrower, but it's so bright that it's overexposed in my image.
Evening Moon through clouds. 1938UT 12 March 2025. #AstroDon #Astronomy #Astro #Space #Astrophotography
After a long time, my #Vixen VC200L and Canon EOS R(a) finally had the chance to be used under a starry sky again. A fantastic duo—perfect for galaxy season.
Full story: https://astrocamp.eu/8ujs0
▼ Vixen VC200L | Canon EOS R(a) '25
Moonset, Planet Earth
Credits: STS-35, #NASA
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