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We are all stardust.
That oxygen you breath? That comes from dying massive stars, ending their light in a supernova.
The iron in your blood? Some massive stars dying, but mainly white dwarfs, the leftovers of dwarf stars like our own Sun, exploding.
The gold ring on your finger? Mostly merging neutron stars, leftovers from supernovae.
Deep within interstellar cloud CB 130-3, a dense knot of gas and dust teeters on the edge of collapse. When it goes, it will become a new star.
nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard… #Space #astronomy
Hubble Views a Billowing Cosmic Cloud
A small, dense cloud of gas and dust called CB 130-3 blots out the center of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
It was really nice to contribute to this image of the Cone Nebula that ESO just released to mark 60 years of collaboration. It's one of the many things I love about my current job here: working with our amazing visual team to deliver cool images for you to enjoy.
What you see here is a pillar of dust and gas sculpted by the intense radiation of stars further up, outside of the field of view.
More info: eso.org/public/news/eso2215/
#astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography
📷 ESO
ESO images a wondrous star factory to mark 60 years of collaboration
For the past 60 years the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has been enabling scientists worldwide to discover the secrets of the Universe.www.eso.org
NASA published the free ebook "A Guide to Smartphone Astrophotography" by Sten Odenwald.
It's a comprehensive resource on using Android and iOS phones, as well as other equipment, to take photos of celestial objects, astronomical phenomena, and artificial satellites.
Download the PDF here:
spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/SMBook…
Image credit: NASA.
#astrophotography #astronomy #books
Andrea Luck processes photos taken by spacecraft to make them clearer and more spectacular. You can follow at:
➡️ @andrealuck
Luck has a Flickr page at flickr.com/photos/192271236@N0…
#AndreaLuck #Space #Photography #Astronomy #Spacecraft #SpacePhotos #Processing #ImageProcessing #PostProcessing #GIMP #GnuIMP
Since it has been a increase of users lately, I'll follow the stream and #introduce myself 🙂 Better late than never.
My real name is Erik and I live in Sweden. Airikr is the old name of Erik from medieval Sweden.
My main interests are #programming, #photography, #cycling, #astronomy, #exploration, and #history.
I am a big fan of #opensource and #selfhosting and are working on open sourced projects like #serenum.
Do people like threads here? I guess we'll find out!
Between meetings today I thought I'd talk about #NASA #JWST and all the exciting #science we can expect from it starting in a few months!
(Yes, I made this travel mug ❤️)
#SciComm #Exoplanets #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Telescope #MastodonNewbie
