Partial eclipse from Germany. Really happy with how this shot turned out. Taken with an Acuter Elite Phoenix 40 and a ToupTek G3M678M.
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Live stream of the partial solar eclipse as seen from Göttingen, Germany at https://live.gwdg.de/play/sofi2026 by the University of Göttingen's Institute for Astrophysics and Geophysics: watch starting from 19h MESZ if viewing conditions happen to be less favourable from where you are located.
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Earlier today, the discarded upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket impacted on the Moon. As part of a coordinated observing campaign, our Very Large Telescope detected spectral lines of sodium and lithium gas in the impact plume lasting for 5-10 minutes after impact.
📷 ESO/C. Schmidt et al.
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In der neuen Folge erzählt Karl von Baumringen, die Ungeheuerliches enthalten: Den Hinweis auf Ereignisse, die viele Jahrhunderte zurückliegen. Irgendwas muss die Atmosphäre mit geladenen Teilchen bombardiert haben - viel stärker, als alles, was wir kennen:
➡️ https://astrogeo.de/kosmische-spuren-in-uralten-baeumen-was-sind-miyake-ereignisse/
Für diese Miyake-Ereignisse gibt es keine eindeutigen historischen Aufzeichnungen. Aber würde sich eines wiederholen, wären die Folgen dramatisch.
📸 : CC0 Gabriel Jimenez / Unsplash
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A bubbling Betelgeuse ⭐️ 🫧
Taken with ALMA, this is one of the most detailed views yet of the surface of the iconic star Betelgeuse.
The star's surface is uneven and lumpy, with peaks and troughs originating from giant bubbles of hot gas rising from deep within the star to its surface.
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📷 ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/W. Dent et al.
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The first light of MOONS!
Mounted on our VLT in #Chile, the scientific instrument Multi-Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph (MOONS) has successfully made its first observations.
During its ten-year design lifetime, it is expected to observe up to ten million objects.
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📷 UK ATC/M. Black
Experience spring at the Paranal Observatory!
We are opening reservations for daytime, free public tours for the southern-hemisphere 2026 spring season (October-December) at our Paranal Observatory in #Chile
As part of the tour, visitors get an inside look at some of the VLT telescopes. They also visit other scientific and support facilities and the Residence, a place of rest for staff.
Read more & reserve your spot: https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/annlang26009-es-cl/
Neue Folge! Im Jahr 1912 findet die Astronomin Henrietta Swan Leavitt ein kurioses Detail in bestimmten Sternen der kleinen Magellanschen Wolke. 🔭
Nur wenige Jahre später wird klar, wie sehr am Rand sich unsere Sonne in der gewaltigen Milchstraße befindet:
➡️ https://astrogeo.de/ein-lineal-fuer-den-kosmos-wie-cepheiden-zu-standardkerzen-wurden/
🖼️ : ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2/Davide De Martin
