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morganite 💖 @morganite.io · 12h

i do not want your slop and spam i do not want it, sam alt man

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Milky Way Over Chimney Rock - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2j6jC6X

Capitol Reef National Park, Utah on May 25, 2020

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Swan Nebula - Optical/Infrared Comparison - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - flic.kr/p/fsFLfD

This image shows the bright nebula Messier 17, also known as the Swan Nebula or the Omega Nebula.
This nebula is located about 6000 light years away in the constellation of Sagittarius. It was discovered by Swiss astronomer Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745 and later catalogued by Charles Messier in 1764.
The central part of the nebula is lit up by a cluster of extremely bright young O and B type stars. It is one of the brightest and most massive star forming regions in our galaxy and appears very similar in spatial structure to the famous Orion Nebula, but the Swan is viewed more edge-on from our vantage point. The nebula is also very bright visually, actually much more so than its famous neighbour the Eagle Nebula - which traditionally is the more photographed of the two.

Visible above the nebula is a pair of very unique bright orange stars. These are LBV (Luminous Blue Variable) type stars HD 168607 and HD 168625 respectively, two rare yellow hypergiants that might have formed what is known as a pseudo-photosphere. This is a theoretical optically dense surface present due to intense stellar winds and thus not the actual surface of the star. This pseudo-photosphere is much cooler than the underlying surface of the star and therefore appears yellow to us. The right-most of these two stars in the image (HD 168625) also has an associated complex nebulousity surrounding. This nebula appears very similar to the double ring structure observed around Sandulaek -69° 202 which w...

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Cometa McNaught y Antena 2 - From Ángel López-Sánchez - flic.kr/p/zbEFo

Cometa McNaught junto a la Antena 2 del interferómetro ATCA (Narrabri, Australia), fotografiado la noche del 29 de enero de 2007 a las 10h TU. Combinación de 18 imágenes de 30 segundos de exposición a sensibilidad de 800 ASA. La combinación se realizó con el programa ImagesPlus y luego tratada con Photoshop para incluir la mejor imagen de primer plano de la secuencia.

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

8 Micron Spitzer View of the Galactic Core - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2jW97dA

The same mosaics from this view except using the 8 micron data for luminosity, and the other three channels for color. This significantly reduces the starlight signal, though not totally. Still makes it much easier to see the dust and emission nebulas.

Note that much of the nebulosity is in the foreground as we view the Milky Way's center through one of the arms of the Milky Way. It is difficult to discern or even measure the distance to each piece, but generally, the larger structures that extend far away from flat central plane are foreground objects, while thinner, smaller pieces that remain close to the plane are closer to the core. Many of these smaller objects are overlapped and obscured by mid and foreground objects.

Luminosity: 8.0 µm (IRAC4)
Red: 5.8 µm (IRAC3)
Green: 4.5 µm (IRAC2)
Blue: 3.6 µm (IRAC1)

The image is presented in galactic coordinates, with north up in that regard.

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sunrise and Solar Eclipse 2012 - From Ángel López-Sánchez - flic.kr/p/dteVuv

Skywatcher D 80mm, F 600mm, primary focus using CANON EOS 600D
50 km south of Lakeland, Queenland, Australia
Ángel R. López-Sánchez (Australian Astronomical Observatory / Macquarie University,
Agrupación Astronómica de Córdoba / Red Andaluza de Astronomía)

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PNolandS @pnolands.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Neil deGrasse Tyson jumpscare

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Space Station in the Aurora - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2pSnbjA

The International Space Station streaks toward the horizon in an eight-second exposure taken near Malad, Idaho on May 11, 2024.

Credit: NASA/Bill Dunford

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Messier 20: A Deep Look at The Trifid Nebula and Surrounds - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - flic.kr/p/2ky4FU3

This deep image shows the famous Trifid nebula in Sagittarius, also known as Messier 20 or NGC 6514:
www.rolfolsenastrophotography.com/Astrophotography/Nebula...

The complex cloud displays an unusual combination of both red emission and blue reflection areas as well as numerous intricate dark patterns.
The nebula is located 9000 light years away in the direction towards the galactic centre. The entire area is sprinkled with thousands of stars and fainter dusty and nebulous areas throughout. A separate prominent dark cloud appears dramatically silhouetted against the starry background to the right.

A curious example of gas evaporation can bee seen near the core of the Trifid itself. Here a dense stalk, 8 light years from the centre, is emerging from the edge of the bubble surrounding the central cluster, and in the other direction a powerful stellar jet from a young star, HH 399 embedded in the gas, is shooting out in an upwards direction. The bright young stars in the central cluster emit strong radiation which eats away the surrounding gas and dust. The stalk only appears because a denser region lies at its very tip and protects a thin strip of the cloud from this interstellar erosion. The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged this fascinating area in high resolution. Also, the proper motion of the irradiated plasma in this jet has been measured and a paper has been published detailing these findings.

Also, throughout the nebula lies countless young T Tauri stars just h...

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PNolandS @pnolands.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm struggling, so here's what the LEGO Minecraft fox head looks like on a minifig

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's Coldest Just Before Sunrise - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2rXMAiZ

(-5 degrees F in this case)

Uintah Mountains, Utah

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D.W.A.P. (Ben) @andwap.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When your gamedev friend shows you progress on their new engine.

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NGC 6530 - From Kevin M. Gill (kevinmgill.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/26GJbtt

Processed using archived data from the Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA/ESA/Kevin M. Gill

Red:
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Green:
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Blue:
hst_9857_02_acs_wfc_f658n_sci

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Astro Pro-Am: Professional and Amateur Astronomers Join Forces - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - flic.kr/p/nhBUCh

Collaboration with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
This image is the result of a collaboration between NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory Center and amateur astrophotographer Rolf Wahl Olsen.
It is part of a series of professional-amateur collaboration images and was combined by Science Imager Joseph DePasquale from Chandra X-ray Observatory Center, using both X-ray, optical and infrared data.
The image is composed of the following data:

My deep 120 hour optical image Centaurus A Extreme Deep Field taken over 43 nights in 2013.
230 hours of Chandra X-ray data gathered over the past 15 years.
Infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

The combined exposure time is in excess of an astonishing 350 hours, or two weeks; more than the Hubble Ultra Deep Field.

Below are links to the official press releases including the other spectacular images in the series (M101, M81 and M51) with optical data by German astrophotographer Detlef Hartmann:

Chandra Press Release
Spitzer Press Release
Individual images for download

For full details on the Centaurus A Extreme Deep Field project please visit my Centaurus A gallery

If you are an amateur astrophotographer, or even just an 'armchair astronomer', and would like to get involved with astronomical research then the International Astronomical Union has an excellent page with information on how to get involved in citizen science projects or Pro-Am collaborations.
(Centaurus A Pro-Am image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Op...

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sadr region in Cygnus - From Ryan Kinnett (rkinnett.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2oRcHXL

A vast, chaotic web of dust and hot gas near the star Sadr in Cygnus. Imaged with APM 140mm doublet in Ha, Sii, and Oiii, with asi2600mm camera, from La Crescenta, CA.

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Closeup of Shuttle Endeavour flying over Golden Gate Park from California Academy of Sciences - From Brian Swift (bswift.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/dcP4gP

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

N132D X-Ray and Optical Composite - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/nPcFtT

This is a composite of 7 channels of data. From Hubble, we've got wideband blue, mediumband green, and H-alpha, and wideband near-infrared data. From Chandra, we've got low, intermediate, and high energy x-rays.

These Hubble data are, in my opinion, some of the most difficult in the archive to process because the object is within such a densely packed region of the Large Magellanic Cloud. I've processed them once before with interesting results but I wanted to try again to see if I could get it a bit more natural and I also wanted to take the opportunity to include x-ray data available via openFITS.

The colors undoubtedly look very fantastical and unrealistic to you so I will create a metaphor to help you pretend it is actually realistic. If you were a being capable of seeing in x-rays, you might have a different eye on your head for this purpose rather than a single one. If this x-ray eye could see in color, then the x-rays would be just as colorful as the visible light your familiar set of eyes can see. So imagine you are a cool alien with this extra eye in addition to your two normal eyes and what you see might look something like this.

In fact, you could take color x-rays of your own flesh and bones if it were acceptable and useful to bombard your body with three times as much energy as a black and white x-ray requires and then you would be very familiar with color x-rays. It would be more fun to go to the dentist. Anyway...

The dull, reddish haze comprising the ou...

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Eye of God - A Deep View into the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - flic.kr/p/2dSe6yU

www.rolfolsenastrophotography.com/Astrophotography/Nebula...

Been working on this for a while. Have to say it was probably one of the more challenging datasets I have processed due to the delicate combination of LRGB and narrowband data required to tease out the colours and fine structures in the nebula as well as the deep background detail.

About the image:
This deep view of the Helix Nebula combines light from traditional LRGB filters together with specific narrow Ha and OIII wavelengths to reveal the colourful and complex structures of this magnificent planetary nebula.
The Helix Nebula is located around 700 light years away towards the constellation Aquarius. It is one of the nearest planetary nebulae and therefore appears quite large and detailed although its surface brightness is rather low.
The nebula is the result of a sun-like star shedding its outer layers during its final stages of evolution. Several rapidly expanding shells of dust and gas surrounds the intensely blue stellar remnant in the centre, giving the appearance of a giant eye in space. The inner and outer shells were expelled from the star approximately 6,500 and 12,000 years ago respectively and are expanding at a speed of 32-40 kilometres per second.
The brightest ring is currently two light years across, while the faint outer structures extend to a diameter of four light years - the same distance as between the Sun and the nearest other star; Alpha Centauri.
Powerful ultraviolet radiation from...

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

M42 Orion Nebula - From Ryan Kinnett (rkinnett.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2mJ2g8C

1.25 hours integration with APM 140 doublet, Starizona 0.65x reducer, and asi1600mm with zwo RGB filters.

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Starless Eagle Nebula and The Pillars of Creation - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - flic.kr/p/2nxreCe

www.rolfolsenastrophotography.com/Astrophotography/Nebula...

This image shows the famous Pillars of Creation region of the bright Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) in Serpens.
Constructed from monochrome exposures in two very narrow wavelength bands of ionised Hydrogen and Oxygen, the data has been combined into a colour image to reveal this highly detailed and very dramatic scene. The bright colours are due to emission from the ionised gases, energised by light from nearby stars. The stars were removed during image processing to fully reveal the intricate structure of the nebula. Orange-red nebulosity corresponds to H-Alpha emission, and the blue areas are OIII.
The core area of the nebula was made famous in 1995 as the "Pillars of Creation" by images from the Hubble Space Telescope. The pillars are giant columns of gas and dust, approximately 9 light-years long, that are slowly being eroded away by intense radiation pressure from nearby young stars.
The nebula lies 6000 light-years distant in the Sagittarius arm of our Milky Way galaxy.

Image details:
Date: Sep-Nov 2021, June 2022
Exposure: Ha OIII: 450:690 mins, total 19 hours @ -25C
Telescope: Homebuilt 12.5" f/4 Serrurier Truss Newtonian
Camera: QSI 683wsg with Lodestar guider
Filters: Astrodon 3nm Ha/OIII
Taken from my observatory in Auckland, New Zealand

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Narrowband NGC 3293 - The Gem Cluster - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - flic.kr/p/2pSMtxp

NGC 3293, often referred to as the Gem Cluster, is a spectacular bright open star cluster located in the constellation of Carina. In this narrowband bicolour image the delicate nebulosity across the entire background really stands out.
It is one of the Southern Sky's finest binocular objects and consists of nearly one hundred stars huddled together in a tight group, with a contrasting bright red supergiant near it's centre - similar in appearance to Kappa Crucis in the Jewel Box Cluster.
Floating against a colourful backdrop of Milky Way stars and red Hydrogen emission, the cluster is also surrounded by a delicate faint blue haze visible in broadband images.
The cluster was discovered by Abbé Nicolas Louis de La Caille in 1752 during his expedition to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.

Image details:
Date: April - May 2022
Exposure: H-Alpha OIII: 405:540 mins, total 15 hours 45 mins @ -25C
Telescope: Homebuilt 12.5" f/4 Serrurier Truss Newtonian
Camera: QSI 683wsg with Lodestar guider
Filters: Astrodon 3nm Ha OIII
Taken from my observatory in Auckland, New Zealand

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Layers of Time and Space - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2j6jC4x

Near Capitol Reef National Park, Utah on May 25, 2020

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Starless Eagle Nebula and The Pillars of Creation - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - flic.kr/p/2nxreCe

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Aurora over Raisting Earth Station with Moon - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2pQoiDV

What a crazy night, we went into it not expecting much since the solar storm was forecast for after sunrise in central Europe.
However, before the sun had even set, I got the alert that the first CME had impacted Earth, so the chances immediately looked a lot better. What then unfolded surpassed even our wildest expectations.
We ended up driving to this satellite ground station south of Ammersee in southern Bavaria and just when we arrived we spotted the first diffuse pillars north of us.
We experienced three waves of incredibly strong Aurora, especially for our rather Southern latitude. During the second wave we saw individual pulsating filaments dancing over our heads. What a breathtaking experience!

Many thanks to Christopher for accompanying me on this adventure, Max for being an all round great guy, and Sebastian who lent me his wide angle lenses that made these shots possible.

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Cygnus Wall - From Ryan Kinnett (rkinnett.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2mor5kA

Cygnus Wall, part of the North America Nebula in Cygnus. Imaged with APM 140mm, asi1600mm, and ZWO SHO filters. 3.5 hours integration.

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

IC 4603 - The Turbulent Heart of the Scorpion - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - flic.kr/p/2psu2GR

Decided it was time to do an improved version of my APOD from 2014 (apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140723.html):

This image is a 2x1 mosaic of the core region of the Rho Ophiuchi Complex, centered around the prominent blue reflection nebula IC 4603. This is one of the nearest star forming regions and the intricacies of the dense interstellar dust clouds in the area provide a spectacular display of light and shade; the contrasting hues making this one of the most dramatic and colourful patches of the entire night sky. The area exhibits a range of colours due to different processes happening in its various regions. Reflection nebulae, for example, scatter the light of nearby stars, mostly producing a blue glow. Emission nebulae, on the other hand, emit their own light, often in shades of red.
Even the brightest parts of this dusty nebulousity is barely noticeable when viewed through large amateur telescopes. This deep exposure brings out the full splendour of the scene and shows the delicately swirling clouds like an expressionist painting on a giant interstellar canvas.
The bright star near the centre is 7.9 magnitude SAO184376 which is the main source of light for the blue reflection nebula. The contrasting red and yellow areas are primarily illuminated by the red supergiant star Antares, which lies just outside the field of view.
Antares has been referred to as the heart of the scorpion since antiquity, and we now know that it is one of the largest stars in existence.
The dense ne...

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

James #Webb Space Telescope Stellar Populations and the Interstellar Medium Initial mass function in the lowest metallicity protocluster in the Galaxy - From Jacint Roger (landru79.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2paZywk

Initial mass function in the lowest metallicity protocluster in the Galaxy
date_obs: 2022-10-19
targname: #Sh2-284
instrume: #NIRCAM

NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Astro Pro-Am: Professional and Amateur Astronomers Join Forces - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - flic.kr/p/nhBUCh

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Aurora over Raisting Earth Station with Moon - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2pQoiDV

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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Just another day at the office.

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cuteosphere @cuteosphere.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Cannot overstate how much receiving this text from my mother unprompted was like being hit with a brick

Today 20:00
“The living tombstone, have you heard of them !?”

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Stillness and Motion - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2oetyeS

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026

🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed: