Gemini North, part of the International #Gemini Observatory operated by NSF’s #NOIRLab, is back observing the night sky following the repair and refurbishment of its primary mirror after an accident: https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2315/ - the telescope’s debut observation captured the supernova dubbed #SN2023ixf.

A gorgeous new image of Messier 101 (aka the 'Pinwheel #Galaxy') taken with the Gemini North 8-meter telescope was released today by #NOIRLab to mark completion of the repair and refurbishment of its primary mirror.

The bright blue star at left with the rays coming off it is supernova #2023ixf, a massive star at the end of life that blew itself up last month. It's still visible in small telescopes.

More info: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2315a/

Llevo media mañana navegando por este mapa con mil millones de galaxias de #desi legacy #NOIRlab que han publicado la décima entrega de ese impresionante catálogo en infrarrojo. La astronomía de datos ha cambiado nuestra visión del universo. Toma petabytes para conocer qué dónde y cuándo... https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer#NGC%202494

Panorama of the Milky Way with 3.32 billion celestian objects wow https://youtu.be/coWY0aM1NRM #NOIRLab data taken with dark energy camera at CTIO Chile

Gigantischer Himmelsatlas enthält 3,3 Milliarden Objekte in der Milchstraße

Eine Forschungsgruppe hat einen immensen Katalog zu einem Ausschnitt der Milchstraße veröffentlicht. Er umfasst über drei Milliarden Objekte.

https://www.heise.de/news/Gigantischer-Himmelsatlas-enthaelt-3-3-Milliarden-Objekte-in-der-Milchstrasse-7464698.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

#Astronomie #DECaPS2 #DarkEnergyCam #Himmelsatlas #Himmelsdurchmusterung #Noirlab

Ryan Lau from NOIRLab is using the James Webb Space Telescope to study the colliding winds that formed the brilliant rings of carbon-rich dust ejected every 7.93 years by the binary star system WR 140. Check out the preview Ryan gave us back in October: webbtelescope.pub/3S3D8xO #JWSTFirstScience #NOIRLab #JWST #NASAWebb #STScI