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Astrophotography is the most inspirational aspect of astronomy. Take for example this "Double Lunar Analemma" by Betul Turksoy. A laborious process of two months and fortunate weather conditions led to this breathtaking photo.

There is nothing like taking your first deep-sky image. You're taking pictures of objects that lie thousands or millions of light-years away. Galaxies, nebulae, and star-forming regions are out there, and there’s an endless supply of new targets to capture.    The best part is that you can see WAY more in an image than you ever could with your eye. Even if visual astronomy is your thing, how can you not enjoy seeing the object in incredible detail, especially when you’ve captured it yourself? For this reason, everyone should try astrophotography, and it’s not as complicated as you think. Astrophotography Basics: https://lnkd.in/gHA649v4

The Pleiades, The Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters, is an open star cluster located in the constellation of Taurus. It is one of the closest star clusters to Earth and is easily visible to the naked eye. The cluster is dominated by hot, young blue stars, with the brightest members forming a distinctive group of stars resembling a small dipper. In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and they were pursued by Orion. The cluster has been observed and referenced by various cultures throughout history. Today, it is a subject of scientific study, providing valuable insights into stellar evolution and dynamics. This was an observation made by PACS e-Lab citizen astronomers with the Las Cumbres Observatory's 0.4m telescope with exposure time of 300 seconds for each of the Red, Blue and Green filters. The raw images were processed with Fits liberator and the Gimp software. To learn about how to perform Astrophoto Visual Development on deep space bodies, explore our website: https://lnkd.in/dVYJFqnX #education #space #astronomy #webtelescope #spaceexploration #citizenscience #research #africa #astrophotography

A Desert Eclipse Image Credit & Copyright: Maxime Daviron Explanation: A good place to see a ring-of-fire eclipse, it seemed, would be from a desert. In a desert, there should be relatively few obscuring clouds and trees. Therefore late December of 2019, a group of photographers traveled to the United Arab Emirates and Rub al-Khali, the largest continuous sand desert in world, to capture clear images of an unusual eclipse that would be passing over. A ring-of-fire eclipse is an annular eclipse that occurs when the Moon is far enough away on its elliptical orbit around the Earth so that it appears too small, angularly, to cover the entire Sun. At the maximum of an annular eclipse, the edges of the Sun can be seen all around the edges of the Moon, so that the Moon appears to be a dark spot that covers most -- but not all -- of the Sun. This particular eclipse, they knew, would peak soon after sunrise. After seeking out such a dry and barren place, it turned out that some of the most interesting eclipse images actually included a tree in the foreground, because, in addition to the sand dunes, the tree gave the surreal background a contrasting sense of normalcy, scale, and texture. On Saturday, October 14, a new ring of fire will be visible through clear skies from a thin swath crossing both North and South America. #PhoenixDelivers #nasa

The parallax effect is a phenomenon for which the position of an object appears to differ when viewed from different positions. In astronomy, the parallax effect is used to measure the distances of stars. By measuring the parallax angle and the distance between two observation points it is possible to calculate the distance to the object using trigonometry, being this a special case of triangulation, in which given a side and two angles or an angle and two sides it is possible to calculate the entire triangle. On Earth the base to be used for triangulations cannot be larger than the Earth's diameter, but with such a value of the base it is not possible determine the distance of the stars, because the vertex angle to be measured it would be too small. However, the measurement of the Astronomical Unit (1,50 x 10^11 m) allows to exploit a much larger base, equal to the diameter of the Earth's orbit around the Sun. #ParallaxEffect #Trigonometry #Astronomy #AppliedScience

Exploring the Moon: A Surprising Binocular Observation Discover the unique benefits of using binoculars to observe the moon. Learn why a tripod is crucial for clear views and avoid common mistakes. This video is perfect for beginners in astronomy who want a different perspective on our celestial neighbor. #MoonObservation #BinocularAstronomy #TripodTips #ClearNightSkies #CelestialViews #BeginnersGuide #StargazingTips #AstronomyInsights #MoonExploration #SkyWatching

🌬️ Understanding Air Mass: A Fascinating Astronomical Phenomenon! 🌌🔭 Ever wondered about the role of air mass in astronomy? It's a key concept that measures the amount of air along the line of sight when observing celestial bodies. 🌟✨ 📘🔬 Discover how atmospheric extinction affects the brightness of celestial objects and gain a deeper understanding of the science behind it. 🔗 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gjNx4gPY Expand your knowledge of the universe and unravel the mysteries of air mass today! 🚀🔍 #Astronomy #AirMass #CelestialObjects #Science #Knowledge

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy Volume 136, Issue 1 - February 2024 https://lnkd.in/dY7ynSn5 Automated tour design in the Saturnian system Yuji Takubo, Damon Landau, Brian Anderson Three-body periodic collisionless equal-mass free-fall orbits revisited Ivan Hristov, Radoslava Hristova, Kiyotaka Tanikawa Assessment of dynamical models for transitioning from the Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem to an ephemeris model with applications Beom Park & Kathleen C. Howell Improved alpha shape-based continuum method for long-term density propagation Pan Sun, Shuang Li, Camilla Colombo Measurement of three-body chaotic absorptivity predicts chaotic outcome distribution Viraj Manwadkar, Alessandro A. Trani, Barak Kol The capture probability of Dawn into ground-track resonances with Vesta Wail Boumchita, Jinglang Feng Kepler equation solution without transcendental functions or lookup tables Adonis R. Pimienta-Penalver, John L. Crassidis Constrained evolution of Hamiltonian phase space distributions in the presence of natural, non-conservative forces Oliver Boodram, Daniel Scheeres

🌌 **Unveiling the Universe: The Power of Astronomical Interferometry** 🌠 Discover how interferometry, a groundbreaking technique in astronomy, revolutionizes our view of the cosmos. By combining light from multiple telescopes, interferometry achieves unprecedented resolution, allowing us to observe celestial objects with incredible detail. This technique has led to major advancements, such as imaging black holes and studying distant exoplanets. Dive into the intricacies of how interferometry works and its profound impact on our understanding of the universe in this insightful article from Big Think. 🔗 [Read more](https://lnkd.in/gqNRm_sh)

Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) Sunrise Shadows in the Sky (APOD: 2024 Sep 21) Image Credit & Copyright: Emili Vilamala https://lnkd.in/dGhKqRS8 Explanation: The defining astronomical moment of this September's equinox is at 12:44 UTC on September 22, when the Sun crosses the celestial equator moving south in its yearly journey through planet Earth's sky. That marks the beginning of fall for our fair planet in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern hemisphere, when day and night are nearly equal around the globe. Of course, if you celebrate the astronomical change of seasons by watching a sunrise you can also look for crepuscular rays. Outlined by shadows cast by clouds, crepuscular rays can have a dramatic appearance in the twilight sky during any sunrise (or sunset). Due to perspective, the parallel cloud shadows will seem to point back to the rising Sun and a place due east on your horizon on the equinox date. But in this spectacular sunrise skyscape captured in early June, the parallel shadows and crepuscular rays appear to converge toward an eastern horizon's more northerly sunrise. The well-composed photo places the rising Sun just behind the bell tower of a church in the town of Vic, province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. https://lnkd.in/dxwE3Bw2 #APOD