We pulled electrical wire through underground conduit to the base of the telescope pier today. Very little hassle. Not connected to utility power or receptacles as yet.
#observatory #construction

On 📆 June 23 the @VRubinObs #observatory will unveil a first look at ultrahigh-definition images and videos of the cosmos taken 🔭 from a mountaintop in #Chile. And you can participate by joining a public livestream (in English and Spanish) or one of the in-person watch parties at #planetariums, #universities and #museums 🏛️ around the globe. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-vera-c-rubin-observatorys-first-images-live-with-these-watch-parties/

observatory documenting two galaxies colliding

#Observatory #Galaxy #Space #Sci-fi #Stars #Cosmic #Alien #Machine #Ancient #Technology #Celestial #Metallic #Stone #Symbol
#Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion

on actual stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/observatory-documenting-two-galaxies-colliding-eris-and-ai.html

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will map the entire southern sky every few nights

The team will unveil the inaugural image on 23 June; in the meantime, the researchers are keeping quiet about what it shows. “We’ve been very serious about keeping it capped, so that we can do a big reveal”...

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01798-2

#Astronomy #Astrodon #VeraRubin #observatory

@ost_observatory
Welcome to the bright site and may the power be with us.
A #NewHere may help.

#introduction #astronomy #Potsdam #UniversityOfPotsdam #UniPotsdam #observatory #science #physics #ClearSkies #outreach #ScienceOutreach

Hi Mastodon! 👋
We are the OST (Overwhelmingly Small Telescope) Observatory at the University of Potsdam in Golm, on the outskirts of Potsdam, Germany.

Our main telescope is a PlaneWave CDK20 Astrograph. We focus on educating students in astronomy and supporting both undergraduate and postgraduate projects. We occasionally capture and share astronomical images, and we are excited to post some of them here.

We are also passionate about science outreach and regularly participate in public events such as the Potsdam Day of Science and the Long Night of Astronomy.

Follow us for updates in both English and German!

#introduction #astronomy #Potsdam #UniversityOfPotsdam #UniPotsdam #observatory #science #physics #ClearSkies #outreach #ScienceOutreach

28May2025

PROJECT & SCIENCE NEWS - NOTICIAS DEL PROYECTO Y DE LA CIENCIA

Mark your calendars! Rubin imagery will be revealed to the world for the first time on June 23rd, 2025. This event, called Rubin First Look, will include a livestream of the official press conference in Washington, DC starting at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Watch parties are being organized in many locations, and anyone can participate virtually in this historic event. Confirmed details are available in this news post, and additional updates will be shared on rubinobservatory.org.

Preparations are ongoing for the Rubin Community Workshop, to be held in Tucson, AZ on July 28 - August 1. Everyone who applied for a talk or poster should now have received an email with their session assignment and a link to presenter information. Late poster applications are still being accepted. Follow the latest updates on the Rubin Community Workshop meeting website.

Those attending at the upcoming 246th American Astronomical Society (AAS) summer meeting in Anchorage, Alaska may be interested in these town hall sessions, both of which are scheduled for June 11th: the Rubin Observatory Town Hall (12:45 p.m. local time) and Vera Rubin Celebration Town Hall (6:30 p.m. local time). Additional information can be found on the AAS 246 meeting webpage.

Rubin published the 9th in a series of science preview press releases on May 14th. Read “NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory will Unlock New Understanding of Variable Stars” on rubinobservatory.org.

A new feature story, “Ready, Set, Process: Preparing for Rubin Observatory's Data Deluge,” offers a look inside Rubin’s impressive data infrastructure. It’s published on rubinobservatory.org, and on the NSF NOIRLab and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory websites.

The Education and Public Outreach team has made a new resource available for anyone giving a public talk about Rubin >>
https://www.lsst.org/news/digest

#space #earth #observatory #science #tech #construction #nature #NASA

A Milky Road to the #Rubin #Observatory
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250604.html

#APOD #RubinObservatory #Chile

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A Milky Road to the Rubin Observatory
* Image Credit: NSF, DOE, Rubin Obs., Paulo Assunção Lago (Rubin Obs.)
https://www.instagram.com/passuncao.ph/
https://rubinobservatory.org/
https://www.energy.gov/
https://www.nsf.gov/

Explanation:
Is the sky the same every night? No -- the night sky changes every night in many ways. To better explore how the night sky changes, the USA's NSF and DOE commissioned the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Cerro Pachón, Chile. In final testing before routine operations, Rubin will begin to explore these nightly changes -- slight differences that can tell us much about our amazing universe and its surprising zoo of objects. With a mirror over 8 meters across, Rubin will continually reimage the entire visible sky every few nights to discover new supernovas, potentially dangerous asteroids, faint comets, and variable stars -- as well as mapping out the visible universe's large-scale structure. Pictured, the distant central band of our Milky Way Galaxy appears to flow out from the newly operational observatory. Taken last month, the featured picture is a composite of 21 images across the night sky, capturing airglow on the horizon and the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy on the lower left.
https://www.nsf.gov/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999PASP..111..886N/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003AJ....125.2740N/abstract

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250604.html

#space #earth #observatory #milkyway #astrophotography #photography #science #nature #NASA

China is quietly preparing to build a gigantic telescope

High on the Tibetan Plateau, China appears to be laying the groundwork for what will be the largest optical telescope in the Northern Hemisphere - and perhaps briefly, in the world.

https://www.science.org/content/article/china-quietly-preparing-build-gigantic-telescope

#Astronomy #China #Tibet #news #Astrodon #Lenghu #observatory #LenghuObservatory #LOTtelescope #science #STEM

@photography

Tololo Lunar Eclipse Sky by Petr Horálek

On 14 March 2025, a total lunar eclipse occurred, especially visible over the Americas and the Pacific Ocean, observed from the NSF Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. You can see how epic the sky was during totality, as the moon darkened enough for the majestic Milky Way, the faint belt of zodiacal light, and prominent airglow to stand out.

#astrophotography
#LunarEclipse
#MilkyWay
#observatory