Mars, Pollux, and Castor lined up nicely next to the moon last night.

#NightSky / #Astronomy / #Mars / #Moon

The Northern Lights came out to dance tonight through the wispy clouds after sunset in the twilight, captured from Edmonds, WA

https://ez-lorenz.pixels.com/featured/northern-lights-in-twilight-edmonds-wa-ez-lorenz.html

Night falling on Murphy Dome, just outside Fairbanks, Alaska. This was taken in March 2012, just a few days before the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus—both visible here to the right of the trees.

More photos from the area here: https://photos.lwpetersen.com/Explore/Explore-Alaska/Interior/Murphy-Dome

The night sky is often cloaked in Oregon. Tonight it was there for my delight. The moon, some planets, and some stars. What a gem of a moment.

NEW #Astrophoto: Messier 64 - Black Eye Galaxy

#Galaxy Messier 64 in March 2025 – captured with a focal length of 1800mm using the Vixen VC200L and two different cameras.

Full story: https://astrocamp.eu/af1c2

▼ Vixen VC200L | EOS R(a), SkyEye62AM '25

Tonight's Waxing Crescent Moon
29% Illuminated

Canon R7 mirrorless - Sigma 150-600 "C" lens - ISO: 1000 - Aperture: f/8 - Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec.

#Photo #Photography #NightSky #Moon #Lunar #WaxingCrescent
#Luna #MILC #Mirrorless #CanonR7 #GiMP

Wow I thought my photo of the Moon had some artifacts....it seems no....those are the Pleiades...

Had to zoom in:

Then took my binoculars to get closer:

Not the best quality but still :).

Threats to astronomical observatory sites around the world from light pollution are growing, but the existing skyglow standard for site protection dates to nearly a half-century ago. Astronomers are considering a new standard to replace it given advances in lighting technology.

Read more about what's at stake for astronomy and how this effort developed: http://www.darkskyconsulting.com/blog/toward-a-new-standard-for-astronomical-observatory-site-protection

#KStars debuts a new documentation site!

A comprehensive resource that helps you to get to know and make the most of KDE's fantastic night sky observatory and astrophotography utility.

At the moment, only English is available. More languages coming soon.

https://kstars-docs.kde.org

#astronomy #astrophotography #nightSky #education #photography

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

The Hamburger Galaxy, also known as NGC 3628, is an unbarred spiral galaxy located approximately 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo that reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed in early March.

Detailed Information: https://astrocamp.eu/ngc3628

▼ Vixen VC200L | EOS R(a) '25

An Astrophotographer’s 20-Day Adventure Under the Darkest Skies in the World https://petapixel.com/2025/03/27/an-astrophotographers-20-day-adventure-under-the-darkest-skies-in-the-world/ #astrophotography #easterisland #mihailminkov #southamerica #Spotlight #interview #nightsky #bolivia #Travel #travel #Space #astro #chile #night

Managed to capture the Milky Way "core" last night, for the first time :)

Made an 8 hours timelapse as well :). Will be part of a future video for our TROMhome channel - videos.trom.tf/c/tromhome/vide…

All with a Pixel 4a with CalyxOS, gave to me for free by @aaron :)

@Remittancegirl

“Be like the night sky, full of mysteries, yet never in despair.” – Rumi

#poetry
#quotes
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@photography
#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#NightSky