NASA 747-SP N747NA SOFIA make a pass at Edwards Air Force Base, October 2022 #nasa #b747sp #SOFIA #edwardsafb #space #Queen #astronomy #infraredastronomy ##photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #aircraft #nikon

NASA 747-SP N747NA SOFIA departs Palmdale to visit her place of birth, NASA Ames, one last time October 2022 #nasa #b747sp #b747lovers #SOFIA #space #Queen #aviationphotography #fifi #astronomy #infraredastronomy #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #aircraft

"Tower, this is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby....." NASA 747-SP N747NA SOFIA buzzes the tower during her final public flight at Edwards Air Force base, October 2022 #nasa #b747sp #SOFIA #edwardsafb #space #Queen #astronomy #infraredastronomy ##photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #aircraft #nikon

New in the #VirtualObservatory: “gr8stars. II.” by Freckelton A.V. et al.
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/549/G1070
#photometry #metallicity #RadialVelocity #infraredastronomy

New in the #VirtualObservatory: “MaNGA galaxies DynPop I JAM dynamical properties” by Zhu K. et al.
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/522/6326
#galaxies #spectroscopy #photometry #infraredastronomy

Scientists observed three rare tidal disruption events (black holes shredding massive stars).
Light from these flares starts in ultraviolet and X-rays but redshifts into infrared as it travels.
These events are called "extreme nuclear transients"
🔭🧪
#BlackHoles
#TidalDisruption
#InfraredAstronomy

Astronomy Picture from 15/12/2007

Mountains of Creation

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap071215.htm<a href="/hashtag/CosmicMountains" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#CosmicMountainso#StarBirtht#SpitzerSpaceTelescopee#W5NebulaW#IC1848 #HeartNebular#SoulNebulau#InfraredAstronomys#Nebulas##Astrophotographyt#Spacey#NASAc#Astronomystronomy

New in the #VirtualObservatory: “ReveaLLAGN 0: JWST MIRI obs. of NGC4594 and NGC1052” by Goold K. et al.
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/966/204
#infraredastronomy #surveys #spectroscopy #activegalacticnuclei

Le télescope spatial Herschel, conçu par l’ESA pour observer l’Univers en infrarouge lointain, permet de voir des objets froids et invisibles derrière la poussière cosmique.
actu.orange.fr/videos/franc...
#Space #Science #Astrophysics #Herschel #InfraredAstronomy #HiddenUniverse #ESA

Astronomy Picture from 06/02/2002

The Cosmic Infrared Background

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020206.htm<a href="/hashtag/CosmicInfraredBackground" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#CosmicInfraredBackgroundc#CIBu#EarlyUniverseU#2MASSTelescopee#InfraredAstronomys#FirstStarsr#GalaxyFormationo#Cosmologyo#Astrophysicso#SpaceExplorationloration

Astronomy Picture from 06/08/1998

Infrared Horsehead

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap980806.htm<a href="/hashtag/OrionNebula" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#OrionNebulao#InfraredAstronomys#StarFormationo#HorseheadNebulaa#SpaceDustp#CosmicCloudsi#NGC2023##ESAISO #Astrophysicso#Astrophotographyt#DeepSpacee#InfraredImager#Nebulas#Nebulas

Astronomy Picture from 17/11/2019

Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191117.htm<a href="/hashtag/StarFormation" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#StarFormationo#RhoOphiuchiO#InfraredAstronomys#WISEm#Nebula #Astrophotographyt#Spacey#Cosmologyo#Starsy#Galaxy #Astrophysicso#AstronomyPictureOfTheDayO#DeepSpaceeepSpace

Astronomy Picture from 23/06/2009

Molecular Cloud Barnard 68

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090623.htm<a href="/hashtag/Barnard68" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#Barnard68a#DarkNebular#MolecularCloudl#StarFormationo#Ophiuchusp#Cosmologyo#Spacey#Astronomys#Astrophysicso#DeepSpacee#Nebula #Starsa#InfraredAstronomystronomy