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Qu Xiaofeng captured this month's astroimage spotlight while chasing the Geminid meteor shower — pausing to play guitar beneath the glow of Barnard's Loop as meteors streaked past overhead.

www.astronomy.com

August 23, 2026 at 11:46 PM

AstroRick

@therickman.bsky.social

Geminid melodies - #Astronomy - ift.tt/OjIRc4y

Geminid melodies | Astronomy.com

Qu Xiaofeng captured this month's astroimage spotlight while chasing the Geminid meteor shower — pausing to play guitar beneath the glow of Barnard's Loop as meteors streaked past overhead.

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August 22, 2026 at 10:49 AM

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Der #Schleiernebel NGC 6992 ist Teil eines #Supernova-Überrests im #Sternbild Schwan.
The Veil Nebula NGC 6992 is part of a supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus.
www.astropage.eu/wp-content/g...

#Astrofotografie #Astrophotography #Astrobild #Astroimage #Deepsky #Astronomie

July 19, 2026 at 3:56 PM

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Die Whirlpool #Galaxie M51
The Whirlpool #Galaxy M51
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#Astrofotografie #Astrophotography #Astrobild #Astroimage #Astronomie #Astronomy #Deepsky

May 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM

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Ein Flug über die #Tagnachtgrenze (#Terminator) auf dem #Mond (Maksutov 180/2700 Teleskop)
A flight across the terminator on the #Moon (Maksutov 180/2700 telescope)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Iv...

#Astrofotografie #Astrophotography #Mondfotografie #Lunarimaging #Astrofoto #Astroimage

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April 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM

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Der berühmte #Kugelsternhaufen M13 im #Sternbild Herkules.
The famous globular cluster M13 in the constellation Hercules.
www.astropage.eu/wp-content/g...

#Astrofotografie #Astrophotography #Deepsky #Astronomy #Astronomie #Astrobild #Astroimage

March 24, 2026 at 7:17 PM

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Ein kurzer Blick auf den #Rosettennebel NGC 2244 von gestern Abend.
A quick view to the #RosetteNebula NGC 2244 captured yesterday.
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#Deepsky #Nebula #Nebel #Astrofotografie #Astrophotography #Astronomie #Astronomy #Astrobild #Astroimage

March 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM

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@deepskydave.bsky.social

Sometimes a new astroimage will be so good that it shows a familiar object in a new way. This is the case with an amazing shot of M43, part of the Orion Nebula complex, imaged by Bob Fera and Steve Mandel. This is just amazing celestial art!! Enjoy!!

February 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM

Nasa Astronomy Hourly Pictures

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NASA Astronomy Hourly Picture - 2018-06-30: Approaching the Bubble Nebula
#Astronomy #NASA #Space

A very full Moon rose over Manhattan's Upper Eastside on June 28, known to some as the Strawberry Moon. Near the horizon, the warm yellow lunar disk was a bit ruffled and dimmed by a long sight-line through dense, hazy atmosphere. Still it fit well with traffic and lights along East 96th street in this urban astroimage. The telephoto shot was (safely) taken from elevated ground looking east-southeast from Central Park, planet Earth. Of course, the East 96th street moon was the closest Full Moon to this year's northern summer solstice.

January 30, 2026 at 5:20 PM

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Ein #Schnappschuss der kürzlichen #Polarlichter.
A #snapshot of the recently visible #Polarlights.
www.astropage.eu/wp-content/g...

#Astrofotografie #Astrophotography #Astrobild #Astroimage #Astronomie #Astronomy #Sonnensturm #Solarstorm #Aurora

January 27, 2026 at 6:46 PM

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Der #Krebsnebel M1, ein #Supernova-Überrest.
The #Crabnebula M1 is a supernova remnant.
www.astropage.eu/wp-content/g...

#Astrofotografie #Astrophotography #Deepsky #Astroimage #Astrobild #Astronomie #Astronomy

January 26, 2026 at 4:48 PM

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Der #Affenkopfnebel NGC 2174.
The #Monkeyhead #Nebula NGC 2174.
www.astropage.eu/wp-content/g...

#Astrofotografie #Astrophotography #Astrobild #Astroimage #Deepsky #Astronomie #Astronomy

January 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM

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Alles Gute für's neue Jahr und einen guten Rutsch...
knapp 150 Megapixel #Mond-Mosaik (im Direktlink)

Happy New Year to come..
nearly 150 Megapixel Mosaic image of the #Moon (see direct link)
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#Astrofotografie #Astrophotography #Astrobild #Astroimage

December 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM

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@astropageeu.bsky.social

Eiskristalle auf der Frontlinse, aber egal. Flammennebel und der Pferdekopf sind erkennbar. :)

Ice crystals on the front lens but anyway.. Flame Nebula and Horsehead are visible. :)
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#Astrofotografie #Astrophotography #Astrofoto #Astroimage #Deepsky

November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM

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Die #Sonne von vorgestern in einer Wolkenlücke.
The #Sun 2 days ago through a gap in the clouds.
www.astropage.eu/wp-content/g...

#Astrofotografie #Astrophotography #Sonnenfotografie #SolarImaging #Astrofoto #AstroImage #Sonnenaktivität #SolarActivity

September 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM

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Ca. 2h #Andromeda #Galaxie bei nicht so guten Bedingungen.
Ca. 2 hours of the Andromeda #Galaxy under unfavorable conditions.
www.astropage.eu/wp-content/g...

#M31 #Astrofotografie #Astrophotography #Astrofoto #Astroimage

September 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM

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@joncst.bsky.social

M 11, the Wild Ducks, taken while i waited for it to get dark enough to try a Huge Mosaic of the Pipe nebula (which failed).

Under some conditions, visually in a modest sized telescope, M 11 looks like a V of waterfowl (which is where the "Wild Ducks" came from).

An astroimage of M 11, the Wild Ducks. M11 is an open cluster, which means in contains a fairly low number of stars (under 1000), as compared to globular clusters, which can contain hundreds of thousands of stars. This frame contains many background stars because the cluster is in a rich arm of the Milky Way galaxy. The cluster ins at the center of the image, and is quite rich and moderately concentrated. There is an outer halo of stars, more or less round. inside the halo the stars grow more concentrated, and appear to have straight lines on three sides, amost a parallelagram. The innermost part of the cluster shows a pattern almost like a tiny cat, standing facing left, but looking out at you looking at it.

September 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM

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@astropageeu.bsky.social

Ein Bild der #Sonne als Nachtrag.
The #Sun in H-alpha 3 days ago.
www.astropage.eu/wp-content/g...

#Astrofotografie #Astrophotography #Sonnenaktivität #Solaractivity #Astrofoto #Astroimage #Sonnenfotografie #Solarimaging #Protuberanz #Prominence

September 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM

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Schnappschüsse der #Mondfinsternis

Snapshots of the Lunar #Eclipse
www.astropage.eu/bildergaleri...

#Astrofotografie #Astrophotography #Mofi #Mofi2025 #Astrofoto #Astroimage

September 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM

Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐

@apod.shinyakato.dev

light-years distant. That's about 100,000 times farther away than M57 but since they appear roughly similar in size, former spiral nebula IC 1296 must also be about 100,000 times larger than planetary nebula M57. Look closely at the sharp 21st century astroimage to spot even more distant background

August 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM