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charlespiroth.bsky.social
Andrew McCarthy pointed a 12” telescope for about ~20 hours at the star AE Aurigae to reveal a complex nebula as shown in the following photograph.
November 3, 2024 at 7:08 PM
ericlagadec.bsky.social
Crédits et infos: www.eso.org/public/image...
SPHERE images of the AB Aurigae system (side by side, annotated)
SPHERE images of the AB Aurigae system (side by side, annotated)
www.eso.org
December 5, 2024 at 2:50 PM
starfleetdesign.bsky.social
Enhance…
Rotating disc of gas & dust around the young star AB Aurigae with Doctor Who's TARDIS composited in.
June 1, 2026 at 12:05 PM
davidbflower.bsky.social
It's 2.13am. My sky is clearing. I can see Capella (Alpha Aurigae). 🔭 🧪
August 23, 2026 at 1:13 AM
astronomy.bsky.social
Captured by ESO’s VLT, this could be our first direct glimpse of planet formation in action. A stunning spiral of dust and gas surrounds young star AB Aurigae—520 light-years away—where a ‘twist’ may mark the birth of a planet.

Credit: ESO/Boccaletti et al
A stunning spiral of dust and gas surrounds young star AB Aurigae—520 light-years away—where a ‘twist’ may mark the birth of a planet. Captured by ESO’s VLT, this could be our first direct glimpse of planet formation in action. Credit: ESO/Boccaletti et al.
May 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
thomasfuchs.at
What happens when put a photon trap on your driveway during the night? Why, glad you asked!

The Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga
🔭🧪 #astrophotography
A very deep red spiraling space nebula, with some complex purple structures at its center. There's also an immense number of stars, including and handful of prominent bright ones, including the triple-star system 16 Aurigae which glows in an orange color.
November 12, 2024 at 2:12 PM
astronomers.bsky.social
Flaming Star Nebula by Davide De Martin.
Rippling dust and gas lanes give the Flaming Star Nebula its name. The red and blue colors of the nebula are present in different regions and are created by different processes. The bright star AE Aurigae is so hot it is blue, emitting light so energetic it knocks electrons away from surrounding gas. When a proton recaptures an electron, red light is frequently emitted. The blue region's color is a mix of this red light and blue light emitted by AE Aurigae but reflected to us by surrounding dust. The two regions are referred to as emission nebula and reflection nebula, respectively. The Flaming Star Nebula, officially known as IC 405, lies about 1500 light years distant, spans about 5 light years, and is visible with a small telescope toward the constellation of Auriga. One and a half degree East from the Flaming Star Nebula is located IC 410, a region of faint nebulosity surrounding the open star cluster NGC 1893. The cluster itself is small and located just below center, underneath the central dust region of the nebula. This nebula contains complex wisps of gas and is a beautiful target for astrophotography. (Text adapted from Astronomy Picture of the Day). This image is a composite from black and white images taken with the Palomar Observatory's 48-inch (1.2-meter) Samuel Oschin Telescope as a part of the second National Geographic Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS II). The images were recorded on two glass photographic plates - one sensitive to red light and the other to blue and later they were digitized. Credit: Caltech, Palomar Observatory, Digitized Sky Survey. In order to produce the color image seen here, I worked with a total of 56 different frames, 28 for each color band, coming from 4 different plates taken between 1988 and 1996. Original file is 11,144x9,801 pixels with a resolution of about 1 arcsec per pixel. The image show an area of sky large 3.1ø x 2.7ø (for comparison, the full-Moon is about 0.5ø in diameter). This fits liberator image is not…
December 13, 2024 at 2:54 PM
eso.org
Taken with our VLT over a period of four years, these images show the rotating disc of gas & dust around the young star AB Aurigae.

Features like “twists” signal the places where #exoplanets could be forming 🪐

More: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/potw2622a/

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📹 ESO/A. Boccaletti et al.
June 1, 2026 at 7:02 AM
davidbflower.bsky.social
Noctilucent clouds and Capella (Alpha Aurigae) from last night. 2155UT 26 July 2026. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
Image of noctilucent clouds, the highest clouds on Earth. Bushes and trees in foreground.
July 27, 2026 at 7:12 PM
playingwithdust.bsky.social
Tonight's crescent Moon and Jupiter, plus the star Beta Aurigae next to the Moon. #astronomy #astrophotography
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Moon at top right with Earthshine
April 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
aasnova.org
What happens when a young star captures some extra gas and dust? New observations of a dusty disk reveals how a late-stage infall event may be influencing planet formation in AB Aurigae. aasnova.org/2025/03/21/a... 🔭🧪
A Late-Stage Infall Renovation: Mapping the Circumstellar Disk of AB Aurigae
What happens when a young star captures some extra gas and dust? New observations of a dusty disk reveals how a late-stage infall event may be influencing planet formation in AB Aurigae.
aasnova.org
March 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
crypticmacho.bsky.social
Where our history will lead us, no one can say…

#aurigae
#crypticmacho
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
astropierre.com
Cette série d'images, prise sur 4 années, montre avec une précision étonnante, la rotation du disque de gaz & de poussière autour de la jeune étoile AB Aurigae

On y voit aussi les ombres radiales projetées par des amas opaques provenant des régions plus denses du disque

www.eso.org/public/video...
June 1, 2026 at 7:22 AM
ghostmemory2002.bsky.social
Epsilon Aurigae. (2023)
#ghostmemory #y2k #y2kaesthetic #metalheart #depthcore #trendwhore
May 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM
winterbloed.be
A tiny bit of night sky near 19 Aurigae
March 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
coreyspowell.bsky.social
Planets form in swirling disks of gas and dust around newborn stars. It's not just a theory--we can watch it happening!

These images show the rotating disk around young star AB Aurigae, 520 light years from Earth. They were taking over 4 years at Paranal Observatory. 🧪🔭

www.eso.org/public/video...
June 7, 2026 at 8:52 PM
astrothayne.bsky.social
And here we are ... our paper reporting the detection of the AB Aurigae b protoplanet with VLT/MUSE spectroscopy!

arxiv.org/abs/2508.18351
August 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
philplait.bsky.social
Astronomers have caught a bouncing baby exoplanet feeding and growing pretty big!

badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-baby-pla...

Note: This is for paying subbies to my newsletter, to and for whom I am very grateful.

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A baby planet is caught feeding
AB Aurigae b is a young, massive planet still pulling material in to grow
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
astrofyfe.bsky.social
Alright, I’m sad with modern American life, and I need to escape to the stars for a bit. Here’s a mosaic of the Tadpole and Spider Nebulae in Aurigae!

Total time: 9hrs
Scope: Astro-Tech AT72edii
Mount: Sky Watcher Eq6-R Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI533mc Pro

#astrophoto #astrophotography #astronomy
January 29, 2025 at 7:29 AM
eso.org
Let the new year swirl in…

What looks like a vortex of fire is in reality a disc around the young AB Aurigae star.

Close to the centre, the ‘twist’ (in very bright yellow) marks the spot where scientists believe a planet is forming. 🔭
Swirling spiral of gas and dust glowing in yellow and orange tones
January 1, 2026 at 1:01 PM
davidbflower.bsky.social
I've started some exposures of Capella (Alpha Aurigae) and the constellation of Auriga. A bit tricky because the floodlights are on again. 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography
December 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
sfuscience.bsky.social
The Flaming Star Nebula's vibrant red hues are due to the ionized hydrogen gas emitting light, while the blue areas result from light reflected by interstellar dust.

Check out other observations from the Trottier Observatory: www.sfu.ca/science/comm... 🔭
The Flaming Star Nebula is a stunning emission and reflection nebula located in the constellation Auriga. Its vibrant red hues are due to the ionized hydrogen gas emitting light, while the blue areas result from light reflected by interstellar dust. It is associated with the star AE Aurigae, which energizes the surrounding gas and dust.
February 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
4scii.bsky.social
AE Aurigae && Flaming Star Nebula
February 23, 2024 at 6:50 AM
fauci78.eurosky.social
Prima astrofoto del 2026 è IC 405 una nebulosa diffusa nella costellazione dell'Auriga a 1630 a.l. dalla Terra. La stella più grande e visibile è AE Aurigae nata nella regione di Orione circa 2,7 milioni di anni fa e poi espulsa dal sistema "molto probabilmente" dall'esplosione di una supernova.
January 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
setiinstitute.bsky.social
#PPOD: This image, taken with the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), shows a disc of material around the young star AB Aurigae, where planets might be forming. Similar observations over four years show the disc rotating around the star. 🧪 🔭
Side-by-side comparison images of the protoplanetary disk around the star AB Aurigae. The star is blacked out in both images. The image on the left shows swirling clouds of gas and dust, brightening close to the star. The image on the right is over-processed to show more distinct lines within the spiral formation.
June 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM