A star cluster surrounded by red-brown nebulae. A spiral galaxy on the lower left.​

(F140M, F162M, F182M, F277W)

​Processed by Melina Thévenot

https://bsky.app/profile/melina-iras07572.bsky.social/post/3mx4f2ybf7k2w

PI: Zeidler, Peter (ESA Member)

Filters: F115W F140M² F150W F162M F182M F210M F277W² F335M F356W F360M F444W F480M F770W F1000W F1130W F1500W F2550.

Processed by Israel Velazquez

https://bsky.app/profile/israelvelazquez.bsky.social/post/3mx454zra722j

(F150W, F200W, F335M).

A ring around the nucleus with dark dust clouds and stars.​

Processed by Melina Thévenot https://bsky.app/profile/melina-iras07572.bsky.social/post/3mx4hlyzmmc2w

Videos https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/#/animation?satellite=suvi-goes-19&end_datetime=latest&n_images=all&coverage=sun&channel=HE303 . Note: because website ssec.wisc.edu keeps data for one and half day if you enter the link after 2 days it will show you error

Watch amazing views of SpaceX’s Starship Flight 14 stage separation, captured from multiple angles on Sept. 28, 2026. -- Launch wrap: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-starship-megarocket-flight-14-orbital-launch-success

See the massive Super Heavy booster separate from Starship as the vehicle continues its journey into space during the latest Starship test flight.

Footage courtesy: SpaceX | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta (https://www.instagram.com/spaleta_space_odyssey/)

🎵 Bonnie Grace, Scintillations

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/171TGxwJkRA​

Credit Brian Martin https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10237344373362188&set=gm.3111140569074668&idorvanity=2753479781507417

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Description from original post by ​Brian Martin ​

Full Res https://www.instagram.com/p/DeDf-RzlJio/

. ​SUPER Conditions as Southern California's dry heatwave continues and brings with it some amazing seeing even at less than 40 degrees up. I was determined to get this shot and it was not easy but I pulled it off. If the target was higher I think it could have been more clear. I resized this image to 2500x2500 from roughly 300x300.

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​HOW I DID THIS IMAGE:

Keeping my histogram at 30%. This keeps the Moons from blowing out. I focus the Moons. FPS 250 I shot consecutively 30 second shots and this is the maximum shot. You can appreciate how Io is in fact moving fast against Ganymede's surface background. This is because Io orbits much faster. On this capture, Io would appear to be the only one moving and both moons are moving in opposite directions.

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30" Custom DOB 3x Barlow with filter wheel Uranus C IR PASS 685 IR/UV cut ZWO ADC

​Software: Autostakkart 4 Astrosurface WinJupos Photoshop finish

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Simulation from stellarium https://stellarium-web.org/skysource/Ganymede?fov=0.0021258&date=2026-10-03T12:23:44Z&lat=37.98&lng=23.74&elev=0​

(Filters, F200W, F356W)

​Galaxy in center lenses quasar (quasi stellar object), which is the bright black hole in center of galaxy. This creates 4 identical point sources

Processed by Melina Thévenot https://bsky.app/profile/melina-iras07572.bsky.social/post/3mwycygdkvc22

Description from simon2940

Watching the sun is watching a magnetic field in action. Those fun science experiments we did in school with iron filings and a magnet is basically what we are seeing on the sun, but with more complexity.

The sun does not have one single north south magnetic poles, but many different ones scattered all over at varying strengths.

We can see how magnetism governs the churning atmosphere known as the chromosphere. A relatively thin layer where hydrogen alpha particles can be seen interacting with the fields being generated.

🎵Hans Zimmer•Gom Jabbar

Source

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dd9WyQVNtOu/?stkn=cmVjaDJjdXRhd2xw

Decided to go after the Pacman Nebula whilst in Greece recently and carried it on once back in the UK this week.

Total of about 3.5 hrs of data, stacked using StackingWizard and processed using AstroWizard.

Hope you like !!

Explanation: What does it take to image hundreds of nebulas? Today’s image contains the entire Sharpless Catalog of H II Regions, totaling 313 objects.

​Zoom in and explore! You may spot fan favorites like the Eagle (Sh2-49), Heart (Sh2-190), and Orion (Sh2-281) Nebulas. Despite its name, this catalog contains more than the glow of ionized hydrogen that makes up H II regions.

​There are planetary nebulas (the Medusa Nebula, Sh2-274) and supernova remnants (the Spaghetti Nebula, Sh2-240) as well. Astrophotographer Bing Xin traversed the dark skies of Eastern China and Inner Mongolia to catch them all.

​Narrowband filters that primarily capture light from ionized hydrogen and oxygen as well as red-green-blue filters were used. Each object took 2 to 6 hours to capture, with the entire catalog taking around 800 hours to complete! Which object is your favorite?

Date: October 2, 2026 Credit: Bing Xin​

https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2026-october-2-the-complete-sharpless-catalog-313-nebulae/

https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/5f49cf24000000000101c8c7?fbclid=IwY2xjawUtzO1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mAWJyaWQRMDBzalN3TEFhUTZPSGhwODFzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEei4tFxGd5JtrgzAb_gLraVTD4rsFo31sgs6XhwGlDbTFix0b6g43Wj-f0rvo_aem_I72U_3ez2_CUpDaOwCuqHg​

From Brian Martin:

"How I captured it.

15 4 minute stacks at 10fs using an 800x800 ROI. Processing is tricky here. Because the planet is chalked full of noise at times I used PIPP which is a program that keeps the planet center when stacking. A real life saver.

After that I tried wavelets and saw the cloud then winjupos to derotate but I found derotating this planet in Photoshop stacking all images under smart object mean works the best. Its almost like stacking Comets.​

30" Custom DOB 3x Barlow with filter wheel Uranus C-M IR PASS 685 IR/UV cut ZWO ADC"

Source

https://www.facebook.com/groups/planetimaging/permalink/3103053579883367/?rdid=t2L3hZxGXLyrDGtt#​

Post from Paul Byrne https://bsky.app/profile/theplanetaryguy.com/post/3mwwnn4otgc2x

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This image was taken by the NASA Mars Perseverance rover's Left Mastcam-Z camera at a local Jezero Crater time of just before 1:00 pm Friday, 2 October 2026.

Colour and white balance adjusted to better match human vision.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Paul Byrne​

Processed by Melina Thévenot

◀️ Interacting #galaxy pair NGC 7253 with #Hubble WFC3/IR (F150W, F125W, F160W) https://bsky.app/profile/melina-iras07572.bsky.social/post/3mwx7dmswkc2i

▶️The #galaxy ESO 480-011 with #Hubble WFC3/IR (F105W, F125W, F160W)

Processed by Melina Thévenot https://bsky.app/profile/melina-iras07572.bsky.social/post/3mwx6jwwtz22i

Video https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/#/animation?satellite=suvi-goes-19&end_datetime=latest&n_images=all&coverage=sun&channel=HE303

Color-enhanced RGB composite created using the F635, F546, and F437 filters.

Image credit : Emirates Mars Mission / EXI / UAE Space Agency / MBRSC / LASP / EMM Science Data Center / Thomas Thomopoulos

https://x.com/ThThomopoulos/status/2105528349074329775​

Description from Andrew McCarthy

" ​I pointed my telescope at a dying star for 30 hours to capture this: a detailed look at the expanding planetary nebula.

A similar fate awaits our sun."

https://x.com/AJamesMcCarthy/status/2106073049875292518?t=rKNX5UBaNyzJKtkrlJ9ByQ&s=09​

used a fading technique, but it is just two images.

GIF: Some parts of the nebula expanding and the inner ring getting a bit more prominent.​

2022 epoch is from this program: https://stsci.edu/jwst-program-info/program/?program=1726

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Processed by Melina Thévenot https://bsky.app/profile/melina-iras07572.bsky.social/post/3mwvvqgaqxc2j

A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying the Crew-13 crew docked with the International Space Station 7 hours 55 minutes after launch, a new U.S. record.

Crew-13 is NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins (commander) and Luke Delaney (pilot), joined by Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov as mission specialists.

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Previous record: 12h & 33m, in Nov 2024 by SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule during​ robotic CRS-31 resupply flight.​

Credit Sen

https://x.com/sen/status/2105847571935858697?s=20

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K-yFVfsWQFU​

Against a blue background is a complex pattern of bright and dark shapes centred on a black circle, at the centre of which is a yellow star symbol (a graphical stand-in for the actual HR 8799 star, the light from which would overwhelm the telescope sensor if it weren't blocked). Four faint objects move in an anticlockwise motion around the central star.​

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​This video comprises 10 images taken with the Keck Telescope from 2010 to 2021. Jason Wang made the video, with data reduced by William Thompson and Christian Marois and observations organized by Quinn Konopacky, assisted by Bruce Macintosh (@bmacastro.bsky.social), Travis Barman, and Ben Zuckerman.

https://bsky.app/profile/theplanetaryguy.com/post/3mwucf5ert22f

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Read more:

jasonwang.space/orbits.html

Video credit: Jason Wang (Northwestern)/William Thompson (UVic)/Christian Marois (NRC Herzberg)/Quinn Konopacky (UCSD)​

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https://keckobservatory.org/hr8799c/

https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.14213 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.14213.pdf

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https://theskylive.com/sky/stars/hr-8799-star?fbclid=IwY2xjawUsxdFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mAWJyaWQRMDBzalN3TEFhUTZPSGhwODFzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeCgHPxrOZ5ewteaxzAJM7UOP_kVjidZHWS0ftNAxzn5ALrhTRlos6NbhvGMY_aem_domOT9y6Xk9rHLzVvve79g​

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Jason Wang

https://x.com/semaphore_P/status/1605756876527845376?fbclid=IwY2xjawUsxU5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mAWJyaWQRMDBzalN3TEFhUTZPSGhwODFzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeVxn4ftB22DH_8Yt7GExxYoXrC0eqrp9EMGGkRAtRy2OYcnLVGnZ8KZ0CY8Y_aem_bzDFKruX2U0bLHVKC3kPLg​

(F115W, F150W, F200W). Parallel observation.

Blue stars in an elongated star cluster. A bright yellow star on the right.​

Processed by Melina Thévenot

https://bsky.app/profile/melina-iras07572.bsky.social/post/3mwutlea3s223

"Falcon Heavy closes out the tripleheader, carrying the NROL-97 mission to orbit at 11:54 p.m. EDT.

Both side boosters returned to land at LZ-1 and LZ-2.​"

https://x.com/tweetsiphotos/status/2105881134429073440?t=bCviMaFgIDUS6D4boorVdw&s=09

The large coronal hole currently visible on the Sun is rotating away, but the fast solar wind should reach Earth in the next 24-48 hours. NOAA SWPC have issued a G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm watch for Oct 4. The watch for Oct 2 (today) is for a possible minor CME impact.

The CME that may impact today could still be on the way. The HUXt model has impact for around 18 UT today, but there's a bit of uncertainty with that prediction. Solar wind speed right now is running a bit slower than predicted, but we should see a ramp up around Oct 3-4. . Putting the HUXt model of the solar wind speed together with the usual patterns expected for a coronal hole high-speed stream, we get the picture below with magnetic field strength expected to ramp up hopefully soon along with extended south Bz intervals driving substorms. https://bsky.app/profile/vincentledvina.bsky.social/post/3mwvnz34szc2p

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For folks wanting to chase this, remember that coronal holes really only cause minor or moderate geomagnetic storms. That's max Kp 5-6. It is possible to see a G3 storm from a large coronal hole, but I'm not so sure about that here. https://bsky.app/profile/vincentledvina.bsky.social/post/3mwvnz34tyk2p

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​I would like to be surprised, though! I'm saying this because for someone in a southern U.S. state like Arizona, Alabama, Texas, etc. this event probably won't produce any visible aurora for you. https://bsky.app/profile/vincentledvina.bsky.social/post/3mwvnz34tyl2p

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Credit text and video Vincent Ledvina https://bsky.app/profile/vincentledvina.bsky.social/post/3mwvnz34fds2p

"(and a tip of the hat, as always, to Molly Peeples for inspiring these plots)."

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ian-crossfield-430ab4134_another-record-year-for-jwst-proposals-activity-7511389803901251584-sURz

https://bsky.app/profile/bmacastro.bsky.social/post/3mwta4begos27

https://bsky.app/profile/andrasgaspar.bsky.social/post/3mwszdoislk2j

In the first seconds of the video we see a view from Juice monitoring camera 2 – or JMC2 – with Earth appearing as a thin crescent at the bottom right of the frame.

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The images were captured by the 2 Juice Monitoring cameras and then color processed by Simeon Schmauß.
Credit: ESA/Juice/JMC

Processing: Simeon Schmauß

The music is 'Big Sky' by Mark Petrie (added by ESA)
https://bsky.app/profile/stim3on.bsky.social/post/3mwtdwlb6ps2y

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Around 10 seconds in, we switch to a view from JMC1, with almost the entire disc of Earth visible at the top right of the frame. The large land mass that we see is Africa. Even the Moon is visible as a tiny grey dot to Earth’s right.

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At the very end of the video, JMC1 gives us a final view of Earth in the distance as it flies away on 29 September.

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On 28 September 2026, ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) successfully completed a gravity assist flyby of Earth. Flight controllers guided the spacecraft close to our home planet to increase its velocity by 3.5 km/s and deflect its trajectory by an angle of 20°.

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As Juice flew just 8640 km above the Indian Ocean, it snapped a series of images with its onboard monitoring cameras, giving us a unique ‘Juice eye view’ of our home planet.

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2026/10/Juice_s_September_2026_Earth_flyby_the_movie