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A field of galaxies scattered across the deep black of space. It is filled with galaxies of many shapes, sizes and colors, as well as the multi-colored points of stars. To the lower left is a region filled with the hundreds of golden glittering gems of a distant galaxy cluster. In the foreground, below and left of center, two blue spiral galaxies look like eyes to the left of the entangled mass of a triple merger. A few bright blue points of foreground stars pierce the glittering tapestry.
A field of galaxies scattered across the black of space. It is filled with galaxies of many shapes, sizes and colors, as well as the bright multi-colored points of stars. The image focuses on a collection of interacting galaxies connected by delicate streams of stars. Like spider silk, these stellar bridges link the large elliptical to the few larger galaxies beneath.
A tapestry of glowing tan and pink gas clouds with dark dust lanes. In the lower right, the Trifid Nebula resembles a small flower in space. Its pink gas petals are surrounded by blue gas, and streaked with dark veins of dust. To the upper left, the larger Lagoon Nebula stretches wide like a churning sea of magenta gas, with bright blue, knotted clumps sprinkled throughout
Dense cluster of bright blue stars shining like beacons against wispy nebula cloud of orange and blue. The background is filled with countless smaller stars.
#WallpaperWednesday: #RubinFirstLook edition 🤩
Need a new phone background? Loved the first images from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory?
We've got you! Save one of these to use, set it, and enjoy the cosmos captured by Rubin every time you use your phone 🌌🔭🧪
Made it to 8th line from the bottom this year!
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🥳 It's #RubinFirstLook day and the Universe sure is beautiful! Here's the evidence backing up my BBC Radio 4 Today assertion that Rubin's Trifid nebula image looks just like a jellyfish!
You are welcome 🤗🔭
Join the watch party online today at 16:00 UK time!
🎥: www.youtube.com/live/Zv22_Am...
A sprawling, textured field of galaxies scattered across the deep black of space. It is filled with the delicate smudges and glowing cores of galaxies of many shapes, sizes and colors, as well as the bright multi-colored points of stars. The image focuses on a collection of interacting galaxies connected by delicate streams of stars. At top center lies a large elliptical galaxy that is dense and smooth, like a polished stone glowing with golden light. Like delicate spider silk or stretched taffy, these stellar bridges link the large elliptical to the few larger galaxies beneath, evidence of past collisions. All throughout the image, thousands of galaxies gather in clusters or are spread throughout, like glittering gems strewn on a table. Some are sharp-edged and spiral, like coiled ribbons; others round and diffuse, like polished pebbles. Still others are just smudges of various colors against the black of space. The background is peppered with pinpoint stars in reds, yellows, and blues, crisp against the velvet black.
A cosmic tapestry of glowing tan and pink gas clouds with dark dust lanes. In the upper right, the Trifid Nebula resembles a small flower in space. Its soft, pinkish gas petals are surrounded by blue gas, and streaked with dark, finger-like veins of dust that divide it into three parts. It radiates a gentle, misty glow, diffuse and soft like the warmth of breath on a cold hand. To the lower left, the much larger Lagoon Nebula stretches wide like a churning sea of magenta gas, with bright blue, knotted clumps sprinkled throughout where new stars are born. Both nebulae are embedded in a soft tan backdrop of gas that is brighter on the left than on the right, etched with dark tendrils of dust and sprinkled with the pinpricks of millions of stars.
A sprawling, textured field of galaxies scattered across the deep black of space. It is filled with the delicate smudges and glowing cores of galaxies of many shapes, sizes and colors, as well as the bright multi-colored points of stars. To the lower left is a region filled with the hundreds of golden glittering gems of a distant galaxy cluster. In the foreground, below and right of center, two blue spiral galaxies look like eyes beneath the entangled mass of a triple galaxy merger in the upper right. A few bright blue points of foreground stars pierce the glittering tapestry. All throughout the image, thousands of galaxies gather in clusters or are spread throughout, like glittering gems strewn on a table. Some are sharp-edged and spiral, like coiled ribbons; others round and diffuse, like polished pebbles. Still others are just smudges of various colors against the black of space. The background is peppered with pinpoint stars in reds, yellows, and blues, crisp against the velvet black.
Introducing...your sneak peek at the cosmos captured by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory!
Can you guess these regions of sky?
This is just a small peek...join us at 11am US EDT for your full First Look at how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos! 🔭🧪
#RubinFirstLook
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First images of distant galaxies captured by ‘ultimate’ telescope
More on our @zooniverse.bsky.social plans with the new @vrubinobs.bsky.social blog.zooniverse.org/2025/06/23/v...
A screenshot of the relaunched LSST:UK website showing the homepage with the title How the UK is helping to capture the cosmos.
Good news if you're a fan of websites... we've relaunched ours! If you're curious about what we do and how the UK is contributing to @vrubinobs.bsky.social, take a look! www.lsst.ac.uk 🔭
What a joy to listen to @astroroyalscot.bsky.social talking to @jimalkhalili.bsky.social about @vrubinobs.bsky.social and all things #astronomy on The Life Scientific today. Her passion for helping people become interested in astronomy transmits through the airwaves! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Host a Rubin First Look Watch Party graphic
Date for your diaries: 23 June! That's the first time we'll be able to look at the cosmos with @vrubinobs.bsky.social Find out more and book yourself a Watch Party! 🔭https://rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look
Thelonious Monk’s List of 25 Tips for Musicians www.openculture.com/2021/01/thel... A pal recently shared this with me, I really like numbers 1 and 4.
Hear from @markgbeckett.bsky.social about the UK supercomputers that will power @vrubinobs.bsky.social data. The new episode of BBC Tech Now goes behind the scenes at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... 🔭
As well as featuring the UK’s supercomputer power to crunch @vrubinobs.bsky.social data, the new episode of BBC Tech Now has Dr Cyrielle Opitom @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social explaining how Rubin will transform how we see the Universe 🔭 Watch it here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Don't miss your chance!
We're creating a giant 3200-megapixel group photo in the shape of our huge LSST Camera's focal plane, and it won't be complete without you! 🔭 🧪
For more details and to submit your selfie🤳: rubinobservatory.org/explore/acti...
As we reach the end of the week, here's a calming video of a condor soaring over the @vrubinobs.bsky.social on Cerro Pachón. Aaaaaand breathe.....
(Credit: SLAC/Olivier Bonin / Travis Lange) 🪶🔭
Final message from Gaia. The detectors were shutdown in a special order
