All the background and link to images and videos on our consortium blog and at the ESA Hubble site:
www.euclid-ec.org/euclid-hst-c...
esahubble.org/images/potm2...
#astronomy #Euclid #ESA #NASA #Hubble
Here's another combined view by #ESAEuclid + #Hubble of the Cat's Eye Nebula
www.youtube.com/watch?v=goIs...
#Euclid #ESA #NASA #astronomy #space
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L'ensemble de la nébuleuse planétaire se détache sur un fond foisonnant de galaxies lointaines, illustrant comment les moyens astronomiques modernes permettent d'observer simultanément la beauté astrophysique locale et les confins du cosmos.
Plus d'infos : www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
Une étoile au centre est entourée de bulles et de boucles de gaz blanches à plusieurs couches, d'une couleur bleu clair intense tirant sur le magenta. Les bulles et les coquilles de gaz circulaires sont entourées d'un halo brun, ponctué de nébulosités rouges en haut à gauche et en bas à droite.
Sur cette image, le télescope spatial Euclid de l'ESA capture une vue panoramique de la nébuleuse de l'œil de chat. La région centrale brillante de la nébuleuse se situe au sein d'un halo de fragments de gaz colorés s'éloignant de l'étoile.
Vous connaissez peut-être la nébuleuse de l'Œil de Chat, cette étoile à l'agonie, assez similaire à l'état de notre Soleil dans ~5 milliards d'années.
Le télescope spatial Euclid @euclid-france.bsky.social a capturé le halo de fragments de matière plus anciens expulsés par l'étoile.
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The precision of Hubble with the expansive vision of Euclid has got me stopping in my tracks this morning. Amazing!
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
The Cat's Eye Nebula as seen by Euclid. The nebula in the center is part of our Milky Way. Euclid sees beyond it, with tens of thousands of distant galaxies in the field behind the Cat's Eye.
We give some background in our consortium blog:
www.euclid-ec.org/euclid-hst-c...
#astronomy #ESAEuclid
When you combine wide field imaging of #ESAEuclid and smaller field but 2x higher resolution imaging by #HubbleSpaceTelescope the result will be stunning: a joint look at the Cat's Eyes Nebula, NGC 6543.
esahubble.org/images/potm2...
@science.esa.int
#astronomy #space #NASA #ESA #Euclid
👁️🌌 La nébuleuse de l’Œil du Chat comme vous ne l’avez jamais vue !
Grâce à Hubble Space Telescope et Euclid, une nouvelle image spectaculaire révèle les derniers instants d’une étoile à 4 300 années-lumière.
👉 À lire ici : cnes.fr/actualites/i... #Cnes @esa.int @ec-euclid.bsky.social
In a few months, as part of Euclid's Data Release 1, we'll also have a deep multi-band Euclid-only view on the nebula. It will also be incredible. Deep and with a lot of detail.
The Cat's Eye Nebula as seen by Euclid. The nebula in the center is part of our Milky Way. Euclid sees beyond it, with tens of thousands of distant galaxies in the field behind the Cat's Eye.
We give some background in our consortium blog:
www.euclid-ec.org/euclid-hst-c...
#astronomy #ESAEuclid
When you combine wide field imaging of #ESAEuclid and smaller field but 2x higher resolution imaging by #HubbleSpaceTelescope the result will be stunning: a joint look at the Cat's Eyes Nebula, NGC 6543.
esahubble.org/images/potm2...
@science.esa.int
#astronomy #space #NASA #ESA #Euclid
Do you want to get involved in Citizen Science? Here's a fascinating project by scientists from our consortium. This classification project will conclude soon, but there'll be more in the future.
#CitizenScience #astronomy #science #ESA #ESAEuclid #Euclid
Do you want to get involved in Citizen Science? Here's a fascinating project by scientists from our consortium. This classification project will conclude soon, but there'll be more in the future.
#CitizenScience #astronomy #science #ESA #ESAEuclid #Euclid
A field of space with a dozen white foreground stars and a number of small, yellow background galaxies. Credit: NASA, ESA, D. Li (Utoronto), Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI)
At left, a field of space with a dozen white foreground stars and a number of small, yellow background galaxies. An unremarkable area at centre is outlined with a dashed circle surrounded by a white box. Lines extend from the box to a pullout at right containing faint, grainy white light surrounded by a circle labeled “Candidate dark galaxy – diffuse emission.” Four white dots are circled in blue and labeled globular clusters. Credit: NASA, ESA, D. Li (Utoronto), Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI)
Hubble has joined forces with ESA's Euclid and NAOJ's Subaru Telescope in Hawaii to identify a galaxy that appears to be 99% dark matter!
Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
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Holiday greeting image showing two large galaxies observed by the Euclid space telescope, a small Euclid sketch, and "Joyful holidays and happy DR1-year 2026".
A happy and peaceful holiday season and a prosperous DR1 new year from @ec-euclid.bsky.social in general and the ELSA team in particular 🔭🧪
To find out more about this image: www.euclid-ec.org/happy-holida...
✨ Explore the deep cosmic fields from our Euclid space telescope with this video. 🧪🔭
youtu.be/rXCBFlIpvfQ?...
Holiday greeting image showing two large galaxies observed by the Euclid space telescope, a small Euclid sketch, and "Joyful holidays and happy DR1-year 2026".
We would like to wish everyone joyful holidays and a good start into the Euclid Data Release 1 year 2026.
For more info about the image: www.euclid-ec.org/happy-holida...
#astronomy #ESA #space #galaxies
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@philplait.bsky.social
Phil, the text has been written and amended in the Euclid Consortium for our season's greetings, then rewritten and amended by ESA 😃
If you pitch an email to editor@euclid-ec.org then we can get you in touch with Mischa Schirmer, who also composed the image.
An image of space made by the Euclid telescope shows a bright barred spiral galaxywith two sweeping arms glowing in shades of blue and white against a deep black background dotted with stars. Its core is luminous. Its spiral arms curve gracefully outward to the left and down to the right, resembling a cosmic garland draped across the scene. A smaller, faint and round galaxy appears to the left of the barred spiral galaxy.
🎄 Are your holiday decorations ready? Euclid has a cosmic garland to add: NGC 646.
The large barred spiral galaxy appears close to a smaller galaxy to the left, but they’re actually about 45 million light-years apart 👉 https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/12/Euclid_s_galaxy_garland
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Yannick Mellier Photo Credit: Jean Mouette / CNRS Images
Yannick Mellier, 1958–2025
www.euclid-ec.org/yannick-mell...
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C'est avec une immense tristesse que nous vous informons du décès de Yannick Mellier, Directeur du Consortium scientifique Euclid.
Yannick dirigeait la mission depuis 2011.
Yannick Mellier Photo Credit: Jean Mouette / CNRS Images
Yannick Mellier, 1958–2025
www.euclid-ec.org/yannick-mell...
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The project will of course continue. Yannick's support team, his deputy, the board and its chair, and our contacts at ESA will continue to work to ensure that the mission continues, as he would certainly have wanted.
Sadly,
Francis Bernadeau (EC Deputy Lead) and Marc Sauvage (Chair EC Board)
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Those of us who have been here the longest know how hard he worked to make Euclid a success. He became its embodiment, working tirelessly to ensure its success; we owe him an immense debt of gratitude, and we will surely have the opportunity to reflect in detail on all that we owe him.
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Au revoir Yannick!
Dear colleagues and friends,
It is with the greatest sadness that we announce the passing of Yannick Mellier, which occurred during the night between Friday and Saturday. His death leaves a huge void within the consortium and our community.
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#astronomy #space #ESA
Wishing you all a very happy holiday (as and when it starts for you) with this, the best-christmas-card-of-the-year, a gorgeous lino print of the Euclid Space Telescope! @eucliduk.bsky.social 🔭🎄
🙏👩🎨: @notverymedieval.bsky.social
Our #ESAEuclid is in @esa.int's "Highlights 2025". We think that's justified 😉
#astronomy #space
Holiday greeting image showing two large galaxies observed by the Euclid space telescope, a small Euclid sketch, and "Joyful holidays and happy DR1-year 2026".
We would like to wish everyone joyful holidays and a good start into the Euclid Data Release 1 year 2026.
For more info about the image: www.euclid-ec.org/happy-holida...
#astronomy #ESA #space #galaxies
➡️ COMMENT VOIR L'INVISIBLE ? ✨
Vous avez certainement vu passer cette magnifique image de la nébuleuse LDN 1641, également nommée "Dark cloud", publiée par @esa.int @fr.esa.int et @ec-euclid.bsky.social il y a peu.
Mais pourquoi ce "nuage sombre" s'appelle-t-il ainsi ? 🤨
