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World Beauty :verified:<p>Chang'e 5 Mission Launch<br>Credits: Jeff Dai, TWAN<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster<br>Credits: Diedre Hunter, Lowell Obs., HST, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
Joe Mansfield<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@_thegeoff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>_thegeoff</span></a></span> </p><p>Pretty spectacular on the phone, not so easy to see by eye but it was there. </p><p>iPhone 15 Pro Max with long exposures (10-30sec) from a tripod. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/auroraborealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auroraborealis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/waterford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterford</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>NGC 2266: Old Cluster in the New General Catalog<br>Credits: Till Credner &amp; Sven Kohle, Bonn University<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>Illusion and Evolution in Galaxy Cluster Abell 2667<br>Credits: <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a>, ESA, Jean-Paul Kneib, Laboratoire d�Astrophysique de Marseille, et al.<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>Supernumerary Rainbows over New Jersey<br>Credits: John Entwistle<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>Hoags Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy<br>Credits: <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a>, ESA, Hubble, Benoit Blanco<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>Saturn in Colour<br>Credits: WFPC, HST, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>The Elephant's Trunk in IC 1396<br>Credits: Gordon Haynes<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
UniversoMagico<p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/UMPlus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UMPlus</span></a> - The Milky Way over Baobab Avenue</p><p><a href="https://www.universomagico.net/2025/04/la-via-lactea-sobre-baobabs-avenue.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universomagico.net/2025/04/la-</span><span class="invisible">via-lactea-sobre-baobabs-avenue.html</span></a></p><p>This image taken from Baobab Avenue in Morondava, Madagascar, shows the majestic band of our Milky Way Galaxy in the sky. The silhouettes in the foreground are baobab trees, which have unusual barrel-shaped trunks and are known for their longevity. Their scientific name is Adansonia, a genus in.....<br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>Arp 93: A Cosmic Embrace<br>Credits: Mike Selby, Observatorio El Sauce<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>The Hubble Deep Field<br>Credits: HDF, STScI, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>Rampaging Fronts of the Veil Nebula<br>Credits: Discover the cosmos!, Arizona State University, WFPC, HST, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
MalloryEvery time I post one of my solar timelapses, someone invariably asks something along the lines of "how big is ?"<br> <br> This time I actually looked into the approximate scale and made an overlay to show how the size of the features you can see compare to the size of Earth.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/astronomy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/astrophotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a>
San Jose Astronomical Assoc<p>Our first club member picture of <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/CometF2SWAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CometF2SWAN</span></a> comes from Nicola Nikolov and was taken with a Seestar S50 over two minutes. More photos to come! <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>Hitomi Launches<br>Credits: F. Scott Porter, NASA,Goddard Space Flight Center), ,Goddard Space Flight Center), Goddard Space Flight Center<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
Cutterpillow<p>Behold the Pink Moon.</p><p>You’ll note, of course, that it’s not pink. “Pink” is just the name for the moon in April. This one I captured with the ASI678MC. The full disk fits pretty nicely with the Askar FRA400 + 678, though I do need to worry more about it drifting out of frame sooner.</p><p>Best 35% of 500 images, 2x drizzle, stacked &amp; sharpened in PlanetarySystemStacker, edited in Affinity Photo (levels, curves, etc.).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pinkmoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pinkmoon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seattleAstronomicalSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seattleAstronomicalSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>Titan, Rings, and Saturn from Cassini<br>Credits: Cassini Imaging Team, ISS, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a>, ESA, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>Phoebe: Comet Moon of Saturn<br>Credits: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a>, ESA, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>Sun Halo at Winter Solstice<br>Credits: Philip Appleton, SIRTF Science Center, Caltech<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>