Matthias Steinmetz
@galacticrave.bsky.social
Astronomer & Astrophysicist, Galactic Archaeologist & Simulator, Husband & Dad, Director @AIP_Potsdam, backyard astrophotographer
I finished a nice year of astrophotography with another @astrobin_com debut - the apparent galaxy pair UGC 3574 and UGC 3569. bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography 🔭📷
January 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I finished a nice year of astrophotography with another @astrobin_com debut - the apparent galaxy pair UGC 3574 and UGC 3569. bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography 🔭📷
Arp 206 a.k.a. NGC3432 is an edge-on SBm galaxy which is interacting with UGC 5983, a nearby dwarf galaxy. bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography
January 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Arp 206 a.k.a. NGC3432 is an edge-on SBm galaxy which is interacting with UGC 5983, a nearby dwarf galaxy. bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography
Reposted by Matthias Steinmetz
4MOST - Ein neuer Blick ins All.
Matthias Steinmetz ( @galacticrave.bsky.social ) von @aippotsdam.bsky.social & @unipotsdam.bsky.social zu Gast bei #TonspurWissen, dem #Podcast von @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de & Rheinischer Post.
👁️🔭🌟 pod.fo/e/364503
#Astrophysik #Astronomie #4MOST @4most-eu.bsky.social
Matthias Steinmetz ( @galacticrave.bsky.social ) von @aippotsdam.bsky.social & @unipotsdam.bsky.social zu Gast bei #TonspurWissen, dem #Podcast von @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de & Rheinischer Post.
👁️🔭🌟 pod.fo/e/364503
#Astrophysik #Astronomie #4MOST @4most-eu.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
4MOST - Ein neuer Blick ins All.
Matthias Steinmetz ( @galacticrave.bsky.social ) von @aippotsdam.bsky.social & @unipotsdam.bsky.social zu Gast bei #TonspurWissen, dem #Podcast von @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de & Rheinischer Post.
👁️🔭🌟 pod.fo/e/364503
#Astrophysik #Astronomie #4MOST @4most-eu.bsky.social
Matthias Steinmetz ( @galacticrave.bsky.social ) von @aippotsdam.bsky.social & @unipotsdam.bsky.social zu Gast bei #TonspurWissen, dem #Podcast von @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de & Rheinischer Post.
👁️🔭🌟 pod.fo/e/364503
#Astrophysik #Astronomie #4MOST @4most-eu.bsky.social
Reposted by Matthias Steinmetz
🌌 Das Universum – unendliche Weiten. Wie schnell es sich ausdehnt, beschreibt die Hubble-Konstante, doch ihr genauer Wert ist umstritten. 💫 Mehr dazu im Vortrag von @galacticrave.bsky.social aus der Reihe der virtuellen #BabelsbergerSternnenächte ✨. Jetzt reinschauen: youtu.be/0wfPdhJWMTM
Falsche Hubble-Konstante? • Zwei Werte der Kosmologie für ein Universum | Matthias Steinmetz
YouTube video by Urknall, Weltall und das Leben
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🌌 Das Universum – unendliche Weiten. Wie schnell es sich ausdehnt, beschreibt die Hubble-Konstante, doch ihr genauer Wert ist umstritten. 💫 Mehr dazu im Vortrag von @galacticrave.bsky.social aus der Reihe der virtuellen #BabelsbergerSternnenächte ✨. Jetzt reinschauen: youtu.be/0wfPdhJWMTM
Arp 283 is a pair of interacting galaxies (consisting of NGC 2798 & 2799). The yellow/blue color contrast is nicely mirrored by two (neighboring bright stars rounding off this ensemble quite appealingly. bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography
December 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Arp 283 is a pair of interacting galaxies (consisting of NGC 2798 & 2799). The yellow/blue color contrast is nicely mirrored by two (neighboring bright stars rounding off this ensemble quite appealingly. bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography
The colorful galaxy pair NGC1160/NGC1161 bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography
December 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The colorful galaxy pair NGC1160/NGC1161 bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography
UGC12632 with Galactic cirrus - for friends of obscure and obscured galaxies bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography
December 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
UGC12632 with Galactic cirrus - for friends of obscure and obscured galaxies bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography
Reposted by Matthias Steinmetz
We are continuing to expand our efforts to protect the night skies.
ESO signed an agreement with the IAU's Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky to become a contributing partner.
https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann25010/
🔭 🧪
📷 A. Daniels (SKAO)
ESO signed an agreement with the IAU's Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky to become a contributing partner.
https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann25010/
🔭 🧪
📷 A. Daniels (SKAO)
December 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
We are continuing to expand our efforts to protect the night skies.
ESO signed an agreement with the IAU's Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky to become a contributing partner.
https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann25010/
🔭 🧪
📷 A. Daniels (SKAO)
ESO signed an agreement with the IAU's Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky to become a contributing partner.
https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann25010/
🔭 🧪
📷 A. Daniels (SKAO)
Stephan's Quintett bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
December 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Stephan's Quintett bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
NGC891 bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
NGC891 bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
Whirlpool Galaxy M51 bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
December 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Whirlpool Galaxy M51 bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
Cocoon nebula bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
December 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Cocoon nebula bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
IC65 bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
December 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
IC65 bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
Edge-on/Face-on IC2233 and NGC2537 bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
December 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Edge-on/Face-on IC2233 and NGC2537 bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
NGC660 bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
December 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
NGC660 bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
The elephant's trunk at the core of the nebula IC1396. bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The elephant's trunk at the core of the nebula IC1396. bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
Cosmic contrasts: the planetary nebula IBHASX J055226.2+323724 is located in the 500 million year old open star cluster M37. It is only the 3rd example of an association between a PN and open cluster! It seems to be the oldest PN found so far. bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Cosmic contrasts: the planetary nebula IBHASX J055226.2+323724 is located in the 500 million year old open star cluster M37. It is only the 3rd example of an association between a PN and open cluster! It seems to be the oldest PN found so far. bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
NGC974 is a SB galaxy located in Triangulum. The distorted spiral arms hint towards interaction with NGC969. Other gals in the pix: NGC 970, a companion of NGC969; NGC978 with PGC9823; NGC971 is a star that is in NGC by error. bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
November 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
NGC974 is a SB galaxy located in Triangulum. The distorted spiral arms hint towards interaction with NGC969. Other gals in the pix: NGC 970, a companion of NGC969; NGC978 with PGC9823; NGC971 is a star that is in NGC by error. bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
A trip to the Paranal Observatory allowed me to take this WF shot of the Milky Way with comet C/2005 R2 (SWAN) few days after it passed M16. bit.ly/4lB3t68%F0%9...
October 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A trip to the Paranal Observatory allowed me to take this WF shot of the Milky Way with comet C/2005 R2 (SWAN) few days after it passed M16. bit.ly/4lB3t68%F0%9...
Reposted by Matthias Steinmetz
2/ If you want to learn more about 4MOST, head over to the ESO Blog to learn about:
👉 the technical challenges of observing thousands of objects simultaneously
👉 the scientific questions @4most-eu.bsky.social will address
www.eso.org/public/blog/...
🔭 🧪
#instrumentation
👉 the technical challenges of observing thousands of objects simultaneously
👉 the scientific questions @4most-eu.bsky.social will address
www.eso.org/public/blog/...
🔭 🧪
#instrumentation
ESOblog: The magic behind 4MOST Thousands of eyes to chart the sky
The magic behind 4MOST
www.eso.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
2/ If you want to learn more about 4MOST, head over to the ESO Blog to learn about:
👉 the technical challenges of observing thousands of objects simultaneously
👉 the scientific questions @4most-eu.bsky.social will address
www.eso.org/public/blog/...
🔭 🧪
#instrumentation
👉 the technical challenges of observing thousands of objects simultaneously
👉 the scientific questions @4most-eu.bsky.social will address
www.eso.org/public/blog/...
🔭 🧪
#instrumentation
First Light for 4MOST - what an experience! Paranal Observatory is already a magic place on its own right - but getting a new facility on sky ... that's hard to top! www.aip.de/en/news/4mos...
4MOST Captures First Light
On October 18, 2025, the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) facility, installed on the VISTA telescope at the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Paranal Observatory in Chile, obta
www.aip.de
October 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
First Light for 4MOST - what an experience! Paranal Observatory is already a magic place on its own right - but getting a new facility on sky ... that's hard to top! www.aip.de/en/news/4mos...
Sunset: Paranal eclipsing Armazones with the ELT #astrophotography
October 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Sunset: Paranal eclipsing Armazones with the ELT #astrophotography
site visit at the ELT - it is taking shape!
October 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
site visit at the ELT - it is taking shape!
A different view on the Milky Way
October 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A different view on the Milky Way