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Karen Bjorkman
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Astronomer, cat lover, always curious
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The new #JWST 🔭 image of the iconic Sombrero Galaxy (M104) is utterly STUNNING. I highly recommend clicking through to try the Hubble/JWST slider to see how amazing the infrared view truly is, compared with the visible! science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
Image of a galaxy on the black background of space. The galaxy is a very oblong, blue disk that extends from left to right at an angle (from about 10 o’clock to 5 o’clock). The galaxy has a small bright core at the center. There is an inner disk that is clearer, with speckles of stars scattered throughout. The outer disk of the galaxy is whiteish-blue, and clumpy, like clouds in the sky. There are different colored dots, distant galaxies, speckled among the black background of space surrounding the galaxy.
November 25, 2024 at 6:29 PM
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✍️ Rubin #CommissioningNotes, entry 4️⃣: whoaaa, we’re halfway there 🎶

Halfway through data-taking with Rubin’s test camera, that is. Our team has continued to make great progress testing Rubin’s systems with ComCam 🔭🧪

Read on for last week’s highlights! 🧵

📷: H. Stockebrand
Rubin Observatory under a night sky filled with star trails. The night sky is striking, with white streaks of trailed star light rotating around a point out of view to the upper left, against background hues of blue, purple, and yellow. The boot shaped observatory sits in the lower right on its rocky summit site, with long white service building pointed left and angular silver dome pointed up.
November 25, 2024 at 7:20 PM