UCF Robinson Observatory
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A research, education, and outreach facility run by the University of Central Florida's Department of Physics. https://planets.ucf.edu/observatory/
Check out #Venus and the #Moon hanging out together this evening in the southwest sky! Then tomorrow watch the Moon spend some time #Saturn. Here's the view right now among the oaks of #KraftAzaleaPark
January 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Check out #Venus and the #Moon hanging out together this evening in the southwest sky! Then tomorrow watch the Moon spend some time #Saturn. Here's the view right now among the oaks of #KraftAzaleaPark
Anyone in #CentralFlorida
catch this? Maybe a bit too far for us.... Some videos of this satellite breakup: fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_... (the website is mainly for natural fireballs but contributors submit satellite events too)
catch this? Maybe a bit too far for us.... Some videos of this satellite breakup: fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_... (the website is mainly for natural fireballs but contributors submit satellite events too)
December 22, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Anyone in #CentralFlorida
catch this? Maybe a bit too far for us.... Some videos of this satellite breakup: fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_... (the website is mainly for natural fireballs but contributors submit satellite events too)
catch this? Maybe a bit too far for us.... Some videos of this satellite breakup: fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_... (the website is mainly for natural fireballs but contributors submit satellite events too)
Excited about Earth's #QuasiMoon? Excited enough to want to help decide its name? Well here's your chance ! radiolab.org/quasi-moon
Name a Quasi-moon Contest | Radiolab | WNYC Studios
Welcome to Name a Quasi Moon - a global naming contest from Radiolab and the International Astronomical Union.
Vote now and make your mark on the heavens!
radiolab.org
December 5, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Excited about Earth's #QuasiMoon? Excited enough to want to help decide its name? Well here's your chance ! radiolab.org/quasi-moon
December 4, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Crescent #Moon and #Venus setting over Colbourn Hall earlier this chilly evening at @ucf.bsky.social . Watch for this pair tmw (Weds.) again, they'll be much closer together! #UCFontheMoon #UCFinSpace
December 4, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Crescent #Moon and #Venus setting over Colbourn Hall earlier this chilly evening at @ucf.bsky.social . Watch for this pair tmw (Weds.) again, they'll be much closer together! #UCFontheMoon #UCFinSpace
h/t to #Wikipedia for this: exactly 100 years ago today the world (or at least @nytimes.com readers) learned of Edwin Hubble's analysis showing that #M31 #AndromedaNebula was actually a whole separate galaxy from our #MilkyWay. Could you tell just by looking at it? apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap24090...
APOD: 2024 September 8 – M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
A different astronomy and space science
related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
apod.nasa.gov
November 23, 2024 at 10:23 PM
h/t to #Wikipedia for this: exactly 100 years ago today the world (or at least @nytimes.com readers) learned of Edwin Hubble's analysis showing that #M31 #AndromedaNebula was actually a whole separate galaxy from our #MilkyWay. Could you tell just by looking at it? apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap24090...
If you're a pre-dawn early-riser, there are some good chances to see the #HubbleSpaceTelescope fly over #Orlando and #UCF this week! Details: heavens-above.com/PassSummary.... . #HST should be bright enough on Mon Tues and Weds morning (clouds willing).
Hubble Space Telescope - Visible Passes
Satellite predictions and other astronomical data customised for your location.
heavens-above.com
November 18, 2024 at 1:32 AM
If you're a pre-dawn early-riser, there are some good chances to see the #HubbleSpaceTelescope fly over #Orlando and #UCF this week! Details: heavens-above.com/PassSummary.... . #HST should be bright enough on Mon Tues and Weds morning (clouds willing).
Good view this evening through the clouds of the Waning Gibbous #Moon and #Jupiter not too too far apart. Jupiter is up and to the right from the Moon. If the clouds allow it, Orion can be seen dramatically rising in the east soon too. #UCFinSpace #UCFontheMoon
November 18, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Good view this evening through the clouds of the Waning Gibbous #Moon and #Jupiter not too too far apart. Jupiter is up and to the right from the Moon. If the clouds allow it, Orion can be seen dramatically rising in the east soon too. #UCFinSpace #UCFontheMoon
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Most distant object known to humanity.
Found by JWST, JADES-GS-z14-0 is the most distant galaxy ever discovered. It's located 13.6 billion light years from us, and since it takes time for light to travel, we see it as it was only 290 million years after the Big Bang.
🔭 🧪
Found by JWST, JADES-GS-z14-0 is the most distant galaxy ever discovered. It's located 13.6 billion light years from us, and since it takes time for light to travel, we see it as it was only 290 million years after the Big Bang.
🔭 🧪
November 13, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Most distant object known to humanity.
Found by JWST, JADES-GS-z14-0 is the most distant galaxy ever discovered. It's located 13.6 billion light years from us, and since it takes time for light to travel, we see it as it was only 290 million years after the Big Bang.
🔭 🧪
Found by JWST, JADES-GS-z14-0 is the most distant galaxy ever discovered. It's located 13.6 billion light years from us, and since it takes time for light to travel, we see it as it was only 290 million years after the Big Bang.
🔭 🧪
We're over here now. Public event schedule at planets.ucf.edu/public-event... . Next #KUTS on November 20, weather permitting!
Public Event Schedule - UCF Planetary Sciences Group
“Knights Under the Stars” Public Event Schedule One week before each scheduled event, the event times will become clickable links to a form that you can use to register. Please reserve your space (wea...
planets.ucf.edu
November 14, 2024 at 1:16 AM
We're over here now. Public event schedule at planets.ucf.edu/public-event... . Next #KUTS on November 20, weather permitting!