Fuck Yeah, Astrophysics!

For astronomy & astrophysics enjoyers. Run by an AuDHD writer, nerd, part-time ✨Space Daddy✨

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I'll be streaming on Twitch (JamesBaughnd) today for hours and hours and hours and hours if anyone would like to come say hi!!! ❤️❤️ I play lots of indie games and some party games later in the day (that you can play with me 👉🏻👈🏻🥺)

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2024 February 9

When Roses Aren’t Red Image Credit & Copyright: Tommy Lease (Denver Astronomical Society)

Explanation: Not all roses are red of course, but they can still be very pretty. Likewise, the beautiful Rosette Nebula and other star forming regions are often shown in astronomical images with a predominately red hue, in part because the dominant emission in the nebula is from hydrogen atoms. Hydrogen’s strongest optical emission line, known as H-alpha, is in the red region of the spectrum. But the beauty of an emission nebula need not be appreciated in red light alone. Other atoms in the nebula are also excited by energetic starlight and produce narrow emission lines as well. In this close-up view of the Rosette Nebula, narrowband images are mapped into broadband colors to show emission from Sulfur atoms in red, Hydrogen in green, and Oxygen in blue. In fact, the scheme of mapping these narrow atomic emission lines (SHO) into the broader colors (RGB) is adopted in many Hubble images of emission nebulae. This image spans about 50 light-years across the center of the Rosette Nebula. The nebula lies some 3,000 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240209.html

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M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy

Nick Fritz on Instagram

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NGC 2359 or Thor’s Helmet captured by Nick Fritz

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It's ya boi popping in from nowhere to post selfies and then probably disappear for months again, I hope you all are doin at least a little bit better than shitty

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2023 September 28

The Deep Lagoon Image Credit & Copyright: Josep Drudis, Christian Sasse

Explanation: Ridges of glowing interstellar gas and dark dust clouds inhabit the turbulent, cosmic depths of the Lagoon Nebula. Also known as M8, The bright star forming region is about 5,000 light-years distant. It makes for a popular stop on telescopic tours of the constellation Sagittarius toward the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. Dominated by the telltale red emission of ionized hydrogen atoms recombining with stripped electrons, this deep telescopic view of the Lagoon’s central reaches is about 40 light-years across. The bright hourglass shape near the center of the frame is gas ionized and sculpted by energetic radiation and extreme stellar winds from a massive young star.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230928.html

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Rick Guidice, 1974.

(MoMA)

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Mount Wilson Observatory, Film Footage, Solar Eclipse, 1930

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It's a good day to scream!!!

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I'll be posting new episodes every Wednesday and Saturday from now on!

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The 2nd full moon of August 2023 l Rami Ammoun

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With giant storms, powerful winds, auroras, and extreme temperature and pressure conditions, Jupiter has a lot going on. Now, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured new images of the planet. Webb’s Jupiter observations will give scientists even more clues to Jupiter’s inner life.  

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing by Judy Schmidt. Read more

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Angus McKie's cover art for The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space by Gerard K. O'Neill, 1978.