Cheryl Blanchard
@cheribliss.bsky.social
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Cheryl Blanchard
@cheribliss.bsky.social
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🔭 JWST Program 5552 - Mapping the distribution of ices in the host environments of protostellar hot corinos: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
Data: SMM-1a, released: 2025-09-18
NASA, ESA, CSA/ #JWST NIRCam 480, 360, 200
Data: SMM-1a, released: 2025-09-18
NASA, ESA, CSA/ #JWST NIRCam 480, 360, 200
NORILab FITS Liberator 5 has an intuitive interface with many new tools for astronomical image processing. 🔭
User's Guide: noirlab.edu/public/media...
OS minimum requirements: Windows 10 (64-bit) or later, macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later, Linux (modern 64-bit distribution)
Demo ⬇️
User's Guide: noirlab.edu/public/media...
OS minimum requirements: Windows 10 (64-bit) or later, macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later, Linux (modern 64-bit distribution)
Demo ⬇️
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
NORILab FITS Liberator 5 has an intuitive interface with many new tools for astronomical image processing. 🔭
User's Guide: noirlab.edu/public/media...
OS minimum requirements: Windows 10 (64-bit) or later, macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later, Linux (modern 64-bit distribution)
Demo ⬇️
User's Guide: noirlab.edu/public/media...
OS minimum requirements: Windows 10 (64-bit) or later, macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later, Linux (modern 64-bit distribution)
Demo ⬇️
Reposted by Cheryl Blanchard
Release of NOIRLab FITS Liberator 5
☑️ Making Rubin-scale color images accessible to all
noirlab.edu/public/annou... 🔭
☑️ Making Rubin-scale color images accessible to all
noirlab.edu/public/annou... 🔭
Release of NOIRLab FITS Liberator 5 - Making Rubin-scale color images accessible to all
Release of NOIRLab FITS Liberator 5
noirlab.edu
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Release of NOIRLab FITS Liberator 5
☑️ Making Rubin-scale color images accessible to all
noirlab.edu/public/annou... 🔭
☑️ Making Rubin-scale color images accessible to all
noirlab.edu/public/annou... 🔭
Reposted by Cheryl Blanchard
Nebula N159 - Turbulent Stellar Nursery - NASA/ESA JWST Space Telescope
Full size: flic.kr/p/2rHucEs 🔭🧪
Full size 10K image & more info: flic.kr/p/2rHmEwm
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger/Andrea Luck CC BY
2024-11-20 NIRCam
5114 PI Elena Sabbi
Raw filters aligned by @landru79.bsky.social
Full size: flic.kr/p/2rHucEs 🔭🧪
Full size 10K image & more info: flic.kr/p/2rHmEwm
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger/Andrea Luck CC BY
2024-11-20 NIRCam
5114 PI Elena Sabbi
Raw filters aligned by @landru79.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Nebula N159 - Turbulent Stellar Nursery - NASA/ESA JWST Space Telescope
Full size: flic.kr/p/2rHucEs 🔭🧪
Full size 10K image & more info: flic.kr/p/2rHmEwm
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger/Andrea Luck CC BY
2024-11-20 NIRCam
5114 PI Elena Sabbi
Raw filters aligned by @landru79.bsky.social
Full size: flic.kr/p/2rHucEs 🔭🧪
Full size 10K image & more info: flic.kr/p/2rHmEwm
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger/Andrea Luck CC BY
2024-11-20 NIRCam
5114 PI Elena Sabbi
Raw filters aligned by @landru79.bsky.social
Reposted by Cheryl Blanchard
Just to feel the resolution of the data, here is a DS9 visualisation of three NIRCam filters
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Just to feel the resolution of the data, here is a DS9 visualisation of three NIRCam filters
Reposted by Cheryl Blanchard
Night sky in phthalo over Glacier N.P. 10”x10” oil
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Night sky in phthalo over Glacier N.P. 10”x10” oil
🔭 JWST Program 2875 - Scrutinizing the Dirtiest Cepheids, a Test of the Hubble Tension: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
target: NGC-2525, released: 2025-11-17
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 277, 150
target: NGC-2525, released: 2025-11-17
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 277, 150
November 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
🔭 JWST Program 2875 - Scrutinizing the Dirtiest Cepheids, a Test of the Hubble Tension: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
target: NGC-2525, released: 2025-11-17
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 277, 150
target: NGC-2525, released: 2025-11-17
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 277, 150
The Secrets of the Wave Pilots - "A decade ago, researchers on a similar voyage documented Mr. Kelen’s understanding of the ocean as he sailed from one atoll, Majuro, to another, Aur, on a traditional Marshallese sailing canoe."
November 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The Secrets of the Wave Pilots - "A decade ago, researchers on a similar voyage documented Mr. Kelen’s understanding of the ocean as he sailed from one atoll, Majuro, to another, Aur, on a traditional Marshallese sailing canoe."
November 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Reposted by Cheryl Blanchard
Cualquier pedacito es una delicia
James #Webb Space Telescope #JWST
Tracing the evolution of circumstellar and protoplanetary disks at low metallicity
TARG: #LHA-120-N-159
2024-11-20
PI: Sabbi, Elena
NIRCAM f460 f444-470 f360 f335 f300 f210 f187 f140 f115
NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger
James #Webb Space Telescope #JWST
Tracing the evolution of circumstellar and protoplanetary disks at low metallicity
TARG: #LHA-120-N-159
2024-11-20
PI: Sabbi, Elena
NIRCAM f460 f444-470 f360 f335 f300 f210 f187 f140 f115
NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Cualquier pedacito es una delicia
James #Webb Space Telescope #JWST
Tracing the evolution of circumstellar and protoplanetary disks at low metallicity
TARG: #LHA-120-N-159
2024-11-20
PI: Sabbi, Elena
NIRCAM f460 f444-470 f360 f335 f300 f210 f187 f140 f115
NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger
James #Webb Space Telescope #JWST
Tracing the evolution of circumstellar and protoplanetary disks at low metallicity
TARG: #LHA-120-N-159
2024-11-20
PI: Sabbi, Elena
NIRCAM f460 f444-470 f360 f335 f300 f210 f187 f140 f115
NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger
🔭 JWST Program 5114 - Tracing the evolution of circumstellar and protoplanetary disks at low metallicity: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
target: LHA-120-N-159-NIRCam, released: 2025-11-21
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 335, 460, 115
target: LHA-120-N-159-NIRCam, released: 2025-11-21
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 335, 460, 115
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
🔭 JWST Program 5114 - Tracing the evolution of circumstellar and protoplanetary disks at low metallicity: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
target: LHA-120-N-159-NIRCam, released: 2025-11-21
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 335, 460, 115
target: LHA-120-N-159-NIRCam, released: 2025-11-21
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 335, 460, 115
Reposted by Cheryl Blanchard
(1/n) Image thread about the LHA 120-N 159 (or just N159) region with #JWST NIRCam. Here the filters F300M (blue), F335M (red) and F460M (green) 🔭
I made F335M red because this is PAH, otherwise the entire image would be green.
Full resolution: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LH...
I made F335M red because this is PAH, otherwise the entire image would be green.
Full resolution: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LH...
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
(1/n) Image thread about the LHA 120-N 159 (or just N159) region with #JWST NIRCam. Here the filters F300M (blue), F335M (red) and F460M (green) 🔭
I made F335M red because this is PAH, otherwise the entire image would be green.
Full resolution: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LH...
I made F335M red because this is PAH, otherwise the entire image would be green.
Full resolution: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LH...
Reposted by Cheryl Blanchard
🤖 image processing for #JWST 🔭 data (LHA-120-N-159-NIRCam). RGB Filters: 470, 300, 115
PI: Sabbi, Elena, program 05114. CRVAL: 84.968776, -69.761821
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
PI: Sabbi, Elena, program 05114. CRVAL: 84.968776, -69.761821
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 AM
🤖 image processing for #JWST 🔭 data (LHA-120-N-159-NIRCam). RGB Filters: 470, 300, 115
PI: Sabbi, Elena, program 05114. CRVAL: 84.968776, -69.761821
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
PI: Sabbi, Elena, program 05114. CRVAL: 84.968776, -69.761821
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
🔭 JWST Program 5627 - Dust and Molecular Gas in Galactic Winds and Fountains: A JWST Survey of Nearby Highly Inclined Starburst and Active Disk Galaxies: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
target: NGC-4666-IMAGER, released: 2025-11-19
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST MIRI 1800, 1130, 770
target: NGC-4666-IMAGER, released: 2025-11-19
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST MIRI 1800, 1130, 770
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 AM
🔭 JWST Program 5627 - Dust and Molecular Gas in Galactic Winds and Fountains: A JWST Survey of Nearby Highly Inclined Starburst and Active Disk Galaxies: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
target: NGC-4666-IMAGER, released: 2025-11-19
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST MIRI 1800, 1130, 770
target: NGC-4666-IMAGER, released: 2025-11-19
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST MIRI 1800, 1130, 770
Reposted by Cheryl Blanchard
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Reposted by Cheryl Blanchard
Reposted by Cheryl Blanchard
We have modelled the 3D geometry of the nebula better than ever before, learning about the Wolf-Rayet binary orbit and confirming that there is a third star (an blue supergiant) in the system too! 2/? ⚛️🔭🧪
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
We have modelled the 3D geometry of the nebula better than ever before, learning about the Wolf-Rayet binary orbit and confirming that there is a third star (an blue supergiant) in the system too! 2/? ⚛️🔭🧪
Reposted by Cheryl Blanchard
Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells 'Spiraling' Apep, Limits Long Orbit - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding
science.nasa.gov
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
Reposted by Cheryl Blanchard
A selection from my opening chapter: lithub.com/how-the-huma...
How the Human Brain Actually Gets Us From Point A to Point B
“Where are you going with this?” “I’m not following you” “You seem so distant” “That’s all behind us now” “My mind is wandering” We often use the language of navigation through physical space to de…
lithub.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A selection from my opening chapter: lithub.com/how-the-huma...
Reposted by Cheryl Blanchard
New #JWST 🔭 data release for target names: NGC-4666-IMAGER.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
Take a look at news_by_date.html
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
Take a look at news_by_date.html
November 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
New #JWST 🔭 data release for target names: NGC-4666-IMAGER.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
Take a look at news_by_date.html
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
Take a look at news_by_date.html
🔭 JWST Program 6882 - Vast Exploration for Nascent, Unexplored Sources (VENUS): www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
Target: MACSJ0035-2015, released: 2025-11-15
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 444, 356, 150
Target: MACSJ0035-2015, released: 2025-11-15
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 444, 356, 150
November 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
🔭 JWST Program 6882 - Vast Exploration for Nascent, Unexplored Sources (VENUS): www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
Target: MACSJ0035-2015, released: 2025-11-15
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 444, 356, 150
Target: MACSJ0035-2015, released: 2025-11-15
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 444, 356, 150
Reposted by Cheryl Blanchard
This is sure to be an entertaining book event with John Huth at the #Harvard Science Center.
Book event- science.fas.harvard.edu/event/harvar...
A Sense of Space- press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
#booksky #booktalk #bookevent #newbooks #science #history #navigation #psychology #physics #space 🔭
Book event- science.fas.harvard.edu/event/harvar...
A Sense of Space- press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
#booksky #booktalk #bookevent #newbooks #science #history #navigation #psychology #physics #space 🔭
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is sure to be an entertaining book event with John Huth at the #Harvard Science Center.
Book event- science.fas.harvard.edu/event/harvar...
A Sense of Space- press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
#booksky #booktalk #bookevent #newbooks #science #history #navigation #psychology #physics #space 🔭
Book event- science.fas.harvard.edu/event/harvar...
A Sense of Space- press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
#booksky #booktalk #bookevent #newbooks #science #history #navigation #psychology #physics #space 🔭
🔭 JWST Program 6882 - Vast Exploration for Nascent, Unexplored Sources (VENUS): www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
Target: A2813, released: 2025-11-15
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 444, 356, 150
Target: A2813, released: 2025-11-15
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 444, 356, 150
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🔭 JWST Program 6882 - Vast Exploration for Nascent, Unexplored Sources (VENUS): www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
Target: A2813, released: 2025-11-15
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 444, 356, 150
Target: A2813, released: 2025-11-15
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 444, 356, 150
Reposted by Cheryl Blanchard
Those were beautiful #aurorae in the past days. A solar storm brought a lot of protons to Earth. Not only to Earth but also to #ESAEuclid – but does #Euclid notice? Oh yes.
www.euclid-ec.org/here-comes-t...
#ESA #Sun #SpaceWeather #space
www.euclid-ec.org/here-comes-t...
#ESA #Sun #SpaceWeather #space
November 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Those were beautiful #aurorae in the past days. A solar storm brought a lot of protons to Earth. Not only to Earth but also to #ESAEuclid – but does #Euclid notice? Oh yes.
www.euclid-ec.org/here-comes-t...
#ESA #Sun #SpaceWeather #space
www.euclid-ec.org/here-comes-t...
#ESA #Sun #SpaceWeather #space
🔭 JWST Program 4783 - Anchoring the JWST population II distance ladder to Gaia: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
Target: CETUS-DSPH, released: 2025-11-10
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 444, 356, 150
Target: CETUS-DSPH, released: 2025-11-10
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 444, 356, 150
November 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
🔭 JWST Program 4783 - Anchoring the JWST population II distance ladder to Gaia: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
Target: CETUS-DSPH, released: 2025-11-10
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 444, 356, 150
Target: CETUS-DSPH, released: 2025-11-10
NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci/ #JWST NIRCam 444, 356, 150