Matthias Steinmetz
@galacticrave.bsky.social
Astronomer & Astrophysicist, Galactic Archaeologist & Simulator, Husband & Dad, Director @AIP_Potsdam, backyard astrophotographer
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...
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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/...
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#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
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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
The emission nebula Sh2-119 #astrophotography#astrophotography🔭📷" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">bit.ly/4lB3t68🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
October 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The emission nebula Sh2-119 #astrophotography#astrophotography🔭📷" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">bit.ly/4lB3t68🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
Reposted by Matthias Steinmetz
🔭 ☄️ #stellarastro #galactic #instrumentation
🤩First issue of the WST Chronicle
www.wstelescope.com/wst-chronicle
📰 The WST Chronicle is an electronic magazine designed to keep the WST science teams and the broader scientific community updated on the latest developments of the project
🤩First issue of the WST Chronicle
www.wstelescope.com/wst-chronicle
📰 The WST Chronicle is an electronic magazine designed to keep the WST science teams and the broader scientific community updated on the latest developments of the project
June 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🔭 ☄️ #stellarastro #galactic #instrumentation
🤩First issue of the WST Chronicle
www.wstelescope.com/wst-chronicle
📰 The WST Chronicle is an electronic magazine designed to keep the WST science teams and the broader scientific community updated on the latest developments of the project
🤩First issue of the WST Chronicle
www.wstelescope.com/wst-chronicle
📰 The WST Chronicle is an electronic magazine designed to keep the WST science teams and the broader scientific community updated on the latest developments of the project
Heart nebula IC1805 bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
October 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Heart nebula IC1805 bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
Abell 262 is a galaxy cluster with some 100 members in the constellation of Andromeda, near the border to Triangulum. It is part of the Pisces-Perseus-supercluster. At the center is the cD galaxy NGC708. bit.ly/4lB3t… 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
October 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Abell 262 is a galaxy cluster with some 100 members in the constellation of Andromeda, near the border to Triangulum. It is part of the Pisces-Perseus-supercluster. At the center is the cD galaxy NGC708. bit.ly/4lB3t… 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
van den Bergh 140 is a blue reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus. Adjacent is a large molecular cloud complex which makes the area around vdB140 a quite colorful region with blue, red and yellow tones. bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
October 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
van den Bergh 140 is a blue reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus. Adjacent is a large molecular cloud complex which makes the area around vdB140 a quite colorful region with blue, red and yellow tones. bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
M110, aka NGC205, has a "wallflower existence" in Messier's famous catalogue. Although originally observed by Charles Messier in 1773, it never made it to his catalogue until it was added as its last entry not earlier than 1966! bit.ly/4lB3t…🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
September 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
M110, aka NGC205, has a "wallflower existence" in Messier's famous catalogue. Although originally observed by Charles Messier in 1773, it never made it to his catalogue until it was added as its last entry not earlier than 1966! bit.ly/4lB3t…🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
Reposted by Matthias Steinmetz
IAU H1 Seminar, September 15th: Gaia: 10.5 Years of Surveying the Milky Way and Beyond; Anthony Brown;
The full recording is now available to the public. Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V3Z...
The full recording is now available to the public. Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V3Z...
IAU H1 Seminar, September 15th: Gaia: 10.5 Years of Surveying the MilkyWay and Beyond
YouTube video by IAU commission H1 "The Local Universe" seminars
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September 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
IAU H1 Seminar, September 15th: Gaia: 10.5 Years of Surveying the Milky Way and Beyond; Anthony Brown;
The full recording is now available to the public. Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V3Z...
The full recording is now available to the public. Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V3Z...
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AstroBin's Image of the Day: "The Reflection Nebula IC 5076" by GalacticRAVE
www.astrobin.com/oxpm7f/
#astrophotography
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#astrophotography
September 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Astrobin image of the day 👇👇👇👇💪💪💪💪 https://app.astrobin.com/i/oxpm7f
September 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Astrobin image of the day 👇👇👇👇💪💪💪💪 https://app.astrobin.com/i/oxpm7f
Berlin Main Station, the rising Sun in my back
September 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Berlin Main Station, the rising Sun in my back
HiRes spectrograph of 4MOST being lifted into the VISTA telescope, the two LoRes are already in the basement. (photos by Andreas Kelz @aippotsdam.bsky.social )
September 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
HiRes spectrograph of 4MOST being lifted into the VISTA telescope, the two LoRes are already in the basement. (photos by Andreas Kelz @aippotsdam.bsky.social )
vdB 133 is a reflection nebula powered by the yellow supergiant 44 Cygni. Its warm color makes the nebula appear white rather than the blue of reflection nebula powered by hotter stars. Adjacent is the large HII region LBN219. bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
September 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
vdB 133 is a reflection nebula powered by the yellow supergiant 44 Cygni. Its warm color makes the nebula appear white rather than the blue of reflection nebula powered by hotter stars. Adjacent is the large HII region LBN219. bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
Moon, the day after …
September 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Moon, the day after …
The NGC 70 group, aka VV166 or Arp 113 is a quite appealing object. It shows galaxies of various morphologies and the mutual proximity triggers bar instabilities, deformations and lots of tidal debris. bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷
September 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The NGC 70 group, aka VV166 or Arp 113 is a quite appealing object. It shows galaxies of various morphologies and the mutual proximity triggers bar instabilities, deformations and lots of tidal debris. bit.ly/4lB3t68 🔭#astrophotography🔭📷