Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Hourly Cosmos

@hourlycosmos.bsky.social

9.3K followers 13 following 5.8K posts

Photo sharing bot for planetary and deep space images. Run by @kevinmgill.bsky.social Content providers added with permission.

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 59m

Up and Over - From NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/GvJQQa

Cassini orbited in Saturn's ring plane -- around the planet's equator -- for most of 2015. This enabled a season of flybys of the planet's icy moons, but did not allow for angled views of the rings and the planet's poles, like this one. But in early 2016, the spacecraft began to increase its orbital inclination, climbing higher over the poles in preparation for the mission's final spectacular orbits in 2017.

This view looks toward the sunlit side of the rings from about 16 degrees above the ring plane. The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Feb. 26 2016 using a spectral filter which preferentially admits wavelengths of near-infrared light centered at 752 nanometers.

The view was obtained at a distance of approximately 1.7 million miles (2.8 million kilometers) from Saturn. Image scale is 103 miles (165 kilometers) per pixel.

The Cassini mission is a cooperative project of NASA, ESA (the European Space Agency) and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado.

For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit saturn.jpl.nasa.gov and www.nasa.gov/cassini. The Cassini imaging team homepage ciclops.org.
...

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 1h

Io - Volcanic Plume from Ra Patera - Nasa's Galileo 1996 - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2nTH8Bq

Credit:
Processing: Andrea Luck CC BY
Raw Data: NASA/JPL

Image created using data processed from Opus: opus.pds-rings.seti.org/

Mission: NASA Galileo
Instrument: SSI
Time: 1996-06-29
Filters: Red, Green, Violet (Used as Blue: Green 30% + Violet 70%)
Opus ID:
opus.pds-rings.seti.org/opus/#/view=detail&detail=go-...
opus.pds-rings.seti.org/opus/#/view=detail&detail=go-...
opus.pds-rings.seti.org/opus/#/view=detail&detail=go-...

Credit:
Processing: Andrea Luck CC BY
Raw Data: NASA/JPL

Feel free to share, giving the appropriate credit and providing a link to the original image: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 2h

CASSINI (9) - From Jacint Roger (landru79.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2iKi99p

CASSINI-HUYGENS SATURN MISSION

NASA/JPL/j. Roger

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 3h

8/21/2017 Eclipse, DSC01881 - From Brian Swift (bswift.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/Y3rvEs

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 4h

Opportunity (7) - From Jacint Roger (landru79.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2iKWzjf

Opportunity MARS

NASA / JPL-Caltech / Cornell / j. Roger

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 5h

Jupiter 2023-10-14 - From Ryan Kinnett (rkinnett.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2pkdWxk

30 minute loop. Imaged with Meade LX200 14" at f/20.

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 6h

CP18_38_21_1 - From Brian Swift (bswift.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/24gPP2B

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Brian Swift

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 7h

Mars2020 - Sol 644 - Mastcam-Z - From Kevin M. Gill (kevinmgill.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2o5AEbF

NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Kevin M. Gill

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 8h

The Apollo Antenna - From Jason Major (jpmajor.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/mQGSrt

This is the dish that received messages from Apollo 11 at NASA's Deep Space Network facility at Goldstone, CA.

Read more about these historic dishes here: lightsinthedark.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/the-desert-dishe...

© Jason Major

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 9h

Jupiter in Wilson Arch - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2nJFHQG

Near Moab, Utah

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 10h

Petroglyphs at Parowan Gap - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2nDk5hi

I'm most definitely not the first person to watch the sky here.

Near Parowan, Utah

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 11h

Orion Launch - From Jason Major (jpmajor.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/q4jror

From the NASA Social for the EFT-1 launch on Dec. 3-5, 2014.

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 12h

ESP_013764_1415 - From UAHiRISE (NASA) (uahirise.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/CCVnZK

Fan and Polygonal Features within a South Mid-Latitude Crater

Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 13h

Staring down on Titan's north pole - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/fTHzhd

On the left is a true color image of Titan. The moon's north polar hood is visible in this view. The image on the right is a representation of what it would look like if you could see past Titan's atmosphere and down to its surface. The dark areas are Titan's lakes and seas.

Both images were taken by Cassini's camera system, the Imaging Science Subsystem during the Titan (T-94) Flyby. (Cassini's 95th encounter with Titan.)

These images were taken on September 11, 2013 and received on Earth September 13, 2013. The camera was pointing toward TITAN at approximately 119,691 miles (192,624 kilometers) away, and the images were taken using the CL1, CL2, RED, BL1 and GRN filters.

Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / composite and editing by Val Klavans

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 14h

8/21/2017 Eclipse, DSC02005 - From Brian Swift (bswift.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/Yk3duD

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 15h

Perseids 2016 over Teide Observatory / Perseidas 2016 sobre el Observatorio del Teide - From Ángel López-Sánchez - https://flic.kr/p/Kb2PzY

(En español debajo)

Perseids 2016 over the Teide Observatory. Combination of 25 meteors from the Perseids meteor shower detected in 24 frames. All frames were taken with a CANON EOS 5D Mark III with a Samyang 14mm lens, 30 seconds exposure at f/2.8 and ISO 800. Frames were taken between 0:00 and 2:30 UTC 12 August 2016 from the Teide Observatory (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain). The central dome is the Carlos Sánchez Telescope (TCS). The building at the right is the Quijote Experiment. The towers at the left belongs to the Solar Telescopes at site. The dome of the MONS Telescope is seen with some orange light.

The frame taken at 0:36 UTC was used for showing the landscape and the star field. The Moon was up, its light painted the landscape and buildings. In the background some light pollution from Santa Cruz de Tenerife and La Laguna can be seen (orange colours). The light pollution was enhanced because of the existence of dust in the atmosphere.

The estimated ZHR (Zenithal Hourly Rate) using these images is ZHR = 31 meteors/hour.

Credit: Ángel R. López-Sánchez (MQ)

Perseidas sobre el Observatorio del Teide. Imagen combinando las detecciones de 25 meteoros de la corriente de las Perseidas encontradas en 24 fotogramas. Todos los fotogramas se obtuvieron con una cámara CANON EOS 5D Mark III provista de un objetivo Samyang de 14 mm, 30 segundos de exposición a f/2.8 e ISO 800. Todas las imágenes se tomaron entre las 0:00 y las 2:30 UTC del 12 de agosto de 2016 desde...

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 16h

Lunar Occultation of Saturn 9/17/2024 - From Ryan Kinnett (rkinnett.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2qh5d47

Saturn passing behind the Moon on the morning of Sept 17, 2024. Also resolved are Saturn's moons Titan (left) and Tethys (right). Imaged with 14" LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope at f/10 from La Crescenta, California. Note that Saturn detail was enhanced by blending a sharpened stack of images captured immediately prior to the occultation.

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 17h

Dust Storms at Nord Rupes [interpolated] - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2qyHFM1

Andrea Lucks's original version: flic.kr/p/2qtp1Vt

More information about this scene on the ESA Website: www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Expres...

I deflickered Andrea's version by transferring only the small scale details to a common background image using a highpass filter.
Since the original animation only contained 7 images, I also used frame interpolation with RIFE 4.4 to create a smooth animation.

Image created processing data from: psa.esa.int/

Mission: ESA Mars Express
North is approx up left
Instrument: HRSC
Orbit: 3670
Time:2006-11-16T08:36:16.130Z

Product IDs:
Frames and Time:
H3670_0000_S24.IMG - 08:36:04.637
H3670_0000_RE4.IMG - 08:36:10.242
H3670_0000_P24.IMG - 08:36:16.130
H3670_0000_ND4.IMG - 08:36:38.234
H3670_0000_P14.IMG - 08:37:01.408
H3670_0000_IR4.IMG - 08:37:07.530
H3670_0000_S14.IMG- 08:37:13.785

Colours:
H3670_0000_RE4.IMG
H3670_0000_GR4.IMG
H3670_0000_BL4.IMG

Credits:
Image Processing: Andrea Luck & Simeon Schmauß CC BY
Raw Data: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 19h

Ingenuity | SuperCam | Sol 1072 - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2pA74ap

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/Simeon Schmauß

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 20h

Perseverance LCAM Photo (Colorized) - From Aster Cowart (terrasabaea.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2kHibx9

Colorized version of PIA 24447 showing the Perseverance EDL Lander Vision Camera System image taken shortly after release of the heat shield. The fisheye distortion from the LCAM camera has been corrected to provide an "out the spacecraft window" type view. Colorization uses colors picked from color-corrected images taken with the EDL video cameras. The only exception is the dusty haze along the horizon, where I also blended in some sky colors from the ground using MastCam to capture the dustier parts of the lower atmosphere still below the spacecraft.

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 22h

Late Summer Stars - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2iKkir8

Skull Valley, Utah
2019

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 23h

On the way to Waypoint 3 - sol 454 - From Thomas Appéré (thomasappere.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/hMaRST

Panorama made of MastCam 34mm images acquired by Curiosity rover on sol 454.

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 1d

Milky Way over the GTC and the TNG - From Ángel López-Sánchez - https://flic.kr/p/JWSpFb

(Debajo en español)

Milky Way over the 10.4m Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) and the 3.6m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG), Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.

Single frame, 15 seconds exposure at 1600 ISO over CANON EOS 5D Mark III, F=33mm and f/2.8. Taken on Wed 3 Aug 2016, 20:35 UTC.

Credit: Ángel R. López-Sánchez.

La Vía Láctea sobre el Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC), de 10.4m, y el Telescopio Nacional Galileo (TNG), de 3.6m, en el Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Islas Canarias, España.

Único fotograma, exposición de 15 segundos a 1600 ISO sobre CANON EOS 5D Mark III, Objetivo con F=33mm y f/2.8. Conseguida el miércoles 3 de agosto de 2016 a las 20:35 UTC.

Crédito: Ángel R. López-Sánchez (AAO/MQ).

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 1d

Solar Activity 10-31-10 - From Jason Major (jpmajor.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/8PxvVZ

A magnetically active region along the Sun's northeastern limb on October 31, 2010. A combination of SDO AIA 171 and 304 images, cropped and adjusted to bring out detail.

The small circle at upper right is the proportional size of Earth.

Image credit: SDO (NASA) and the AIA consortium.
(Edited by J. Major.)

sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/
www.LightsInTheDark.com

Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 1d

Io - July 10 1979 - From Kevin M. Gill (kevinmgill.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2jjY9qv

Processed using orange, green, & blue filtered images of Io taken by Voyager 2 on July 10 1979.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill