Centre of the Universe

The 107-year-old Plaskett Telescope at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria, BC, Canada

Happy 107th Anniversary to the Plaskett Telescope at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, which did its first science observation (First Light) on May 6th 1918.

The first public Star Party was June 15th 1918, and the next one is May 17th 2025.

#yyj #astronomy #canadianastronomy #science

Euclid space telescope's 1st results reveal 'a goldmine of data' in search for dark matter and dark energy (images, video) "Really, Euclid is not only a dark universe detective, it's also a time machine. We will look back 10 billion years in cosmic history."

Happy Equinox! Spring is here!

The Vernal Equinox was this morning at 2:01am PDT. Today both light and darkness are 12 hours long.

Also. we've been following the Euclid mission since we had a talk about it shortly after the launch. Yesterday was a Big Day.

www.space.com/the-universe...

Lunar eclipse is starting!

Lunar Eclipse — Centre of the Universe Lunar Eclipse

Forecast is predicting clear skies starting between 9 and 11 tonight. Ripe for Lunar Eclipse Viewing

#moon #lunareclipse #lunareclipse2025 #centreoftheuniverse

Our event tonight is full, but please keep checking our website for cancellations!

centreoftheuniverse.org/events/2025/...

Lunar Eclipse — Centre of the Universe Lunar Eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse next Thursday March 13th. Come join us!

centreoftheuniverse.org/events/2025/...

Full house here tonight despite the overcast skies and the wind!

Night observing at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory. Cool shot of the telescope doing science under the full moon last night.

Photo by Ida von Schuckmann

#dao #centreoftheuniverse #astronomy #yyj

James Webb telescope glimpse of young planet - University of Victoria A Canadian-led team of international astronomers has made a groundbreaking discovery about how young planets form and grow using a creative approach with unique tools of the James Webb Space Telescope...

Victoria led research discovery about young planet formation using James Webb Space Telescope.

www.uvic.ca/news/topics/...

Stunning image shows the closest ever Einstein ring Albert Einstein himself thought that the eponymous Einstein ring would be impossible to observe, but the Euclid telescope has picked one up just 600 million light years from Earth

We had a talk about the Euclid space telescope in summer 2023 a week after its launch. Here it provides yet another verification of Einstein's theory of General Relativity.

Euclid orbits the L2 point with the JWST and the now-ended Gaia mission.

www.newscientist.com/article/2467...

This Asteroid Probably Won’t Hit Earth—But We May Need to Assume It Will The possibility of the asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting our planet might not be ruled out until 2028, raising the prospect we’ll need to prepare for the worst

Newfound asteroid YR4 may impact earth in late 2032 [via Scientific American] 🧪☄️🔭💥

Estimated at a 1.6% chance, to be refined with more measurements... and an impact similar to the #Tunguska explosion over Siberia

www.scientificamerican.com/article/will...

#asteroid #YR4 #earth #impact

Where the Moon and Venus can be seen in the Southwest sky. Diagram courtesy of Sky & Telescope magazine.

This evening, after sunset, if your sky is clear toward the southwest, see a brilliant Venus near the crescent Moon. Our neighbor planet's dense clouds reflect a lot of sunlight, making it a bright "evening star."
#astronomy #astroedu #Venus #amateurastronomy #sky #science #observing

A bright comet seen next to the telescopes of the ESO observatory in Chile

ESO has some fantastic images of comet C/2024 G3 from their observatory in Chile

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Credit for this one belongs to F. Millour/ESO

This is the new bluesky account for the Centre of the Universe at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria BC.

Excuse our construction dust while we reorient out integration back end to post here: expect to see more posts starting in a week or so.