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πŸ›°οΈπŸͺ Space voyager processing space images πŸ“‘πŸ’» 🎞️ HD Photostream: https://www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/ πŸŽ‹Other places: https://linktr.ee/andrealuck 🌍Glasgow, Scotland 🌱 (He/Him)

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05.03.2026 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Zoom in on Io - 2 Volcanic plumes - Jupiter 's World - NASA Juno PJ58

Download: www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/53509276511/sizes/o/
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/AndreaLuck CC BY

Full image: flic.kr/p/2pwtQAR

Orbit (Perijove) 58
NASA's Juno
Io Images
Altitude: 3852 km
Time: 
ID: JNCE_2024034_58C00026_V01
More info: www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/juno-captures-two-active-vo...

Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/AndreaLuck

Image featured by NASA: www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-juno-gets-a-close-up-look-at-...

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Zoom in on Io - 2 Volcanic plumes - Jupiter 's World - NASA Juno PJ58 Download: www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/53509276511/sizes/o/ Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/AndreaLuck CC BY Full image: flic.kr/p/2pwtQAR Orbit (Perijove) 58 NASA's Juno Io Images Altitude: 3852 km Time: ID: JNCE_2024034_58C00026_V01 More info: www.missionjuno.swri.edu/news/juno-captures-two-active-vo... Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/AndreaLuck Image featured by NASA: www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-juno-gets-a-close-up-look-at-... Feel free to share, giving the appropriate credit and providing a link to the original image or tweet: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Volcanic Plumes on Io - Jupiter 's World - NASA Juno PJ58 - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2pwr2EX

01.03.2026 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
An orange jet consisting out of clumps coming from the nucleus. The jet has a bent on it. The host galaxy is blue and is an ongoing merger of two galxies.

A small blue galaxy is below the main galaxy pair. Other red galaxies and a blue star are also in the image.

An orange jet consisting out of clumps coming from the nucleus. The jet has a bent on it. The host galaxy is blue and is an ongoing merger of two galxies. A small blue galaxy is below the main galaxy pair. Other red galaxies and a blue star are also in the image.

Merging pair of galaxies with a jet coming out from one galaxy.

3C 346 with #JWST πŸ”­ NIRCam (F070W, F444W).

wikimedia: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3C...

#galaxy #astronomy

04.03.2026 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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03.03.2026 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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James #Webb Space Telescope #JWST

Brown dwarfs & free-floating planetary mass objects in...

#NGC2244
2025-02-23
PI: McCaughrean, Mark J.

NIRCAM (444w 360m) R 335m G (182m 150w-162m 140m 115w) B

yuval-harpaz.github.io/astro/jwst_l...

NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger

03.03.2026 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
The red Moon in eclipse

The red Moon in eclipse

Last night’s lunar eclipse as seen from near Los Angeles, California. Stack of 136 frames taken with a Canon EOS R5 and Tamron 600mm lens.

flic.kr/p/2rZqm3m

03.03.2026 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Great choice APOD team!

03.03.2026 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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03.03.2026 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm delighted to see that my @science.esa.int Mars Express VMC video is featured on today's #APOD πŸ”­

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26030...

03.03.2026 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

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02.03.2026 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

#CASSINI ORBITER #SATURN MISSION

Target: #Iapetus
Time: 2004-12-31
Body Center Distance (km): 146457
Camera: Wide Angle 7x IR GRN Vio Filter

opus.pds-rings.seti.org/opus/#/COISS...

NASA/JPL/j. Roger

01.03.2026 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Under a starry night sky crossed by the Milky Way just over the horizon, a mountain road winds through a snowy landscape. Uintah Mountains, Utah. Photo: Bill Dunford

Under a starry night sky crossed by the Milky Way just over the horizon, a mountain road winds through a snowy landscape. Uintah Mountains, Utah. Photo: Bill Dunford

Having the road all to myself.

27.02.2026 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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MRGS1522 | NIRCAM #JWST

27.02.2026 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Red clouds surrounding blue emission and star clusters inside them.

Red clouds surrounding blue emission and star clusters inside them.

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Re-visiting NGC 456 in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf galaxy. Observation with #JWST NIRCam. πŸ”­

full-resolution and licence: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NG...

#starformation #SmallMagellanicCloud #astronomy

27.02.2026 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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James #Webb Space Telescope #JWST

Tracing the evolution of circumstellar and protoplanetary disks at low metallicity

#LHA-120-N-159-MIRI-12.2-repeat
2025-02-26
PI: Sabbi, Elena
MIRI 2100 1500 1280 1000 770

yuval-harpaz.github.io/astro/jwst_l...

NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger

27.02.2026 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

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27.02.2026 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

James #Webb Space Telescope #JWST

Dust Settling and Grain Evolution across the Nearby Population of Edge-on Protoplanetary Disks

#CHA-IR-NEBULA
2025-02-26
PI: Menard, Francois
NIRCAM 460m 300m

yuval-harpaz.github.io/astro/jwst_l...

NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger

27.02.2026 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

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25.02.2026 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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James #Webb Space Telescope #JWST

MIRI and NIRCam observations of a planetary nebula

#Planetary Nebula Center
2025-03-31
PI: Garcia Marin, Macarena

MIRI 1800 1280 1130 1000 NIRCAM 444-470 444 187 150

yuval-harpaz.github.io/astro/jwst_l...

NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger

25.02.2026 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
A long orange arc above the central galaxy. A smaller, but brighter orange arc on the right. A very curved arc at the bottom. A bright deformed galaxy to the left. A spiral galaxy (not deformed) on the upper left.

A long orange arc above the central galaxy. A smaller, but brighter orange arc on the right. A very curved arc at the bottom. A bright deformed galaxy to the left. A spiral galaxy (not deformed) on the upper left.

Gravitational lens around SDSS J1326+4806 with #JWST πŸ”­ NIRCam (F115W, F150W, F444W)

program: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...
#galaxy #gravitationallens #astronomy

24.02.2026 07:19 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

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23.02.2026 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Credit: UAESA/MBRSC/HopeMarsMission/EXI/AndreaLuck

Download full size image here: www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/52713451383/sizes/o/

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North approx on the top left
Orbit: 247 - Spacecraft altitude: 24576 km
Timetag 2022-08-01
Filters: f635+f546+f437
Raw Data from: sdc.emiratesmarsmission.ae/
Files Name:
emm_exi_l2a_20220801T094800_0247_xos1_f635_f_v06-08
emm_exi_l2a_20220801T094817_0247_xos1_f546_f_v06-08
emm_exi_l2a_20220801T094828_0247_xos1_f437_f_v06-08
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Credit: UAESA/MBRSC/HopeMarsMission/EXI/AndreaLuck

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Credit: UAESA/MBRSC/HopeMarsMission/EXI/AndreaLuck Download full size image here: www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/52713451383/sizes/o/ ----------------------------- North approx on the top left Orbit: 247 - Spacecraft altitude: 24576 km Timetag 2022-08-01 Filters: f635+f546+f437 Raw Data from: sdc.emiratesmarsmission.ae/ Files Name: emm_exi_l2a_20220801T094800_0247_xos1_f635_f_v06-08 emm_exi_l2a_20220801T094817_0247_xos1_f546_f_v06-08 emm_exi_l2a_20220801T094828_0247_xos1_f437_f_v06-08 ---------------------------------- Credit: UAESA/MBRSC/HopeMarsMission/EXI/AndreaLuck Feel free to share, giving the appropriate credit and providing a link to the original image or tweet creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Cloudy and Dusty Mars - Kasei Valles and Valles Marineris - Hope Mission Orbit 247 - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2oj7dA4

23.02.2026 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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23.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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James #Webb Space Telescope #JWST

Anatomy of a Low-Metallicity Starburst

#NGC5253
2025-02-22
PI: Hunt, Leslie

MIRI 2100+1130 M 1000 Y 770 C (NSV)

mast.stsci.edu/portal/Mashu...

NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger

23.02.2026 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Voyager 2

Target Name: #Ganymede
Start Time: 1979-07-08
Observed Distance to Surface (km): 1208687
ISS Narrow Angle Filter: Orange Green Blue (NSV)

opus.pds-rings.seti.org/opus/#/insth...

NASA/JPL/j. Roger

21.02.2026 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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22.02.2026 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Download full size image: www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/54386120493/sizes/o/

Credit: ESA/AFC/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY

Colourised image processed from:
www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_asteroid_mission_spies...

For the colourisation, I've used a reference image from ESA's Mars Express of this area: HO544_000 in RGB, taken on 2023-06-09 (raw data available at psa.esa.int/) check out the image here: flic.kr/p/2qRZbDK

Mission: ESA Hera
Instrument: Asteroid Framing Cameras (AFC)
Distance: 1000 KM
Date: March 12, 2025

Credit: ESA/AFC/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY

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Download full size image: www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/54386120493/sizes/o/ Credit: ESA/AFC/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY Colourised image processed from: www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_asteroid_mission_spies... For the colourisation, I've used a reference image from ESA's Mars Express of this area: HO544_000 in RGB, taken on 2023-06-09 (raw data available at psa.esa.int/) check out the image here: flic.kr/p/2qRZbDK Mission: ESA Hera Instrument: Asteroid Framing Cameras (AFC) Distance: 1000 KM Date: March 12, 2025 Credit: ESA/AFC/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY Feel free to share, giving the appropriate credit as stated above and providing a link to the original media: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Deimos Over Mars, Terra Sabaea - ESA Hera Mission - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2qRV5QD

21.02.2026 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Cartographic map of Pluto in the equirectangular projection. 24,000Γ—12,000 pixels map of known surface of Pluto in equirectangular projection. This is base map for the "Color map of Pluto in Mollweide oblique projection" www.flickr.com/photos/109586958@N03/548...

There were requests for textures from my maps in more suitable projection for use in other projects.
I have most of them directly in projections used in maps.
The exception is the Pluto map where I made the base map directly in the cylindrical projection, so here it is
www.flickr.com/photos/10958...

20.02.2026 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
The ultraviolet aurorae on Ganymede, based on Juno’s close-up observations from 7th July 2021. As Juno flew by Ganymede at high speed, its UV spectrograph could only acquire narrow strips, combined here to display the overall shape of the aurora  Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/UVS/ULiΓ¨ge/Gusbin/Bonfond

The ultraviolet aurorae on Ganymede, based on Juno’s close-up observations from 7th July 2021. As Juno flew by Ganymede at high speed, its UV spectrograph could only acquire narrow strips, combined here to display the overall shape of the aurora Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/UVS/ULiΓ¨ge/Gusbin/Bonfond

From NASA

Nice glow up: Using data from NASA's Juno mission, scientists from the Laboratory of Atmospheric and Planetary Physics (LPAP) have observed fine details in the auroras on Jupiter's giant moon Ganymede for the first time. missionjuno.swri.edu/news/univers...

19.02.2026 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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19.02.2026 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0