Astronomy Links
From Ray Kaville
The fairy in the pillars: Wolfgang Promper captures a section of the Eagle Nebula:
https://www.astrobin.com/full/vyemzt/0/?mod=&real=
A mysterious flying spiral above Hawaiian night sky likely caused by SpaceX launch:
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/31/1152830311/flying-spiral-hawaii-spacex-launch
This picture of Comet ZTF includes equipment and process data plus a magnificent image. Click on the image for a full-size image which allows you to zoom in. Right click to save it as a great desktop image for your computer.
https://www.astrobin.com/brphxe/0/
Gigantic ‘alien’ comet spotted heading straight for the sun:
https://www.livescience.com/machholz1-approaches-sun-sixth-time
While you were sleeping…
Most of us heard rumblings about the ESA/GAIA satellite awhile back. No fancy deep sky color images of nebulae or stars, just a whole lot of serious science. If you talked to Chris Predom you heard about it. This is how I got curious about it, and it’s well worth investigating. This is probably one of the most exciting and adventurous astronomical projects ever initiated. Launched in 2014 GAIA has been working hard and successfully with volumes of data collected and many new departures along the way. Give it a look and see what you think.
Gaia
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/gaia/in-depth/
Image of the Week
Asteroids in Gaia
https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/iow_20180630
Gaia revolutionises asteroid tracking
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Gaia_revolutionises_asteroid_tracking
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