A close-up of a spiral galaxy, seen face-on. Its center glows brightly. From the sides of the galaxy’s core emerge spiral arms which wind through the round disc of the galaxy, filled with shining pink spots where stars are forming and more dark-red dust. Some faint stars can be seen around the galaxy, as well as a particularly bright star in the lower left of the image.

🦑💫This NASA/ESA Hubble image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy.

It would take more than a century between the discovery of the galaxy and the realisation that the ‘spiral nebulae’ scattered across the sky were not part of our own galaxy!

#HubbleSpaceTelescope 🔭

Shooting stars fly across the Winter Milky Way on a star filled night near Limon, Colorado. Foregrounded by a barbed wire fence and a wooden gate, this single shot image expresses the rural beauty and dark, transparent skies of the Eastern Plains of Colorado.

I glimpse eternity
And retreat ✨️
To the blissful now.

#BlueSkyMonday #MilkyWay
#EastCoastKin #photography
#Astrophotography
#PhotographersofBlueSky

Good morning #bluesky

Milch Strasse | Milky Way Crossing Karwendel Tirol. Ten years ago, while hiking in the Tyrolean Alps, I took this 456 single photo time lapse.
#landscapephotography #landscapes #photography #mountainscapes #nightscapes #Tirol #Tyrol #Karwendel #grosserahornboden #milkyway #tiroltrekker

Rosette nebula.

#astrophotography #canon #samyang #rosette #nebula #rosettenebula #nightphotography #deepsky

An image of the M3 globular cluster. A spherical shape grouping of 500,000 stars.

I imaged my first globular cluster of the year! The M3 cluster is one of the largest and brightest and is made up of around 500,000 stars. It is estimated to be 11.4 billion years old and roughly 32,600 light-years from Earth.

#astrophotography #astronomy #space

One of my favorite landscape photos. Lake Blata, Croatia.

#lake #landscape #photography #autumn #colors

A photo of the total lunar eclipse, in which the full Moon is bathed in a deep orangish-red color.

Clouds parted just in time for maximum totality at 1:58 a.m. here. The total lunar eclipse as viewed from my front door:

Perseids 2024. multiple exposure blended.

#perseids #meteors #meteorshower #milkyway #nightscape #astrophotography #nightphotography #stars

Someone must have bought some new gear near you. Too bad.

Beautiful Milky way.

#milkyway #galaxy #space #astronomy #astrophotography #stars

Earth Orbit Is Filling Up with Junk. Greenhouse Gases Worsen the Problem. By the end of the century, a shrinking atmosphere could create a minefield for satellites, like those deployed by SpaceX's Starlink.

From our friends at @gristnews.bsky.social: At any given moment, more than 10,000 satellites are whizzing around the planet at roughly 17,000 miles per hour. But space is getting crowded.

Hanging out under the Milky way.

#astronomy #astrophotography #nightsky #chill #milkyway #stars

Awesome idea! Will do (once I get to that point)!

2024. Perseids meteor shower above the lake.

#astrophotography #perseids #meteors #meteorshower #nightsky #canon #photography

Andromeda galaxy, M110 & M32.
2,5 milion light years away. Steadily traveling to merge with our galaxy, Milky way, in a few bilion years.

#andromeda #galaxy #nightsky #astrophotography #m31 #m110 #m32 #samyang

Awesome! I also work on a climate change related project. Wish you good luck, waiting for your results!

Also, friendly reminder to work on your self-esteem. You are worth more than you can fathom. You know more than you think you do. You are capable of so much more. Keep going, don't give up! ✌️

The new James Webb images from the last week are incredible

Imposter syndrome at it's finest. We all go through it, regardless of the field, but it can also make us strive to get better in our field. Use it to your advantage! Prove yourself you're worth the recognition and praise for things you do. Because you are and it will only get better with time!

Pleiades star cluster.

#pleiades #astrophotography #nightsky #nebula #blue #nebulosity #samyang #samyanens #nightphotography

Orion nebula with a camera and a tripod (no tracker).

#orion #nebula #astrophotography #nightsky #notracker #samyang #samyanglens