Parco delle Stelle Lunigiana

13/08/2024

Noi la nostra stella l’abbiamo vista ❤️
Grazie !

12/08/2024

¡𝐄𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐬 (𝐆𝐓𝐂) 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐮 𝟏𝟓 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨!

Hace 15 años, en el corazón del Observatorio del Roque de Los Muchachos en la isla de La Palma, España, se inauguró uno de los proyectos más ambiciosos y avanzados en la historia de la astronomía: el Gran Telescopio Canarias. Desde su primera luz en 2009, el GTC ha sido un faro de descubrimientos y un orgullo para la comunidad científica internacional.

Con su espejo primario de 10.4 metros de diámetro, el GTC ha permitido explorar los confines más remotos del universo, revelando secretos del cosmos con una precisión y detalle sin precedentes. Este gigante de la observación ha sido crucial para estudios que van desde la formación de galaxias y la evolución estelar hasta la detección de exoplanetas y la comprensión de la energía oscura.

Gracias a su tecnología de vanguardia y su ubicación privilegiada, en uno de los cielos más oscuros del planeta, el GTC ha producido datos científicos de incalculable valor. A lo largo de estos 15 años, ha sido citado en miles de publicaciones científicas, contribuyendo al avance del conocimiento humano y manteniendo a España y Europa a la vanguardia de la astronomía mundial.

¡𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳 𝟏𝟓 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨, 𝐆𝐓𝐂! 𝐐𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬 𝐚ñ𝐨𝐬 𝐦á𝐬.

Gran Telescopio Canarias | IAC - Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias |
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15/08/2023

Osservare le nebulose del catalogo Barnard con un binocolo da 120mm è impressionante quanto osservarle con un Dobsoniano da 50cm.

11/08/2023

Se tutti i telescopi in Chile ci hanno donato visioni incredibile bellezza , chissà questo enorme strumento cosa sarà capace di mostrarci

Not the in Rome, but certainly a colosseum for science.

In this picture taken on 2 August, the moonlight 🌕 graces the structure of our Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) dome — now 80 metres high and with construction progress visible almost every day!

The ELT project is more than 50% complete and, when finished, its dome will weigh in at 6100 tonnes & will need a mind-boggling 30 million bolts 🔩 to be held together!

More info ➡️ https://orlo.uk/yZw8R

📷 ESO

20/07/2023

Lords committee calls for creation of advisory groups to tackle the pollutants, which may increase risk of heart disease and premature death

10/07/2023

I comuni le presentano come una possibile soluzione, ma potrebbero peggiorare il problema anziché risolverlo

07/06/2023

Turismo astronomico

24/03/2023

I nostri cieli

Photographer

24/03/2023

Welcome back Orion ✨

La mia casa sotto le stelle di questa notte.

Appena ho visto le previsioni che mettevano cielo sereno mi sono subito fiondato in montagna, anche senza pianificare lo scatto settimane prima. Ho realizzato anche una panoramica con tutto l'arco galattico, non appena il mio PC si decide a lavorare bene mostrerò anche quella ✨

Exif:
22 x 20" ISO 5000 f2.8 per il cielo
Stesse impostazioni per il primo piano+ scatto breve per me e la tenda

Canon 6D mod.
Tamron 15-30

09/02/2023

APOD: A Comet and Two Dippers (2023 Feb 07)
Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horalek / Institute of Physics in Opava
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230207.html

Explanation: Can you still see the comet? Yes. Even as C/2022 E3 (ZTF) fades, there is still time to see it if you know where and when to look. Geometrically, Comet ZTF has passed its closest to both the Sun and the Earth and is now headed back to the outer Solar System. Its orbit around the Sun has it gliding across the northern sky all month, after passing near Polaris and both the Big and Little Dippers last month. Pictured, Comet ZTF was photographed between the two dippers in late January while sporting an ion tail that extended over 10 degrees. Now below naked-eye visibility, Comet ZTF can be found with binoculars or a small telescope and a good sky map. A good time to see the comet over the next week is after the Sun sets -- but before the Moon rises. The comet will move nearly in front of Mars in a few days

https://www.petrhoralek.com/ -1
https://www.slu.cz/phys/en/

Starship Asterisk* • APOD Discussion Page
http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=230207

27/01/2023

12/01/2023

Stargazing was never this cool! 🌌 This amazing panoramic view was taken at Cerro Pachón in Chile during NOIRLab’s Photo Expedition. On the right, the Gemini Observatory South telescope projects its laser guide star into the atmosphere. In the sky above the telescope, from left to right, lie the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds and the star Canopus. On the other end of the image is the SOAR Telescope with three stars above it forming the semblance of a triangle.
There are many more objects in the night sky than these, though it is quite impressive to capture this many with just a panorama! Use the scroll icon to navigate the image! 🤩

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2302a/
Credit: Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek
Petr Horálek Photography

10/01/2023

Each year, the Globe at Night international community science campaign, a program of NSF’s NOIRLab, raises awareness about the impact of light pollution by inviting community scientists to measure and submit night sky brightness observations. All you need is a computer, tablet, or smartphone. And their webapp is available in 28 languages!

Globe at Night will be collecting observations for all twelve months of the year. This large set of measurements will be compared to measurements from prior years in the same month to provide a comprehensive view of the changes to the night sky quality worldwide.

Learn more: https://www.darksky.org/globe-at-night-2023/

10/01/2023

La visibilità del nostro cielo sarà presto devastato dai sempre più numerosi satelliti messi in orbita

Swamped Skies — The effect of on the night sky 🛰️

📷 This amazing shot, captured by Joshua Rozells, is a composite stack of 343 photos blended together.

The author says: “In late January, I went out to the Pinnacles, Western Australia, to shoot a star trail. Upon reviewing my photos, I noticed an unusually large number of satellites in my photos; there were satellite trails visible in almost every single photo from over 3 hours of shooting. Instead of trying to get rid of them for a star trail, I decided to put the satellite trails together into a single image to show how polluted the night sky is becoming.”

Image Credit: Joshua Rozells (Instagram: )

02/01/2023

Querida familia Starlight,

Que este año que comenzamos sigamos protegiendo nuestros cielos y despertando conciencias, y que con nuestro esfuerzo e ilusión consigamos hacer que este planeta sea un poco más justo, igualitario, inclusivo, tolerante y sostenible.

Tenemos muchos retos y desafíos por delante, pero contamos con todos y todas ustedes, un gran equipo de profesionales con talento y experiencia, que nos permitirá alcanzar todos nuestros objetivos.

Les deseo que todos sus sueños se cumplan y que no dejen nunca de soñar!

Sean felices
Un fuerte abrazo
Antonia Varela
Directora de la Fundación Starlight

31/12/2022

Prime prove tecniche, cometa al centro.
Seeing 4, trasparenza 4.

27/12/2022

La cometa C/2022 E3 in avvicinamento, si stima che alla massima luminosità (prevista tra gennaio e febbraio 2023) sarà visibile con un piccolo binocolo.

20/12/2022

Francesco () has spent 8 years imaging Saturn. We’d say his dedication and practice has paid off! Wow!

Equipment:
Celestron C8
Celestron C11