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UNISTELLAR reinvents the telescope so that everyone can enjoy discovering and understanding the Universe.
Marseille, France
Joined July 2016
Are you ready to see the first images of @NASAWebb ?.We are getting really close!.Check this link to the #countdown -> #JWST #Space #NASA
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We are proud to announce our new ambassador!.Let me introduce to you the formidable @DrSianProctor .Full story -> .#Space2inspire #Unistellar
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Timelapse of a Cosmic Cataclysm - watch it appear, brighten, and dim! #Unistellar observers have been watching the supernova in M101 since its appearance in May; nearly 100 citizen astronomers were listed as co-authors on a scientific paper detailing their observations.
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Just now. A picture of Comet SWAN from Reunion Island with Patrice Huet’s eVscope. The tail is being distorted because of the strength and variation of the solar wind. The comet is getting brighter as well. #spacebeauty #unistellar #astronomy4all
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Comet Neowise captured by backyard astronomer Julien de Lambilly with his eVscope near Lausanne on July 12. This is a composite image of 8 frames of 4s-exposure time stitched together revealing the bright coma and majestic tail of this cosmic visitor. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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Happy Monday everyone! .Here is the Eastern Veil taken by Bruno. A 6 shots collage from his #eVscope!
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A picture of the comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto observed from Serre-Chevalier, France right now. This is what we can see in the eyepiece of the eVscope. Because the comet will be back in 3390 we didn't want to miss it. #FinallyYouWillSee
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An alluring image of the Black Eye Galaxy from Unistellar enthusiast Anton Pozniak! #space #nightsky #astrophotography #spaceexploration
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Happy Monday everyone!.We are starting this week with a beautiful image by Richard Born, the Christmas tree nebula. Gorgeous! 🤩
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Let's start this week with an observation of Comet E3 by Bob Riddle. ☄️ .The #comet will be making its close approach to the Sun on jan 12, so make sure to observe it as much as you can! 🔭.Here is a link to get all the info to observe Comet 2022 E3 ZTF: .
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Let's start this week with the beautiful Butterfly Nebula (or NGC 6302) by Denis Cottin. 🦋 🔭.What did you observe this weekend? .#Telescope #PicOfTheDay #Photography
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Last night one of the @Unistellar eVscopes captured Santa Claus with his sleigh passing in front of the Flame Nebula. Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noel, Feliz Navidad! Enjoy your time with your friends and family.
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Hey @Airfrance did you just photobomb us in the best way possible? .🌘 ✈️ 🔭 .Thanks a lot Michaël for this great picture taken while observing the #LunarEclipse #Photobomb
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Finally the moon is gone and the weather was good enough for us to take some new observations. Last Wednesday, we enjoyed the view of the Orion Nebula using the eVscope in Pourrières near Marseille, France. Have a good weekend!
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Your challenge this week is to observe M64, the Black Eye Galaxy! William Herschel called it "A very remarkable object. contains one lucid spot like a star with a small black arch under it, so that it gives one the idea of what is called a black eye, arising from fighting."
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This week's challenge is to observe the White Rose Cluster, NGC 7789! It was discovered in 1783 by astronomer Caroline Hershel and is one of the oldest known open clusters, being about 1.7 billion years old! (Image taken by Nicole Ruel and Jacques Bérard)
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Your challenge this week is to observe the Sculptor Galaxy! This spiral galaxy, also commonly known as the Silver Coin Galaxy, is one of the brightest galaxies in our night sky! (Image taken by 後藤干城 Tateki Goto)
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#UnistellarChallenge this week: witness the historic conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn! (1/5)
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This week's challenge is to observe the the Eagle Nebula (M16)! In the heart of the nebula lies the Pillars of Creation, towers of gas and dust made famous by the @HubbleTelescope's image of the region. (Image taken by Scott Sklar.)
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This week's challenge is to observe the Needle Galaxy (NGC 4565)! It is the largest edge-on spiral galaxy in our night sky and is even more luminous than our galactic neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy (M31)! (Image taken by @DaveNB_CAN)
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This week's challenge is to observe the Iris Nebula! This reflection nebula is illuminated by its very young central star, HD 200775, which is responsible for the nebula's blue color. (Image taken by @DaveNB_CAN)
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This week's challenge is to observe the Omega Nebula (M17)! It is one of the most massive star-forming regions in our galaxy, and its reddish color comes from hot hydrogen gas from newly born stars.
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Your challenge this week is to observe the Little Ring Nebula (NGC 6781)! This colorful, circular nebula was produced when a star like our Sun ejected its outer layers.
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This week's challenge is to observe spiral galaxy M94! M94 is home to about 40 billion stars and is commonly known as the Cat's Eye Galaxy. (Image taken by Nicole Ruel and Jacques Bérard)
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Let’s start this week with this great shot by Eric Davis of the Pinwheel Galaxy. Have a great week! #Astrophotography #picoftheday #telescope
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We love seeing amazing pictures by our community, and this one is absolutely fantastic. What a gorgeous shot of the Tarantula Nebula by @kiwiskiNZ .#astronomy #photography #Nebula
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Your challenge this week is to observe NGC 7479, the Superman Galaxy! This striking galaxy gets its nickname from the S-shaped appearance of its spiral arms. (Image taken by Nicole Ruel and Jacques Bérard)
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.@SETIInstitute intern Joe traveled to @LickObservatory on Mount Hamilton, California to track two asteroids with three different eVscopes until 5am! Even Comet Neowise came by!
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This week's challenge is to observe the Crescent Nebula, NGC 6888! This emission nebula is a shell of gas forming from its central star, known as WR 136. WR 136 is about 600,000 times brighter, 20 times more massive, and 5 times larger than our own Sun!
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Comet SWAN observed with an eVscope. Discovered recently with the @ESA SOHO spacecraft, this comet came to the rescue after the disappointing Comet ATLAS. Currently in the Piscis Austrinus at dawn for Southern Hemisphere observers, it will come to the north and be brighter in May
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Your challenge this week is to observe spiral galaxy NGC 7331! This majestic galaxy is sometimes known as our twin galaxy because it's so similar to our own galaxy, the Milky Way. (Image taken by Alain Vezina)
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Did you see the Venus & Jupiter getting together this morning? Our team watched it with the eVscope from Marseille, despite a strong mistral of 40 MPH. Here a bird photobombed one of our pictures by flying between the two planets. Venus is on the top and Jupiter on the bottom.
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Some great images of comet C/2017 K2 passing close by cluster M10 on the night of July 14th. ✨☄️🔭.Thanks for the pictures to Nicole Ruel Jacques Bérard, Scott Kardel and Richard Bright. #Space #Astronomy
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This week's challenge is to observe the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101)! Did you know that M101 is about 70% larger than our own Milky Way Galaxy? It's home to about 1 trillion stars, which is about 10 times the number of stars we have in the Milky Way! (Image taken by Gerd Waloszek)
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You don't get to meet an astronaut every day! Well, today we have 2 on our booth at @IACParis2022 🚀 The wonderful @DrSianProctor and @AstroSaraSabry 🤩 #IAC2022
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This week's challenge is to observe the Cigar Galaxy (M82)! M82 is the closest starburst galaxy to us, known for its high rate of star formation. Stars are being born 10 times faster in the center of M82 than they are within our entire Milky Way Galaxy!
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This week's challenge is to observe the M53 globular cluster! M53 is home to hundreds of thousands of stars and is about 12.7 billion years old -- almost as old as our visible universe! (Image taken by Nicole Ruel and Jacques Bérard)
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Your challenge this week is to observe globular cluster M92! This glittering sphere of stars is orbiting around the core of our Milky Way Galaxy. M92 is not only one of the brightest globular clusters, it is also one of the oldest. (Image taken by @DaveNB_CAN)
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Your challenge this week is to observe the Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635! This cosmic bubble is being inflated by a star 44 times more massive than our own Sun! (Image taken by Arnoud Buurman)
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#UnistellarChallenge this week: in honor of the 20th anniversary of #TowelDay, observe celestial objects found in the #HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy!
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This week's challenge in the Southern Hemisphere: find Centaurus A (NGC 5128). It is the 5th brightest galaxy in the night sky and is home to a supermassive black hole 14 times more massive than the black hole in our own galaxy!
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An illustrious capture of the Helix Nebula by eVscope user David Hein! #galaxy #luminousvapor #solarsystem #nebula #space #science
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This week's challenge is to observe the Fireworks Galaxy, NGC 6946! It gets its name from the large number of supernovae that have exploded in its spiral arms. 10 supernovae have been observed over the last century, while our Milky Way only averages about 1 supernova per century!
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This week's challenge is to observe the Trifid Nebula (M20)! It gets its name from the dark nebula that separates the red emission nebula into roughly three sections. Did you know it was featured on @DGMHQ's 1971 album, Islands? (Image taken by Nicole Ruel and Jacques Bérard.)
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This week's challenge is to observe the Hercules Globular Cluster (M13)! In 1974, the Arecibo Message, containing information about humanity and Earth, was broadcast into space, aimed at M13!
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Two recently discovered comets observed from Reunion Island by Patrice Huet with his eVscope. Celestial visitors C/2019 U6 (Lemmon) has now a tail and C/2019 F3 (Neowise) is becoming active with a bright greenish coma #CometLemmon #CometNeoWise #Unistellar #eVscope #Astronomy4All
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You want to know more about our wonderful ambassador @DrSianProctor? Make sure to check out @netflix's Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space. #Countdown #Inspiration4
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#UnistellarChallenge this week: observe the Horsehead Nebula! Located in the Orion constellation, this dark tower-like structure of gas and dust is where stars are being born!.📸 Lucas Schult (1/4)
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This week's challenge is to observe the Sunflower Galaxy, M63! The galaxy’s name comes from the short spiral arm segments that wind in toward its bright central disc. (Image taken by Nicole Ruel and Jacques Bérard, Québec.)
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The @UnistellarScope at #Discuss2019 in @UCBerkeley . Thanks to the attendees who stopped by to watch the beautiful Orion Nebula and talk about the search for life in our galaxy. Clear skies to all!
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#ontheroad: During our visit to the @GreenBankObserv, the eVscope got to meet the Green Bank Telescope (GBT)! The GBT is the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope, having a diameter of 100 meters!
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What's the difference between a galaxy and a nebula? Find out in our latest blog post:
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🎃👻Happy Halloween everyone!👻🎃. Thanks to Greg Redfern for this Skull Nebula picture.
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This week's challenge for the Southern Hemisphere: Omega Centauri. It is the largest globular cluster in our Milky Way galaxy! (Image taken by Patrice Huet, Cité du Volcan)
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Your challenge this week is to observe the Pegasus Globular Cluster (M15)! This brilliant swarm of stars located in our own galaxy, is home to over 100,000 stars, including pulsars, variable stars, and a double neutron star system! (Image taken by David Rowe)
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This week's challenge is to observe a recently discovered supernova! Supernova 2020nlb is located in elliptical galaxy M85, about 60 million light years away. 2020nlb is known as a type Ia supernova -- the brightest kind of supernovae!
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Your challenge this week is to observe the Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC 6992)! This wispy, colorful nebula was produced when a star 20 times more massive than our own Sun went supernova more than 10,000 years ago!
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Success! Using the automatic field detection we managed to capture the asteroid Florence while it was passing nearby us. More soon.
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Great views of the Tarentula Nebula with the #eVscope after 1 minute and 5 mins of Enhanced Vision. Now working on HDR to better the center in the near future!
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The Global Messier Marathon Week is moving full steam ahead!! While staying safe at home, many eVscope users enjoyed massive outer space observations. Check a selection from Montreal, San Francisco and Marseille, thanks to JM, Alain and Tucker. #messiermarathon #unistellar
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This week's challenge: witness a new supernova with your eVscope! Supernova 2020jfo is located in barred spiral galaxy, M61, which is roughly the same size as our own galaxy and is one of the most active galaxies for supernovae! (Image taken by Patrice Huet, Cité du Volcan)
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We are very happy to welcome @BillNye to our booth @IACParis2022 today and show him our eVscope 2. 🔭✨
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What a beautiful picture by Jacques Bérard Nicole Ruel of NGC2467 to end this week!.Wishing you all clear skies and great observations this weekend. #Pictureoftheweek #Astrophotography #Telescope
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Beautiful image by Jacques Bérard Nicole Ruel of the Jellyfish Nebula to kick off this week. What did you observe this weekend?.#Photooftheday #Astrophoto #telescope
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This week's challenge is to observe the Sagittarius Cluster (M22)! M22 is one of the brightest globular clusters in our night sky and is the second closest globular cluster to us! (Image taken by Nate Braswell)
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From Japan to Canada, from France to the United States and multiple other countries, more and more eVscope users are observing outer space and contributing to its better knowledge. Check some of their more memorable space moments on our interactive map.
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#UnistellarChallenge this week: observe celestial objects in the Gemini constellation! So get out your eVscope and follow along on our blog:
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What a beautiful picture of NGC 1931 by Jacques Bérard & Nicole Ruel to kick off this week!.What did you all observe this weekend? .#Picofthedya #Astrophoto#Astronomy
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The power of #CitizenAstronomy! . With the location information assist from @LeoLabs_Space, a member of our network of citizen astronomers observed the Long March 5b rocket falling towards #Earth's surface. Good work monitoring our skies, space explorers!
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This week's challenge in the Northern Hemisphere: find M81 (aka Bode's Galaxy). It is about half the size of our Milky Way and contains over 250 billion stars!
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Join us at 3 p.m. & 7 p.m. Central today! Observe the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction and hear from astronomers around the world. Unistellar's Winter Solstice Star Party kicks off soon! (Photo of the conjunction: eVscope 後藤干城 TATEKI GOTO, Japan)
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Let's end this week with this beautiful shot by Michael Camilleri of the Tarantula Nebula! 🔭 .Congrats on this gorgeous #Picture.#Astronomy #Picoftheday
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"A user-friendly, compact smart telescope that delivers stunning deep-sky colour views". Check BBC Sky at Night review of the eVscope:
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Let's end this week on this amazing image by Didier Cowen of Carina Nebula. 🤩 .Great observation and great work on the image! .#PicOfTheDay #Astrophoto #Picture
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#CometLeonard will be passing very close to Earth this week. Don’t miss the brightest comet of the year! #UnistellarChallenge.
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#UnistellarChallenge this week: observe spiral galaxy NGC 2403! This majestic spiral galaxy is well known for its numerous star forming regions, one of which is so large it has its own name: NGC 2404! (📸 @DaveNB_CAN) (1/3)
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What a beautiful picture of the Whirlpool Galaxy by Denis Cottin to start this week!.Hope you had clear skies during the weekend. What did you observe?.#Astrophotography #PicOfTheDay #Telescope
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The evolution of #CometLemmon @c2019u6 observed from Reunion Island by Patrice Huet with his Unistellar eVscope. After reaching its maximum brightness mid-June, the comet is fading away, while going back to the cold outer space. See you in 9255 years! #Astronomy4All #Comet
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Let's wrap up this week with the Candy Wrapper Nebula by Jacques Bérard Nicole Ruel. Got the pun? 😁 .#PicOfTheDay #Astrophoto #Astronomy
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A #lunareclipse is happening on May 26! Parts of the world will be able to see this cosmic event that last occurred 2 years ago. Trust us - you do not want to miss this. Learn more about when & where you can see the lunar #eclipse. #UnistellarEclipse 🔽 🔽
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This week’s challenge is to observe the Sombrero Galaxy (M104)! Its name comes from its unusually large central bulge and dark dust band that stretches around its disk. Learn more:
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This week's challenge is to give your loved ones a celestial valentine from your eVscope: a view of M50, the Heart-Shaped Cluster!
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The Unistellar app is going public!! You can now download it on the iOS App Store and the Google Play Store. Observe, Explore and Contribute, get a first glimpse of next-gen astronomy.
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On May 19th, a supernova (called #SN2023ixf),was discovered in the #PinwheelGalaxy, aka #M101! Since then, the #unistellarnetwork has been watching it brighten. Check out their observations and learn how you can help study the decade's closest supernova!
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This week's challenge: observe M44, the Beehive cluster! It is made up of very young stars and is one of the closest star clusters to us!
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This week’s challenge: view globular cluster M5 with your eVscope early in the morning! What's in your eyepiece will almost be as old as our known universe!
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Check out this video of spiral galaxy M61 from March 21 to July 30, 2020. It shows Supernova 2020jfo appearing and then disappearing! It was recorded by citizen astronomer Patrice Huet from Reunion Island.
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Keep your eyes on the skies! This week's skygazing highlights include dazzling galaxies, awe-inspiring alignments and the chance to witness Jupiter’s occultation. Read on to find out more!
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Detecting an asteroid occultation or an exoplanet transit? It is now official, citizen science pioneers from the @SETIInstitute and @Unistellar network have achieved their first backyard astronomy successes. #citizenscience #astronomy #asteroid #exoplanet.
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This week's challenge is to observe the Whirlpool Galaxy! It is located about 23 million light years away and is actually a pair of interacting galaxies: a large spiral galaxy and a dwarf galaxy.
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You can't go wrong observing the great Orion Nebula. Let's end this week with this great #picture by Will Russell 🤩 .#PicOfTheWeek #AstroPhotography #Telescope
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📱 A new version of the app is live!.Go download it, and check how Jupiter will now look with your eVscope! .⬇️ More info ⬇️ .
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Our first destination is the M79 globular cluster,one of the wonders of outer space. Thanks to Leo #marathonmessier #unistellar
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