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Looking for some inspiration for your 2025 Motivation Board? Here you go! Our most popular images of the week of this year 🤩 Which one is your favorite? 🥰🫶 Comment below 👇 📷1 International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava) 📷2 RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/H. Stockebrand 📷3 International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/A. Hara 📷4 CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/D. Munizaga 📷5 CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Slovinský 📷6 International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Slovinský 📷7:KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks 📷8 & 9:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. Chu #astrophotography #astronomy #telescope #milkyway #sunset #moon #universe

For five decades Gabriel Pérez’s sketches and methodical approach to problem-solving inspired his colleagues. Now he is retiring, and some of his colleagues have shared their reflections on working with him and witnessing his engineering expertise, which helped get three major NSF NOIRLab telescopes off the ground. Read more on our latest blog story: https://lnkd.in/eM2mJZRE #blog #astronomy #science #engineer #chile

Is that the Milky Way?? No, it’s NGC 7331 🤭! This magnificent spiral galaxy, also known as Caldwell 30, is located approximately 40 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. It is often thought of as a twin to the Milky Way owing to its similar size and spiral structure. However, there are a couple of features of its core that set it apart from our home galaxy. For instance, astronomers have found evidence that the Milky Way has a central bar of stars and dust cutting through its center, a feature common to many spiral galaxies. But NGC 7331 lacks this feature. Additionally, NGC 7331’s central bulge rotates in the opposite direction to its galactic disk — unusual behavior compared to other galaxies and different from what we observe in the Milky Way. This image was taken by Gemini North, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, supported in part by the National Science Foundation and operated by NSF NSF NOIRLab. Download this image here: https://lnkd.in/ePCXxuxA Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA Image Processing: J. Miller (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab) & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) #astronomy #science #milkyway #universe #galaxy

Last days to apply!

Here is the latest edition of the eNews for the Gemini/NOIRLab Community. Keep up with the latest news and updates from the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF NOIRLab. Read more 🔗 https://ow.ly/7pLC50UsJpv #NSFstories #astronomy

✨ Exciting opportunity alert! 🌌 Join us as a SOAR Resident Science Fellow! 🌠 Support science operations for SOAR Telescope & dive into your own research - 50/50 split! 🇧🇷 Funded by the Brazilian government for 3 years (with a possible extension!). 📍The position is based in La Serena, Chile. Applications close Jan 6, 2025. Apply here: https://ow.ly/963H50UqAqu #AstroFellowship #ResearchOpportunity #SOARTelescope #hiring #chile #astronomy

🎉✨ Happy Holidays! 🎄🌟 Felices Fiestas! Mele Kalikimaka and Hau'oli Makahiki Hou! 🌺❤️🎉✨ Happy Holidays! 🎄🌟 Felices Fiestas! Mele Kalikimaka and Hau'oli Makahiki Hou! 🌺❤️ Thank you for being a part of our journey this year. 🥳 Print and share your own copy of this card to wish the stars in your life a happy holiday season in English or Spanish. https://lnkd.in/e9XHDfy8 Video credit: Animation: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor Music: "Holiday Gift" by Kai Engel / Free Music Archive (CC-BY) #astronomy #happyholidays #universe

🌌✨ Calling all early career scientists! 🚀💫 Join us for an incredible opportunity with the NOIRLab Postdoctoral Research Fellowship! 🌠 We encourage applications from early career scientists with interests in forefront optical infrared astronomy research, including but not limited to: innovative observational techniques, instrumentation, large data sets and data systems, artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in astronomy, solar system science, and computation and theory. 🌟This fellowship can extend up to 3 years and can be taken at any of our sites in Tucson, Hilo, or La Serena! 🌍 Apply by Dec 23rd, 2024! 🌟🔭 https://ow.ly/VuQs50UnujN #NOIRLab #PostdocFellowship #AstronomyResearch #hiring

Meet Messier 83! Also known as the Southern Pinwheel, this galaxy is located twelve million light-years away and is one of the most prominent spiral galaxies in the night sky. 🌀 Its swirling spiral arms display a high rate of star formation and have been host to six observed supernovae. 🤩 This image was captured with the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, mounted on the National Science Foundation (NSF) Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF NOIRLab. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dxKutpFS #astronomy #science #galaxy #universe #cerrotololo #chile Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA

Check out our latest blog ✍️! Discover how the 13-year-long Vista Variables in the Vía Láctea Surveys shaped the careers of 5 NOIRLab scientists, while also fostering international teamwork 🌎 and enabling groundbreaking discoveries! Read here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e62uWU_Q #blog #science #astronomy