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Luis Calçada

@luiscalcada.com

luiscalcada.com Graphic artist. Scientist. Musician. Works at http://eso.org

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ESO@eso.org · 2w ago

That's no moon. It's a...hang on, what should we call it? 🤔 Our VLT has revealed evidence for a moon-like object in the CD-35 2722 system. Yet this new ‘exomoon’ detection is challenging cosmic labels! 🔭 🧪 #exoplanets 1/4

The artist's impression features a small star (left) and two gaseous bodies (centre and right), set against the blackness of space. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser.
Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 4mo ago

#ARTEMIS II point of view for the next few hours as they go on their close by of the moon. Time in CEST (Europe/Berlin). Earth set at 00:40 and earth rise at 01:20 Sun eclipse at 02:30 (07.04.26) 🔭🧪

Corey S. Powell@coreyspowell.bsky.social · 4mo ago

There is a full universe behind that wonderful new Artemis II "Night Marble" view of Earth. Here's a breakdown of the stars (and one planet) in the field of view. Look at us! Just a planet hanging out in space. Annotation by Rodrigo González Peinado. 🧪🔭

Annotation of all the stars (and the planet Venus) visible in the background around the image of Earth in the new nighttime view of our planet from Artemis II.
ESO@eso.org · 7mo ago

By pure chance, Stefan observed the Sun last Friday with a custom-made telescope. The active region seen here close to the edge of the Sun's disc have now rotated more towards us. A so-called coronal mass ejection coming from this region has caused the ongoing geomagnetic storm. 📹 S. Ströbele/ESO

ESO@eso.org · 7mo ago

#Aurora over Europe! We're currently experiencing a strong geomagnetic storm, which caused a stunning auroral display all over Europe last night. This time-lapse was captured by our colleague Stefan Ströbele over our headquarters in Garching near Munich. 🔭 🧪 📹 S. Ströbele/ESO

Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 8mo ago

In a few hours in some areas of the world, interstellar visitor 3I/Atlas is going to be occluded by the moon. Interesting unique (and challenging) shooting opportunity, astrophotographers out there? 🔭🧪

Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · 8mo ago

I produced with my colleagues at @eso.org a new episode of our Chasing Starlight series about 3I/Atlas, where we interviewed comet specialist Cyrielle Opitom #astronomy 🔭 🧪

ESO@eso.org · 8mo ago

The interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS ☄️ cruising through our Solar System is no alien spaceship and won't hit Earth. Still, the buzz around it is far from unfounded 🤩 Discover why with #ChasingStarlight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtiqLxfSiVI 🔭 🧪

A bright white object glowing with green tones against a dark, starry space backdrop. The text "3I/ATLAS Facts, not fiction" appears on the image.
CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️@rami.spaceaustralia.com · 9mo ago

Whooooaaaa, this is extremely neat! And spectropolarimetry (which is the best, and what we used in my first paper too!) is at its core 💙 In a nutshell: astronomers used the polarization of light to study the shape of a supernova explosion before it interacted with surrounding material. 🔭🧪

ESO@eso.org · 9mo ago

For the first time ever, astronomers have unveiled the shape of a supernova explosion just a day after detection, as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface. Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/ 🔭 🧪 ☄️

A digital illustration of a star going supernova, surrounded by a gaseous disc in orange and red tones. The star is seen exploding in an olive shape, directed above and below the star.
ESO@eso.org · 9mo ago

For the first time ever, astronomers have unveiled the shape of a supernova explosion just a day after detection, as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface. Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/ 🔭 🧪 ☄️

A digital illustration of a star going supernova, surrounded by a gaseous disc in orange and red tones. The star is seen exploding in an olive shape, directed above and below the star.
Luis Calçada @luiscalcada.com · last yr.

Double detonation: Zooming into Supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5. New observations with @eso.org shows remains of star destroyed by pair of explosions. #astronomy 🔭 (ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger/VMC Survey/DSS2/P. Das et al. Background stars (Hubble): K. Noll et al.)

ESO@eso.org · last yr.

Our VLT has found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these ‘polar planets’ orbiting a stellar pair 😲 Discover more: www.eso.org/public/news/... 🔭 🧪 ☄️ Illustration by ESO/L. Calçada

An artist’s impression showing the orbits of two stars around each other, as well as the orbit of a planet around them. The planet’s orbit is tilted at a 90-degree angle to the stars’ orbits.