Bluesky · Hashtag

#Nebulae

25
posts · 30d
6
users
1
posts / day
4.2
posts / user
+ 80% vs last week

#Nebulae is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 6 people shared 25 posts with it — around 1 a day. Activity is up 80% versus the previous week, peaking on Oct 11 with 3 posts.

#Nebulae posts per day (last 30 days)

Related tags

Tags most often used together with #Nebulae.

Posts with #Nebulae

EarthSky
@earthskyscience.bsky.social
4 days ago
Have you ever seen dark nebulae? 🌌 What are they? Dark #nebulae are clouds of gas and dust in #space dense enough to block light from background stars. These are locations where new stars and planets can form. And you can see them in your sky! #astronomy buff.ly/crpuOTF 📸 ESO/ Wikimedia Commons.
Stark black blob fanning up and to the right in front of a dense, colorful starfield.
1 1 13
Starry Time Podcast
@starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy
5 days ago
It's #nebula week for us this week! Here we have the Cocoon Nebula, which is both an emission and reflection nebula and it is located the #constellation #Cygnus You can learn more about #nebulae types in this week's episode here […] [Original post on universeodon.com]
From source linked in toot: This image shows the Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146) as a glowing, heart-shaped cloud set against a dense backdrop of countless stars scattered across the Milky Way. The nebula's center is filled with warm reds, oranges, and golds, forming a luminous cocoon of gas and dust with soft, uneven edges that fade into the surrounding darkness.

Embedded within this glowing cloud are many young stars, some appearing as bright white or bluish points, while others are hidden and revealed only through X-ray light detected by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. These X-rays trace a cluster of newly formed, highly active stars concentrated near the nebula's core.

The heart-shaped nebula itself shines through a mix of light emitted by these young stars and starlight reflected off surrounding dust. Optical data from two astrophotographers and infrared observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer provide depth and texture, revealing a sparkling star field and the thick, dusty structures where new stars continue to form.
0 1 3

Posts are pulled live from Bluesky and cached briefly. Posts with content labels are hidden.