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Science info from NSF NOIRLab: the U.S. national center for ground-based, nighttime optical & infrared astronomy. Main channel is at @NOIRLabAstro

NOIRLab Science reposted

An updated version of NOIRLab IRAF is available! Version 2.18.1 includes the latest version of the GEMINI (v1.17) package, along with several bug fixes and new installers. Check out the software and release notes on iraf.noirlab.edu! @NOIRLabAstro @irafnet @NOIRLabScience

usngo's tweet image. An updated version of NOIRLab IRAF is available! Version 2.18.1 includes the latest version of the GEMINI (v1.17) package, along with several bug fixes and new installers. Check out the software and release notes on iraf.noirlab.edu! @NOIRLabAstro @irafnet @NOIRLabScience

🌞🔭 Celebrating 30 years! The GONG station at CTIO has been providing near-continuous solar observations, helping scientists map the Sun’s interior in real time.


With new SOAR observations we’ve mapped the accretion‑disk echo in a high‑z quasar, opening a window into early black‑hole growth. Read- aanda.org/articles/aa/fu…


🚀 DRAGONS v4.1.0 is out! ✨ GNIRS cross-dispersed (XD) data is supported — all gratings now covered! Feedback is welcome via the Helpdesk. 👉 Enjoy faster, easier GNIRS XD reductions with DRAGONS! 🔗 gemini.edu/DRAGONS


First of its kind! ✨ Astronomers have discovered the only known quadruple system with a pair of T-type brown dwarfs orbiting two stars. They are located in the constellation Antlia, 82 light-years away. Read more: ras.ac.uk/news-and-press… Credit: Jiaxin Zhong/Zenghua Zhang


"📅 Save the date! The @VRubinObs Community Workshop 2026 will take place 27–31 July at SLAC ✨ @vrubinobs is seeking nominations for the Target of Opportunity Advisory Board (deadline: Aug 31, 2025) 🔗ow.ly/sH2F50WO86v 📷 RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek

NOIRLabScience's tweet image. "📅 Save the date! The @VRubinObs Community Workshop 2026 will take place 27–31 July at SLAC ✨
@vrubinobs is seeking nominations for the Target of Opportunity Advisory Board (deadline: Aug 31, 2025) 
🔗ow.ly/sH2F50WO86v

📷 RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/P. Horálek

🌌 New research using @NOIRlabastro @KittPeakNatObs program shows that galaxy clusters align like cosmic highways, tracing dark matter structures across the universe. This alignment offers a glimpse into the universe's early formation. 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.384… Image: M. West

NOIRLabScience's tweet image. 🌌 New research using @NOIRlabastro @KittPeakNatObs program shows that galaxy clusters align like cosmic highways, tracing dark matter structures across the universe. This alignment offers a glimpse into the universe's early formation. 
🔗  iopscience.iop.org/article/10.384… Image: M. West

🧑‍💻✨ Join @noiralbastro @usngo for a hands-on DRAGONS data reduction webinar at: 📅 Sept 2 (10am MST / 1pm EDT) 📅 Sept 3 (3pm HST / 6pm MST) Learn GMOS imaging + long-slit reduction via Jupyter 🔗 ow.ly/fi9r50WO7Z1

NOIRLabScience's tweet image. 🧑‍💻✨ Join @noiralbastro @usngo for a hands-on DRAGONS data reduction webinar at:
📅 Sept 2 (10am MST / 1pm EDT)
📅 Sept 3 (3pm HST / 6pm MST)
Learn GMOS imaging + long-slit reduction via Jupyter
🔗 ow.ly/fi9r50WO7Z1

🌌 Dive into the @VRubinObs publications! Explore the latest research and discoveries from one of the most ambitious sky surveys ever here- ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/public-librari… 🚀📚

NOIRLabScience's tweet image. 🌌 Dive into the @VRubinObs publications! Explore the latest research and discoveries from one of the most ambitious sky surveys ever here- ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/public-librari… 🚀📚

Vote to bring our panel “Revolutionizing Astronomy + AI with Next Generation Big Data” to SXSW! Register for a SXSW account & vote by clicking the heart ❤️ - open now til Aug 24! 🔗 ow.ly/X87R50WJv4y

NOIRLabScience's tweet image. Vote to bring our panel “Revolutionizing Astronomy + AI with Next Generation Big Data” to SXSW! 

Register for a SXSW account & vote by clicking the heart ❤️ - open now til Aug 24!

🔗 ow.ly/X87R50WJv4y

🌌✨ @NOIRLabastro@RubinObs caught interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS 🚀🪐 days before discovery—opening a new window on Solar System science! 🔭📸 arxiv.org/abs/2507.13409


NOIRLab Science reposted

🎓✈️ Amazing opportunity! Six undergrads will head to La Serena, Chile for the NOIRLab REU Chile program — where it’s summer in January ☀️ — for 10 weeks of hands-on astronomy research 📍 On-site at La Serena, Chile 📅 Apply by 15 Sep 2025 📍 Program runs 12 Jan – 13 Mar 2026


NOIRLab Science reposted

☄️ Interstellar alert! The NSF–DOE @VRubinObs has captured this video of Comet 3I/ATLAS — the third interstellar object ever discovered — 10 days before its official detection on 1 July 2025 by the ATLAS survey. #RubinObservatory #Comet3I #Astronomy #Science


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