This is a composite illustrating the passage of the Full Moon from R to L through the northern portion of Earth's umbral shadow on August 27, 2026.

Credit: Alan Dyer

A large vertical spinning cylinder of swirling air and dust. The image is strongly enhanced for contrast. The top is a differential from the mean image stack, where the bottom is that boosted differential added back over the mean stack.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill​

https://bsky.app/profile/kevinmgill.bsky.social/post/3muhm7pojns24

Raw data

​https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/NLG_1966_0841468406_221ECM_N0910806NCAM00528_00_2I4J

Here's Saturn imaged by Voyager 2 on September 1, 1981, 41 years ago today, from a distance of about 7 million kilometers.

Dumbbell nebula :)

Spent quite some time on it, collecting hydrogen alpha when the moon was not allowing for anything else

36.5 hours Halpha, 3nm Antlia filter

19 hours OIII, 12nm Astronomik filter

Romania, Bortle 4.5

Processed in Pixinsight, Seti Astro suite, GraXpert, Photoshop.

IMX 533 mono, -15°

Newton 200/1200

EQ6R

Image Credit & Copyright: Francesco Battistella

NASA/JPL-Caltech/j. Roger​

https://bsky.app/profile/landru79.bsky.social/post/3muhyuofecs2u

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NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard Left Navigation Camera (Navcam). The camera is located high on the rover's mast and aids in driving.

This image was acquired on Aug. 31, 2026 (Sol 1966) at the local mean solar time of 11:45:31.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech​

Raw data

​https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/NLG_1966_0841468406_221ECM_N0910806NCAM00528_00_2I4J

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/55496185422/in/album-72177720335347635/ full quality

Processed using the Hubble HSO palette in PixInsight.

The North America Nebula (cataloged as NGC 7000) is a large emission nebula located approximately 2,200 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus, near the bright star Deneb. Spanning roughly 90 light-years across, its striking shape—which remarkably resembles the continent of North America, complete with a prominent dark "Gulf of Mexico"—is caused by glowing, ionized hydrogen gas energized by intense ultraviolet radiation from massive nearby stars

Image Details:

- Imaging Scope: William Optics 61mm ZenithStar APO

- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Color with ZWO DuoBand filter

- Guiding Equipment: Celestron Starsense Autoguider

- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap

- Guiding Software: Celestron

- Light Frames: 25*6 mins @ 100 Gain, Temp -15C

- Dark Frames: 10*6 mins

- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker

- Processed in PixInsight (incl. Star Removal using Starnet2), Adobe Lightroom and Topaz Denoise

The second video is cropped and as timelapse

​By Sen

https:// ​x. ​com/sen/status/2094800518014968302?t=iVNsNXZ_qebojmUA1P9Npw&s=09​

Taken On Seestar S50 Using 2:42:00 Integration.

Post Processing Done In PS Express.

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launch

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope rises to space atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. The milestone begins the observatory’s journey to explore the large‑scale structure of the universe.

Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research. Liftoff occurred at 7:26 a.m. EDT, from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

Photographer: SpaceX
https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-20260830-PH-SPX01_0006

https://bsky.app/profile/pomarede.bsky.social/post/3muexixxbic2w

Credit: Azastroguy

This image was taken by Left Navigation Camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 5000 (2026-08-30 11:51:56 UTC).

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

https://mars.nasa.gov/raw_images/1632788/

Credit: NASA , ESA , M. Robberto ( STScI / ESA )

GIF is sped up

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Roman will investigate dark energy and dark matter, conduct a statistical census of planetary systems, and enable a broad range of additional astrophysics research.

• Photographer:NASA/SpaceX

https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-20260830-MH-AJN01-0001-Roman_Space_Telescope_Isolated_Launch_and_Landing_Views-M26246

From OP's description:

For a while now, I’ve wanted to do a deep image on Andromeda’s core with an emphasis on the hydrogen alpha. For the last month or so, I’ve been pointing my telescope at Andromeda to do just that. After deleting subs, I ended up with 110 hours and 36 minutes of subs that were stacked in Pixinsight where I did some of the basic editing and the continuum subtraction (third image).

The images were blended together using various masked layers in Photoshop, a process I had to figure out with trial and error. Simply screening the Ha in does not work on the core as the LRGB is far too bright. To keep noise to a minimum, I created a super luminance frame and did not run NoiseXterminator until after the continuum subtraction.

Total integration: 110h 36m

Integration per filter:

- Lum/Clear: 24h 21m (487 × 180")

- R: 10h 30m (126 × 300")

- G: 10h 5m (121 × 300")

- B: 10h 20m (124 × 300")

- Hα: 55h 20m (332 × 600")

Equipment:

- Telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 9.25" with .7 reducer

- Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro

- Mount: ZWO AM5N

- Filters: Antlia 3nm Narrowband H-alpha 36 mm and V-Pro LRGB

Source, iSpeakAmurican

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LRGB+Ha is a technique in astrophotography whereby hydrogen-alpha (H-alpha) data is added to a standard LRGB colour image (Luminance, Red, Green, Blue) to highlight red nebulae and star-forming regions in galaxies or nebulae.

https://www.cloudynights.com/forums/topic/872183-best-way-to-add-ha-data-to-lrgb-for-galaxies/

My latest image of the Cocoon Nebula, IC 5146, surrounded by the huge amount of dark interstellar dust running through this part of Cygnus.

I wanted to capture more than just the bright Cocoon itself, so the processing was aimed at bringing out the much fainter dusty structure and dark nebula surrounding it while still retaining the dense background star field.

Equipment

• Askar 107PHQ + 0.7× reducer (~524mm, f/4.9)

• ZWO ASI2600 Duo

• Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro

• Optolong L-eNhance

• UV/IR-cut filter

• PHD2 guiding

Light frames

• UV/IR: 29 × 120s = 58 minutes

• L-eNhance: 46 × 240s = 3h 04m

• Total light integration: 4h 02m

Calibration

• 30 × 120s darks for the UV/IR data

• 30 × 240s darks for the L-eNhance data

• 50 flats per filter

• 50 dark-flats per filter

The UV/IR and L-eNhance data were calibrated and stacked separately. The broadband UV/IR data provided most of the natural star field and faint dusty structure, while the L-eNhance data was used to strengthen the Hα/OIII emission from the Cocoon.

Processing involved gradient/background correction, noise reduction, separate star and starless processing, stretching and then combining the two filter datasets. A fair bit of care was needed with the stretch because pushing the background too far very quickly makes the faint dust overly contrasty.

The part I particularly like is the dark nebula itself. The Cocoon is obviously the bright centrepiece, but once the surrounding dust starts appearing you realise just how much structure there is across the entire field.

IC 5146 – Cocoon Nebula, Cygnus

Total integration: 4h 02m

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket transits the Sun. The hot gasses from the liquid-fuelled boosters create complex refraction patterns that distort sunlight at lower left. Shockwaves from the rocket's 27 engines emanate in arcs that break up the Sun's outline.

https://bsky.app/profile/theplanetaryguy.com/post/3mucwiw7czc2s

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Learn more about the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope:

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-dark-universe-seeking-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-launches/

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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope transits our neighborhood star on its way to unlock the secrets of the universe

Image credit: NASA/John Kraus

https:// x. com/johnkrausphotos/status/2094034694358630768

Taken Via Seestar S50 Using 47 Second Video Stack.

Edited In PS Express.