IAU Canada Astronomy Outreach

Sharing astronomy-related news, promoting astronomy outreach events across Canada, and publicizing initiatives/resources of the International Astronomical Union

[IAU Canada Astronomy Outreach @IAUCanadaAstro]

IMPORTANT NEWS - IAU EXOPLANET NAMING CONTEST!!!

[IAU OAO @IAU_Outreach]

Submission Deadline for NameExoWOrlds 2022 extended to 11 December 2022

You now have until 11 December to get your names for an exoplanet and its host star recognized by the IAU

Find out more about NameExoWorlds2022 at: https://t.co/NYxptHaKta

#NameExoWorlds2022 #IAUOutreach

[IAU Canada Astronomy Outreach @IAUCanadaAstro]

Would you like the chance to name a strange new world? The International Astronomical Union is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Office of Astronomy Outreach with a naming contest for 20 exoplanets to be observed by the James Webb Space Telescope. https://t.co/wWj19A0iy0

[IAU-OAD @Astro4Dev]

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Office for Astronomy Outreach @IAU_Outreach, the @IAU_org is launching a contest to name 20 exoplanetary systems to be observed by JWST. #NameExoWorlds #IAUGA2022

https://t.co/BsXa428PgI

[Institut Trottier de recherche sur les exoplanètes @iExoplanets]

L'@IAU_org vient d'annoncer un nouveau concours international pour nommer un système étoile-exoplanète parmi les premières cibles du télescope @NASAWebb! @asc_csa

[SkyNews Magazine @SkyNewsMagazine]

The Perseid Meteor Shower is the highlight of the week, peaking after midnight on Friday night, August 12, into the wee hours of Saturday morning. Read more in This Week's Sky by @astrogeoguy!

https://t.co/OdmCXqOUjy

[IAU Canada Astronomy Outreach @IAUCanadaAstro]

No sounds in the vacuum of space? NASA scientists have found a spinning black hole creating pressure waves in a surrounding gas cloud and have converted them into a frequency range that the human ear can hear... https://t.co/1EpknV00SU

[Latest in space @latestinspace]

The sound of a black hole. Recorded by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory 😱

[IAU Canada Astronomy Outreach @IAUCanadaAstro]

Canadian Observers: "Northern Lights" likely on the way for large part of the country!

[AuroraMAX @AuroraMAX]

If your region is shaded green on the map below, be on the lookout for the #northernlights on the nights of July 22-24!👇#auroraborealis #AuroraMAX

[SAPM @SAPM_ASTRO]

Rapprochement entre la Lune et les Pléiades (Messier 45).

Le samedi 23 juillet, avant le lever du Soleil, rapprochement entre le faible croissant lunaire et le magnifique amas les Pléiades (Messier 45)

[Jesse Rogerson, PhD @jesserogerson]

Thanks to @planetarycass for inviting me to share my thoughts about @NASAWebb's newest images on the @IngeniumCa #3Things.

Also, @MichelleCbell and @rcgoulet it's so good to have written along side you again!

[IAU Canada Astronomy Outreach @IAUCanadaAstro]

Now is the time to visit a 'Dark-Sky Site'!

[RASC National @rasc]

Did you know that RASC designates Dark-Sky Sites across Canada? There are three types of Dark-Sky Sites: Dark-Sky Preserves, Nocturnal Preserves, and Urban Star Parks. Have you ever visited a RASC Dark-Sky Site?
Photo: @LearnToStargaze - Kejimkujik National Park

[Rothney Observatory @RAOastronomy]

At 10:08:49 UTC this morning the RAO's #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera caught this amazing, double exploding meteor. The gif shows it in real time first, then frame by frame so you can see all the action. You're looking almost straight south of the observatory. Anybody see it by eye?

[Institute for Earth and Space Exploration @westernuSpace]

"Shantanu Basu & Arpan Das, @WesternU Department of #Physics & #Astronomy developed an explanation for the observed distribution of supermassive black hole masses and luminosities, for which there was previously no scientific explanation." https://t.co/EsjhHp8AHv

[Agence spatiale canadienne @asc_csa]

WOW! Dans cette vidéo, on franchit 2000 années-lumière jusqu’à la nébuleuse de l’Anneau austral – image de @nasawebb. Le FGS canadien a permis au télescope de garder la cible bien stable dans sa mire.

Source : NASA, ESA, ASC, STScI, équipe de prod. des images initiales de Webb

[IAU Canada Astronomy Outreach @IAUCanadaAstro]

Throw Back Thursday (TBT) memories of a spectacular auroral display seen at the Algonquin Radio Observatory 6 years ago on Canada Day (Night). I can't think of a better way to celebrate the occasion! Does anyone know if the telescope is still being used for scientific research?

[iTweetThere4iAM @B_Ubiquitous]

#Algonquin Radio Observatory Light Show
#photography by @BrianDrourr
#NorthernLights #fineart #Canada #aurora

[IAU Canada Astronomy Outreach @IAUCanadaAstro]

Are you a lunatic? Happy International Moon Day, July 20, 2022! Check out this interesting article as well...https://t.co/YzmOA1GykB

[Hubble @NASAHubble]

Happy #MoonDay! ����

Did you know Hubble has observed our Moon? Here’s a shot of the crater Copernicus.

Hubble can resolve features as small as 280 feet across: https://t.co/HCVw8GSFIi

[IAU Canada Astronomy Outreach @IAUCanadaAstro]

Voici une opportunité facile de voir les planètes mars et jupiter avec juste vos yeux sans aide.

[SAPM @SAPM_ASTRO]

La Lune de chaque côte de Mars.

Les 21 et 22 juillet, la Lune se retrouve de chaque côté de la planète rouge Mars.

[Institute for Earth and Space Exploration @westernuSpace]

In a new study, led by @WesternU researcher, Genaro Suárez "data from NASA’s now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope was used to determine the conditions under which silicate clouds form on distant exoplanets outside of our solar system." https://t.co/Xh0WVoX4Cr

[IAU Canada Astronomy Outreach @IAUCanadaAstro]

JWST images are more than just pretty pictures! The data they contain help us better understand the processes that have created these amazing objects. Brian Murphy (U of Edinburgh) has added graphics to highlight some of we know about these objects & what can be seen in the pics.

[Agence spatiale canadienne @asc_csa]

Génial! 🤩 L’instrument canadien NIRISS sur #Webb a trouvé de l’eau dans l’atmosphère de l’exoplanète WASP-96 b! 💧 ☁️

Allez voir ça! 👇

Source : ASC, NASA, Agence spatiale européene, STScI, Christine Daniloff/MIT, Julien de Wit, NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt, T. Pyle.

[IAU Canada Astronomy Outreach @IAUCanadaAstro]

Canadian instruments on Webb telescope already making critical contributions in exoplanet atmospheric characterization...

[Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette @AngryAstroPanda]

Alright, so I couldn't make my huge live @NASAWebb debut quite the way we planned it, but this detection and how BEAUTIFUL the NIRISS data is truly remarkable.

And this is only the start!!!