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Rosette Nebula Captured with DECam
Dark Energy Camera Images Cometary Globule CG 4
Nicholas U.Mayall 4-meter Telescope Open Dome
Nicholas U.Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory
Galactic Dance
A Bright Night over Gemini North
Dark Energy Survey deep field image
M45 Pleiades
Rich Young Cluster Cep OB 3b
Big Telescope, Bigger Moon
Carina Nebula (NGC 3372)
Gemini South Captures Planetary Nebula CVMP 1
Spiral Galaxy IC 342
Ghostly Stellar Tendrils of the Vela Supernova Remnant
A Sky for Discovery
Spiral galaxy NGC 1566
Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula
Circumpolar Laser Tests at Gemini North
Jupiter's Red Spots
Aurora Above Kitt Peak National Observatory
Kitt Peak National Observatory Beneath Star Trails
Nicholas U. Mayall and the Milky Way
Nicholas U. Mayall Beneath Star Trails
Gemini and Sights of the South
Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS over the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope
From Cerro Pachón to the Moon
The Impressionist’s Dusk
Beaming up to the Stars
Caught Between Earth and Sky
Starry Night, Laser Light
Ribbons of Light
Elliptical galaxy NGC 474 — excerpt from the Dark Energy Survey
A Snowball SOARs
Carina Nebula western wall (with adaptive optics)
High resolution solar spectrum
vdB 152, Barnard 175
Planetary Nebula HFG1
A Colorful Night
WIYN Enveloped by Celestial Aura
A Backdrop of Blue and Red
Trails Near and Far
Glowworm Glowing in the Dead of Night
Sunset over Kitt Peak National Observatory
Galactic Rainbow
Starry Skies at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
The Starry Dandelion and the Cosmic Gecko NGC 6520
‘Seeing’ atop Cerro Pachón
Southern Treasures on the Horizon
SARA South at Cerro Tololo
A Periodic Visitor at Kitt Peak
Natural Night Lights Over Gemini North
Southern Celestial Wayfinder
The Twisted Dusty Disk of NGC 4753
Geminids Over Kitt Peak National Observatory
The Cosmic Road from Cerro Tololo
Gemini South Reveals Tangled Spiral Arms of the Peculiar Galaxy NGC 7727
Calibration Station
Gemini South Captures Toby Jug Nebula
Dark Energy Camera Captures Bright, Young Stars Blazing Inside Glowing Nebula
The Colors of the Night Sky
Rubin Observatory and Its Target
Sunset and Shadow
Gemini North Infrared View of Jupiter
Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
A Sign of the Zodiac
Sunlight Paints a Crimson Sky Over Gemini South
Shooting for the Stars!
McMath-Pierce at night
IC 1396A Elephant Trunk Nebula
A Celestial Veil Over Rubin Observatory
Dark Skies Aren’t Always Black Skies
The Milky Way Above SOAR on Cerro Pachón
Milky Way Front and Center
A Pantheon Above WIYN
CTIO on the Edge of the World
Open Skies and an Open Dome
Celestial Landmarks of the Northern Sky
Gemini North Back On Sky With Dazzling Image of Supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy
Stellar Red Giant Above KPNO
Nebular Harvest
NOIRLab’s current and potential future system
Deepest, widest view of the Small Magellanic Cloud from SMASH
Galactic Waterfall
Trails Through the Night Sky
Under the Dome
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Comet NEOWISE Over Gemini North
Through the Camera Lens
A (Galactic) Arm’s Length Away
Nebula NGC 6164-5
Star Trails Over Gemini North
Masked in Shadows
Lighting the Way
NGC 3923
Cropped View of Galaxies in Lopsided Tug of War
Testing Gemini’s Super-Laser
Sunset at Rubin Observatory
Sunset at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Red Bloom above Cerro Tololo
Reflection Nebula Bernes 149 in Dark Cloud Lupus 3
‘Taffy Galaxies’ Collide, Leave Behind Bridge of Star-Forming Material
High, Dry and Covered in Snow
Beginning to End of a Total Lunar Eclipse
Double Trouble Total Lunar Eclipse
Gemini North and Its Roommates
Maunakea Above the Clouds
Like Painting with Light
The Outstretched Milky Way
A Guiding Star for Gemini South
Galaxy NGC 772
Young stellar jet MHO 2147
Leonard, Rubin, and Venus
Colors of Kitt Peak
Centaurus A captured by the Dark Energy Camera
Snowy Sunrise on Maunakea
Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, Messier 83
A Vintage Lightning Storm at Kitt Peak
Sunset Skies at CTIO
Deepest, widest view of the Large Magellanic Cloud from SMASH
Shooting for the Moon at Cerro Pachón
Cosmic Fireworks
Planetary Nebula Sh2-68
Planetary Nebula PuWe 1
Dark Nebula LDN 810
NOIRLab releases best view yet of a neighboring dwarf galaxy
Convergence Over Cerro Pachón
Orion "Bullets" with GeMS
Reflection Nebula NGC 1999
The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635)
Nebula NGC 5189
Skull Nebula NGC 246
Pelican Nebula Ionization Front
The Helix Nebula, NGC 7293
360 degree view of Kitt Peak National Observatory
Zodiacal Arc and the Milky Way over Kitt Peak 360 Panorama
Gentle Giant Galaxy
Zodiacal Light Seen From CTIO 360 Panorama
Gemini North and the Milky Way 360 Panorama
Gateway to the Cosmos
A Cosmic Overpass
Cerro Pachón at Night 360 Panorama
Cerro Tololo Light Show
Red Lights, Blue Lights
Portrait of the Great Barred Spiral
Dark Energy Camera's 1 millionth exposure
Moonrise Over Gemini North
Artist’s impression of quasar J0313-1806
Rubin Observatory under Construction on Cerro Pachón
The Nicolas U. Mayall 4-Meter Telescope
Stairway to the Stars
Star Trails from the Summit of Cerro Tololo
"Mushroom Farm" - North East side of Cerro Tololo
DECam image of the bulge of the Milky Way
Star trails and Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
One Half of a Whole
Star-forming region NGC 7129
The Veil Nebula, NGC 6960
Planetary Nebula Sh2-290
Reflection Nebula NGC 1788
An Insider’s View
Gemini North Sunset Mirror Panorama
Galactic Waltz NGC 1532-31
Occultation of Mars from Kitt Peak National Observatory
Rubin Observatory at Twilight
Nicholas U.Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory
Nicholas U.Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory
Nicholas U.Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory
Nicholas U.Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory
Nicholas U.Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory
DESI Year-3 Fan Plot
Nicholas U.Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory
Close-up of Rubin and Crane After Sunset
Renewal and Discovery at Kitt Peak
Artist’s illustration of dwarf galaxy with active galactic nucleus
NGC 2040
DECam Deep View of the Antlia Cluster
All-sky photo of the night sky (annotated)
The Milky Way’s Unusual Twin in Pegasus
The Outskirts of the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
The Path to Observation
The Global Reach of Las Cumbres Observatory
Gemini North’s Volatile Neighbor
Eclipse near Moonrise
NGC 1270: A Galactic Archipelago
The Tidal Tales of NGC 922
Artist Illustration of Early-Universe Quasar Cosmic Neighborhood
Snow day at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Peaks on Peaks
Galactic Twin NGC 6744
Coma Cluster
A ‘Butterfly’ from Death’s Door
Artist’s Illustration of Brown Dwarfs Surrounding the Milky Way
Starburst Galaxy NGC 4449
The Unfurling Spiral Arms of NGC 3981
Kitt Peak Night Observing Program
Kitt Peak Night Observing Program
A Menagerie of Intertwined Galaxies
Moonrise over Maunakea
NGC 2685: A Helix in the Sky
Bok Stands Tall Under the Milky Way
Glowing Red at Kitt Peak
Hidden Among Supernovae
The sixth (January 2024) edition of The NOIRLab Mirror newsletter
Interior of the Gemini North Telescope
A Grand Design of Imperfections
Blooming of the Spare Tyre Nebula
Galactic ‘Art’ above CTIO
Rainbow on Maunakea
Artist’s impression of a Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient that is unusually far from its host galaxy
Maunakea’s Shadow
Galactic Face-off
A False Dawn at KPNO
Artist Impression of a Star Devouring One of Its Planets
Distant Telescopes of the Chilean Mountaintops
The Isolation of Gemini South
DECam Images RCW 86, Remains of Supernova Witnessed in 185
Silent Night, Starry Night
Star Sweeps
Destined to Collide
A Blanket of Light
A Crimson Nursery
Wraparound Observatory
The ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Pegasus V
A Galaxy of Birth and Death
Total Lunar Eclipse over Cerro Tololo
The Circle of Light
A Galactic Vortex
Seeing Red at Kitt Peak
Telescopes Standing Sentry
A Whirlpool of Stars
Telescope Trio
A Giant’s Funeral Pyre
