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Glistening Spiral Galaxy
Striking image shows mass distribution of nearby galaxy cluster
Mayall 4-meter primary blank
High resolution spectrum of Procyon
High resolution spectrum of Arcturus
M27 Dumbbell Nebula
Lynds’ Dark Nebula 673
Planetary Nebula Abell 74
Portrait of a Starburst Galaxy
Heart of the Milky Way
Radiant Horizons
Purple Sky at Night: Astronomer’s Delight!
Starlit Solar Panels at Gemini South
Star-Birth “Fireworks”
Gemini South image of NGC 5426-27 (Arp 271)
A Mysterious Rash of Star Birth
M39, NGC 7092
IQUEYE First-Light Observations of Crab Pulsar
Total Lunar Eclipse Seen from Cerro Tololo
Hurry, Make a Wish!
Artist’s Illustration of Exoplanets Orbiting Barnard’s Star
Gemini North Under a Blanket of Airglow
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) in the Chilean Skies
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) Gleams Above Cerro Pachón
Artist’s Illustration of Rubin Observatory Capturing Supernovae
Dust and Dark Energy above CTIO
Research on the Ridge
ComCam Engineering Test Image
The NOIRLab Mirror – January 2025
A Global Epicenter for Astronomy
Happy Holidays 2024
Mountaintop Neighbors
Artist’s Illustration of Exoplanet HD 86728 b
Grandeur Around Gemini South
Students taking part in a presentation during Viaje al Universo 2024
A Stargazer’s View from Kitt Peak
Leinani Lozi at First Gigayear(s) Conference
Time-Domain Astronomy at Cerro Tololo
Simonyi Survey Telescope Dedication Ceremony at Rubin Observatory
NOIRLab Launches Exoasteroids Citizen Science Project
Lightning Above the Mountaintop
Drone view of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Vera C. Rubin Observatory in the snow.
Southern Vortex above Blanco
Arches all around Kitt Peak
Rubin and the Rift
Annual Cosmic Fireworks over Kitt Peak
The Seventh (June 2024) Edition of The NOIRLab Mirror Newsletter
Industrious Telescopes of the South
Rubin’s 8.4-meter Primary/tertiary Mirror with Reflective Coating
Artist’s Impression: Stellar streams in and around the Milky Way
Artistic Composition of DESI Year-One Data Slice Above the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
A Duality of Dust
Dome of Reflection
US-ELTP Giant Magellan Telescope and Thirty Meter Telescope Laser Guide Stars
A Little Rocky Planet
Dark Energy Camera Deep Image with Quasar (no annotations)
A Sky Full of Dust Over CTIO
Milky Way Over Maunakea 360 Panorama
Cerro Pachón at Night Fulldome
Gemini North Telescope and Its Neighbors in Astronomy
Wider crop of the NGC 1512 image
The interacting galaxy pair NGC 1512 and NGC 1510
A Sky Aglow
Galaxies in the Fornax Cluster
Cloudy Sunset at CTIO
McMath Pierce Solar Telescope Facility with Milky Way
Happy Trails
At the Foot of Maunakea
Clear Skies at Cerro Pachón
Technicolor Night
Star Trails and the Lone Twin
Telescope Trio
A Sky Full of Galaxies
Lightning Strikes Up
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning!
An Astronomer’s Crystal Ball
Mauna Loa - Aerial
Star trails over the Kitt Peak Visitor Center
Iris Nebula NGC 7023
Panorama of Spiral Galaxy, M31
Silver Galactic Sliver
Dazzling in the dark
Starlink Satellites Imaged from CTIO
Rosette emission-line image
A Stream of Anticrepuscular Rays
Active Optics Demonstration at AstroDay Kona 2024
Artist’s Impression of Fastest-feeding Black Hole in the Early Universe
NOIRLab Telescope Mosaic
New Horizons Spacecraft
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Galaxy of Dreams
Kitt Peak and a Northern Asterism
Round-the-Clock Observing
NOIRLab at Journey Through the Universe 2023
Telescopes Among the Clouds
Globular Cluster Omega Centauri Captured by NEWFIRM on the Blanco Telescope
Milky Way Above Cerro Pachón 360 Panorama
Dynastic Vibes
Crags and Clouds
Illustration showing the asteroid 2021 PH27 inside Mercury’s orbit
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Dark Energy Survey (DES), Dark Energy Camera imager and CCDs at SiDet
Guardians of the Galaxy
Colorful Cosmic Reflections
Telescopes at the Ready
Center of the Milky Way with DECam
The Sun Gazer
Moonlit Heliostat
Follow the Yellow Lit Road
Maunakea Panorama
Telescope structure as seen at sunset
Whole disk NIRI image sharp
Milky Way over McMath
Where Discoveries Begin
Storm Lifting Over Gemini
Sunset at Dawn of Big Data
Artistic representation of the largest radio jet in the early Universe
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Meteors over the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope
Golden Hour at Maunakea
Paul Palma Receives 2023 Padre Picetti Award
Kitt Peak National Observatory at the Cutting Edge
Milky Way Over Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope 360 Panorama
Kitt Peak National Observatory at Dusk
Multiple Green Flashes
Image of Abell 3158, Part of the DESI Legacy Imaging Survey
Coloring the Night
Snow at Rubin Observatory
Rubin at Sunset
Illustration of the center of the Milky Way
A Tendril of Stars
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Gazing at the Milky Way
Rubin Observatory's 8.4-meter telescope
Clear Skies at Cerro Pachón
Some Assembly Required
A Vista of NGC 2626 with the SMARTS 0.9-meter Telescope
Serpent’s Nebula
The irregular dwarf galaxy IC 1613 — excerpt from the Dark Energy Survey
Wider view of elliptical galaxy NGC 474 from the Dark Energy Survey
NGC 1003
Panorama of Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory aerial view
Eclipse over Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
Maunakea and Mauna Loa
Telescope structure as seen at sunset
Gemini North at night
Star forming region, NGC 206
Emission line image of M27
Baby Eagle Nebula, LBN 777
Ghost Nebula, vdB 141
Hawai‘i Students Take a Journey Through the Universe!
Optical Elements
Optical Elements at Sunset
M8 Lagoon Nebula
Thor’s Helmet, NGC 2359
A Stellar Incubator
M78, NGC 2068
Cometary Globule CG4
Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)
The Eagle Nebula, M16
Sunspot as seen by the Vacuum Tower Telescope
Navigating the Milky Way
Rubin Observatory's secondary mirror is installed onto the telescope
Night at Kitt Peak National Observatory
Kitt Peak Nightly Observing Program
A Galactic Illusion
LSST Camera Arrives at Rubin Observatory
Sarah Logsdon Working at the WIYN 3.5-meter Telescope
Sarah Logsdon Working at the WIYN 3.5-meter Telescope
ACEAP Ambassadors in Front of Blanco
NGC 520
Testing Gemini’s Super-Laser
Infographic of Star Engulfing a Planet
Above the Cliffs at Cerro Pachón
Deep Dive into Astronomical Data Tapestry of the Milky Way
Mauna Loa Lava and Light Pillar Caught on Camera from Gemini North
Record-breaking Gamma-Ray Burst Caught With Gemini (no annotations)
Vera C. Rubin Observatory, March 2022
Wide View of Spiral Galaxy Messier 106
3 NOIRLab Summits
Stitched Panorama photograph of the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
SOAR Telescope
Cygnus X-1 binary star system
Sh2-82, Cocoon Nebula
NGC 6992 (Cygnus Loop)
Planetary Nebula MWP1
NGC 7320 Stephan’s Quintet
Desert Stars
Telescope Cutaway with Labels
Planetary Nebula HDW 3
Soap Bubble Nebula, PN G75.5+1.7
NGC 6520 with Barnard 86
NGC 3359 – Meet Me at the Bar
Orion Bullets
Rubin in the Morning
Meteor over Maunakea
Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
DESI Year-3 Data Slice
DESI Year-3 Fan Plot (wide)
The Road to Rubin After Sunset
Gemini North Telescope on Hawaiʻi
Sculptor Galaxies
Artist’s Illustration of Multi-Messenger Event
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
NEID on the WIYN 3.5-meter Telescope
Rubin Observatory at sunset in May 2024
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
Harnessing the Sun
Rubin Observatory Under the Milky Way
Primitive Spectroscopy above KPNO
Rubin’s 8.4-meter Mirror Moves Into the Observatory
NOIRlab Launched Backyard Worlds: Cool Neighbors
Kitt Peak National Observatory at Dusk
Artist’s Impression of a Pair of Quasars at ‘Cosmic Noon’
Maunakea by Moonlight
A Breeze of Color
Trail left by BlueWalker 3 over Kitt Peak National Observatory
360-degree Panorama View of November 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse
Cerro Tololo at Dawn 360 Panorama
Not a Flying Saucer
The merging galaxy pair NGC 4568 and NGC 4567
A Hexagonal Galactic Center
What Goes Up, Must Come Down
Smoke and Mirrors
Light at Night
Illustration of Trojan Asteroid 2020 XL5
Foreground, Background, Backdrop
Keeping It Cool
Illustration of Primordial Stellar Stream near Milky Way
The Comet, the Planets, and the Sprite
The Heart of a Centaur
