KOSMOS!!! Apache Point Observatory

Here is what our neck of the woods looks like from space! Neat view of Apache Point Observatory and SunspotSolarObs and summary of the activities at the two facilities. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148884/…

Congratulations to Adam Kowalski, an active user of both the 3.5m and 0.5m telescopes at APO!

It’s an exciting new era for APO! lcsun-news.com/story/news/edu…

Fun fact! Did you know there is an astroid named after #NMSU? It is called Asteroid NEMSU! Check out this GIF of the asteroid zooming across the sky taken with the 1-meter at Apache Point Observatory!

Congratulations to our own Observing Specialist and NMSU Astronomy grad student David DeColibus on publishing this paper about Uranus' strange moon Miranda, enabled by TripleSpec on the APO 3.5m. NASA should send a flagship mission to go study it! Oh wait... arxiv.org/abs/2204.10832

Congratulations to SDSS-V Director Juna Kollmeier on this tremendous recognition!

“I used to lie in bed at night and wonder what we might be able to discover with a new Sloan Digital Sky Surveys instrument. Now, we finally get to find out.” impact.sloan.org/after-21-years…

Aurora spotted at Apache Point Observatory last night! The oxygen red aurora is seen across the north and east and the higher altitude nitrogen blue aurora is seen as pillars in the north. #Auroraborealis #aurorasaurus

We had a great eyepiece viewing session for the ARC Board and SDSS AC meeting attendees! Thanks to Candace Gray and Amanda Townsend for the wonderful sky tour!

A rare sighting of all of our amazing 3.5m observing specialists in one place! Thanks to everyone for being there for the exciting training session on APOLLO operations. Pew pew!!! 💚

Workplace photos of the aurora from APO courtesy of Candace Gray and Amanda Townsend!! Great pics!!! 🤩

We caught the Starliner coming in for a landing at White Sands using our all-sky camera! It's the streak in the southwest corner (lower right) of each frame. Thanks for sharing these ⁦Amanda Townsend⁩ !

Beautiful aurora from APO tonight!!!

Behold! Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, Venus (at left), and our fabulous 3.5m telescope 🤩 Photo courtesy of Observing Specialist Mark Croom.

Things were rockin' and rollin' at APO last night! We felt a 5.5 magnitude earthquake centered south of Carlsbad - check the telescope telemetry data that shows the movement! Photo courtesy of Amanda Townsend 🤩 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev…