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@astroferg

PhD in neuroscience. Amateur astronomer.
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Timelapse of the moon setting into streams of red and green aurora followed by a sunrise lighting up Soyuz with a light blue. The aurora have been amazing the past few days. Great timing for trying out a new lens that recently arrived on Cygnus. 15mm, T1.8, 1/3s exposure,

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Tragic development. RocketTraker was potentially going to be used to help the team track and film the launch of this vehicle.

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Last night's view of the International Space Station as it flew over the UK at ~04:07 UTC - perhaps my best capture to date. Dragon's fins, Starliner's thruster groups and the cupola are nicely seen. There are even 'hints' of the Japanese flag on the Kibō module! #astrophotography #telescope

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I purchased this book today, it was originally in NASA's own library at KSC. It contains equations for motion that assume a flat, non-rotating earth, but unfortunately for flat earthers it doesn't end there. It goes into great detail on navigation without those simplifications.

I purchased this book today, it was originally in NASA's own library at KSC. It contains equations for motion that assume a flat, non-rotating earth, but unfortunately for flat earthers it doesn't end there. It goes into great detail on navigation without those simplifications.
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"Impact" location (when the asteroid is at 100km altitude) has shifted west, with an airburst currently expected over land. 16:41:10 UTC (± a few mins) now the new nominal time. See the uncertainty range below, denoted by the black line.

"Impact" location (when the asteroid is at 100km altitude) has shifted west, with an airburst currently expected over land. 16:41:10 UTC (± a few mins) now the new nominal time.
See the uncertainty range below, denoted by the black line.
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In just a few minutes this small asteroid will hit the atmosphere near the Philippines. These images were collected using T30 on iTelescope.Net just minutes before it went into Earth's shadow.

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Here's my summary of my observations of asteroid 2024 RW1 in the hours before impact just off the coast of the Philippines! youtube.com/watch?v=p0comk…

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"Try to imagine..." the intro film to the original Living Seas pavilion was a big inspiration to me as a kid back in the 80's. For anyone like me with nostalgia for the original exhibit, I highly recommend checking out this release of Futureport 82!

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HARMONY OF RESILIENCE: Recorded in space and sent to Earth via SpaceX’s Starlink constellation, Polaris Dawn crewmember and violinist Sarah Gillis invites you to enjoy this music moment in support of St. Jude & El Sistema USA® → polarisprogram.com/music

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The International Space Station (ISS) illuminated by moonlight & twilight as it flew over the UK at 21:05 UTC. Note the blue hue caused by the fading twilight. Some doubters ask where the stars are in sunlit images - here they are! 😉 190-msec exposure @ 500 gain (~2,000x dimmer than normal!

The <a href="/Space_Station/">International Space Station</a> (ISS) illuminated by moonlight &amp; twilight as it flew over the UK at 21:05 UTC. Note the blue hue caused by the fading twilight. Some doubters ask where the stars are in sunlit images - here they are! 😉

190-msec exposure @ 500 gain (~2,000x dimmer than normal!
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Flat earth is unable to predict the path of totality during solar eclipses, but that didn't stop one flat earther from claiming that he can make predictions using flat earth. Spoiler alert, the method he cites uses the globe to make predictions. youtu.be/AiYs59nHBMg