Heavenly sights

[Delicate Snowflake]

If you launch a wide-angle telescope into space and take photos of 1.7 b-for-billion stars... we get to see our galaxy!



Full details: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration ... and_beyond

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[arcticdude]

Crazy that that article is from April of 2018! I wonder why we didn’t hear more about it then? Good find!

[Delicate Snowflake]

Crazy that that article is from April of 2018! I wonder why we didn’t hear more about it then? Good find!

For every topic out there, the media chooses what gets told.

This arrived in an update email just a few days ago in my inbox. You're right, why wasn't it more public back in 2018!!

[Delicate Snowflake]

The 2024 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet, viewed from Namibia through a telescope

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[Delicate Snowflake]

Did you ever wonder how many "starlink" satellites are up there?

https://satellitemap.space/

All are visible as dots... just a few clicked on to reveal their paths.

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[arcticdude]

How in the world (no pun intended) does anything get to the ISS without being hit???

[LadyDraco]

It seems like in October around the 20th we might get a chance to see the C/2025 R2 (SWAN) comet.

[LadyDraco]

Oh my gosh! I went out to get the suet and bring it in, and as I looked up, like I always do,

I saw for the very first time a Starlink satellite chain of about 6 or 7.

I'll tell ya ,IF I didn't know what that was , It would have scared the crap out of ya ,Thinking it could be an invasion!

[arcticdude]

That’s pretty cool to see it, but kind of terrible that it’s up there polluting the space.


Definitely conflicted.

[campfire]

https://findstarlink.com/


REALLY scary------------------- https://satellitemap.space/

[LadyDraco]

I'm with you.. Way too much space trash up there

[Delicate Snowflake]

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[Delicate Snowflake]

Click here for the 2025 aurora photos of the year (some have played a LOT with the photoshop 'saturation' slider LOL)

One sample here:

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[LadyDraco]

That link was outstanding !

[Delicate Snowflake]

Treetops Emit Ultraviolet Sparkles During Thunderstorms

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[campfire]

Set the alarm and got up at 3:20AM to see the lunar eclipse. Looked out the window first to see if there was any cloud cover, and all I saw was stars.
So got dressed and went outside, and it was a pretty cool red moon about halfway through the eclipse. Enjoyed it a bit, felt the cool breeze on me, so headed back to bed.

[LadyDraco]

This morning, I sat on the porch in my robe with a cup of coffee and watched for a while, enjoying the moment. The bit of clouds we had gave it an even more ominous feel.

[Delicate Snowflake]

James Webb + Hubble tag-teamed Saturn recently!

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[Delicate Snowflake]

Interesting to see gravity's power.

The translunar injection burn got Artemis up over 20,000 MPH... and within an hour they've dropped back to 12,000-ish.

No drag up there in the vacuum so it must be gravity.

Presumably at some point the effect of the moon's gravity will exceed Earth's and they speed up again?

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[Delicate Snowflake]

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