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ttystikk
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I went looking the last time it was predicted to be in Colorado but apparently I was an hour or two late. This was just a month or two ago.
BudmanTX
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Watch Firefly land on the Moon! After identifying surface hazards and selecting a safe landing site, #BlueGhost landed directly over the target in Mare Crisium. A historic moment on March 2 we'll never forget. We have Moon dust on our boots! #BGM1 pic.twitter.com/02DQJzn0hL
— Firefly Aerospace (@Firefly_Space) March 4, 2025
BudmanTX
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Birds of a feather, we should stay together 💞
— NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) March 7, 2025
A binary pair of actively forming stars created this shimmering hourglass of gas and dust. Here, Webb’s ability to see near-infrared light reveals incredible detail and structure in Lynds 483.https://t.co/A67gJkYoTU pic.twitter.com/WbzTTtmnFL
ttystikk
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Last night at the local astronomy club,I listened to a presentation by a PhD scientist about her work with the JWST researching sequential shells around WR140, a binary star system 5600 light years away where one star is pulling gas and carbon dust from the other and making these amazing structures like 3D ripples in a pond.
Absolutely fascinating stuff; we live in an amazing age of high technology.
BudmanTX
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yes we do, i used to donate my time at the local Planetirum, some of us would also bring our telescopes out, so that on looker can look out of them. When i could i also used to give out moon diffusers, so that way even the cheapest telescope you could observe the moon at least....
ttystikk
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That's pretty cool!
There are lots of those kinds of meets every month around here. I'm digging it.
BudmanTX
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Blood Moon Alert 🔴
— NASA Moon (@NASAMoon) March 13, 2025
Tonight, the Sun, Earth, & Moon will align, casting a deep reddish shadow on the entire near side of the Moon for about an hour. The total lunar eclipse will be visible from Earth’s Western Hemisphere.
Timeline info + observing tips: https://t.co/u78dGIzJFv pic.twitter.com/XprxrxrfGX
ttystikk
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LUNAR ECLIPSE ALERT!
raratt
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Same hereAnd......it's overcast
BudmanTX
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Astronomers have confirmed the discovery of 128 small moons around Saturn, bringing its total count to 274, far more than any other planet in the solar system. Which of Saturn's moons is your favorite? Take a tour: https://t.co/JCrXJCE58q pic.twitter.com/E2hgUXpFmq
— NASA Solar System (@NASASolarSystem) March 12, 2025
that's a lot of traffic.....
Saturn has 128 newly-discovered moons. Here they are color-coded by their MPEC release. Orange: MPEC 2025 E153, Purple: MPEC 2025-E154, Green: MPEC 2025-E155. pic.twitter.com/0aO6WXl7Ni
— Tony Dunn (@tony873004) March 12, 2025
and my personal fav
This is Daphnis, one of Saturn's moons.
— Black Hole (@konstructivizm) March 5, 2025
This image shows its unusual gravitational effect on Saturn's rings. pic.twitter.com/eZRz90AnMj
i've always loved Saturn through a telescope.....
ttystikk
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Wow, this is quite a post!Saturn has 274 moons now......
Astronomers have confirmed the discovery of 128 small moons around Saturn, bringing its total count to 274, far more than any other planet in the solar system. Which of Saturn's moons is your favorite? Take a tour: https://t.co/JCrXJCE58q pic.twitter.com/E2hgUXpFmq
— NASA Solar System (@NASASolarSystem) March 12, 2025
that's a lot of traffic.....
Saturn has 128 newly-discovered moons. Here they are color-coded by their MPEC release. Orange: MPEC 2025 E153, Purple: MPEC 2025-E154, Green: MPEC 2025-E155. pic.twitter.com/0aO6WXl7Ni
— Tony Dunn (@tony873004) March 12, 2025
and my personal fav
This is Daphnis, one of Saturn's moons.
— Black Hole (@konstructivizm) March 5, 2025
This image shows its unusual gravitational effect on Saturn's rings. pic.twitter.com/eZRz90AnMj
i've always loved Saturn through a telescope.....
ttystikk
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Seriously, the older you get, the harder it is to surprise you.Saturn has 274 moons now......
Astronomers have confirmed the discovery of 128 small moons around Saturn, bringing its total count to 274, far more than any other planet in the solar system. Which of Saturn's moons is your favorite? Take a tour: https://t.co/JCrXJCE58q pic.twitter.com/E2hgUXpFmq
— NASA Solar System (@NASASolarSystem) March 12, 2025
that's a lot of traffic.....
Saturn has 128 newly-discovered moons. Here they are color-coded by their MPEC release. Orange: MPEC 2025 E153, Purple: MPEC 2025-E154, Green: MPEC 2025-E155. pic.twitter.com/0aO6WXl7Ni
— Tony Dunn (@tony873004) March 12, 2025
and my personal fav
This is Daphnis, one of Saturn's moons.
— Black Hole (@konstructivizm) March 5, 2025
This image shows its unusual gravitational effect on Saturn's rings. pic.twitter.com/eZRz90AnMj
i've always loved Saturn through a telescope.....
274 moons?
Some of them orbit in retrograde??
Ripples in the ring world continuum?!?
Fucking amazing!
Who else saw the eclipse last night? I got a few looks through the clouds here.
BudmanTX
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i was going to, but it started getting cloud so couldn't......but do know something that did.....and it's from the firefly mission that's on the moon now
it brought and interesting perspective
#BlueGhost got her first diamond ring! Captured at our landing site in the Moon’s Mare Crisium around 3:30 am CDT, the photo shows the sun about to emerge from totality behind Earth. Hope to have more shots to share soon! #BGM1 pic.twitter.com/zVZIkRhmxt
— Firefly Aerospace (@Firefly_Space) March 14, 2025
this was timelapse, they said if you real close you can see mercury and venus in the first shot, but i can't see it....
Blue Ghost turns red! Our lander downlinked more imagery from the Moon captured around 2:30 am CDT during the totality of the solar eclipse last night. These images - rapidly captured by our top deck camera with different exposure settings - were stitched together in a quick… pic.twitter.com/BjKPXXhMLx
— Firefly Aerospace (@Firefly_Space) March 14, 2025
BudmanTX
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ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter caught an incredible view of a comet! ☄️
— NASA Sun & Space (@NASASun) March 21, 2025
Newly processed data from this January shows comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) in full glory as it flew by the Sun.@esascience @ESASolarOrbiter @USNRL pic.twitter.com/G1KxZYkCdG
ttystikk
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Amazing!
raratt
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Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found atwww.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation
Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 50 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude.Induced Currents - Power system voltage irregularities possible, false alarms may be triggered on some protection devices.
Spacecraft - Systems may experience surface charging; increased drag on low Earth-orbit satellites and orientation problems may occur.
Navigation - Intermittent satellite navigation (GPS) problems, including loss-of-lock and increased range error may occur.
Radio - HF (high frequency) radio may be intermittent.
Aurora - Aurora may be seen as low as Pennsylvania to Iowa to Oregon.
