Am I the only one who gets the feeling the UCP are pushing mail in ballots for their referenda in order so they can claim the ballots are somehow corrupted if the referenda don't go the UCP's way?
Jason Nishiyama
@evilscientistca.bsky.social
Teacher, astronomer, political scientist and father. I wrote a book once: http://evl.link/df Alberta, Canada
NGC 6826 is a planetary nebula located about 2000 ly away in the constellation Cygnus. The two brighter parts coming from centre are FLIERs. Fast Low-Ionization Emission Regions are basically jets of fast moving gas moving from the centre of the nebula. #astronomy
This is cool - Betelgeuse has a companion: evl.link/tf
Astronomers find strongest evidence yet that Betelgeuse has a companion - “The conclusion of a century-long quest”
At long last, astronomers have firm evidence that Betelgeuse, one of the most famous stars in the night sky, is not alone. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), a...
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M109 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 67 Mly away in the constellation Ursa Major. Of the objects in Messier's catalog of non-comet fuzzy objects M109 is the farthest from Earth. #astronomy
NGC 2438 is a planetary nebula located about 1400 ly away in the constellation of Puppis. Though it appears in the open cluster M46, it is not a member of the cluster. It is considerably closer as the cluster is about 5000 ly away and so is a foreground object. #astronomy
M9 is a globular cluster located about 25.8 kly away in the constellation of Ophiuchus. Globular clusters orbit our Galaxy in its halo. They have also been detected orbiting other galaxies. #astronomy
M51 is a spiral galaxy located about 25 Mly away in the constellation of Cannes Venatici. Easily found in a small telescope, it's an example of interacting galaxies as the upper part is a second, smaller galaxy. #astronomy
M6 is an open cluster located about 1600 ly away in the constellation of Scorpius. Open clusters help us understand how stars evolve as their members were formed more or less at the same time. It allows a snapshot of how different masses of stars evolve compared to others in the cluster. #astronomy
Stephan's Quintet is a group of 5 galaxies located about 250 Mly away in the constellation of Pegasus. Only 4 of the 5 galaxies are members of the same galactic group. NGC 7320 (galaxy lower right) is only about 39 Mly away and is a foreground object. #astronomy
Scoop! After years of the UCP making it out that there was o specific budget for "Your Province, Your Premier", it turns out that Albertans are paying A LOT! Like almost $10,000 a month a LOT! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/thebreak...
The cost of "Your Province, Your Premier"
Albertans are paying almost $10,000 a month for Danielle Smith's radio show...
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I think we need to put tariffs on US goods until they stop the smoke coming into Alberta from the US…
Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
The same people who spent the past years flying F Trudeau/Carney flags are now clutching their pearls that someone swore at Danielle Smith...
NGC 6058 is a planetary nebula located about 11 kly away in the constellation of Hercules. It is a star that has blown off it's outer layers. What was the star's core is now a central star that emits much UV light which causes the blown off gas to glow as the nebula. #astronomy
Uranus is the 7th planet of our solar system. With Neptune, Uranus is one of two ice giant planets in our solar system. Uranus' rotational axis is highly tilted to its orbital plane at about 82 degrees (the Earth's is at 23.5 degrees) meaning that it rotates on its side. #astronomy
M13 is a globular cluster located about 24 kly away in the constellation of Hercules. This cluster is easy to find with even binoculars and is worth a look. Finder chart in second image. #astronomy
M28 is a globular cluster located about 18 kly away in the constellation of Sagittarius. It is reddish in this image as from the telescope location it was very close to the southern horizon. The Earth's atmosphere scattered away much of the blue light, making the objects appear redder. #astronomy
M78 is a reflection nebula located about 1350ly away in the constellation of Orion. M78 appears blue because it is a reflection nebula, which appear blue because the particle size in the nebula is such that it scatters blue light towards us. The red light goes through away from us. #astronomy
The band of faint light we see across a portion of the night sky is the Milky Way. It is our Galaxy, a barred spiral galaxy that we see from inside the disk. When you look at the constellation Sagittarius you are looking towards the core of our Galaxy. #astronomy
M104 is a spiral galaxy located about 31 Mly away in the constellation of Virgo. As the galaxy is close to edge on we can see a prominent dust lane along the outer edge of the galaxy. #astronomy
IC1747 (small blue dot at centre) is a planetary nebula located about 9800 ly away in the constellation of Cassiopeia. Planetary nebula are stellar remnants, stars around the mass of the Sun in their death throes. Eventually only a white dwarf star will remain. #astronomy
NGC 4647 (smaller galaxy at centre) is a spiral galaxy located about 57 Mly away in the constellation of Virgo. Studies have shown that it may be starting to interact with the larger elliptical galaxy, M60 which is about the same distance from us. #astronomy
NGC 3384 (upper of the three galaxies at centre) is an elliptical galaxy located about 35 Mly away in the constellation of Leo. Studies have shown that over 80% of its stars are Pop II, that is low metallicity. This means its stars are very old. #astronomy
Pillars of creation 🤩 These columns of gas and dust are being sculpted, illuminated, and destroyed by ultraviolet light from massive stars. Within a few million years, they will be gone forever. Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0142/ 🔭 📷 ESO/M.McCaughrean & M.Andersen (AIP)
M108 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 46 Mly away in the constellation of Ursa Major. It has an estimated mass of about 125 billion time the Sun's mass. Like our Galaxy M108 has an extensive system of 250+ globular clusters. #astronomy
