Compelled to post my eclipse picture and maintain the stranglehold space currently has on your feed

One of my better Perseid shots. I need to do some processing, but it's a start. Too bad it was at the edge of the frame!

Changed my #celestron Nexstar+ from USB mini to USB type C. Now I have one less extra cable type to pack when doing astrophotography!

The AAS Shapley Lecture Series call for applications is now open! If you are a public serving institution or astronomy club, apply before Sept 18! share.google/UNpFxDomp5Kj...

A good crowd at the Astronomical Society of East Texas meeting this weekend! We covered beginner spectroscopy, astrophotography, and metal detecting in space.

Long before maps and GPS, people found their way by looking up. For generations, the stars guided travel across Texas. The night sky wasn't just beautiful. It was a trusted guide. Protecting dark skies means preserving one of humanity's oldest navigation tools. #DarkSkyTexas #ProtectTheNight

The most British thing I have read in a long time. Toasted cheese induced catapult mating should become common parlance.

Saw a 12 yo in a NOAA shirt this week. That kid is going somewhere!

Thomas Jefferson would have loved solarpunk, I think.

Just hit 500! I cool milestone in iNaturalist.

Getting my tires changed yesterday was boring, so I walked to a nearby field to inspect the wildlife. Its amazing what you can find when you look closely at the world around you.

Designed and made an SLS incense holder. Now I can finally burn the incense my mom bought for me last year.

📸 🔭🚨Are you an amateur astrophotographer? 🚨🔭📸 Talking of exciting announcements, we're delighted to reveal the launch of a new commemorative photography competition to mark the 200th anniversary of our flagship journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society next year. 1/2 ⤵️

Do dogs need glasses? Most dogs have 20/75 vision, seeing at 20 feet what a human can see at 75 ft. Not great. But would they benefit from corrective lenses? The answer is: probably not. Let's talk about the good & bad of 'dog-o-vision'.

Smart Dog Wearing Glasses

Alt: Smart Dog Wearing Glasses: a black Labrador retriever (I think?) wearing a human pair of glasses suddenly reacts with alarm to something off-camera. It's in a generic home or apartment with tan carpet and white walls, with vertical blinds over a window.

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Paleolithic flintknapping tools found with MIT license, more news at noon

ari 💫@arimelody.space · 2mo ago

tools should be open-source

If you get a minute, go look at Lia Chan's Lego building Instagram page. I was able to meet them in Dallas this week, and the SLS Artemis launch blew me away. I never knew Professional Lego Builder was a job and now I want a career change.

I got to meet up with the Texas Astronomical Society, based in Dallas yesterday. Great group with hundreds of members. Check them out if you live in the Dallas area!

Sundog slightly visible tonight. Don't see thar often in Texas!

The RS-25 engine is a real workhorse in space science. As the main engine of the space shuttle, it provides half a million pounds of thrust. Now, the engine is pushing Artemis to the moon as the primary engine of the SLS platform. We love you RS-25!

Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu has a countdown clock for launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope @nancyromansci.bsky.social. Soon!

This is the c average taken to the moon by Apollo astronauts. Can I just say it is a glamorous piece of technology?

Went to the beach and this random kid offered me free ghost shrimp. When I declined he threw it in the air and a seagull caught it. I love the coast, people are totally different there lol

ASET made the front page of local news once again. The kid in the picture was SUPER excited about space. Kept asking about white dwarfs and was amazed that the telescope could see around his fingers without getting blocked.

"Boltzmann Brains" is a fanciful name for a dead-serious idea. I'm beginning to wonder whether the name hasn't caused the physics community to not spend nearly enough time thinking carefully about the problems that they pose. We have Boltzmann Brain Blindness. Long 🧵 coming. ⚛️ #cosmology (1/n)

Happy 4th of July!

Came across this gem today: a replica of Isaac Newton’s telescope, placed on a pedestal below the 200-inch Palomar telescope, for comparison. (Look closely!) 🔭 1958 photo from the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.

Successfully trained Lasagna to enjoy the monthly flea medication. He literally ran to me when he saw me grab the tube today!

Got to attend a Kemps Riddley sea turtle hatchling release yesterday at Padre Island. I really liked the shielded lights at the beach.

Happy asteroid day! A new book just arrived in the mail for me.