@rbcody.bsky.social
Analytical chemistry and mass spec (DART guy). Homebrewer, musician, IronMan. Views may be influenced by Pangalactic Gargleblasters. Opinions obviously my own.
July 11 sun in different wavelengths: Calcium K, H-alpha, H-alpha inverted, and white light. Each view highlights a different set of solar features.🧪
A busy sun this morning as the active regions are at the edge of the solar limb! 🧪
Static solar H-alpha images from today. Not the best conditions for imaging, but time was limited before clouds came in.🧪
July 2 H-alpha solar video. Look at the middle lower left for an on-disk surge. 🧪
1-hour July 3 solar video. Look at the middle upper right for a flare at about the 10s mark. 🧪
July 4 fireworks on a scale no human can match! Poor seeing conditions and incoming clouds led to a video with artifacts and jitter. Still interesting to see the activity! I'll post better videos from earlier in the week in separate posts. 🧪
The "Supreme" Court just discovered that there is at least one more Amendment other than the 2nd. www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
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A no-bid contract to Trump buddies at taxpayers' expense, defacing a national monument. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
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The renamed Department Of War -- acronym "DOW". Coincidence? I think not.
Just to remind us how BIG the universe is...how many GALAXIES can you find in this image? This region is called Markarian's Chain after Benjamin Markarian who noticed in the 1960's that about 7 of the galaxies seem to move together. There are more than 7 in this photo! 🧪
Prominences on today's sun. Check my account for full disk images that I forgot to flag with the "science" test-tube emoji. 🧪
IC 405, the "Flaming Star Nebula" in Auriga. This is about 1500 light years away. The central star AE Aurigae that lights up the nebula is a variable star. It's also a runaway star. That means it's just passing through the nebula at a relatively high velocity (still a very long time!)🧪
Today's sun. Only one sunspot, but there's activity that we can see at the H-alpha wavelength, including some nice prominences. 🧪
This region in Auriga is a busy part of the sky! The middle with the wavy thread extending below is IC417, the "Spider Nebula" about 10 million years old at 7100 light years from earth. The upper right is IC410, "The Tadpole Nebula", 10,000-12,000 light years away. Click to zoom and see details. 🧪
SUNday! H-alpha images of Feb. 15, 2026 sun. Some nice prominences are visible.🧪
Two takes on the Jellyfish Nebula, a supernova remnant in Gemini about 5000 light years away. The supernova that created this may have happened around 30,000 years ago. Estimated at 70 light years in size. Compare that to our solar system, which is 0.5 to 1.5 light years in size. Click to enlarge.🧪
Between the moon on one side and clouds on the other, I couldn't get much data on deep space objects last night. If all you have is the moon, you take pictures of the moon. 🧪
