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Like NPR "All Things Considered" with a focus on astronomy and space topics to include... literally any object or phenomenon above Earth's atmosphere. (PLEASE abstain from posting anything about astrology)

Like NPR "All Things Considered" with a focus on astronomy and space topics to include... literally any object or phenomenon above Earth's atmosphere. (PLEASE abstain from posting anything about astrology)

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All Things Astronomy
Apr 29, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by HumanistJohn
Yes, this brewery/restaurant has an observatory built in. The picture of the telescope was taken in darkness (without flash of course). The site is Bend, Oregon. We saw the 2017 solar eclipse just north of there. We were going to o to Madras but the ...
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May 1, 2020May 2020

Posted by yvilletom
I've seen no mention here of NASA's APOD, or Astronomy Picture of the Day. Firefox allows, or used to allow, users to set a background image. On the bar menu below the picture, click on "Archive".
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All Things Astronomy
May 10, 2020May 2020

Posted by yvilletom
Electric Star Birth Stephen Smith May 8, 2020 Stars do not follow the course that conventional understanding demands. Stars are not born in clouds of gas far less dense than a puff of smoke. They are not balls of hot gas, they are composed of ...
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May 18, 2020May 2020

Posted by dalefvictor
In the movie "The Meaning of Life" "The Galaxy Song" got me thinking. We are living on a planet that has been within a Solar System that has been traversing this Galaxy called the MIlky Way, just like in the song. However, what this means is that ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 19, 2020May 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Comet Swan
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All Things Astronomy
May 20, 2020May 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Pretty line up
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All Things Astronomy
May 21, 2020May 2020

Posted by starwatcher-al
Tonight, right now, Venus is very close to Mercury in the western sky. Tomorrow Mercury will be above Venus as they separate while Venus plunges towards the horizon by month's end. Mercury will get higher, reaching it's greatest elongation from the ...
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May 24, 2020May 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Thunderstorm seen from space...
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All Things Astronomy
May 25, 2020May 2020

Posted by starwatcher-al
This is called "the old moon in the new moon's arms" . Because you can see the part of the moon that is not illuminated by the sun. that's the "old moon'. You can see detail because sunlight reflected off the earth and onto the moon then reflects ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 30, 2020May 2020

Posted by Hathacat
MARS 1 mars-hole_ lava tube 2 Perspective-view-of-Korolev-crater 3 This incredible image shows the complex terrain of the Juventae Chasma, a weathered 250-kilometre-long (155-mile) box canyon carved into the surface of Mars.
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 27, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by Hathacat
A false-color image mosaic shows Daphnis, one of Saturn’s ring-embedded moons, and the waves it kicks up.
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 30, 2020Jun 2020

Posted by Hathacat
An image from Longjiang 2 of the solar eclipse that crossed over South America on July 2, 2019.
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 5, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by Ohub
LINKAmazing amateur footage of the ISS
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 10, 2020Jul 2020

Posted by HumanistJohn
Path of Comet Neowise fro, CNET
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All Things Astronomy
Oct 21, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Ghost Nebula
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 7, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by ToolGuy
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 21, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Spooner
A NPS Ranger from Grand Canyon NP has won an award for his video series about the public's reaction to the park's dark skies. I found his videos to be moving:
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 22, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by BirdMan1
Sugar found in meteorites!:
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 1, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by ToolGuy
Black hole that theoretically should not exist. But does.
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 5, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Lunar X 12 hours after first quarter.
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 31, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Open star cluster M37 and Comet 21p Giacobini-Zinner Orion Nebula Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 8, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Hathacat
A new panoramic image by the SOFIA flying telescope reveals details inside the dense swirls of gas and dust at our galaxy’s center.
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Feb 12, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by Druvius
THE GREAT METEOR PROCESSION OF 1913 AND OTHER GOINGS ON IN SPACE
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All Things Astronomy
Mar 23, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by HumanistJohn
Here is the adjusted photo. The second one here is the one I previously posted (the only adjustment was the conversion from Canon raw format to a jpg. This one had typical adjustments made when dealing with pictures taken in a raw format.
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 1, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by starwatcher-al
In ancient times when a comet was spotted the skies it was seen as a harbinger of the death of the ruler, king or despot. Comet Atlas will grace our skies in May. Need I say anymore ?
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Posted by starwatcher-alThe occultation of Mars on the 7th.

Posted by starwatcher-alThe occultation of Mars on the 7th.

Posted by starwatcher-alSolar minimum was in 2019 so the sun is ramping up in flares, spots and prominences.

Posted by starwatcher-alI missed the early phases of the eclipse but the clouds mostly left during totality. All in all a great eclipse. Next one is Nov. 8-22

Posted by starwatcher-alI missed the early phases of the eclipse but the clouds mostly left during totality. All in all a great eclipse. Next one is Nov. 8-22

Posted by RobecologyFor those following the JWST.

Posted by AnonySchmoose The post-launch set-up of the new James Webb telescope has gone very well.

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken with Stellina (80 mm): M33 Triangulum Galaxy M1 Crab Nebula NGC281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia NGC 6992 Veil Nebula in Cygnus

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken October 2nd 2021 with Stellina 1.

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken October 2nd 2021 with Stellina 1.

Posted by HumanistJohnImages taken October 2nd 2021 with Stellina 1.

Posted by starwatcher-al Did you know that you can see Venus in the daytime?

Posted by starwatcher-alOne of these days I think that I'll figure out this Nikon.

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