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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 24, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Astronomy SHOULD be fun! (If you are listening closely, you will hear Salman say we have 9 planets in our solar system. FYI: I went to grad school with Salman - we knew Clyde Tombaugh (discovered Pluto) very well. Some habits die hard.)
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 26, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by StewartIrvin
Don't you just love how uneducated religious fanatics mix up Astronomy with Astrology? I went to visit my mom once and she had a friend over. This friend was a real Southern Baptist bible thumper. Anyway, my moms friend was asking me what kind of ...
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 28, 2018Apr 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Binary stars are fascinating phenomena. Each star evolves in its own way based on its own mass but each star can affect the other especially if there is mass sharing. A star can live, then die and then live again - it just needs enough mass to burn ...
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May 2, 2018May 2018

Posted by vcg1234
One stellar nursery is not the same as another - location! location! location! Interesting new study blows our star formation theories apart - mass distribution of stellar cores in different locations in the Milky Way is... ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 4, 2018May 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Happy Star Wars day fellow space-nerds! (Too bad they had to ruin the science right there at the end!)
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All Things Astronomy
May 12, 2018May 2018

Posted by Lukian
Some of the best people
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All Things Astronomy
May 15, 2018May 2018

Posted by AntaresRose
The Milky Way Galaxy is our home galaxy in the universe. It is a fairly typical barred spiral with four major arms in its disk, at least one spur, and a newly discovered outer arm. The galactic centre, which is located about 26,000 light-years from ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 17, 2018May 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Remind you of fingerprints or tree rings? Fascinating image. ://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180516.html
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All Things Astronomy
May 18, 2018May 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Job Posting that made my heart skip a beat. Damn it! I should have finished my PhD. How much fun would THIS be?! ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 20, 2018May 2018

Posted by Lukian
Can we find planet 9 already?
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All Things Astronomy
May 25, 2018May 2018

Posted by vcg1234
POLLWhat should we do with the Hubble Space Telescope?
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 13, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by z0000
A lil moondust ? "Laura Cicco, a resident of Kansas, is preemptively suing NASA over moon dust. She is suing NASA so that they don't have the capability of seizing the artifact from her. Cicco even has a signed personal note from Armstrong ...
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All Things Astronomy
Jun 17, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by vcg1234
The Earth is truly fascinating. Always look up at the stars but don’t take our treasure for granted. :
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 5, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by vcg1234
Mars dust storm animation - WAY cool! UPDATED LINK: Or go to Twitter and look up Damian Peach :)
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 10, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by vcg1234
This should be fun!
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 12, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by MacTavish
Going to disassemble my 30+ year old C8 just to clean the focuser shaft. Terrible image shift near the focal point, I hope that will fix it. Wish me luck, first time doing this.
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 15, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Hathacat
Were any of you on this site during the last solar eclipse in the US? Want to post your picks for me to see? I saw it and it was one of the fantastic moments of my life!
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 17, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Anonbene
I'm thinking that Elon Musk could build a smallish nuclear powered boring machine he could load onto his biggest rocket and land it on the moon or Mars and just start drilling into a hillside to provide instant shelter for expected guests. Thoughts?...
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 17, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Lukian
Pick up that jaw off the floor.... (we all knew there are a lot of galaxies and the amount keeps going up and there it goes up again)
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 22, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by starwatcher-al
I just took a look at Mars and it seems that the planet wide dust storm is still raging. There were no details in the planet that I could see. A shame as Mars will be at it's closest next weekend. bummer. Well, there's always Saturn and Jupiter to ...
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 25, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by vcg1234
You can’t win ‘em all.
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 25, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Ccs34stinnett
There's nothing more spacious than space
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All Things Astronomy
Jul 28, 2018Jul 2018

Posted by Anonbene
Has anyone heard of a group that may be designing and planning on building a spacecship?
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All Things Astronomy
Aug 3, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Lukian
How the moon formed. Several hypotheses out there.
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All Things Astronomy
Aug 4, 2018Aug 2018

Posted by Spooner
I'm heading out to Joshua Tree National Park on Friday, August 10th, with my son (13 yrs old) to hike, bike, and at night... watch the Perseid meteor shower and look through my new telescope (Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will all be visible)! If ...
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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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