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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
Dec 5, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by BourbonTroubador
NASA’s Solar Probe Found Things Near the Sun That We Can’t Explain
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 26, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by ToolGuy
Betelgeuse is presenting some interesting and unusual behaviour.
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 1, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Today has two pictures! Seagull Nebula, or Sharpless 2-296. the Horsehead Nebula
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 8, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Jupiter great red spot - Voyager. My favorite photo of Jupiter ever.
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 12, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Eclipse from the space station
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 10, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by HumanistJohn
It's better to take a photo of the moon when it's not full. When the moon is full, the sun hits it pretty msh straight on so there are no shadows. Shadows highlight detail. 1/1600 sec. f/6.3 421mm ISO 617
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 29, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by DevilMayCare
more 30th anniversary images from hubble
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All Things Astronomy
May 13, 2020May 2020

Posted by starwatcher-al
Science/Nerd alert: Apparently all the text books and the other sources which we have read over our life about how gold is formed was wrong. Just a few nights ago we were watching "How the universe works" and how a few years ago many of our ...
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All Things Astronomy
May 15, 2020May 2020

Posted by starwatcher-al
I never though to do this but, I write a star column for a local landowners association and am posting it here. It's bi-monthly and if I get a few likes I'll post every time I write it. I hope you find it interesting ...
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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
Aug 15, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by yvilletom
“If the red shifts are a Doppler shift . . . The observations as they stand lead to the anomaly of a closed universe, curiously small and dense, and, it may be added, suspiciously young. “On the other hand, if red shifts are not Doppler ...
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 18, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Thinking inside the box, lol.
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All Things Astronomy
Sep 27, 2019Sep 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Dai Jianfeng, Gyirong valley Tibet
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All Things Astronomy
Oct 8, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by BrianFinn
Nobel prize in physics for discovering exoplanets (currently teaching this in class) and radiation from the big band - cosmic background. For Peebles, this is long overdue. For Mayor and Queloz, they opened the way for some really remarkable ...
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 2, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Auroras on Jupiter
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 13, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Hathacat
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has returned some amazing high-resolution photos of the surface of the moon, including these ones of steep cliffs and impact melt inside a young crater called Giordano Bruno. Read more
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 28, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by StellarAmor75
B33 (Horsehead Nebula) in the Orion molecular cloud complex at 1,500 light-years away.
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 30, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by Hathacat
1. Chile's Atacama Desert 2. Known as Centaurus A, or NGC 5128, this strange galaxy is located in the southern constellation of Centaurus 3. Lagoon Nebula
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 6, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Here is the inner part of our solar system, from the sun to the 5th planet, Jupiter. In this illustration, the asteroid belt is the white donut-shaped cloud.
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 27, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Hathacat
Something you didn't know you wanted! You'll need to wait 29 years to see Saturn orbit the sun on your Van Cleef & Arpels Planétarium Poetic Complication watch.
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All Things Astronomy
Mar 19, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by levan
Good and right post
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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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All Things Astronomy
Apr 9, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by HumanistJohn
Taken April 9th 11:12 PM eastern time (USA) 1/800 sec. f/8 600mm ISO 100 Handheld
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 11, 2020Apr 2020

Posted by Hathacat
An incredible capture of a bright green meteor over South India.
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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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