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At long last -- our #GoldStar winner for the #constellation Sagitta!

Learn more here (and tune in tomorrow for our new episode on the #mythology of Sagitta): https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-cosmic-background/

📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/potw2117a/

#astrophotography #space #science #Astrodon #astonomy #Sagitta #NecklaceNebula #Hubble #ESA #NASA

At long last -- our #GoldStar winner for the #constellation Sagitta!

Learn more here (and tune in tomorrow for our new episode on the #mythology of Sagitta): https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-cosmic-background/

📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/potw2117a/

#astrophotography #space #science #Astrodon #astonomy #Sagitta #NecklaceNebula #Hubble #ESA #NASA

At long last -- our #GoldStar winner for the #constellation Sagitta!

Learn more here (and tune in tomorrow for our new episode on the #mythology of Sagitta): https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-cosmic-background/

📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/potw2117a/

#astrophotography #space #science #Astrodon #astonomy #Sagitta #NecklaceNebula #Hubble #ESA #NASA

At long last -- our #GoldStar winner for the #constellation Sagitta!

Learn more here (and tune in tomorrow for our new episode on the #mythology of Sagitta): https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-cosmic-background/

📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/potw2117a/

#astrophotography #space #science #Astrodon #astonomy #Sagitta #NecklaceNebula #Hubble #ESA #NASA

At long last -- our #GoldStar winner for the #constellation Sagitta!

Learn more here (and tune in tomorrow for our new episode on the #mythology of Sagitta): https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-cosmic-background/

📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/potw2117a/

#astrophotography #space #science #Astrodon #astonomy #Sagitta #NecklaceNebula #Hubble #ESA #NASA

There’s only one “a” in the photo but you can still do Mars (4) Rainbow (7) #astrophysics, #astonomy

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cexck7guzmglfusmyuydplrv/post/3mgpkedwrnc24

There is a huge difference between what is essentially a toy telescope in a <1kg box, even with a CE mark but no paperwork, no manufacturer, not even country of origin, and …

What is a huge 15kg box, even if made in China. A carbon fibre 5½” telescope on an equatorial mount.

First one will be credit card chargeback.

Second one will be start of a new hobby for a 7 year old who loves the book I got her on the solar system. I can but hope…

#astonomy

There is a huge difference between what is essentially a toy telescope in a <1kg box, even with a CE mark but no paperwork, no manufacturer, not even country of origin, and …

What is a huge 15kg box, even if made in China. A carbon fibre 5½” telescope on an equatorial mount.

First one will be credit card chargeback.

Second one will be start of a new hobby for a 7 year old who loves the book I got her on the solar system. I can but hope…

#astonomy

There is a huge difference between what is essentially a toy telescope in a <1kg box, even with a CE mark but no paperwork, no manufacturer, not even country of origin, and …

What is a huge 15kg box, even if made in China. A carbon fibre 5½” telescope on an equatorial mount.

First one will be credit card chargeback.

Second one will be start of a new hobby for a 7 year old who loves the book I got her on the solar system. I can but hope…

#astonomy

There is a huge difference between what is essentially a toy telescope in a <1kg box, even with a CE mark but no paperwork, no manufacturer, not even country of origin, and …

What is a huge 15kg box, even if made in China. A carbon fibre 5½” telescope on an equatorial mount.

First one will be credit card chargeback.

Second one will be start of a new hobby for a 7 year old who loves the book I got her on the solar system. I can but hope…

#astonomy

There is a huge difference between what is essentially a toy telescope in a <1kg box, even with a CE mark but no paperwork, no manufacturer, not even country of origin, and …

What is a huge 15kg box, even if made in China. A carbon fibre 5½” telescope on an equatorial mount.

First one will be credit card chargeback.

Second one will be start of a new hobby for a 7 year old who loves the book I got her on the solar system. I can but hope…

#astonomy

Jupiter is high in the sky and distinctly yellowish from Belfast at present.

#Astonomy

Jupiter is high in the sky and distinctly yellowish from Belfast at present.

#Astonomy

Jupiter is high in the sky and distinctly yellowish from Belfast at present.

#Astonomy

Jupiter is high in the sky and distinctly yellowish from Belfast at present.

#Astonomy

Jupiter is high in the sky and distinctly yellowish from Belfast at present.

#Astonomy

Snow at the telescopes site on the summit of Mauna Kea! I didn’t know that was a thing.

The live cameras don’t shown much.

East view: https://www.youtube.com/live/6g4Fh8K-MhY

West view: https://www.youtube.com/live/qJ8lYplu1y0

#Astonomy #MaunaKea
https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/115843812909346453

Snow at the telescopes site on the summit of Mauna Kea! I didn’t know that was a thing.

The live cameras don’t shown much.

East view: https://www.youtube.com/live/6g4Fh8K-MhY

West view: https://www.youtube.com/live/qJ8lYplu1y0

#Astonomy #MaunaKea
https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/115843812909346453

Snow at the telescopes site on the summit of Mauna Kea! I didn’t know that was a thing.

The live cameras don’t shown much.

East view: https://www.youtube.com/live/6g4Fh8K-MhY

West view: https://www.youtube.com/live/qJ8lYplu1y0

#Astonomy #MaunaKea
https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/115843812909346453

Snow at the telescopes site on the summit of Mauna Kea! I didn’t know that was a thing.

The live cameras don’t shown much.

East view: https://www.youtube.com/live/6g4Fh8K-MhY

West view: https://www.youtube.com/live/qJ8lYplu1y0

#Astonomy #MaunaKea
https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/115843812909346453

Snow at the telescopes site on the summit of Mauna Kea! I didn’t know that was a thing.

The live cameras don’t shown much.

East view: https://www.youtube.com/live/6g4Fh8K-MhY

West view: https://www.youtube.com/live/qJ8lYplu1y0

#Astonomy #MaunaKea
https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/115843812909346453

Nov 13, 2025
Light pollution can make it difficult to see such wonders of the night sky,
but a possible solution is sprouting up on a farm in Texas.

#astonomy #telescopefarm #space

https://youtu.be/aFNC6a4Nql4?si=PO2SwnXGdFOpCk-Y

Nov 13, 2025
Light pollution can make it difficult to see such wonders of the night sky,
but a possible solution is sprouting up on a farm in Texas.

#astonomy #telescopefarm #space

https://youtu.be/aFNC6a4Nql4?si=PO2SwnXGdFOpCk-Y

Nov 13, 2025
Light pollution can make it difficult to see such wonders of the night sky,
but a possible solution is sprouting up on a farm in Texas.

#astonomy #telescopefarm #space

https://youtu.be/aFNC6a4Nql4?si=PO2SwnXGdFOpCk-Y

Nov 13, 2025
Light pollution can make it difficult to see such wonders of the night sky,
but a possible solution is sprouting up on a farm in Texas.

#astonomy #telescopefarm #space

https://youtu.be/aFNC6a4Nql4?si=PO2SwnXGdFOpCk-Y

Nov 13, 2025
Light pollution can make it difficult to see such wonders of the night sky,
but a possible solution is sprouting up on a farm in Texas.

#astonomy #telescopefarm #space

https://youtu.be/aFNC6a4Nql4?si=PO2SwnXGdFOpCk-Y

Welcome to our solar system, Ammonite!

Ammonite, captured over several hours. Image credit: NAOJ, ASIAA

I imagine many of you have already heard this but just in case you might think I need to be notified by email or social media, yes, I know. And, yes, it’s very cool!

The Subaru telescope located at the Mauna Kea Observatory on Hawai’i has “found a new world within our Solar System,” affectionately (I hope) nicknamed ‘Ammonite‘ (more officially listed as ‘2023 KQ14’) by the team who spotted it. While they call it a ‘world’, it’s not a planet; technically, Ammonite is a sednoid, that is, a trans-Neptunian object with a large, semi-major axis and highly-eccentric orbit. And this one is pretty eccentric, with its perihelion between 50 and 75 AU and aphelion about 252 AU.1

I’m guessing this tiny new world (its diameter is calculated at somewhere between 220 and 380 kilometers) was dubbed Ammonite because, well, what else are you going to call a rock discovered by the FOSSIL (Formation of the Outer Solar System: An Icy Legacy) project? But I think it’s an excellent name, and will amuse myself by believing in my heart of hearts that really it’s named in honour of a certain novel. After all, NASA/JPL have already named a crater on Europa ‘Uaithne’…

Fir the geeks among us, there’s lots more info in this Nature article.

1. One AU (astronomical unit) is the distance between the earth and sun ↩︎

#ammonite #astonomy #crater #dwarfPlanet #Europa #FOSSIL #JPL #moon #nasa #planetoid #sednoid #Uaithne

Pluto is retrograde until October 14th, and that can mean a rude awakening to imbalances in your life. Help soften the effects of planetary retrogrades with our exclusive Out of My Way, Retrograde Mist.

https://www.inkedgoddesscreations.com/products/out-of-my-way-retrograde-mist
#PlutoRetrograde #Retrograde #Pluto #Astology #Astonomy #Refocus #Transformation #ShadowWork #Cleansing #Magick

Pluto is retrograde until October 14th, and that can mean a rude awakening to imbalances in your life. Help soften the effects of planetary retrogrades with our exclusive Out of My Way, Retrograde Mist.

https://www.inkedgoddesscreations.com/products/out-of-my-way-retrograde-mist
#PlutoRetrograde #Retrograde #Pluto #Astology #Astonomy #Refocus #Transformation #ShadowWork #Cleansing #Magick

Pluto is retrograde until October 14th, and that can mean a rude awakening to imbalances in your life. Help soften the effects of planetary retrogrades with our exclusive Out of My Way, Retrograde Mist.

https://www.inkedgoddesscreations.com/products/out-of-my-way-retrograde-mist
#PlutoRetrograde #Retrograde #Pluto #Astology #Astonomy #Refocus #Transformation #ShadowWork #Cleansing #Magick

@TheShellyTea Apparently that's pretty much what it is! I heard an astronomer on the radio here in Ireland, and she was saying that the sun's light shines through the earth's atmosphere, and so the same sunrise/sunset colours that we see are projected onto the moon. Mind: blown.

#LunarEclipse #Astonomy #Moon #MastoDaoine #Cork

@TheShellyTea Apparently that's pretty much what it is! I heard an astronomer on the radio here in Ireland, and she was saying that the sun's light shines through the earth's atmosphere, and so the same sunrise/sunset colours that we see are projected onto the moon. Mind: blown.

#LunarEclipse #Astonomy #Moon #MastoDaoine #Cork

@TheShellyTea Apparently that's pretty much what it is! I heard an astronomer on the radio here in Ireland, and she was saying that the sun's light shines through the earth's atmosphere, and so the same sunrise/sunset colours that we see are projected onto the moon. Mind: blown.

#LunarEclipse #Astonomy #Moon #MastoDaoine #Cork

@TheShellyTea Apparently that's pretty much what it is! I heard an astronomer on the radio here in Ireland, and she was saying that the sun's light shines through the earth's atmosphere, and so the same sunrise/sunset colours that we see are projected onto the moon. Mind: blown.

#LunarEclipse #Astonomy #Moon #MastoDaoine #Cork

@TheShellyTea Apparently that's pretty much what it is! I heard an astronomer on the radio here in Ireland, and she was saying that the sun's light shines through the earth's atmosphere, and so the same sunrise/sunset colours that we see are projected onto the moon. Mind: blown.

#LunarEclipse #Astonomy #Moon #MastoDaoine #Cork

#Blackhole #myth busted: they don’t suck anything in

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/black-hole-myth-suck/
#cosmos #astonomy #blackholes

#Blackhole #myth busted: they don’t suck anything in

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/black-hole-myth-suck/
#cosmos #astonomy #blackholes

#Blackhole #myth busted: they don’t suck anything in

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/black-hole-myth-suck/
#cosmos #astonomy #blackholes

#Blackhole #myth busted: they don’t suck anything in

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/black-hole-myth-suck/
#cosmos #astonomy #blackholes

#Blackhole #myth busted: they don’t suck anything in

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/black-hole-myth-suck/
#cosmos #astonomy #blackholes

Now Jupiter is up to the East. It’s in opposition so very bright. #Astonomy https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/113618239267124945

Now Jupiter is up to the East. It’s in opposition so very bright. #Astonomy https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/113618239267124945

Now Jupiter is up to the East. It’s in opposition so very bright. #Astonomy https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/113618239267124945

Now Jupiter is up to the East. It’s in opposition so very bright. #Astonomy https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/113618239267124945

Now Jupiter is up to the East. It’s in opposition so very bright. #Astonomy https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/113618239267124945

Venus is very bright to the south from Belfast right now. If you can see it between the wispy clouds.

#Astonomy

Venus is very bright to the south from Belfast right now. If you can see it between the wispy clouds.

#Astonomy

Venus is very bright to the south from Belfast right now. If you can see it between the wispy clouds.

#Astonomy

Venus is very bright to the south from Belfast right now. If you can see it between the wispy clouds.

#Astonomy

Venus is very bright to the south from Belfast right now. If you can see it between the wispy clouds.

#Astonomy