#astronomer — Public Fediverse posts
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Time for a midweek break from #astrophotography from our #constellation of the #month #Camelopardalis to show you Petrus Plancius!
Who is Petrus Plancius? Another of the multi-hyphenate astronomers of the 1600s, who we met in this week's episode!
For more, check out: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-cosmic-background/
📷 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Plancius#/media/File:Petrusplancius.gif
#astronomer #astronomy #history #historical #AstroDon #space #science #constellation
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Time for a midweek break from #astrophotography from our #constellation of the #month #Camelopardalis to show you Petrus Plancius!
Who is Petrus Plancius? Another of the multi-hyphenate astronomers of the 1600s, who we met in this week's episode!
For more, check out: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-cosmic-background/
📷 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Plancius#/media/File:Petrusplancius.gif
#astronomer #astronomy #history #historical #AstroDon #space #science #constellation
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Time for a midweek break from #astrophotography from our #constellation of the #month #Camelopardalis to show you Petrus Plancius!
Who is Petrus Plancius? Another of the multi-hyphenate astronomers of the 1600s, who we met in this week's episode!
For more, check out: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-cosmic-background/
📷 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Plancius#/media/File:Petrusplancius.gif
#astronomer #astronomy #history #historical #AstroDon #space #science #constellation
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Time for a midweek break from #astrophotography from our #constellation of the #month #Camelopardalis to show you Petrus Plancius!
Who is Petrus Plancius? Another of the multi-hyphenate astronomers of the 1600s, who we met in this week's episode!
For more, check out: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-cosmic-background/
📷 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Plancius#/media/File:Petrusplancius.gif
#astronomer #astronomy #history #historical #AstroDon #space #science #constellation
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Time for a midweek break from #astrophotography from our #constellation of the #month #Camelopardalis to show you Petrus Plancius!
Who is Petrus Plancius? Another of the multi-hyphenate astronomers of the 1600s, who we met in this week's episode!
For more, check out: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-cosmic-background/
📷 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Plancius#/media/File:Petrusplancius.gif
#astronomer #astronomy #history #historical #AstroDon #space #science #constellation
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A small object past #Pluto may have a thin #atmosphere
The possible atmosphere around #2002XV93 “suggests that small icy worlds beyond Neptune may not be as inactive or unchanging as we often assumed,” says observational #astronomer Ko Arimatsu of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Mitaka. “Until now, Pluto was the only trans-Neptunian object with a confirmed atmosphere.” He and his colleagues report the observations.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/atmosphere-small-object-past-pluto
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New episode comes out tomorrow!
We'll be meeting a new (to us) historical figure in #american #astronomy & exploring the science of sunspots.
Anyone have a guess on which #astronomer we paired with this topic??
📷 :https://images.nasa.gov/details/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000923
#astronomy #astodon #space #science #NASA #sun #solar #Spots #sun
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#Hubble in a death spiral that could end as early as 2028 without a reboost
The post on Bluesky by #astronomer #JonathanMcDowell is a stark reminder that Hubble is heading back to Earth, possibly sooner than previously thought, as its orbit decays.
Hubble was launched into #LEO in 1990, in bay of Space Shuttle Discovery. While it remains capable of pointing its instruments and returns breathtaking imagery over more than three decades in orbit, it cannot raise its altitude
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As an amateur #astronomer and #astrophotographer, I often use parsecs as a unit of measure.
Turns out a certain well known #astrophysicist hates them.
And for good reason.
https://youtu.be/OWWQKWShaSQ?si=DeTr7uRpHciV9chW -
Kristin Cabot Interview With Oprah Video: Centre Of Coldplay Kiss Cam Defends Cosy Moment With Andy Byron
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@esoastronomy do you already follow #astronomer @sundogplanets ? She's a great activist against this #pollution and #spaceDebris !
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Happy birthday to Caroline Herschel (1750 –1848) a trail blazing woman in #astronomy. Hers was a real life Cinderella story where rather than marrying a prince, she made a life and career for herself. Marriage was her expected role but she was deemed unmarriageable, since a childhood bout of typhus stunted her growth. Her mother thought she should train to be a servant & purposely stood in the way of her learning 🧵
https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/187140629
#printmaking #sciart #WomenInSTEM #astronomer #histsci -
Donald G. York, co-founder of Sloan Digital Sky Survey and ‘visionary’ astronomer, 1944-2025
#Astronomy #Astronomer #DonaldGYork #SDSS #telescope #science #news #astrodon
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Ancient Star Map Revealed Asteroid Impact ==> Köfels Paleo-Landslide, Austria = Scientific Detective Work!
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https://360onhistory.com/blog-posts/ancient-star-map-reveals-asteroid-impact/ <-- shared technical article, tablet
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https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2008/212017945233.html <-- shared technical article, tablet
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/history-of-geology/the-strange-medical-case-of-the-radioactive-landslide/ <-- shared technical article, Köfels landslide/asteroid
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.05.001 <-- shared paper, Köfels landslide
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2461-2021 <-- shared paper, Köfels landslide
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H/T #ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch
#spatial #mapping #ancientmap #starmap #ArchaeoHistories #K8538 #Planisphere #RoyalLibrary #Ashurbanipal #Nenveh #Sumeria #Assyrian #scribe #sumerian #astronomer #astrolab #asteroid #impact #astronomy #KÁ¶fel’ #Köfels #Austria #Tyrol #radioactive #landslide #massmovement #model #modeling #trajectory #clay #tablet #engineeringgeology #paleolandslide #scientific #detectivework
@histories_arch | #BritishMuseum | #UniversityofBristol -
Ancient Star Map Revealed Asteroid Impact ==> Köfels Paleo-Landslide, Austria = Scientific Detective Work!
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https://360onhistory.com/blog-posts/ancient-star-map-reveals-asteroid-impact/ <-- shared technical article, tablet
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https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2008/212017945233.html <-- shared technical article, tablet
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/history-of-geology/the-strange-medical-case-of-the-radioactive-landslide/ <-- shared technical article, Köfels landslide/asteroid
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.05.001 <-- shared paper, Köfels landslide
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2461-2021 <-- shared paper, Köfels landslide
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H/T #ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch
#spatial #mapping #ancientmap #starmap #ArchaeoHistories #K8538 #Planisphere #RoyalLibrary #Ashurbanipal #Nenveh #Sumeria #Assyrian #scribe #sumerian #astronomer #astrolab #asteroid #impact #astronomy #KÁ¶fel’ #Köfels #Austria #Tyrol #radioactive #landslide #massmovement #model #modeling #trajectory #clay #tablet #engineeringgeology #paleolandslide #scientific #detectivework
@histories_arch | #BritishMuseum | #UniversityofBristol -
Ancient Star Map Revealed Asteroid Impact ==> Köfels Paleo-Landslide, Austria = Scientific Detective Work!
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https://360onhistory.com/blog-posts/ancient-star-map-reveals-asteroid-impact/ <-- shared technical article, tablet
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https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2008/212017945233.html <-- shared technical article, tablet
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/history-of-geology/the-strange-medical-case-of-the-radioactive-landslide/ <-- shared technical article, Köfels landslide/asteroid
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.05.001 <-- shared paper, Köfels landslide
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2461-2021 <-- shared paper, Köfels landslide
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H/T #ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch
#spatial #mapping #ancientmap #starmap #ArchaeoHistories #K8538 #Planisphere #RoyalLibrary #Ashurbanipal #Nenveh #Sumeria #Assyrian #scribe #sumerian #astronomer #astrolab #asteroid #impact #astronomy #KÁ¶fel’ #Köfels #Austria #Tyrol #radioactive #landslide #massmovement #model #modeling #trajectory #clay #tablet #engineeringgeology #paleolandslide #scientific #detectivework
@histories_arch | #BritishMuseum | #UniversityofBristol -
Ancient Star Map Revealed Asteroid Impact ==> Köfels Paleo-Landslide, Austria = Scientific Detective Work!
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https://360onhistory.com/blog-posts/ancient-star-map-reveals-asteroid-impact/ <-- shared technical article, tablet
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https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2008/212017945233.html <-- shared technical article, tablet
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/history-of-geology/the-strange-medical-case-of-the-radioactive-landslide/ <-- shared technical article, Köfels landslide/asteroid
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.05.001 <-- shared paper, Köfels landslide
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2461-2021 <-- shared paper, Köfels landslide
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H/T #ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch
#spatial #mapping #ancientmap #starmap #ArchaeoHistories #K8538 #Planisphere #RoyalLibrary #Ashurbanipal #Nenveh #Sumeria #Assyrian #scribe #sumerian #astronomer #astrolab #asteroid #impact #astronomy #KÁ¶fel’ #Köfels #Austria #Tyrol #radioactive #landslide #massmovement #model #modeling #trajectory #clay #tablet #engineeringgeology #paleolandslide #scientific #detectivework
@histories_arch | #BritishMuseum | #UniversityofBristol -
Ancient Star Map Revealed Asteroid Impact ==> Köfels Paleo-Landslide, Austria = Scientific Detective Work!
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https://360onhistory.com/blog-posts/ancient-star-map-reveals-asteroid-impact/ <-- shared technical article, tablet
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https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2008/212017945233.html <-- shared technical article, tablet
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/history-of-geology/the-strange-medical-case-of-the-radioactive-landslide/ <-- shared technical article, Köfels landslide/asteroid
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.05.001 <-- shared paper, Köfels landslide
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2461-2021 <-- shared paper, Köfels landslide
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H/T #ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch
#spatial #mapping #ancientmap #starmap #ArchaeoHistories #K8538 #Planisphere #RoyalLibrary #Ashurbanipal #Nenveh #Sumeria #Assyrian #scribe #sumerian #astronomer #astrolab #asteroid #impact #astronomy #KÁ¶fel’ #Köfels #Austria #Tyrol #radioactive #landslide #massmovement #model #modeling #trajectory #clay #tablet #engineeringgeology #paleolandslide #scientific #detectivework
@histories_arch | #BritishMuseum | #UniversityofBristol -
A is for #Astronomer 💚
Join us for another year of #ArtABCs, the most laid-back art challenge on the Internet
Share your art of anything starting with A!
No AI, Yes alt text, CW as neededhttps://dotart.blog/karin-wanderer-learns/a-is-for-astounding
#MastoArt #Art #KidLitArt #Krita #DigitalArt #Drawing #FanArt #StudioGhibli #GhibliArt
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A is for #Astronomer 💚
Join us for another year of #ArtABCs, the most laid-back art challenge on the Internet
Share your art of anything starting with A!
No AI, Yes alt text, CW as neededhttps://dotart.blog/karin-wanderer-learns/a-is-for-astounding
#MastoArt #Art #KidLitArt #Krita #DigitalArt #Drawing #FanArt #StudioGhibli #GhibliArt
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A is for #Astronomer 💚
Join us for another year of #ArtABCs, the most laid-back art challenge on the Internet
Share your art of anything starting with A!
No AI, Yes alt text, CW as neededhttps://dotart.blog/karin-wanderer-learns/a-is-for-astounding
#MastoArt #Art #KidLitArt #Krita #DigitalArt #Drawing #FanArt #StudioGhibli #GhibliArt
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A is for #Astronomer 💚
Join us for another year of #ArtABCs, the most laid-back art challenge on the Internet
Share your art of anything starting with A!
No AI, Yes alt text, CW as neededhttps://dotart.blog/karin-wanderer-learns/a-is-for-astounding
#MastoArt #Art #KidLitArt #Krita #DigitalArt #Drawing #FanArt #StudioGhibli #GhibliArt
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horizontal earthquake surface waves (Rayleigh waves in particular). A career civil servant in Nanyang, Zhang Heng was also an #astronomer, #mathematician, #seismologist, hydraulic engineer, #inventor, geographer, cartographer, ethnographer, artist, #poet, philosopher, politician & literary scholar. He was a bit of a controversial figure politically, sparing over calendar reform & with rivals amongst the palace eunuchs. But both his poetry & famous inventions are still remembered. He also 🧵2/
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This is the charmingly named IRAS 23077+6707 -- a planet-forming disc located 1,000 LY in the #constellation Cepheus.
We covered other #astronomy about this constellation in our season 2 episode here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/cepheus-cosmic-background/
📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/opo2606/
#Cepheus #Hubble #ESA #NASA #Astrophotography #AstroDon #astronomer
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#OnThisDay The International Monetary Fund was created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations (1945).
Charles Darwin embarked on his journey aboard #HMSBeagle (1831)
Birth Anniversary of #German #Astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571), French #Microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822).
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Day 11 #ArtAdventCalendar: Happy birthday to trailblazing US #astronomer Annie Jump Cannon (1863 – 1941), here with her stellar classification system which sorted stars based on spectral types, revealing their temperature from hot blue to cool red stars: O,B,A, F, G, K & M. Named the Harvard Classification after the university, her tremendous contribution was less visible. 🧵
#printmaking #womenInSTEM #histsci #DisabledInSTEM #linocut #mastoArt
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Day 2 #artAdventCalendar I made several portraits this year including Sophie Brahe (1559 or 1556 -1643) horticulturalist, astronomer, genealogist, & alchemist with the gardens at her brother #astronomer Tycho Brahe’s Uraniborg estate, where she often assisted his research, alchemical tools & illustrations of the supernova she observed as his assistant.
Tycho trained her in horticulture & chemistry but initially discouraged astronomy.🧵
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Stars, photographed above my first home in Pennwood, Mifflintown. 1982. #stars #sky #skyphotography #photography #starphotography #photographer #photographers #timer #timelapse #starfield #starfields #astronomy #astronomer #astronomers #observation #1980s #pennwood #mifflin
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Stars, photographed above my first home in Pennwood, Mifflintown. 1982. #stars #sky #skyphotography #photography #starphotography #photographer #photographers #timer #timelapse #starfield #starfields #astronomy #astronomer #astronomers #observation #1980s #pennwood #mifflin
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Stars, photographed above my first home in Pennwood, Mifflintown. 1982. #stars #sky #skyphotography #photography #starphotography #photographer #photographers #timer #timelapse #starfield #starfields #astronomy #astronomer #astronomers #observation #1980s #pennwood #mifflin
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Stars, photographed above my first home in Pennwood, Mifflintown. 1982. #stars #sky #skyphotography #photography #starphotography #photographer #photographers #timer #timelapse #starfield #starfields #astronomy #astronomer #astronomers #observation #1980s #pennwood #mifflin
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Stars, photographed above my first home in Pennwood, Mifflintown. 1982. #stars #sky #skyphotography #photography #starphotography #photographer #photographers #timer #timelapse #starfield #starfields #astronomy #astronomer #astronomers #observation #1980s #pennwood #mifflin
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#OnThisDay: #Intel released the world's first commercial single-chip #Microprocessor, the 4004 (1971).
Birth Anniversary of #Astronomer William Herschel (1738). He discovered the planet #Uranus.
Today is Day of the #ImprisonedWriter.
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#OnThisDay: #Intel released the world's first commercial single-chip #Microprocessor, the 4004 (1971).
Birth Anniversary of #Astronomer William Herschel (1738). He discovered the planet #Uranus.
Today is Day of the #ImprisonedWriter.
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#OnThisDay: #Intel released the world's first commercial single-chip #Microprocessor, the 4004 (1971).
Birth Anniversary of #Astronomer William Herschel (1738). He discovered the planet #Uranus.
Today is Day of the #ImprisonedWriter.
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#OnThisDay: #Intel released the world's first commercial single-chip #Microprocessor, the 4004 (1971).
Birth Anniversary of #Astronomer William Herschel (1738). He discovered the planet #Uranus.
Today is Day of the #ImprisonedWriter.
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#OnThisDay: #Intel released the world's first commercial single-chip #Microprocessor, the 4004 (1971).
Birth Anniversary of #Astronomer William Herschel (1738). He discovered the planet #Uranus.
Today is Day of the #ImprisonedWriter.
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Serious #UAP/#UFO (We dont call them UFOs anymore) #Disclosure
Jaques Vallee is as sersious as serious #Scientists get. He has been researching the #Phenomenon since 1950s, when employed as an #Astronomer by a french observatory he identified and filmed artificial satellites in earth orbit. This is before any human vehicles.
He went on to work on AI and was the model for "The French guy" in Spielbergs "Close Encounters of the 3rd kind", He is basically THE Authority on UAPs, having written a number of books.
He asserts that Disclosure (Revealing to the great unwashed that Aliens are real) started in the 2nd term of Obama Administration (Video follows).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8QJ3hXynMANotably, a recent peer reviewed study in Palomar Plates have found over 100000 instances of objects in old (1950s) photo plates.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-21620-3TLDR; Non human intelligence is real, and we are going to have to deal with it.
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For #spacetober_challenge day 29 prompt orbit: #mathematician and #astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)! We remember him for his role in the Scientific Revolution, and his three laws of planetary motion in particular. His laws modified Copernicus’ heliocentric model; he replaced the circular orbits with elliptical ones & described velocities of planets. Today we know them as:
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#sciart #histstm #Kepler #geometry #PlatonicSolids #mathematics #musicOfTheSpheres #linocut -
For Day 21 of @spacetober_challenge #spacetober_challenge prompt star: trailblazing US #astronomer Annie Jump Cannon (1863 – 1941), here with her stellar classification system which sorted stars based on spectral types, revealing their temperature from hot blue to cool red stars: O,B,A, F, G, K & M. Named the Harvard Classification after the university, her tremendous contribution was less visible. 🧵1/
#printmaking #womenInSTEM #histsci #DisabledInSTEM #linocut #mastoArt
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#BostonWeekend 2x Through 5 Oct (#SCIENCE x #THEATRE) #SilentSky in #CambridgeMA ”$27 to $103. Lauren Gunderson’s female-led science #drama tells the true story of 19th century #astronomer #HenriettaLeavitt as she explores a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries. With music and #math, Henrietta and her female peers change the way we understand both the heavens and the Earth.” https://www.centralsquaretheater.org/shows/silent-sky/
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Happy birthday to Sophie Brahe (born either Aug 24, 1559 or Sept 22, 1556 -1643) horticulturalist, astronomer, genealogist, & alchemist with the gardens at her brother #astronomer Tycho Brahe’s Uraniborg estate, where she often assisted his research, alchemical tools & illustrations of the supernova she observed as Tycho’s assistant. 🧵1/n
Tycho trained her in horticulture & chemistry but initially discouraged astronomy. #womenInSTEM #histsci #printerSolstice #sciart #mastoArt
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We saw the heart of #Pluto 10 years ago—it’ll be a long wait to see the rest
#NASA's #NewHorizons #spacecraft answered numerous questions about Pluto that have lingered since its discovery by #astronomer Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. As is often the case with planetary exploration, the results from New Horizons' flyby of Pluto on July 14, 2015, posed countless more questions. First and foremost, how did such a dynamic world come to be so far from the Sun?
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/07/ten-years-on-from-pluto-prospects-for-a-revisit-are-a-long-way-off/ -
Vera Rubin at Mayall Telescope
Deidre Hunter (left), Katy Garmany (center), and Vera Rubin (right) at the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope around 2000.
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/VeraRubin_DeidreHunter_KatyGarmany-CC/#VeraRubin #Astronomer #Astronomy #Rubin #DeidreHunter #KatyGarmany #science #STEM #WomeninSTEM #WomeninScience #Astrodon #KittPeak #Arizona #Xterminal #Xterminals #xterm
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#Astronomer, the company whose CEO and head of HR were caught intimate at #Coldplay concert is doing damage control.
I love companies that realize that they have to address the public in a serious situation.
But using Gwyneth #Paltrow to say that 'Astronomer is the best place to run Apache Airflow' looks like they are just trying to laugh it away.
Oh yes, before I forget, Paltrow is the ex-wife of Coldplay front-man Chris Martin. More questions than answers it seems.
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#Astronomer, the company whose CEO and head of HR were caught intimate at #Coldplay concert is doing damage control.
I love companies that realize that they have to address the public in a serious situation.
But using Gwyneth #Paltrow to say that 'Astronomer is the best place to run Apache Airflow' looks like they are just trying to laugh it away.
Oh yes, before I forget, Paltrow is the ex-wife of Coldplay front-man Chris Martin. More questions than answers it seems.
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#Astronomer, the company whose CEO and head of HR were caught intimate at #Coldplay concert is doing damage control.
I love companies that realize that they have to address the public in a serious situation.
But using Gwyneth #Paltrow to say that 'Astronomer is the best place to run Apache Airflow' looks like they are just trying to laugh it away.
Oh yes, before I forget, Paltrow is the ex-wife of Coldplay front-man Chris Martin. More questions than answers it seems.
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#Astronomer, the company whose CEO and head of HR were caught intimate at #Coldplay concert is doing damage control.
I love companies that realize that they have to address the public in a serious situation.
But using Gwyneth #Paltrow to say that 'Astronomer is the best place to run Apache Airflow' looks like they are just trying to laugh it away.
Oh yes, before I forget, Paltrow is the ex-wife of Coldplay front-man Chris Martin. More questions than answers it seems.
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#Astronomer, the company whose CEO and head of HR were caught intimate at #Coldplay concert is doing damage control.
I love companies that realize that they have to address the public in a serious situation.
But using Gwyneth #Paltrow to say that 'Astronomer is the best place to run Apache Airflow' looks like they are just trying to laugh it away.
Oh yes, before I forget, Paltrow is the ex-wife of Coldplay front-man Chris Martin. More questions than answers it seems.
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𝗚𝘄𝘆𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘄 '𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘁' 𝘃𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗷𝗲
Gwyneth Paltrow is de 'tijdelijke woordvoerder' van Astronomer, het bedrijf dat onlangs in het nieuws kwam nadat de affaire van de topman en hr-manager werd geopenbaard tijdens een concert van Coldplay. De actrice en ex-vrouw van Coldplay-zanger Chris Martin geeft in een spotje antwoord op...