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  1. In collaboration with Soton Astrodome I used some of their old acetate star maps (from @esoastronomy I think) to make double exposure cyanotypes about space & memory.

    I used 30 star maps to make a star.

    Would LOVE to carry on this theme but I used all the sheets I have.

    Any #astronomer out there (hello @astroroyalscot.bsky.social )know of acetate star maps that could be donated?

    I can donate some of the art in return.
    Collaboration ideas welcome!

    #astronony #starmaps #astrodon

  2. In collaboration with Soton Astrodome I used some of their old acetate star maps (from @esoastronomy I think) to make double exposure cyanotypes about space & memory.

    I used 30 star maps to make a star.

    Would LOVE to carry on this theme but I used all the sheets I have.

    Any #astronomer out there (hello @astroroyalscot.bsky.social )know of acetate star maps that could be donated?

    I can donate some of the art in return.
    Collaboration ideas welcome!

    #astronony #starmaps #astrodon

  3. In collaboration with Soton Astrodome I used some of their old acetate star maps (from @esoastronomy I think) to make double exposure cyanotypes about space & memory.

    I used 30 star maps to make a star.

    Would LOVE to carry on this theme but I used all the sheets I have.

    Any #astronomer out there (hello @astroroyalscot.bsky.social )know of acetate star maps that could be donated?

    I can donate some of the art in return.
    Collaboration ideas welcome!

    #astronony #starmaps #astrodon

  4. In collaboration with Soton Astrodome I used some of their old acetate star maps (from @esoastronomy I think) to make double exposure cyanotypes about space & memory.

    I used 30 star maps to make a star.

    Would LOVE to carry on this theme but I used all the sheets I have.

    Any #astronomer out there (hello @astroroyalscot.bsky.social )know of acetate star maps that could be donated?

    I can donate some of the art in return.
    Collaboration ideas welcome!

    #astronony #starmaps #astrodon

  5. In collaboration with Soton Astrodome I used some of their old acetate star maps (from @esoastronomy I think) to make double exposure cyanotypes about space & memory.

    I used 30 star maps to make a star.

    Would LOVE to carry on this theme but I used all the sheets I have.

    Any #astronomer out there (hello @astroroyalscot.bsky.social )know of acetate star maps that could be donated?

    I can donate some of the art in return.
    Collaboration ideas welcome!

    #astronony #starmaps #astrodon

  6. Will We Ever Find Alien Civilizations?
    atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug
    <p>Astronomer David Kipping discusses why claims of extraterrestrial life keep dissolving under scrutiny
    #civilizations #astronomer #kipping #alien

  7. Happy birthday to #astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868-1921) who set the scale of our Universe. My portrait of Leavitt is printed in silvery lavender ink on Japanese kozo paper. Behind her is a line showing stellar luminosity (capital L with subscript sun-symbol, a circle with a dot) as a function of time (t). She is printed over constellations in gold (Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Draco, Ursa Minor & Andromeda). ⁠🧵1/


    #linocut #printmaking #WomenInSTEM #sciart #histsci #astronomy #mastoArt

  8. Happy birthday to #astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868-1921) who set the scale of our Universe. My portrait of Leavitt is printed in silvery lavender ink on Japanese kozo paper. Behind her is a line showing stellar luminosity (capital L with subscript sun-symbol, a circle with a dot) as a function of time (t). She is printed over constellations in gold (Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Draco, Ursa Minor & Andromeda). ⁠🧵1/


    #linocut #printmaking #WomenInSTEM #sciart #histsci #astronomy #mastoArt

  9. Happy birthday to #astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868-1921) who set the scale of our Universe. My portrait of Leavitt is printed in silvery lavender ink on Japanese kozo paper. Behind her is a line showing stellar luminosity (capital L with subscript sun-symbol, a circle with a dot) as a function of time (t). She is printed over constellations in gold (Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Draco, Ursa Minor & Andromeda). ⁠🧵1/


    #linocut #printmaking #WomenInSTEM #sciart #histsci #astronomy #mastoArt

  10. Happy birthday to #astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868-1921) who set the scale of our Universe. My portrait of Leavitt is printed in silvery lavender ink on Japanese kozo paper. Behind her is a line showing stellar luminosity (capital L with subscript sun-symbol, a circle with a dot) as a function of time (t). She is printed over constellations in gold (Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Draco, Ursa Minor & Andromeda). ⁠🧵1/


    #linocut #printmaking #WomenInSTEM #sciart #histsci #astronomy #mastoArt

  11. Happy birthday to #astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868-1921) who set the scale of our Universe. My portrait of Leavitt is printed in silvery lavender ink on Japanese kozo paper. Behind her is a line showing stellar luminosity (capital L with subscript sun-symbol, a circle with a dot) as a function of time (t). She is printed over constellations in gold (Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Draco, Ursa Minor & Andromeda). ⁠🧵1/


    #linocut #printmaking #WomenInSTEM #sciart #histsci #astronomy #mastoArt

  12. started a short #wikipedia article on Alice Maxwell Lamb Updegraff (1863-1952), assistant #astronomer at Washburn Observatory and the Argentine National Observatory in the 1880s: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Ma @wikiwomeninred #WomeninSTEM #Wisconsin

  13. started a short #wikipedia article on Alice Maxwell Lamb Updegraff (1863-1952), assistant #astronomer at Washburn Observatory and the Argentine National Observatory in the 1880s: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Ma @wikiwomeninred #WomeninSTEM #Wisconsin

  14. started a short #wikipedia article on Alice Maxwell Lamb Updegraff (1863-1952), assistant #astronomer at Washburn Observatory and the Argentine National Observatory in the 1880s: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Ma @wikiwomeninred #WomeninSTEM #Wisconsin

  15. started a short #wikipedia article on Alice Maxwell Lamb Updegraff (1863-1952), assistant #astronomer at Washburn Observatory and the Argentine National Observatory in the 1880s: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Ma @wikiwomeninred #WomeninSTEM #Wisconsin

  16. started a short #wikipedia article on Alice Maxwell Lamb Updegraff (1863-1952), assistant #astronomer at Washburn Observatory and the Argentine National Observatory in the 1880s: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Ma @wikiwomeninred #WomeninSTEM #Wisconsin

  17. #OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824).

    The Human #Genome Project announced the completion of a "rough draft" sequence (2000).

    Birth Anniversary of #French #Astronomer Charles Messier (1730) - most notable for publishing an astronomical catalogue consisting of 110 nebulae and star clusters.

    Today is International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

    knowledgezone.co.in/news

  18. #OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824).

    The Human #Genome Project announced the completion of a "rough draft" sequence (2000).

    Birth Anniversary of #French #Astronomer Charles Messier (1730) - most notable for publishing an astronomical catalogue consisting of 110 nebulae and star clusters.

    Today is International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

    knowledgezone.co.in/news

  19. Birth Anniversary of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824).

    The Human Project announced the completion of a "rough draft" sequence (2000).

    Birth Anniversary of Charles Messier (1730) - most notable for publishing an astronomical catalogue consisting of 110 nebulae and star clusters.

    Today is International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

    knowledgezone.co.in/news

  20. #OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824).

    The Human #Genome Project announced the completion of a "rough draft" sequence (2000).

    Birth Anniversary of #French #Astronomer Charles Messier (1730) - most notable for publishing an astronomical catalogue consisting of 110 nebulae and star clusters.

    Today is International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

    knowledgezone.co.in/news

  21. #OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824).

    The Human #Genome Project announced the completion of a "rough draft" sequence (2000).

    Birth Anniversary of #French #Astronomer Charles Messier (1730) - most notable for publishing an astronomical catalogue consisting of 110 nebulae and star clusters.

    Today is International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

    knowledgezone.co.in/news

  22. #solstice #astronomy #astronomer #astronomers
    Today is the solstice. The longest day in the northern hemisphere, but which is the shortest night? Last night or tonight?
    Thank you. 🌞🌓

  23. #solstice #astronomy #astronomer #astronomers
    Today is the solstice. The longest day in the northern hemisphere, but which is the shortest night? Last night or tonight?
    Thank you. 🌞🌓

  24. #solstice #astronomy #astronomer #astronomers
    Today is the solstice. The longest day in the northern hemisphere, but which is the shortest night? Last night or tonight?
    Thank you. 🌞🌓

  25. #solstice #astronomy #astronomer #astronomers
    Today is the solstice. The longest day in the northern hemisphere, but which is the shortest night? Last night or tonight?
    Thank you. 🌞🌓

  26. #solstice #astronomy #astronomer #astronomers
    Today is the solstice. The longest day in the northern hemisphere, but which is the shortest night? Last night or tonight?
    Thank you. 🌞🌓

  27. #NASA Completes #NancyGraceRoman #Space #Telescope, Ahead Of Schedule And Under-Budget, named after NASA's first chief #astronomer, is headed to space in September aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, months ahead of its originally planned May 2027 launch.
    Roman's primary mirror is 7.9ft same size as #Hubble's but 1/4 weight, sending visible and infrared light to two sensors. First is Wide Field Instrument, 300-megapixel camera. Second is #RomanCoronagraph, a polarized sensor.
    jalopnik.com/2157969/nasa-comp

  28. #NASA Completes #NancyGraceRoman #Space #Telescope, Ahead Of Schedule And Under-Budget, named after NASA's first chief #astronomer, is headed to space in September aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, months ahead of its originally planned May 2027 launch.
    Roman's primary mirror is 7.9ft same size as #Hubble's but 1/4 weight, sending visible and infrared light to two sensors. First is Wide Field Instrument, 300-megapixel camera. Second is #RomanCoronagraph, a polarized sensor.
    jalopnik.com/2157969/nasa-comp

  29. Completes , Ahead Of Schedule And Under-Budget, named after NASA's first chief , is headed to space in September aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, months ahead of its originally planned May 2027 launch.
    Roman's primary mirror is 7.9ft same size as 's but 1/4 weight, sending visible and infrared light to two sensors. First is Wide Field Instrument, 300-megapixel camera. Second is , a polarized sensor.
    jalopnik.com/2157969/nasa-comp

  30. #NASA Completes #NancyGraceRoman #Space #Telescope, Ahead Of Schedule And Under-Budget, named after NASA's first chief #astronomer, is headed to space in September aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, months ahead of its originally planned May 2027 launch.
    Roman's primary mirror is 7.9ft same size as #Hubble's but 1/4 weight, sending visible and infrared light to two sensors. First is Wide Field Instrument, 300-megapixel camera. Second is #RomanCoronagraph, a polarized sensor.
    jalopnik.com/2157969/nasa-comp

  31. #NASA Completes #NancyGraceRoman #Space #Telescope, Ahead Of Schedule And Under-Budget, named after NASA's first chief #astronomer, is headed to space in September aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, months ahead of its originally planned May 2027 launch.
    Roman's primary mirror is 7.9ft same size as #Hubble's but 1/4 weight, sending visible and infrared light to two sensors. First is Wide Field Instrument, 300-megapixel camera. Second is #RomanCoronagraph, a polarized sensor.
    jalopnik.com/2157969/nasa-comp

  32. Clouds of #water #ice thread stellar nurseries in #MilkyWay
    Findings support idea water pervades galaxy’s planet-building material
    Reaching hundreds of light-years, icy clouds drape two of galaxy’s active #star-forming regions, #astronomer Gary Melnick and team report. Findings paint broadest picture of #interstellar ice’s distribution, and confirm predictions water, key ingredient for life on Earth, occurs across huge areas of interstellar #space.
    sciencenews.org/article/water-
    archive.ph/Caxo7

  33. Clouds of #water #ice thread stellar nurseries in #MilkyWay
    Findings support idea water pervades galaxy’s planet-building material
    Reaching hundreds of light-years, icy clouds drape two of galaxy’s active #star-forming regions, #astronomer Gary Melnick and team report. Findings paint broadest picture of #interstellar ice’s distribution, and confirm predictions water, key ingredient for life on Earth, occurs across huge areas of interstellar #space.
    sciencenews.org/article/water-
    archive.ph/Caxo7

  34. Clouds of #water #ice thread stellar nurseries in #MilkyWay
    Findings support idea water pervades galaxy’s planet-building material
    Reaching hundreds of light-years, icy clouds drape two of galaxy’s active #star-forming regions, #astronomer Gary Melnick and team report. Findings paint broadest picture of #interstellar ice’s distribution, and confirm predictions water, key ingredient for life on Earth, occurs across huge areas of interstellar #space.
    sciencenews.org/article/water-
    archive.ph/Caxo7

  35. Clouds of thread stellar nurseries in
    Findings support idea water pervades galaxy’s planet-building material
    Reaching hundreds of light-years, icy clouds drape two of galaxy’s active -forming regions, Gary Melnick and team report. Findings paint broadest picture of ice’s distribution, and confirm predictions water, key ingredient for life on Earth, occurs across huge areas of interstellar .
    sciencenews.org/article/water-
    archive.ph/Caxo7

  36. Clouds of #water #ice thread stellar nurseries in #MilkyWay
    Findings support idea water pervades galaxy’s planet-building material
    Reaching hundreds of light-years, icy clouds drape two of galaxy’s active #star-forming regions, #astronomer Gary Melnick and team report. Findings paint broadest picture of #interstellar ice’s distribution, and confirm predictions water, key ingredient for life on Earth, occurs across huge areas of interstellar #space.
    sciencenews.org/article/water-
    archive.ph/Caxo7

  37. Is Dust the Best Thing in the Universe? Part 2: The Astronomer's Headache
    atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug
    <p>Dust scatters light, absorbs light, re-emits light, and ruins everything
    #astronomer #universe #light #thing

  38. Is Dust the Best Thing in the Universe? Part 2: The Astronomer's Headache
    atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug
    <p>Dust scatters light, absorbs light, re-emits light, and ruins everything
    #astronomer #universe #light #thing