Starwatchers: A History of Discovery in the Night Sky by Joanne Baker, 2025
'An exhilarating exploration of how we've been touched by the cosmos across human history' LEWIS DARTNELL'A contemplative journey ... illuminating how astronomy connects us to the stars, and also to each other' REBECCA BOYLE
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Sind das nicht die Wolken aus dem Film Twister mit den Sturmjägern, wo dann anschließend Häuser und Autos durch die Gegend fliegen?
Mammatuswolken über Freising
#Mammatus #Gewitterwolken #Skywatching #Wetterphänomen #Naturgewalt #Cloudscape #ExtremeWeather
New to Mastodon and excited to share moments like this—Caught this elegant trace of a wingtip vortex slicing through the sky—possibly the outer arc of a horseshoe vortex. These swirling trails reveal the invisible physics of lift in action!”
#HorseshoeVortex #WingtipVortex #Aviation #Stormchasing #Skywatching #FluidDynamics #Photography #Introduction
#Smile and the sky smiles with you!
Two planets will form a 'smiley face' with the #moon on April 25. Here's where to look. https://buff.ly/RFMpwgi
I have a project plan, I need a big enough project box to fit
- a acrylic dome
- a 180 degree fish eye camera
- a Raspberry Pi
- several RTL-SDRs
- The minimal number of antenna
The idea is to mount it all on the roof as a PoE powered sky cam with a ADS-B, ACARS and AIS decoder. So it can highlight overflying aircraft in the day and spot meteor (and ignore the planes) at night.
Problem now is finding all the parts and the time to build it.
Beautiful evening time #socialmedia #skywatching #stlwx nice wind blowing #stlouis
I did sit out in the backyard for about 15 minutes around 1:30 AM this morning to look at the #eclipse.
I had made up a thermos of sweet red tea in honor of the red moon (hibiscus, honey, pomegranate and other delicious things) before I went to bed, so that was warm and waiting for me next to my glasses case on the kitchen table.
I feel very mooned-up now, between the bike trip to the field to watch it rise and then getting up to see it eclipsed. Ahhhhh.
Every time I look at our only considerably-sized orbiting body, I wonder if it feels lonely? I've been reading space fiction again this week. Our space in general feels really lonely to me. 
I think I paid about $15 at a Goodwill for this pair of Sears, 7 x 50 binoculars on a whim to throw in my car. They're battered, heavy, and old, but they turned out to be the best sky watching binocs I've ever owned. Great for looking at the moon.
#astronomy #eclipse #skywatching #binoculars
Do you hear Bonnie Tyler? 
Blood Worm Moon: What to know about March's total #lunareclipse, full moon https://buff.ly/DpUZ8Cg
Conjunction: Neptune, Mercury
March 3, 2025, 12:24 AM
Keeping up with the latest astronomy events in the stargazing app Star Walk 2 #skywatching #astronomy https://starwalk2free.page.link/share
Conjunction: Neptune, Mercury
March 3, 2025, 12:24 AM
Keeping up with the latest astronomy events in the stargazing app Star Walk 2 #skywatching #astronomy https://starwalk2free.page.link/share
Why Does the Moon Look Larger at the Horizon? We Asked a NASA Scientist: Episode 50 https://www.nasa.gov/general/why-does-the-moon-look-larger-at-the-horizon-we-asked-a-nasa-scientist-episode-50/ #NASA #General #EarthSMoon #LunarScience #PlanetaryScience #ScienceResearch #Skywatching #TheSolarSystem
What You Need To Know About the March 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-march-2025-total-lunar-eclipse/ #NASA #EarthSMoon #Skywatching #TheSolarSystem
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