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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 27, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by HumanistJohn
Observer's Handbook 2021 This book, put out by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, is an excellent resource. Its 352 pages have articles, charts, and tables for the year 2021. It is generally geared for North America.
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All Things Astronomy
Feb 13, 2020Feb 2020

Posted by starwatcher-al
A mottled orange, red, and yellow orb surrounded by stars Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse. The constellation of Orion the Hunter is one of the most dependable sights in the night sky. Even in the most light-polluted cities, the outline is ...
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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
Jul 13, 2019Jul 2019

Posted by Hathacat
Did you know Scorpio used to be even bigger? His claws used to be what is now Libra the scales. The Scorpion in the sky and in mythology. Scorpius the Scorpion – the southernmost constellation of the Zodiac – is a major showpiece of the starry ...
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All Things Astronomy
Apr 29, 2019Apr 2019

Posted by Lukian
we are in a void! wasn't that a Star Trek episode? Yep, several voids have been found in the observable universe but the one we are in is the biggest! It makes everything other than what's in our galaxy, but in the universe, so far away from us....
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 31, 2019Jan 2019

Posted by Lukian
NASA's Hubble telescope finds a surprise neighbor galaxy hiding out Oh hello, Bedin 1. We didn't see you sneaking around back there. Bedin 1 appears on the lower end of this Hubble image of globular cluster NGC 6752. NASA, ESA and L. Bedin ...
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All Things Astronomy
Dec 15, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by VineetHonkan
Here in Toronto every month at U of T (University of Toronto St. George Campus, downtown Toronto, the greatest city in the world! lol) the graduate astronomy society holds an outreach where they discuss current things on the bend. things like ...
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 21, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Lukian
the milky way radio signature reflected off the moon. That's a lot of number crunching! Stunning timelapse video embedded in article. The Milky Way's Reflection Shines on Surface of the Moon in Stunning New Image Radio waves from ...
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All Things Astronomy
Nov 6, 2018Nov 2018

Posted by Lukian
Confirmed: Earth has 2 extra moons... more like orbiting dust clouds satellites. Earth has two extra, hidden 'moons' First spied in the 1960s, the huge dust clouds have now been confirmed—and may affect plans for future ...
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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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