I am again at the Chambliss helpdesk (and now it's all going not too busy) so come by for #AAS243 invite codes to the other site, or tips on how to switch.

Wonderful chatting with the amazing ⁦Kevin Govender⁩ today at #AAS243 reminiscing about #dotastro of the past and chatting about the ⁦IAU GA 2024 🌍⁩ - which I am so looking forward to!

Excited to hear my author copies of Astronomers Library should be arriving soon. Publishes in just over a month. :) quarto.com/books/97807112…

Trying not to obsess over Astronomer's Library pre-release reviews, but also delighted it got another 5-star review (instagram.com/p/C48ZJUHIztV/…), especially as this one noticed how hard I tried to not be too Eurocentric and to make connections for astrology interested folks. 🔭👩‍🔬

Astronomers Library mentions several historical eclipses. Here’s one in “The Moon Considered as a Planet, a World and a Satellite”, by James Nasmyth and James Carpenter and which was published in 1874. quarto.com/books/97807112…

Astronomers Library also has a section on “Lunar and Solar Eclipses” with publications from medieval times, but I also included Fred Espenek’s Road Atlas to the Solar Eclipse happening today. quarto.com/books/97807112…

My favourite eclipse related book in "The Astronomers Library", “De Eclipse Solari” from 1662 contains a satirical poem about a 1654 eclipse + charming illustrations of the eclipse from vairous spots. This one may also include a cartoon version of Galileo quarto.com/books/97807112…

It’s exciting that we’re heading into publication week for “Astronomers Library”. quarto.com/books/97807112…

Heading to work on a Saturday evening for open observatory, including a talk about my new book, Astronomers Library. quarto.com/books/97807112…

Other places are really taking off. I just stop by here periodically to unfollow people. Come join us somewhere else. :)

Regular registration of the historic, first in Africa, International Astronomical Union meeting ends tomorrow (late registration until 15th Aug). Meeting 6-15th Aug. It's going to be epic - I hope to see you there. 🔭👩‍🔬 astronomy2024.org/registration/

Fun surprise for me yesterday - publishers sent me copies of Astronomer's Library now available in German! (Link to English version: amazon.com/Astronomers-Li…)

Also book related - updated my "Writing" page on my website to include some of the awesome reviews (klmasters.sites.haverford.edu/writing/). Publisher tells me reviews on Amazon help a lot. If you got the book and could review it that would be awesome: amazon.com/Astronomers-Li…

I’m excited for #Harris2024. Much respect for Biden for making this tough decision and changing the annoying pundit conversation. Really hoping the DNC get its act together quickly now behind #Harris2024.

We need your help! 🆘 In its mission to map out the #DarkUniverse, #ESAEuclid will image hundreds of thousands of distant galaxies 💫 For the next six years, the spacecraft is expected to send around 100 GB of data back to Earth every day! 🤯 That’s a lot of data, and we need

What is Galaxy Zoo? Give me your worst answers (working on a talk where I'd like to debunk some myths).

📍Philadelphia, PA This is the line to get into the first Harris-Walz campaign event. There are thousands of people, the line wraps for blocks and blocks.

I’m at #astronomy2024 #iauga2024 this week posting about talks on Bluesky. Join me there. :)

A great pleasure to speak (via Zoom) about my book "The Astronomers' Library" at the Society for the History of Astronomy this afternoon/evening. societyforthehistoryofastronomy.com. Available on Amazon: amazon.com/Astronomers-Li…