Dr. Gerard van Belle (@fringedoctor) 's Twitter Profile
Dr. Gerard van Belle

@fringedoctor

Active astronomer, intrepid interferometrist, doting dad, heuristic homebrewer, lapsed pilot. 25155 van Belle, Director of Science @lowellobs

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CN detected in 3I/ATLAS by Dave Schleicher at Lowell Observatory, using our 42" Hall telescope with its Kron photoelectric photometer astronomerstelegram.org/?read=17352

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Astronomers at Lowell Observatory just captured the sharpest look yet at one of the heaviest star pairs in our galaxy ✨ NGC 3603-A1: two giants, 93 & 70x the Sun’s mass, orbiting every 3.8 days. 🔗 lowell.edu/astronomers-re… 📸: N. Morrell, K. Farrell

Astronomers at Lowell Observatory just captured the sharpest look yet at one of the heaviest star pairs in our galaxy ✨

NGC 3603-A1: two giants, 93 & 70x the Sun’s mass, orbiting every 3.8 days.

🔗 lowell.edu/astronomers-re…

📸: N. Morrell, K. Farrell
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Two newly-discovered asteroids, 2025 QO7 and 2025 QD8 will pass closer than the Moon in the next few nights. They may be bright enough to image in your #eVscope or other backyard set up. Unistellar

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🪐 Saturn season is here! On Sept 21, Saturn reaches opposition, its closest, brightest view of the year. 🌌 ✨ Members: Join our Saturn Soirée private viewing. ✨ Visitors: Enjoy stunning views all month with general admission. 👉 lowell.edu/visit 📸: NASA

🪐 Saturn season is here!
On Sept 21, Saturn reaches opposition, its closest, brightest view of the year. 🌌
✨ Members: Join our Saturn Soirée private viewing.
✨ Visitors: Enjoy stunning views all month with general admission.

👉 lowell.edu/visit
📸: NASA
Astronomy Magazine (@astronomymag) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Katalyst Space Technologies is in a race against time and gravity to save the gamma-ray burst telescope from falling into the clutches of Earth’s atmosphere. bit.ly/3IIffNx

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Jared Isaacman and President Donald Trump have met in recent weeks and discussed reviving the fintech billionaire’s nomination to lead NASA, a source says bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Six Planets, Including a Second GPI Planet! This week's new planets include HD 143811 AB b, a massive Jupiter, directly imaged by Gemini Planet Imager, in a 300+-year orbit around two young (15 Myr) stars. There are also new @nasawebb transmission spectra. exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu

Six Planets, Including a Second GPI Planet!

This week's new planets include HD 143811 AB b, a massive Jupiter, directly imaged by <a href="/PlanetImager/">Gemini Planet Imager</a>, in a 300+-year orbit around two young (15 Myr) stars. There are also new @nasawebb transmission spectra. exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu
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Wow, Kevin Marvel moving on from AAS - that will be a sea change. Best wishes in your next challenge, Kevin! aas.org/press/aas-anno…