The seeing last night was unusually good, so I used the opportunity to image the Moon. A short 🧵

A view of wastern Mare Tranquilitatis; the Apollo 11 landing site is just above the linear grooves toward bottom. Lots of texture & two volcanoes near crater Arago (center-left).

I wasn’t familiar with her portraits but it’s nice to learn of this one.

I mainly know of Fanny Burney as a literary person who knew how to make small talk with astronomers.

“I inquired of Miss Herschel if she was still comet-hunting, or content now with the moon?”

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A good sky weekend, first the aurora on Friday night and then clear skies on Sunday night. Happy with how M13 came out -- good tracking and reasonably steady skies. #M13 #GlobularCluster #Astrophotography

I have added the constellations to one of my images of the aurora on Friday night to try and show how extensive the display was.

I love this half-hour program with Matthew Hollis.

War looming, roads glistening in the rain, the changing seasons. Startling moments with birds. And the pursuit of poetry, with the help of Robert Frost.

United Nations Agrees to Address Impact of Satellite Constellations on Astronomy. The issue of satellite constellations' impact on astronomy is now on their agenda after several years of work by astronomers affiliated with the IAU CPS.

iau.org/news/pressrele…

AURORA IN TUCSON ARIZONA! #azwx #tucson

A hint of the pink Aurora lights over our New Mexico mesa. ✨

Northern Lights over the Golden Gate Bridge captured by Hugo Lageneste. Would’ve never thought living in the Bay Area we would ever see the aurora borealis but last night was incredible

Robert Frost:

You’ll wait a long, long time for anything much/ To happen in heaven beyond the floats of cloud/ And the Northern Lights that run like tingling nerves.

(“On Looking Up By Chance at the Constellations”)

Didn’t think this one was possible. Pikes Peak from Garden of the Gods. #Aurora

I am in shock. Not only has the aurora made an appearance in Southern California, but we just got a display of vibrant curtains that were clearly visible to the naked eye. Pics taken off Hwy 2 in the Angeles National Forest, a few miles west of Wrightwood, CA. #Auroraborealis

Sun coming up this morning like “DID YOU GUYS LIKE WHAT I SENT YOU?!”

I seriously never thought I’d get to see (and capture) an Aurora in my own home state (Sinaloa).

I am ~25 minutes away from my city, Culiacán, Mexico, and this is what I am seeing 🤯🤯

Best birthday gift I could ever hoped for.

Caroline Herschel was the first woman to be awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. Over the course of a long career, she discovered eight comets. She was also the inspiration for Adrienne Rich’s poem “Planetarium.”
theamericanscholar.org/planetarium-by…

One quick edit from tonight before going to bed. I'm speechless. I finally captured a shot I've been wanting for 8 years after seeing the northern lights for the very first time in Iceland. And tonight I finally got to see them all the way down in Tucson, Arizona...FOR 8 HOURS...

It was an incredible night in Northern California! Here’s a rare look at the Northern Lights over Lake Tahoe. (via @abradfordadventure/IG)