I built an antenna and pulled these images of the Iberian Peninsula from the NOAA 18 satellite today
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There was a lot of smoke this weekend and it made the moon look crazy.
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An astronomical phenomenon called gravitational lensing can warp, magnify or even duplicate the appearance of distant galaxies. ๐ In this image, @NASAHubble uses this phenomenon as a natural magnifying glass to view a distant galaxy. Check it out: https://t.co/yRqycUioCK https://t.co/NXgNolFTrV
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Moon through my telescope
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Crescent Neptune and Triton
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Jupiter
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Galactic Stare [OC]
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๐@NASAKennedy โ the last place I was on earth, 93 days ago. I can see all the spots where we prepared for launch and hung out: the launch pad, the ๐, the ๐pond. A very special time and place. It felt a bit like being in the @TopGunMovie, but without the ๐ and ๐ฟ scenes. ๐ https://t.co/vr0saXzMu6
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A milestone arrives. Farewell, #Pirs. A 5 year planned life turned into 20, dozens of supported docking, & 52 EVAs. At 06:56 EDT / 10:56 UTC July 26, Pirs will end its time at @Space_Station. Relive the module's history as @roscosmos bids it farewellโฌ๏ธ https://t.co/pvknuTsSrM
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On this day in 1984, Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to perform a spacewalk. During that mission, Soyuz T-12, she also became the first woman to fly in space twice. https://t.co/ePY4Lel9om
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50x50 binoculars
Does anyone have any experience with binoculars of these specs? I currently have 10x50, they're ok and my dad dropped them so I have an excuse to get new ones :)
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Jupiter's volcanic moon Io is emitting strange radio waves and NASA's Juno probe is listening
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What star is this? It's 130ยฐ SE at 00:57am
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Any book recommendation?
I'm looking for a book that could introduce to a high-school student astrophysics and astronomy, do you have any suggestions?
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One female participant spoke of seeing "little men" with blue skin, oversize heads "and huge, bulging eyes..." ๐ฝ https://t.co/5wN9vmYFCJ https://t.co/14cAKVpROz
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