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First light with my new AT72WDii

Feeling starstruck? 🤩 This Hubble image shows a young star cluster named NGC 2040. The stars seen here are very loosely clustered, share a common origin, and are drifting together through space! Discover more: https://t.co/O7fIq6SvtX https://t.co/AaclzphW3h

“Join the Navy and see the world,” they said. I guess we’ll give ‘em that one. https://t.co/tLd2WSM9K1

#ICYMI: @NASA_Astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio installed a new roll-out solar array on the station and watched as it unfurled (seen here in time-lapse) during a spacewalk on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. More... https://t.co/QSf5IegiDj https://t.co/nT4XiHgNSp

Venus's surface is shrouded in mystery thanks to its ultra-thick atmosphere, but when the Pioneer Venus Orbiter reached orbit 44 years ago on Dec. 4, 1978, it sent back detailed data about the planet…for another 14 years! More about the mission: https://t.co/bFuYMv72dn https://t.co/NohMCDtIQn

81% Waxing Gibbous Moon in Michigan

Beginner Questions

Yesterday my wife and I bought a Meade Star Navigator 102mm from a guy who sells telescopes. He gave me 3 eyepieces; 10mm, 20mm, & a 2x Barlow. Last night it was cloudy but cleared up and we could see Jupiter and it’s planets but couldn’t tell detail on Jupiter at all. I’m so new to all this and so confused with everything. Is certain nights better than others ? I read something about how turbulent air can make planets blurry. Also, should I be able able to see cloud gases and nebulas with this telescope ? If I’m right the telescopes max magnification is 202x , I was at 168x with the Barlow and 10mm yesterday.

How much do you know about our cosmic existence? https://t.co/V0BeaQgym0 https://t.co/CpOAHedgOO

Waxing gibbous moon shot on the southern hemisphere

if you had a vessel strong enough could you hypothetically serf on a gravitational wave?

I don't know a whole lot about astronomy so maybe this is a dumb question but I just learned what gravitational waves are and if it's like a ripple in water which you can serf on supposing you had something strong enough to survive and a gravitational wave powerful enough could you somehow surf on a gravitational wave just like you can on water or would it just pass straight through you?

Educators: Use this year's #HourOfCode to explore how coding was used in the Apollo program to get us to the Moon and what it looks like today. Join us for a virtual Hour of Code program December 6 at 12 pm ET. Register now: https://t.co/sO2yp7vTXm https://t.co/5NaXonepum

Another beginner question

Yesterday my wife and i bought a meade star navigator 102mm and wondering if we could do photography with it with success ? My wife has a Canon Rebel T6 camera already. Would we have any luck with that combo ? I’d like to see stuff more in detail than we do with the naked eye. Can barely see the bands on Jupiter through the naked eye; kinda a let down.

Once Orion climbs up in the east-southeast after dinnertime (lower left of the Moon Monday night), look for Gemini also gaining altitude to the left. The head stars of the Gemini twins, Castor and Pollux, are at the left end of the Gemini constellation. https://t.co/kkEdBpOs6r https://t.co/i0TonmfcKv

#OTD in 1993, Space Shuttle Endeavour captured the Hubble Space Telescope during STS-61, the first Hubble servicing mission. 🔩🔧🔨 https://t.co/pKPiZuEFF8

Handmade pottery with galaxy glaze [OC]