The Rosette Nebula and the Horsehead Nebula from the marsh last night.

@qmjohn.bsky.social Hey Doctor! Stephen Ramsden here.

From the MARSH observatory last week

WE ARE $1,125 AWAY FROM THE GOAL OF $15K WITH 6.5 HOURS LEFT IN THE FUNDRAISER!! Please help us make it! www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Thanks Anke Mo for the donation yesterday. Here we are-the last day of our Fall fundraiser to help support the teaching of the science of the Sun. We are proud of what we have done at CBSAP and will continue. If you would like to help in this effort: www.paypal.me/cbsap www.Venmo.com/cbsapse

Thanks Li M., Jack Dunn, Barbara/Don McClure, Bojan S. and John Candy for their generous donations bringing us to within $2k of our goal with ONE DAY LEFT in our Fall fundraiser!! WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO REACH OUR SCIENCEY GOAL! www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

recent images from the marsh

$2,350 away from our goal with 2 days left in the fundraiser. Please consider helping our science STEM nonprofit survive another 6 months. Thanks Pavol Gajdos for the donation! www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Without a doubt, the Sun is the most important thing in the universe for our survival as a species. Thanks Sandra Gann, Bob Fera and Edward Rogers for the generous donations to our Fall fundraiser. Three days left to reach our goal! Please donate at: www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Thanks anonymous in Austria and Patty Storey for the generous donations to the CBSAP Fall fundraiser! Please consider supporting our Sun science STEM nonprofit in this last week of the fundraiser. $2,510 to go! www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

No donations to report today but we are REALLY CLOSE to our goal! The fundraiser ends on Friday so please consider a tax deductible contribution to The Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project Fall fundraiser. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Thanks to Susan Kennedy, James White, Tracey Sims, Li Melora and Babak Tafreshi for the generous donations to the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project Fall fundraiser! Please consider helping us support science! www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse 6 days left to reach our goal!

Thanks to the very generous donations from Margaret Lamb, Stefan Farkas and Pete Fuller yesterday, we are edging closer to the goal! Please consider a general donation to the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project! www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Seven days left to reach our goal of $15,000! Thanks Brian Colville and Jack Dunn for the generous donations! Please consider a cash gift to support the teaching of the science of sunlight! Zero salaries paid, 4% admin cost since 2008. We need ya’ www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Thanks to Marcus Tomlin and Sherry Vallee for their generous donations to our Fall fundraiser at the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project. Please consider a generous donation to keep us teaching science around the world for a better future. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

10 days left to raise $4,880 more to reach our goal and keep the Solar Science STEM nonprofit 501c3 program going! Thanks Daniel Brousseau and Grant Blair for the generous donations yesterday! www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse We need you! Thanks for your consideration.

Thanks so much to Carlos Casoli and Rhonda T Duffy for the very generous donations to the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project Fall fundraiser putting us in the 5 digits! Please consider a generous donation to help us reach our goal of $15,000! www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Thanks Sherry Rosen for the generous donation to our fall fundraiser to keep science alive. Please help us reach our goal by clicking the below links : www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse Thanks Stephen W. Ramsden

Thanks David Pitre for the generous donation to support the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project Fall fundraiser. We need your sciencey support to keep going for another 6 months spreading the science of Sunlight in nature. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse Thanks! Stephen W. Ramsden

Thank you Steve Ibbotson for our donation yesterday bringing the total up to $9,253. Our goal is $15k by the end of October. Please consider a generous tax deductible donation to help teach the science of sunlight in nature by clicking these links: www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Thanks Aaron Johnson, Daniele Bonfiglio, and Stephen Fordred for our three donations today to try and reach our goal of $15k by Halloween. If you would like to support our solar science STEM nonprofit 501c3 please use these links. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Today's fundraiser update shows another generous contribution from Alexandros Frantzis. Please consider a generous, tax deductible donation to our nonprofit 501c3 STEM program founded in 2008. www.venmo.com/cbsapse www.paypal.me/cbsap

Thanks to long time supporters Virginia Sowell and Donny Screws for their generous donations supporting our science STEM program The Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project (a 501c3 nonprofit since 2008)! www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Thanks Amanda Smith, Gary Handley and Michael O'Connell for their generous donations! Please consider a tax deductible donation to the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project. We teach the science of Sunlight in nature to anyone who will listen. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Please join these generous donors in supporting the science of the Sun! We are a nonprofit 501c3 with less than 4% admin costs since 2008. No salaries, no fees for anything, no nonsense, just science. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

We share the science of sunlight in nature. Please consider a generous tax deductible donation to our nonprofit 501c3 STEM program at: www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse Thanks! Stephen

Thanks to four more donations we are now at $6,427 on our way to the goal of $15k by October 31st. Please consider a tax deductible donation to our nonprofit, founded in 2008, by clicking these links: www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

(yes, these posts are directed at you, friends of science) Day 6 of the fundraiser brought us up to $5,827! We will run through the end of the month trying to raise $15k to fund our state and federal registered nonprofit 501c3 STEM program. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

We teach the science of sunlight in the natural world to anyone who will listen around the world and provide equipment to help provide science outreach. Please consider a generous donation to our 501c3 nonprofit at: www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse Thank you!

We reached $5k! on day four of the Fall fundraiser! 1/3 of the way there!! We teach the science of sunlight in nature around the world in memoriam to fellow veterans and air traffic controllers Charlie/Susan Bates. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Our 2 winners this week in our fundraiser giveaway are Shawn Johnson and Carole Stroupe! Shawn won a Starfield Optics 1.25 inch White Light wedge and Carole has won our donated Celestron NatureDX 8 x 42 binoculars! Every donor is entered into our weekly giveaway! Congratulations Shawn and Carole!

Day Three of the Fall fundraiser had 5 donations bringing us to $3665 on our way to the $15k goal! Please consider supporting our science STEM nonprofit that teaches about Sunlight around the world. to join our dedicated team of science supporters: www.paypal.com/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

We are currently running our Fall fundraiser to keep teaching the science of Sunlight in nature around the world. We are active in 27 countries including the US. We firmly believe that science and reason are the keys to our species survival. paypal.com/cbsap venmo.com/cbsapse

Welcome to the Fall 2025 Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project fundraiser! We are a nonprofit 501c3 STEM program active in 27 countries teaching people about the science of light in all its forms. Please consider a generous tax deductible donation to our nonprofit.

Enjoy the critters in our marsh yard. youtu.be/MMOTLjEuxkY?...

Hi everyone! I'm Stephen W. Ramsden, Founderof the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project in Atlanta, GA. We are a science nonprofit named in memoriam for a fellow veteran. Thank you for your support. All records available upon request. ***Federal tax I.D. 27-0261397 paypal.me/cbsap for paypal

Please enjoy this humble image of the Rosette nebula taken from the marsh last night

The dream of bluesky was very motivating when it started out but now it just seems to be another political comment dump from the other side. Political partisanship and extremism is destroying this country and others. Both sides are guilty. Please stop and think about something else.