It's that time of year again...

Life Hack: #Astronomy encourages exploration of remote areas with dark skies, leading to more outdoor activity and fresh air. #Astrocamping is a real thing!

Did you know that Outer Space is only 62 miles away? Although there is no official solid boundary for where space begins, the Kármán line sits at 62 miles (100km) above sea-level and is conventionally used as the start of outer space in space treaties or for aerospace records keeping.

Episode #4 of my #StarRiver Podcast is recorded! @thomasloupe.com was my guest today, and our trip down the River together is going to blow your mind. Stay tuned for the full episode out in a few weeks! 🎙️🔭🦛 astropotamus.com/star-river

Life Hack: Spending hours outdoors under the stars strengthens your relationship with the natural world. You haven't lived until you've woken up covered in stardew.

#Astrophotography captures light that's traveled for thousands or even millions of years to reach your camera. See why your camera is a Time Machine at http://astropotamus.com/astropotamus/time-machines

Shoot in RAW format to capture more detail and make editing your #Astrophoto easier later. You might want to use some of the software I use, listed at http://astropotamus.com/software to help.

Why now is the best time to be alive. #StarRiverPodcast 🌌🔭🦛

The Star River Podcast just finished recording Episode 3! #4 is scheduled for tomorrow and once I finish editing them, I'm going to *finally* publish them! Stay Tuned! #StarRiver #Astrophotography 🎙️🔭🦛

Life Hack: The meticulous adjustments needed for #Astrophotography sharpen your ability to focus on details. And let you perfect your swearing!

Our galaxy has as many as 400 billion of stars, and the universe has billions of billions of galaxies! Think about *THAT* the next time you want to feel small!

This is funnysad. 🥔🔭🦛

Holy shit, this is an awesome #AI Video of #StarTrek come alive as a heavy metal music video.

A quick post to let you know I’m not dead. A new project is underway now that it’s not -10 out. If the weather holds I’ll have it finished in a few days. #astrophotography #photography

Life Hack: Watching the stars or the Moon encourages mindfulness and helps you stay present. People have been doing this for 2,000,000 years or so.

The Cosmic Microwave Background radiation is the afterglow of the Big Bang, visible across the universe. Its high degree of uniformity throughout the observable universe and faint but measured anisotropy lend strong support for the Big Bang model and the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model in particular.

A #WomanAstro and her Mars rover. IFKYK #WomeninSTEM #WomeninScience

Life Hack: Engaging with #Astrophotography communities introduces you to others who may have already solved the same problems you're having. Learn from them, grasshopper. Then teach others.

#Mars is called the Red Planet because its surface is covered in rusty dust. If you were on Mars though, it wouldn't be red. It would be more of a ruddy yellow.

Life Hack: Contemplating cosmic phenomena like black holes and supernovas broadens your intellectual horizons. It also blows your mind and makes you wonder how the Universe works.

Did you know that The Earth is in The Solar System in The Milky Way in The Local Group in The Virgo Supercluster in The Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex in The Laniakea Supercluster, all of which is about 100,000 nearby galaxies? Laniakea is like a city of suburbs of neighborhoods of galaxies.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

THE MANDIBLES FROM OUTER SPACE 😱

So I just clicked the email spam #Spectrum sent about "Coming soon: As a valued Spectrum Business® customer, we want you to get a first look at Invincible WiFi. Engineered to keep your business connected, even when the power goes out." And I got this image 🤣⛈️🔭🦛

Life Hack: Learning star names and constellations sharpens memory and cognitive skills. But there's apps for that so don't forget to also just enjoy looking up!

The #Moon's surface is covered in fine, glassy dust caused by billions of years of impacts. In the next 10 years, there's a 95% chance that every man that has walked on the Moon so far will be dead.

#Neptune #Cat Is now joined by #Pluto and #Eris to make the collection complete. Back us now in the last two days of the campaign. #enamelpins for every cat in #space fan! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c... #spaceArt #sciArt #catArt

WOW! Successful launch of TWO sounding rockets tonight as part of the NASA GNEISS mission. This video I took is from Beaver, Alaska 100 miles north of the rocket range where I have been assisting with ground ops. I have synced range comms for audio. Congratulations to everyone! #heliophysics

I don't like the use of the word "arrival" in this article but the end result is still pretty cool. 🌌🔭🦛

Life Hack: Spending more time outside capturing the stars means less time doomscrolling. Of course, checking out the #Astrophotography feeds on BlueSky is also an option!

#WomanAstro #WomeninSTEM #WomeninScience

Life Hack: Carrying and setting up equipment can be a light workout, while hiking to remote stargazing spots boosts endurance. Well worth the effort. You deserve some hot chocolate/beer/wine/bourbon!

Astrometry measures the positions and movements of stars and other celestial objects. Without it, we wouldn't be able to plan missions to orbit, the Moon, or other planets in the solar system.

I love #Seestar #Astrophotography! 🌌🔭🦛

The European-Japanese BepiColombo mission is on its way to study #Mercury up close. Launched in 2018, the probe has performed six flybys of Mercury, but its real science mission will begin shortly after it enters orbit around the planet in late 2026. earthsky.org/space/mercur... #astronomy #space

Life Hack: Tracking celestial objects teaches patience and improves your ability to notice details. Employers love it when you notice details, so this boosts your employability!

#Saturn isn't the only planet with rings, but its rings are the biggest and brightest. Someday, the Moon could break up and briefly become a set of rings around the Earth, if what's in this article is true: https://www.space.com/3373-earth-moon-destined-disintegrate.html

Life Hack: Not every night goes as planned, but perseverance in #Astrophotography builds emotional resilience. And that's what will carry you through until the day you die.

By tracking objects, astrometry helps predict future positions of asteroids and comets. Without it, we wouldn't be able to plan missions to orbit, the Moon, or other planets in the solar system.

Can't wait to hear Episode 1 of my Star River Podcast? Sign up on my Ko-Fi page at ko-fi.com/astropotamus and I'll send you the link for the first episode now! You'll also help me fund a year of studio-grade remote recording with riverside.fm and access to secret channels on my Discord server! 🎙🔭🦛

Life Hack: The search for dark skies may lead you to breathtaking destinations worldwide. You'll also realize how much light pollution there is, get frustrated and angry, start demanding hoods on your streetlights, and send nasty letters to your neighbors about their deck lights. Or so I'm told.

Binary stars can be studied using astrometry to determine their orbits and masses. When two stars collide, crazy things can happen like supernova explosions, pulsars, neutron stars, and even black holes!

Science, bitches!!! 🙂

My next two guests for my #StarRiver Podcast are lined up! I'll be speaking with them this coming Thursday and Friday, which means that I'll have my first four episodes. I promised to start releasing when I had four, so it's time to make good on that promise! I'd love to talk to *you*! 🎙🔭🦛

A telescope's aperture, not magnification, is key for gathering light and revealing faint celestial objects. Magnification is a marketing term used to sell department store telescopes. Find out more at http://astropotamus.com/learn

Life Hack: Sharing stunning images of the cosmos can grow your social media following and inspire others. It's almost better than crazy cat videos! (Who am I kidding? Nothing is better than crazy cat videos.)

Thank you to the prolific @drcarpineti.bsky.social for joining me as my guest on my latest Star River Podcast episode! If you're not following him, you should be! Episode will be released once I have a few more finished, so stay tuned! astropotamus.com/star-river 🐸🎙️🔭🦛

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