Ol’ Blue Eyes had nothin’ on this guy. Frank Sinatra, eat your heart out! #blueeyes #cats #photography

@kcranews.bsky.social @skyandtelescope.bsky.social Here are some shots of last night’s aurora taken from just outside Yosemite NP. #astronomy #aurora

I’m in.

Have you ever seen a more adorable cat? 😸 Our little man will be 17 years old next year. #ragdoll #cats @cats.bsky.social

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Enjoying wonderful Bortle 2 skies (SQM 21.9) up here just outside of Yosemite NP for a few days. Caught two sporadics in as many snapshots this morning at 5:35am. Here’s looking at you, Orion… #astronomy #meteors

If you’d like to see Uranus, now’s a great time, as it’s just below the Pleiades in the early morning. Orion is rising in the southeast, with the Moon hidden. #astrophotography #astronomy #uranus

Here’s a look at Venus and Jupiter this morning at 5:00am Pacific (Venus is the brighter of the two low in the pic…), and a totally lucky grab of Jupiter captured in daylight haze, taken at 1:00pm. Jupiter pic taken via iPhone to my Questar 3.5 at 87.5x mag. #Jupiter #Venus #astronomy

Tonight’s almost full Moon, rising up into the soup. #moon #photography

The winter constellations are coming back!! Here are Venus and Jupiter rising to greet the Pleiades, the Hyades, and my old friend Orion, emerging into light clouds this morning just before 5am Pacific time. #astronomy #photography

Here’s the nearly full Moon sneaking up on the teapot of Sagittarius. #astronomy #photography

Rupes Recta, or The Straight Wall… less than 300 meters high. iPhone to my Questar Seven at 150x magnification. #moon #astronomy

Here are two images of this morning’s rising moon, weighing in at a mere 1% full, and 22 hours from new. Finder view (6x) and full (87.5x) magnification through my Questar 3.5. #moon #photography

My wife snapped this young red-tailed hawk, who landed in a tree about two feet above my head, as we were on a walk this morning. #birds #photography

I underestimated my little 3.5, thinking that the other pictures I posted were from my Questar Seven. These images of the Straight Wall and the Alpine Valley come from the Seven, and were taken this evening under mediocre skies; interesting to compare images. #astronomy #photography #moon

The haze here has been terrible lately, so this image was a pleasant surprise. Taken last night with iPhone and my Questar 3.5 at about 70x magnification. #astronomy #photography #moon

From the Alpine Valley to the Straight Wall. Photo taken with iPhone and my Questar Seven. This image is from a few years ago; I’ll try to replicate (improve) the image this evening. #astronomy #photography

A nice post-first quarter moon, and waiting for the Straight Wall to emerge from the shadows. iPhone to my Questar 3.5 at 70x magnification. #astronomy #photography

Tonight’s very young, less than 25 hours old (and a mere 1% full) thin crescent Moon. iPhone to the Finder view of my Questar 3.5 at about 6x magnification. #astronomy #moon #photography

Morning cloud cover dashed this morning’s chances for a personal best (<0.7% full) thin crescent Moon sighting. Venus was blazing away in the haze looking like a forgotten Christmas tree bulb. We’re lucky to have a very low eastern horizon… more so when it’s clear. Next cycle… #astronomy

The Moon and Venus through some morning clouds. iPhone to my Questar 3.5 at 6x Finder view magnification, taken at 9:30am Pacific time. #astronomy #photography

This is my record for a thin crescent Moon capture; I’ll be making a most-likely-futile attempt at a 0.6% morning grab in two weeks. #astronomy #photography #astrophotography

If you’re not following @sarahkendzior.bsky.social now’s the time to start. The shit has hit the fan, my friends…

@aaronparnas.bsky.social Hi Aaron, when you have your videos captioned, please make sure they differentiate between “news cycle” and “new cycle,” and other typos that can change the meaning to both serious and casual viewers. Great work, by the way. Keep up the good fight.

“Not in the word list.” Someone doesn’t understand how the game is played. 😂🤣 @nytimes.com

Tonight’s 99.7% full micromoon… through clouds and haze with my iPhone and Questar 3.5 at 87.5x magnification. #astronomy #photography #astrophotography #moon

“… in the era of Trump” In the “era” of Trump!? ‘Era?’ MSNBC: get your head out of your ass and stop normalizing this criminal. @velshimsnbc.bsky.social @msnbc.com @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @maddow.msnbc.com

Not much prettier in the night sky than our almost-first quarter Moon. Snapped with my iPhone 15 and Questar 3.5 at 87.5x magnification. #astronomy

Here’s a nice, late-morning, through-the-eyepiece look at Venus through my Q 3.5, taken at 11:40am today. iPhone, single image, no tracking, at 87.5x magnification. (Tried but couldn’t see Saturn…) #astronomy #astrophotography #Venus

Daytime planet-hunting can be a real hoot. Here’s Venus taken at 11:30am Pacific this morning. Windy conditions… but not too bad. Couldn’t see Saturn.

A beautiful, razor-sharp, 2% full young moon setting tonight. #astronomy #moon

A Perseid and the Pleiades, taken at 3:05am on Aug 12 last year. 30 second exposure. #SmartphoneAstronomy

I love low power pics of the Moon. Taken moments ago; iPhone to the 20mm eyepiece of my Questar 3.5 at 70x magnification. No tracking/guiding; single frame. #astronomy #moon #astrophotography

A young Moon setting into cloudy skies.

Interesting weather last night. A thin crescent moon setting in the west, with lightning in the east. No thunder; stars visible…

About 400 people now gathering in El Dorado Hills, CA @indivisible.org

Putin tried to do to America for the last 30 years what we let an American president do to us in 37 days. What are we going to do when he destroys our economy and steals the rest of America’s capital assets - and we can’t find them? @maddow.msnbc.com @timothysnyder.bsky.social

Venus is just a bit more than 5% illuminated today as it nears inferior conjunction on March 22. Here it is peering through a thick cloud layer about 10° above the horizon from 38° north latitude; taken at 7:45 PM pacific time. Cloud and Finder views, plus a look at 87.5x magnification.

I hope the Republicans now understand that when you elect a criminal, his only goal is to eliminate all of the laws that could incriminate him so he can then keep on breaking them. There’s nothing new here except the scale. And it will kill us if we don’t end it first. @sarahkendzior.bsky.social

How to solve the America problem: Sheinbaum and Carney announce: *Immediate border closures *200% tariff on all Tesla vehicles *50% tariff on all US goods *Demand resignation of Trump and Vance w/free and fair elections held by June 1 @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social @claudiasheinbaum.bsky.social

“What Trump shares with both Hitler and Musk, who is a Nazi, is an unbridled megalomania that is incomprehensible to any normal person unless they have some fluency with history or expertise in psychology.” All: please read this post. @thewarningses.bsky.social

New symbol of the American presidency, courtesy of Ricardo Tomás @foreignaffairs.com We are living under an incendiary presidency and president who will gleefully burn down every element of the foundation that holds this country together. And we can either watch him do it, or stop him.

Do you recognize this? It is the flag of Europe. I stand with Ukraine, and I stand with Europe. Trump is nothing more than a criminal enabler of Putin. He will never be my president. @ukparliament.parliament.uk @macronofficieux.bsky.social @deaidua.org @italy.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

I stand with Europe.

…and the Oscar for actor in a Supporting Role goes to Donald J. Trump, performing as Putin’s Bitch in “Fall of a Nation.” @thr.com @cnn.com @jimmykimmel.com

The Moon and Venus tonight, with clouds moving in as we prepare for thundershowers tomorrow. Mercury lost in the clouds.

Did you watch the ‘parade of planets’ this week? Here’s a look at this evening’s 25 hour old very thin (2% full) Moon with Mercury just at sunset. Finder view through my Questar 3.5 telescope.