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Eric Lagadec
EricLagadec
I'd like to tell the story of my cover photo that you may have seen circulating on the net: the Pacmoon telescope playing with the moon, or how to create
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ESA Operations
esaoperations
ESA’s second #asteroid-spotting Test-Bed Telescope has seen ‘first light’ – the first time a new telescope is used to look up at the sky. The telescope – dubbed TBT2 –
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Rami Mandow 🏳️🌈
CosmicRami
Well, this is excellent!The 'Earth-sized' @ehtelescope (which caught the 1st supermassive black hole image of M87) has looked into the heart of the Quasar 3C 279 and found a surprising
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astrotweeps: Emily (@emsque)
astrotweeps
The story behind #TheLastStargazers begins with my first observing run, at Kitt Peak with @MassiveStarGuy back in 2004.At the time I was a 19yo physics major and aspiring astronomer but
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ESO
ESO
1/20 Happy 20th anniversary UT4! Do you know this giant telescope, part of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at @ESO ’s Paranal Observatory? You might recognise it from its cool
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James Fawcett
James4cet
The Moon setting within in the Lovell telescope. http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/webcam/ #lovelltelescopewebcam #jodrellbank One of my favourite stories is that of the Lovell telescope and a fax machine (yep, me neither) intercepting
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William Keel
NGC3314
Today in #BeyondSolSys - the discovery of galaxies.Through the 18th & 19th centuries, better telescopes revealed more nebulae - cloudy objects seen in the sky. Some were eventually seen to
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Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt. of India
PrinSciAdvGoI
Thread. With Professor Govind Swarup’s demise, the world of astronomy has lost a great scientist, institution-, and telescope- builder. Ever-smiling, not one to take a no for anything he wanted
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FAHKIN FLORIDA
ChrisVols
Tried watching Deep Impact just now because reasons. Couldn't get past the opening scene when Mike O'Malley says it's probably just a satellite. FFS anyone who's ever looked once through
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Olga_Ash
OlgaAsh5
English pt 1: making predictionsRead the first page of Toys in Space. When you reach ‘and, for the very first time...’ make a prediction - what do you think the
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haechanfairy
the ursa minor on haechan's face: a pretty appreciation thread#HAECHAN #해찬
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Michael (Noble Continuation)
OmanReagan
If you hear a boom at 9pm it's colonialism.The "9 O'Clock Gun" in Stanley Park was used at one point to set chronometers on ships. Setting longitude by chronometer is
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Dr. Rachael Beaton
rareflwr41
Heard on a tech podcast "ground astornomy is ruined already by light pollution anyway" ... obviously didn't look up the places where cutting edge observations are actually made made. There
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CERN
CERN
What is a period of restlessness for many of us can be turned into a time of reflection and learning from the safety of our homes. What better way to
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Matthew Cochrane
Matt_Cochrane7
1/ One of my favorite companies is @Corning $GLW. I hold a small position, but it's not b/c $GLW might make a good investment that it's a personal favorite.No, it's
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BC Science Dept
BCSciDept
Today we have some tips to help you with stargazing at home! The Lyrid meteor shower reaches it’s peak in the early hours of the morning, both tonight and
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