astronomywriter

@astronomywriter@astrodon.social

🌘Freelance writer, former columnist for Astronomy magazine and author of books for astronomers. 🌒Pro human, slightly sarcastic but mostly harmless #BLM 🌊

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astronomywriter, to Astronomy

Folks, I'm very pleased to announce the publication of my two new astronomical guides...

You can download FREE PDF copies at the links below. You're welcome to share them with whoever you'd like - to be honest and upfront, it would really help me out by raising awareness with like-minded folk :-)

Astronomical Daily Planner: https://tinyurl.com/2024adpfree

Astronomical Weekly Planner: https://tinyurl.com/2024wap

astronomywriter,

These are planners, with room to write appointments and anniversaries, and packed full of astronomical info, such as the phases of the Moon and the visibility of planets.

Best of all, every day includes close conjunctions between the Moon, planets, stars and a few star clusters that you can observe or image.

astronomywriter,

It comes in two flavors - the daily planner has a page for every day of the year and includes suggested deep sky objects you can observe or image that night. It also has a summary list for each month.

The weekly planner is a little more lightweight and has the week spread out over two pages. It doesn't have daily deep sky objects, but does include the monthly summaries.

Lastly, of course, there's calendars, plus important regional and religious dates to help with planning your year.

astronomywriter,

(FYI these are hosted on Dropbox, so if you're accessing them via a mobile device, it might want you to download them via their app. Otherwise, you can download them directly from a desktop or laptop)

I hope you find them useful!

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New Findings Suggest Moon May Have Less Water Than Previously Thought

https://www.swri.org/press-release/new-findings-suggest-moon-may-have-less-water-previously-thought

Search over 2,000 astronomy and space news releases at www.stars-n-stuff.com/news-stories

Image: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio

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JWST Snaps Supersonic Outflow of Young Star

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2023/09/Webb_snaps_supersonic_outflow_of_young_star

Search over 2,000 astronomy and space news releases at www.stars-n-stuff.com/news-stories

Image: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, T. Ray

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Solar Orbiter Closes In on the Solution to a 65-Year-Old Solar Mystery

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter/Solar_Orbiter_closes_in_on_the_solution_to_a_65-year-old_solar_mystery

Search over 2,000 astronomy and space news releases at www.stars-n-stuff.com/news-stories

Image: Solar Orbiter: ESA/ATG medialab; Parker Solar Probe: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL

astronomywriter, to Astronomy

My latest for High Point Scientific :-)

https://highpointscientific.com/astronomy-hub/post/solar-and-lunar-eclipses/solar-eclipses/are-solar-eclipses-dangerous

astronomywriter, to Astronomy

Astronomers Reveal Cosmic Ribbon Around Rare Galaxy

https://www.csiro.au/news/All/News/2023/September/Polar-Rings

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Image: J. English (U.Manitoba), with support of T. Jarrett (UCT) and the WALLABY team: ATNF/ASKAP:Suburu/Hyper Suprime Camera

astronomywriter,

@unnameduser Jamaican me crazy, man

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Motion of Stars Near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole Is Only Predictable for Few Hundred Years

https://www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/en/motion-of-stars-near-milky-ways-central-black-hole-is-only-predictable-for-few-hundred-years-3880

Search over 2,000 astronomy and space news releases at www.stars-n-stuff.com/news-stories

Image: Own, via @NightcafeStudio

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JWST Confirms Accuracy of Universe's Expansion Rate Measured by Hubble

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/early-highlights/webb-confirms-accuracy-of-universes-expansion-rate-measured-by-hubble

Search over 2,000 astronomy and space news releases at www.stars-n-stuff.com/news-stories

Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, and A. Riess (STScI).

jaykuo, to random

Does Kevin McCarthy know what he’s doing? Not really. Does he care? Not really! He’s desperate to hang on, but the wheels are already coming off the bus on his impeachment efforts. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/the-impeachment-drive-is-already?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

astronomywriter,

@jaykuo Not for the first time, I find myself wondering what dirt Trump has on him.

astronomywriter, to Astronomy

Dark Matter Halos Measured Around Ancient Quasars

https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press/z0508_00310.html

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astronomywriter, to Astronomy

Tonight's Target - M52 - Easy open star cluster for binoculars & telescopes.

Download your free 2024 Astronomical Guide here: https://t.co/vNGRviYDDF

Charts: SkySafari (@skysafariastro)
Image: @Slooh

Sky chart showing the location of M52
An image of M52 taken with Slooh

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JWST Discovers Methane, Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere of K2-18 b

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-139

Search over 2,000 astronomy and space news releases at www.stars-n-stuff.com/news-stories

Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)

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Study Hints at the Existence of the Closest Black Holes to Earth in the Hyades Star Cluster

https://web.ub.edu/en/web/actualitat/w/study-hints-at-the-existence-of-the-closest-black-holes-to-earth-in-the-hyades-star-cluster

Search over 2,000 astronomy and space news releases at www.stars-n-stuff.com/news-stories

Image: Jose Mtanous

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Here’s How Sept. 24 Asteroid Sample Delivery Will Work

https://blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/2023/09/08/heres-how-sept-24-asteroid-sample-delivery-will-work/

Search over 2,000 astronomy and space news releases at www.stars-n-stuff.com/news-stories

Image: Lockheed Martin.

astronomywriter, to Astronomy

Hubble Images a Swirling Supernova Site

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2023/hubble-images-a-swirling-supernova-site

Search over 2,000 astronomy and space news releases at www.stars-n-stuff.com/news-stories

Image: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Filippenko

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NASA’s Swift Learns a New Trick, Spots a Snacking Black Hole

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/nasa-s-swift-learns-a-new-trick-spots-a-snacking-black-hole

Search over 2,000 astronomy and space news releases at www.stars-n-stuff.com/news-stories

Image: Niels Bohr Institute/Daniele Malesani

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NASA Gears Up for Its Next Giant Space Telescope

https://news.asu.edu/20230907-nasa-gears-its-next-giant-space-telescope

Search over 2,000 astronomy and space news releases at www.stars-n-stuff.com/news-stories

Image: Own, via @NightcafeStudio

jdmcg, to random
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My 12 year old who loves sport wrote a school speech that was a fiery repudiation of the misogyny of the sporty boys in her class, inspired by the fact they wouldn't pass to her in a soccer game. She addresses them directly in the speech to say that their behaviour is unacceptable and out of touch. It is amazing.

Her teacher, however, suggested she tone it down as it wasn't "all the boys" and also they might respond better if she made them like her.

Dear readers, she did not tone it down.

astronomywriter,

@jdmcg Good for her! I recently volunteered to coach soccer at our local rec and while they're only 7-8 year olds, I'm not going to tolerate anyone being left out for any reason

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Tonight's Target - 8 Lacertae - Easy multiple star for telescopes - Wide (22.6") pair of white stars of almost equal brightness.

Images: SkySafari (@skysafariastro)

Star chart showing the location of 8 Lacertae

astronomywriter, to Astronomy

Ladies and gentlemen

I'm very pleased to announce that my 2024 astronomical guide is now available.

You can download a FREE PDF copy here: https://tinyurl.com/2024aay

Designed for astronomers everywhere, this guide provides details of hundreds of astronomical events throughout the year.

US: https://amazon.com/dp/B0CFCYNF8W/

UK: https://amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CFCYNF8W/

astronomywriter,

@bosquebill You're welcome

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