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Caltech astrophysicist fatally shot on porch of his rural SoCal home: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-19/caltech-astrophysicist-fatally-shot-on-porch-in-antelope-valley and https://ktla.com/news/local-news/caltech-scientist-identified-as-victim-in-antelope-valley-homicide/ and https://channel2now.com/2026/02/19/article/news/crime/caltech-research-scientist-carl-grillmair-killed-in-llano-antelope-valley-shooting-30700-block-of-165th-street-east/ - Carl #Grillmair was a specialist for #TidalStreams of #galaxies as his publications (as first author) listed in https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=%20%20first_author%3A%22Grillmair%22&sort=date%20desc%2C%20bibcode%20desc&p_=0 show.

CalTech astrophysicist fatally shot on porch in Antelope Valley

An accomplished CalTech astrophysicist with more than four decades of research contributions in galactic astronomy and the study of distant planets was fatally shot in the Antelope Valley.

Los Angeles Times

Khurram Wadee ✅Dec 13, 2024

#M51: #TidalStreams and #H-alphaCliffs
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241213.html

#APOD

APOD: 2024 December 13 - M51: Tidal Streams and H-alpha Cliffs

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

jurgengauss Aug 27, 2022

01:32:01, 2.09km
4’25”/104, 130BPM
N25, NNW0.4
25.5 °C, 22°C, 22°C

#alittleboat #openwaterswimming #tidalstreams #seaswimming #fishermanswharf #2kmperhour #oceansseven

jurgengauss Aug 21, 2022

01:26:19, 1.72km
5’47”/124, 121BPM
SSW10, W0.3
26.0 °C, 26°C, 26°C

#alittleboat #openwaterswimming #tidalstreams #seaswimming #fishermanswharf #2kmperhour #oceansseven