See the moon's shadow darken Antarctica in epic satellite imagery of the Feb. 17 solar eclipse (video)
https://www.space.com/stargazing/solar-eclipses/see-the-moons-shadow-darken-antarctica-in-epic-satellite-imagery-of-the-feb-17-solar-eclipse-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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New article on too many satellites and ways that we SHOULD be allocating orbits (by Gregory Radisic with me as second author) https://theconversation.com/too-many-satellites-earths-orbit-is-on-track-for-a-catastrophe-but-we-can-stop-it-275430
Been up for about 30 minutes and I already got a media inquiry. Nice.
With the Artemis II launch (hopefully next month) to take a crew of four on a loop around the moon, I'm occasionally asked if people can see the Apollo 11 landing site through a telescope. Well, the short answer is no. The long answer is noooooo!
Below is a photo I took of a near full moon, with a map of the UK outlined to scale. One single pixel on the moon covers about 13km.
Well, everyone, you can now submit a comment to let the FCC know what you think about SpaceX asking for 1 million satellites for "AI datacenters" whatever the fuck that means.
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-26-113A1.pdf
Comments due March 6.
I am having a very hard time believing this is really happening. Fuck you, SpaceX, and fuck you, FCC. This is not regulation, this is a fucking joke, that will destroy our ability to use satellites for centuries.
One of the most distant objects you can see in the night sky with the naked eye is the Andromeda galaxy (M31), 2.5 million light-years away. Twice the size of our own galaxy, M31 appears as a fuzzy smudge in the night sky in the constellation of Andromeda.
What you may not know is just how large this distant galaxy appears. M31 is about five times the width of a full moon. I took these two photos using the same equipment and Field of View for comparison.
March full moon 2025: When, where and how to see the Worm Moon
https://www.space.com/stargazing/march-full-moon-2025-when-where-and-how-to-see-the-worm-moon?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Rocket fuel leak delays NASA's Artemis II mission to the Moon by a month. Is this a big deal?
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/rocket-fuel-leak-delays-nasa-artemis-ii-mission-february-2026?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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As the constellation of Orion is slowly lost in the morning light, I took one last look at the Horsehead Nebula with my 200mm Newtonian telescope.
The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33), located in Orion, is a dark nebula of cold molecular hydrogen and dust, 1,500 light-years away. It blocks light from ionised gas behind it, forming its iconic silhouette. The image highlights the nebula’s dense dust structures and stellar formations.
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