Wow! 16 pro-amateur astrophotographers imaged the Whirlpool Galaxy, then combined their data to produce an image with 255 hours integration time. This is the result.

Credits and results in here: https://www.astrobin.com/7hwtz0/?fbclid=IwAR1pAzvCnwViMAZebbwJ0ypUHmzZ9YFLWNyM_ZMT8Id1W_nRcix5A7ajLRg

I absolutely love hearing about amateur and pro-am communities collaborating and working together to really highlight the contributions they can make to science.

These communities are pretty much self-funded but can deliver lots!

More on the processing of this image can be found here as well: https://theastroenthusiast.com/m51-processing/

There's also a video they have put together here as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkES2ltGSoc

#Astrodon #Astrophoography #Astronomy #Science #Community

🤣😂😅🤣😁😆🤣🤣😁😂🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣MAGA and Republicans all upset about Jack Smith going through Trump Direct Messages. “Oooohhhhh First Amendment.” 😫😫

But were fine when they were going through Hillary’s emails.

Important development in the journalism / social media world: Australia's big broadcaster, ABC, is shutting down its Twitter presence due to the growing toxicity at the Saudi-government-funded site. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/09/abc-australia-leaves-twitter-x-elon-musk?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Naturally, Musk responded with his usual deceit, an absurd claim about free speech mumble mumble.

#journalism

I bet my girlfriend that this picture of our cats could get 10 billion boosts on Mastodon.

She said she doesn't believe me. She said there's only 13 million accounts on Mastodon. She said there aren't even 10 billion people on Earth. She said it concerns her that I struggle so hard to comprehend large numbers.

Let's prove her wrong everyone. Boost away and show her just how awesome the Mastodon community is.