South Celestial Tree
Image Credit & Copyright: Kiko Fairbairn
Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

Explanation: If you live in the northern hemisphere, you may have learned how to locate the North Star, Polaris, in the night sky. It can be used to find north, and it approximately marks the northern celestial pole. If you live in the southern hemisphere, there is no bright star marking the southern celestial pole, but the Southern Cross can be used to find south. The featured image was taken in Padre Bernardo (GO), Brazil. It shows the apparent motion of the stars around the apparently empty southern celestial pole over 2 hours, on August 20, 2018. Each star takes about 24 hours to make a complete turn around the pole in the sky. Padre Bernardo is located in the Cerrado region, a tropical savanna that occupies most of central Brazil and supports rich biodiversity. The barren branch that apparently supports this sky wheel of rotating stars is a common sight there in the dry season during the southern winter.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260416.html #apod

if you're good at writing documentation, please for the love of god come work with me so I don't have to do it - 4 days a week, full remote $100k/yr and a very chill team

Important note: This is a permanent role open to residents of Australia and New Zealand (excluding South Australia and Tasmania). You will need to have the right to work in Australia or New Zealand to be eligible for this position.

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For any of you #melbourne folk looking to make the most of the free public transport to get out of town on Saturday, there’s a mini-music festival happening in #ballarat featuring Dan Sultan, Blusher and Hope D. The shows are free but you need to register by midday Friday. The mystery ballarat locations are yet to be announced. I’ve been to a bunch of events by the same organisers, they always do a great job.

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/always-live-victorian-vibes-ballarat-tickets-1986953211543

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Lovely site I've been getting books from for a couple years now. Currently reading their release of The King in Yellow.

Maybe cram some Oscar Wilde into your eyes or something.

https://standardebooks.org/about

#ebook #reading #PublicDomain

Allbirds - the shoe company - are pivoting to AI.

And history will identify this as the high watermark of the first AI era.

The bubble is going to pop.

Don’t be afraid of a 6 month home renovation.

Those 12 months will be the most fulfilling 2 years of your life.

Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis, 🇩🇪 Stieglitz/Distelfink, 🇵🇱 szczygieł).

#birds #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #vogelflausch #ptaki