Daniel Ethier

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I'm a retired middle school math teacher and cross country coach. Before teaching, I worked as a software engineer.

I am interested in computers, math, science, history, and politics. I enjoy running, amateur astronomy, drone photography, and programming.

Websitehttps://www.gradekeeper.com/dethier/
@briankrebs Amazon is like the Borg.

The Rosette Nebula, which is to the left of Orion. This is a total of about 16 hours of imaging over 7 sessions spread over about 2 weeks. The second image uses different processing to enhance the oxygen (the blue).

#astronomy

The comparison is not favorable.

We should help teens with social media not ban them from it

Blaming social media for teen mental health issues obscures the real issues, and solutions like Australia's could make things worse

https://mathewingram.com/work/2025/12/17/we-should-help-teens-with-social-media-not-ban-them-from-it/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The Pacman Nebula. This is about 20 hours of imaging over 4 nights. It is about 9500 light years away from us and about 25 light years in diameter.

#astronomy

@vve Twin Cities in Minnesota.

The northern lights tonight were not nearly as good as last night, but there were moments where things picked up. This panorama is from just after 10:00.

#aurora

A couple more photos of the amazing northern lights from tonight.

#aurora

A couple of my photos of the amazing northern lights from tonight.

#aurora

Panorama of tonight's northern lights. Two photos, handheld with my iPhone, stitched together with Panorama Stitcher on my Mac.

#astronomy