#meteors
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 27 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 26 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 25 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 24 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 23 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 22 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
#ESA 📆 2018 #asteroid danger explained : 18% of the #Tunguska, 0,7% of the #Chelyabinsk size #meteors found https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2018/06/Asteroid_danger_explained
Frequency and risk of an #impact 💥 event : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_event#Frequency_and_risk
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 21 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 20 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 19 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 18 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 17 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 16 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 15 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 14 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 13 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 12 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 11 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 10 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 09 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Luckily the meteor that crashed through the roof of a house in New Jersey was a small one.
#meteors #meteorites #astronomy #MeteorImpacts #UnexpectedVisitors
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meteorite-crashes-home-hopewell-new-jersey/
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 08 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 07 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 06 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
"During the pre-dawn hours of May 7th, the Earth will pass through the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower, when 40 meteors may be seen per hour, with those closest to the Equator seeing more than those closer to the poles.
The “radiant point,” that is, the place in the sky where the meteors seem to radiate from, will be the constellation Aquarius and will be hanging low in the southern sky (or northern sky if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere).
The morning of May 7th is predicted to be the peak, but the meteors can be seen several weeks either side of the peak.
The full moon of May will happen two nights before the meteor shower’s peak. On Cinco de Mayo, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia/Oceania, there will be a penumbral lunar eclipse. For those in the US, UK, many islands in the Pacific, and the Kamchatka Peninsula, it will be too bright and sunny to see."
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 05 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
The Lyrids meteor shower. Watch along the horizon, moving across from left to right. At 30 seconds, something incredible happens in the top right of the frame.
I'm not sure what exactly it is, but I know it's special.
#NightSky #Timelapse #Milkyway #Astrophotography #Meteors #Lyrids
The Full Flower #Moon will wash out many of the streaking dusty leftovers of #CometHalley as the #EtaAquariid #meteors have arrived. Up to 50 meteors in perfect conditions per hour could be visible, and it's best viewed when Aquarius is up after 2:40 am DST.
https://earthsky.org/space/why-more-eta-aquarid-meteors-in-southern-hemisphere/
For the late night party people, night owls, insomniacs and the jetlagged of eastern Australia, look out the window tonight (1-5am Sydney time) https://www.timeout.com/sydney/news/a-meteor-shower-and-a-lunar-eclipse-will-appear-above-sydney-on-the-same-night-this-weekend-050423
#australia #sydney #meteors #eclipse #lunareclipse #astronomy #science #shootingstars
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 04 May 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Meteor shower alert tonight, Saturday:
"For best viewing, Rice suggests watching the sunset toward the western sky, waiting until dark, and then turning around to the northeastern sky to look for meteors. The meteors will be flying up from the horizon, Rice said."
In the #Midwest, clouds are a possibility, but could clear. Check your area.
#Lyrids #LyridsMeteorShower #Meteors #Weather #clouds
Gifted article.
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 19 April 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 18 April 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 17 April 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 16 April 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 15 April 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 14 April 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 13 April 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 12 April 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 11 April 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
A few nice #meteors caught on the UK Meteor Network cameras last night. No fireballs but bright!
More details here
https://archive.ukmeteornetwork.co.uk/latest/dailyreports/dailyreport.html
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 02 April 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 28 March 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 26 March 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 24 March 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
When the title of a paper - "Direct measurement of decimetre-sized rocky material in the Oort cloud" - is obviously too obvious ... and the journal that published it puts it on the cover and gets the astronomy dead wrong: https://twitter.com/meteordoc/status/1639297365474529281. Anyway, the paper as such is quite interesting and you can read it open access at https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.06812 #meteors #OortCloud #SolarSystem
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 23 March 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 20 March 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 18 March 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 06 March 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 05 March 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 04 March 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
This Wikipedia article details the observations of #meteor 2023 CX₁ earlier this week, starting from its discovery just hours before entering Earth’s atmosphere to its explosion heard and detected by seismographs in France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_CX1
#astronomy #AstroPhotography #MeteorsOfMastodon #meteors #meteorites
Bright at -2.05 mag 🌟
Slow and low, going at a leisurely 27km/s and reaching 61km from the Earth’s surface
(Most #meteors are 40-60km/s and burn up 80-100 km up)
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 02 February 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 29 January 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Looks like we picked up the #fireball from last night low to the East of Dublin on our all-sky camera at 06:54am on 24th Jan. Anyone see it live from #Ireland? #meteors #astronomy @diasdunsink @DIAS_Dublin https://meteors-data.ap.dias.ie/meteors-data/Dunsink-AllSky/2023/01/20230123/FF_IE0002_20230124_065347_163_0316928.png
It’s the quiet season for #meteors … @meteorbot @diasdunsink
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 22 January 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 17 January 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Fireball lights up Seattle’s skies as webcams watch
It’s cool to see a fireball — but even cooler to capture it on video. At least that’s the way Seattle engineer/photographer Corey Clarke sees it.
Clarke’s webcam happened to be pointing in the right direction to record the fireball’s flash through wispy clouds at around 11 p.m. PT Monday night. His
https://cosmiclog.com/2023/01/17/fireball-lights-up-seattles-skies-as-webcams-watch/
#GeekWire #Astronomy #Meteors #Skywatching #Space
Fireball lights up the skies over Seattle - Corey Clarke’s webcam captured the flash of a meteor. (Courtesy of Corey Clarke v... - https://www.geekwire.com/2023/fireball-lights-up-the-skies-over-seattle/ #skywatching #astronomy #fireballs #meteors #webcam #space
@diasdunsink compared with the full stack of images for the night with many, many more planes! Only two planes got through the #MachineLearning filter :) Nice to see a few #meteors and get some clear weather!
http://istrastream.com/rms/IE0001/captured_stack.jpg?1673978724
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 16 January 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 15 January 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 14 January 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Bad weather for #meteors @meteorbot @diasdunsink
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 13 January 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 10 January 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot #Astronomy
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 08 January 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot
One of our best nights of #2022 for #meteors was 13th December @diasdunsink for the #Geminids. Cloudy for much of the night, but when it cleared they were amazing! 160 meteors detected with our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera at Dunsink
https://youtu.be/liEtRHHraOg
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 04 January 2023. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot
LOOK UP! The #Quadrantids meteor shower peaks tonight into tomorrow, January 3-4.
Unfortunately, the Moon is approaching full, so the skies will be a bit bright. Try to get out late tonight or before dawn tomorrow, and look to the north-northeast.
More info: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-quadrantid-meteor-shower/
Surprisingly few #Ursid #meteors on our cameras compared to Comae #Berenicids.
4 cameras, 360 degrees of sky, 21st-24th Dec 2022.
Here is my #podcast on #Comets, #Asteroids and #Meteors - What's the difference? Find out here.
Please do subscribe, available on all the channels. https://www.360onhistory.com/podcast/podcast-episode-21-comets-asteroids-meteors-whats-difference/
Process images, final on top, sources behind. "Duck Walking", 2022 #photomontage
#blendedimage #kinhin
1) "Duck Walking" 2) sculpture by #OssipZadkine via #Room_and_Book, reproduced in "From Rodin to the Present" 3). #TerenceConran, "Printed Textile Design", 1957 4) "Beauty of Curves IV", @brych.photography 5) #Meteors from "Builder Atlas der Sternenwelt", edited by Edmund Weiss via @romanceofbooks
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CmQQ-lTskn3/?igshid=YmRhOGE0MWQ=
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 14th December 2022. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot
I forgot to share the timelapse video links from our #meteorcameras yesterday. They're on my husband's YT channel, here's our SE facing camera video; this camera detected 184 #meteors! #Geminids #GeminidsMeteorShower #Geminids2022 https://youtu.be/zilVare3oWg
We detected so many #Geminids across the #UKMeteorNetwork last night that Mark had to run the solver twice. The total number of matched detections was around 2,200!! The detection rate was over 300 per hour around 3am; that's absolutely mental! #Geminids2022 #MeteorShower #meteors #RaspberryPiMeteorCamera
Just seen 3 rather good #meteors #GeminidMeteorShower
If you have clear skies it's the perfect time to look outside. The Geminid Meteor shower is at its peak tonight. Already spotted 4! #astronomy #meteors 🌠
The #GeminidsMeteorShower peak was around 03:00UT this morning. Despite partly cloudy skies we detected hundreds of #meteors across our 4 #RMS cameras + over 1,200 matched events across #UKMON! Here are the track-stacks #Geminids #MeteorShower #Meteors #Geminids2022 #RaspberryPiMeteorCamera
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 13th December 2022. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. #python #bot
If you have clear skies tonight and tomorrow evening, keep an eye out for shooting stars. It's the peak of the Geminid Meteor Shower!
When, where and what direction??? Here's more info on how to watch them https://www.meteorwatch.org/science-observing/watching-meteors/
The #Geminids peak tonight (Tuesday night). Brave the cold and see 30–40 #meteors an hour this evening.
"How to watch one of the best meteor showers of the year"
https://www.12news.com/article/news/nation-world/watch-geminids-meteor-shower-2022-peak/507-12d5a5ba-795d-4b1e-a83b-e681f9e2b33e
Stack of detected #meteors looking South from Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink on 12th December 2022. Dunsink Observatory @diasdunsink has a number of video cameras monitoring the night sky searching for meteors. This is from our #GlobalMeteorNetwork camera IE0001. Image posted daily using a #python #bot
Teaching about meteor impacts here on Earth? I put this resource together for high school science teachers
https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/astronomy/planets/meteor-impacts/
@edutooters
@science
@scienceteachers
#science #STEM #NGSS #highschoolteachers #scienceteachers #meteors #meteorimpact #craters #astronomy
Free resources for teaching:
* Planetary orbits and barycenters
* Proof that Earth revolves around the Sun (stellar aberration)
* Asteroid, comets, and meteors
* Meteor impacts
* Exoplanets
and for extra fun
* Why are some asteroids & moons spherical while others are shaped like potatoes?
https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/astronomy/planets/
@edutooters
@science
@scienceteachers
#science #STEM #NGSS #highschoolteachers #scienceteachers #astronomy #earthscience #comets #meteors #exoplanets #barycenter #orbits
December 10, 1968 — Thomas #Merton — #monk, #poet, #priest, #activist — died in Thailand while attending a conference of #Christian and #Buddhist monks. Merton lived at The Abbey of Our Lady of #Gethsemani near Bardstown, #Kentucky.
Imagine cold winter nights out in that knobby landscape and the sight of the milky way poured across a cobalt sky.
Requiescat in pace.
#poetry #monasticism #Advent #winter #sky
#StarrySky #meteors #Bethlehem
Comets Leave Dusty Trails That Surround the Solar System
Comets are messy things. They scatter bits of dust as they travel through the solar system. If Earth happens to encounter one of those cometary dust trails, we get to see a meteor shower.
https://www.universetoday.com/159105/comet-dust-glow/ #comets #space #astronomy #meteors
The Geminids Will be Peaking on December 14th. They’re Usually the Most Active Meteor Shower Every Year
https://www.universetoday.com/159063/the-geminids-will-be-peaking-on-december-14th-theyre-usually-the-most-active-meteor-shower-every-year/ #meteors #geminids #astronomy #science
How do you escape from a meteoroid swarm?
It's not a science-fiction issue. After a relatively large impact dinged the Webb telescope in May, engineers came up with a strategy to steer it away from the "micrometeoroid avoidance zone."
https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/11/15/nasa-webb-micrometeoroid-mitigation-update/ #meteors #webb
I saw this photo of a meteor streaking over a volcano elsewhere and went searching for the backstory, since I knew I'd seen it before. The volcanoes in the pic are in Kamchatka in the Russian far east, and the photo itself was a lucky catch by Dutch photographer Tomas van der Weijden in 2016.
Here's what he has to say:
#Leonid #Meteors Through #Orion
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day
🌠 Don't forget the Perseids Meteor Shower. The Perseids will peak on the night between August 12th and 13th. There will be up to 100 meteors per hour. I recommend writing down wishes in advance :D #perseids #shootingstar #meteors #astronomy
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-28/meteor-showers-this-weekend/101278296
Related ABC News article
#Meteors and #Auroras over #Iceland
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day
Eyes to the sky. Found the darkness, the shooting stars, and peace in the wee hours. #perseid #meteors #astrophotography
#Perseus and the Lost #Meteors
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day
How to watch the peak of the Perseid meteor shower tonight https://boingboing.net/2020/08/11/how-to-watch-the-peak-of-the-p.html #boingboing #meteors #Science #Space #watch_the_skies
Video: Massive fireball tearing through Tokyo sky caught on camera https://boingboing.net/2020/07/06/video-massive-fireball-tearin.html #boingboing #meteors
Last night's massive boom over Puget Sound was likely exploding meteor https://boingboing.net/2020/05/08/last-nights-massive-boom-ove.html #boingboing #Video #kaboom! #loud_noises #meteorites #meteors #Space
Phil Plait on this bright fireball seen over Spain and on the capabilities of the SMART (Spectroscopy of Meteoroids in the Atmosphere with Robotic Technologies) network to analyse their spectrum.
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/a-bright-sodium-laced-fireball-over-spain
See the Perseids meteor shower peak tonight (August 12)! http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/lqszhK6zUcA/see-the-perseids-meteor-shower.html #boingboing #astronomy #meteors #NASA #Science #skywatching #Space
Something big smashed into Jupiter http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/q4lP9WS8rRI/something-big-smashed-into-jup.html #boingboing #astronomy #astrophotography #Jupiter #meteors #photography
Eye catching photo of a Taurid Meteor over the Bernese Alps.
https://epod.usra.edu/blog/2018/12/bernese-alps-panorama-and-taurid-meteor.html
Knowing my luck with weather & watching anything celestial, I'll miss the Triffids when they come, too.