Maik Meyer ☄️
@comethunter.de
Comet hunting in plate vaults & libraries, Meyer comet group, orbit linking & calculating, cometary history, MP (52005), author, currently working on revision of Cometography 1, visual comet observing, www.comethunter.de
ORCID: 0009-0004-8545-9458
ORCID: 0009-0004-8545-9458
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"Toleranz wird zum Verbrechen, wenn sie dem Bösen gilt."
(Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.)
Thomass Mann, 1924.
(Nobel prize winner)
(Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.)
Thomass Mann, 1924.
(Nobel prize winner)
January 19, 2026 at 7:10 PM
"Toleranz wird zum Verbrechen, wenn sie dem Bösen gilt."
(Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.)
Thomass Mann, 1924.
(Nobel prize winner)
(Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.)
Thomass Mann, 1924.
(Nobel prize winner)
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Cunk speaks:
January 19, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Cunk speaks:
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More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
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Honestly all Denmark needs to do is to withdraw all Ozempic exports to the US and Americans will finally revolt
January 17, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Honestly all Denmark needs to do is to withdraw all Ozempic exports to the US and Americans will finally revolt
I wonder if I live to see that Europe's governments stand up in unison. But guess what, it won't happen, since appeasement is their credo - with all its well-known effects.
January 17, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I wonder if I live to see that Europe's governments stand up in unison. But guess what, it won't happen, since appeasement is their credo - with all its well-known effects.
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The President of the United States is trying to economically damage and coerce NATO allies because they don't agree with his imperialist ambition to seize a NATO territory by force.
Donald Trump is the most egregious traitor and saboteur of the West in history.
Donald Trump is the most egregious traitor and saboteur of the West in history.
January 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The President of the United States is trying to economically damage and coerce NATO allies because they don't agree with his imperialist ambition to seize a NATO territory by force.
Donald Trump is the most egregious traitor and saboteur of the West in history.
Donald Trump is the most egregious traitor and saboteur of the West in history.
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“In 1943, the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun travelled to Germany and met with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. After returning to Norway, he sent his Nobel medal to Goebbels as a gesture of thanks for the meeting.”
Things I did not know. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
Things I did not know. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
The Nobel Prize and the Laureate Are Inseparable - Nobel Peace Prize
The medal and the diploma are the physical symbols confirming that an individual or organisation has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize itself – the honour and recognition – remains insepar...
www.nobelpeaceprize.org
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
“In 1943, the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun travelled to Germany and met with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. After returning to Norway, he sent his Nobel medal to Goebbels as a gesture of thanks for the meeting.”
Things I did not know. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
Things I did not know. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
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This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
It won't end well for all if we don't stop it.
January 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
It won't end well for all if we don't stop it.
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"Draußen ist es schrecklich. Tag und Nacht werden die armen Menschen weggeschleppt (...) Die Familien werden auseinandergerissen, Männer, Frauen und Kinder. Es kommt vor, daß Kinder ihre Eltern nicht mehr finden, wenn sie von der Schule nach Hause kommen..."
Anne Frank, Tagebucheintrag 13.1.1943
Anne Frank, Tagebucheintrag 13.1.1943
January 10, 2026 at 10:55 PM
"Draußen ist es schrecklich. Tag und Nacht werden die armen Menschen weggeschleppt (...) Die Familien werden auseinandergerissen, Männer, Frauen und Kinder. Es kommt vor, daß Kinder ihre Eltern nicht mehr finden, wenn sie von der Schule nach Hause kommen..."
Anne Frank, Tagebucheintrag 13.1.1943
Anne Frank, Tagebucheintrag 13.1.1943
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In the difficult years ahead, we should remember that the snows of Olympus lie silent beneath the stars, waiting for our grandchildren.
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Arthur C. Clarke
January 8, 2026 at 3:38 PM
In the difficult years ahead, we should remember that the snows of Olympus lie silent beneath the stars, waiting for our grandchildren.
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Arthur C. Clarke
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Sometimes you stumble over to a packed breakout session at your big annual academic conference and learn that some billionaires have decided to build not one, but FOUR, complementary new telescope facilities, and build them fast
Well OK then! Happy new year! From their pockets to our skies! 🔭
Well OK then! Happy new year! From their pockets to our skies! 🔭
Eric and Wendy Schmidt are funding a 3-meter space telescope with a coronagraph, and three ground-based observatories: the Deep Synoptic Array, the Argus Array, and LFAST. Funds have been committed and officials say they hope to be operational by 2029. #aas247 www.astronomy.com/science/eric...
Eric and Wendy Schmidt to fund space telescope, three ground-based observatories
The Schmidts' philanthropic research organization will build a 3-meter space telescope and fund three ground-based facilities.
www.astronomy.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Sometimes you stumble over to a packed breakout session at your big annual academic conference and learn that some billionaires have decided to build not one, but FOUR, complementary new telescope facilities, and build them fast
Well OK then! Happy new year! From their pockets to our skies! 🔭
Well OK then! Happy new year! From their pockets to our skies! 🔭
Received a scan of a manuscript for free from the special collections of Leipzig University after tracking down the signature from an 1830's library catalog. Next days will be spent with #paleography . The hand is not too bad, given that it comes from a farmer of the 17th century.
🔭☄️ #cometography1
🔭☄️ #cometography1
January 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Received a scan of a manuscript for free from the special collections of Leipzig University after tracking down the signature from an 1830's library catalog. Next days will be spent with #paleography . The hand is not too bad, given that it comes from a farmer of the 17th century.
🔭☄️ #cometography1
🔭☄️ #cometography1
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JWST observations of C/2025 K1 are happening now:
spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=0...
Go James Webb, go!
spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=0...
Go James Webb, go!
January 7, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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Today on the #arXiv :
Qicheng Zhang ( @cometary.org ) et al. 2026, "Covertly Active Comet (139359) 2001 ME1" - arxiv.org/abs/2601.00060
Finding that the dust around the comet forward-scatters sunlight so much that it is 7 magnitudes brighter when observed from one direction than another.
Woah.
Qicheng Zhang ( @cometary.org ) et al. 2026, "Covertly Active Comet (139359) 2001 ME1" - arxiv.org/abs/2601.00060
Finding that the dust around the comet forward-scatters sunlight so much that it is 7 magnitudes brighter when observed from one direction than another.
Woah.
Covertly Active Comet (139359) 2001 ME1
On 2018 November 18, coronagraphs onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured an unrecognized comet crossing its fields of view. We identified this comet to be the minor planet (139...
arxiv.org
January 5, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Am I the only one who gets upset about the order of the portraits?
A decision was made to make Hegel wonderfully, unnecessarily blonde and I support it.
January 5, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Am I the only one who gets upset about the order of the portraits?
First #CometObs of 2026 and probably my last of C/2025 T1 (ATLAS):
9.9 mag, 2.5', DC3, comet is fading slower than expected
Now at 1953 visual magnitude estimates since 1987, this year should see the 2000th. 🎉
☄️🔭
9.9 mag, 2.5', DC3, comet is fading slower than expected
Now at 1953 visual magnitude estimates since 1987, this year should see the 2000th. 🎉
☄️🔭
January 4, 2026 at 5:55 PM
First #CometObs of 2026 and probably my last of C/2025 T1 (ATLAS):
9.9 mag, 2.5', DC3, comet is fading slower than expected
Now at 1953 visual magnitude estimates since 1987, this year should see the 2000th. 🎉
☄️🔭
9.9 mag, 2.5', DC3, comet is fading slower than expected
Now at 1953 visual magnitude estimates since 1987, this year should see the 2000th. 🎉
☄️🔭
The king we need to return...
January 3, 2026 at 9:59 PM
The king we need to return...
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“An organism at war with itself is doomed.”
― Carl Sagan
― Carl Sagan
January 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM
“An organism at war with itself is doomed.”
― Carl Sagan
― Carl Sagan