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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · 18h

Very quick capture (2 mins total) of the Dumbbell Nebula, in windy/cold & Bortle 8 skies, with my eVscope2. @unistellar.bsky.social #Astronomy

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · 9d

Been supporting the IMAP mission, since pre-launch, launch (Sept 24th), and now the commissioning stage. Lots of work with the spacecraft plus 12 science instruments. We should complete placing it in it's permanent L1 orbit, in full ops mode, by the end of January 2026. #heliophysics #astronomy

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · 9d

....C/2026 A6!

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · 9d

Oooops...C/2025 A6!

Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · 9d

I was looking forward to taking images of comet C/2026 A6 (Lemmon) last night, but the clouds moved in and made it impossible. #Astronomy #Planetsci

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · 9d

I was looking forward to taking images of comet C/2026 A6 (Lemmon) last night, but the clouds moved in and made it impossible. #Astronomy #Planetsci

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · 10d

BTW I plan on observing 3I/ATLAS with my personal eVscope2 smart telescope in November. It should be within the imaging range for several weeks. If successful I'll share images here, it should be fun! @unistellar.bsky.social @allplanets.bsky.social @joseptrigo.bsky.social @calgaryrasc.bsky.social

Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · 10d

Sometimes you just have to chuckle and admire the "artistry" of misrepresentation and misleading practiced in some news organizations! Who says the press is dead? 😏 @Planetsci @astronomy
nypost.com/2025/10/23/s...

NASA group launches defense probe to protect Earth from Manhattan-size comet

A NASA-backed planetary defense group has reportedly begun efforts to pinpoint comet 3I/ATLAS after it was observed emitting an alloy not seen in nature and exhibiting other strange behaviors.

nypost.com

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · 10d

I agree, but unfortunately our planetary scientists are asked these, and other, nonsensical questions and hypotheses all the time. Its tough to keep a balance between of providing accurate/scientific/interesting messaging to the public while clarifying misconstrued info.

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · 10d

#planetsci #astronomy

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · 10d

Sometimes you just have to chuckle and admire the "artistry" of misrepresentation and misleading practiced in some news organizations! Who says the press is dead? 😏 @Planetsci @astronomy
nypost.com/2025/10/23/s...

NASA group launches defense probe to protect Earth from Manhattan-size comet

A NASA-backed planetary defense group has reportedly begun efforts to pinpoint comet 3I/ATLAS after it was observed emitting an alloy not seen in nature and exhibiting other strange behaviors.

nypost.com

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · 10d

Over here we just have clouds, cuds, and more clouds. Next opportunity might be in a week.

Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · 10d

Sometimes you just have to chuckle and admire the "artistry" of misrepresentation and misleading practiced in some news organizations! Who says the press is dead? 😏 @Planetsci @astronomy
nypost.com/2025/10/23/s...

NASA group launches defense probe to protect Earth from Manhattan-size comet

A NASA-backed planetary defense group has reportedly begun efforts to pinpoint comet 3I/ATLAS after it was observed emitting an alloy not seen in nature and exhibiting other strange behaviors.

nypost.com

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · 11d

Lamentablemente tenemos cielos nublados todos estos dias .

Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · 24d

Hola, ?opera el telescopio en Montseny presencialmente, o remotamente? Gracias.

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · Sep 24

Awesome start to the IMAP mission! For the next week we'll be 24/7 all-hands on deckin the Mission Operations Center (MOC) guiding it through several trajectory correction maneuvers (TCMs). Go IMAP!
#astronomy #heliophysics

Johns Hopkins APL @jhuapl.bsky.social · Sep 24

NASA’s IMAP mission lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 at 7:30 a.m. EDT. Led by Princeton and operated by APL, IMAP will explore the heliosphere and provide critical data for space weather forecasting, which will help protect spacecraft, satellites and human explorers. https://jhuapl.link/d11

NASA Launches IMAP Mission to Study the Heliosphere and Better Understand Space Weather

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:30 a.m. EDT.

jhuapl.link

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · Sep 10

arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
#planetsci #astronomy

After early struggles, NASA’s ambitious mission to Titan is “on track” for launch

“Probably the best part of my day is watching that team hit their milestones.”…

arstechnica.com

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · Aug 31

As a city dweller my brain is usually confused and disoriented at first, too many stars to process! The Milky Way is a special treat, especially seeing the dark shadow regions. Then as my brain and eyes adjust, a deep and calm sense of wonder takes over.

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · Aug 31

3 min total exposure of the Ring Nebula (M57), from my typical light polluted urban skies, with my eVscope2 telescope. Testing the vivid vision tech algorithm which corrects the stars' colors based on Gaia databases as well as some sharpening and background subtraction.
#Astronomy

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · Aug 30

It's been a long time since I've used my telescope, but the Sun rewarded me today with a lot of sunspots. Let's hope for clear skies tonight!
#heliophysics #astronomy

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · Aug 23

My colleagues at the New Horizons mission
keep doing amazing space operations!
science.nasa.gov/blogs/new-ho...
#Planetsci #Astronomy

NASA’s New Horizons Enters Mission’s Longest Hibernation Period - NASA Science

Running with updated onboard fault protection software that improves its ability to operate farther from the Sun than originally designed, NASA's New Horizons

science.nasa.gov

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · Aug 9

Less than 46 days until launch (Sept 23rd)! We're going through launch & commissioning rehearsals to get our operational team as sharp as possible for the Launch and Early Orbit phase (LEOPs) activities. Very cool and exciting!
www.jhuapl.edu/destinations...
#heliophysics #astronomy

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · Jul 21

Sometimes you need to have fun and decompress a little.

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · Jul 18

A very well presented exposition.
#Planetarysci

Jason Wright @astrowright.bsky.social · Jul 18

On Avi and 3I/ATLAS:
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
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Avi and 3I/ATLAS

Avi Loeb has gained a reputation for suggesting and outright claiming things could be alien spacecraft even when there’s little to no objective reason to think so. So when the third interstellar objec...

sites.psu.edu

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · Jul 15

Well I couldn't resist and just got my digital subscription to the magazine! 🙂

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · Jul 15

Nice article on #ParkerSolarProbe with comments from of our Project Scientist Nour Rawafi. Go Parker!
wapo.st/44zaQEU
#heliophysics #Astronomy

See images of solar eruptions on the sun in unprecedented detail

Scientists have released the closest images ever to the sun, captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flying 3.8 million miles above the solar surface.

wapo.st

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Eliud Bonilla @eliudbonilla.bsky.social · Jul 14

For those of you who are geeks with plenty of disposable income (you know who you are 😉), here is the link to the Sotherby's Geek Week Auctions. Have fun, and if you buy something please share it with us virtually!
www.sothebys.com/en/series/ge...
#Planetarysci #Astronomy

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