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Jason Betzner
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I’m a former science teacher with interests in photography, space, and art. I’m the “enemy within”. He/Him Silence is Consent. Resist. 🥄 🥄 https://linktr.ee/jbetzner
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A photo of the Milky Way with the Lagoon and. Trifid.

Shot with a Rokinon 135mm and Canon 6D from my local dark sky site last night.

#Astrophotography
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Comet A6 Lemmon is very dynamic. Moving closer to the sun, the dust tail (yellow) is increasing and the bluish ion tail is being slammed by the solar wind. Captured it the morning of Oct. 14 with my 12 in telescope and filters. 1 hour total exposure time

#astronomy #astrophotography #cometlemmon
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The Dragon's Egg Nebula.

This nebula in Norma is close to the famous "Fighting Dragons of Ara" hence its name. Captured from my Bortle 7-8 backyard in Sydney. This received a Highly Commended in the recent Astrophotography Prize & a top-pick on Astrobin: www.astrobin.com/qkmfea/ 🔭 #astrophotography
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Starting to see nice separation of the dust and ion tails now. This is C/2025 A6 Lemmon from Oct 21. 60 minutes of data. Much better than where I started this week at 11 minutes. Captured with #Nikon D5300a and William Optics z73 430mm scope. #astrophotography #comet #nightsky
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I obviously need to spend much more practice time with my #Seestar S50 #astrophotography scope. But happy to finally get a clear(ish) shot at #comets SWAN and Lemmon. May try further processing with Siril after returning home next week.

Coinjock NC, Bortle 4 skies, a bit after sunset.
Someone left their protest sign at a table on the street in Chicago.
Finally got to try Chicago deep dish pizza!
Had to see The Bean while I’m in The Windy City.

#Chicago #photography
I found Sue, the T-Rex!

Enjoyed walking through Grant Park to the Field Museum and long Lake Michigan.

#chicago
Made it to Chicago

It’s 11am on Tuesday and absolutely zero sign of anything that would require National Guard presence.
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WOW. A third of ICE recruits can’t pass a fitness test that I do multiple times a week, and I’m a 51 year old woke cat lady with a nose ring who loves a soy latte.
Lecturing active soldiers about being too fat while dropping standards so low for the ICE deportation force that a third of their recruits can't handle the easiest PT test I've ever heard of www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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There’s never a dull moment in a field full of Sandhill Cranes! #birds
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I know this has been said for literally every single thing Trump has done, but imagine the reaction if Obama had torn down part of the White House...
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I spent six hours photographing the Triangulum Galaxy from a local parking lot. I wish light pollution wasn't so terrible here.

#astrophotography #astronomy #photography #space
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The Iris nebula in constellation Chepheus. A star is born 1300 light years away from the dark clouds of interstellar dust.
#astrophotography
Haha, I am sure someone at my hotel can make a recommendation
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He’s spending millions for a ballroom while American soldiers go without pay…
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While we spectate on The East Wing being torn down, it isn’t just another hallway, it’s where Eleanor Roosevelt built the modern Office of the First Lady, where WWII bunkers were hidden, and where the public enters the People’s House. Erasing it is rewriting history.
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Yeah. So The White House
is designated a National Historic Landmark.

That means:

It’s formally recognized as having exceptional national historical significance.

Any substantial changes, demolitions, or new construction affecting it are tightly restricted.

It’s not his house! WTF.
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Heading to Chicago for a conference.

Might have time for the Field Museum while I am there.

Also, where’s a good place near downtown to get deep dish pizza?

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Classic braided stream patterns
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No other U.S. president has used the military as their own personal police force against the American people.

We implore the courts to reject Donald Trump's ongoing, illegal actions and definitively affirm states' sovereign right to handle public safety matters.