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AstroRick

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Husband, father, brother, uncle, grandpa, Air Force Vet, IT guy, astronomer, photographer, clean air and environmental advocate, weather forecaster, patriot, 17th Airborne Division Scion, WWII nut 🇺🇦

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AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · Jan 17

My various endeavors: rickevans.me

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 1h

Enjoy a picture from my website: ift.tt/9s6g2YP #Photography

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 3h

Good morning. Start your day with a picture from my website: ift.tt/9s6g2YP #Photography

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 5h

You can find your local #Astronomy forecast at The Clear Sky Chart Home Page: ift.tt/EYLtOfb

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 6h

Good morning!

Reminder: All of my photography can be found here: ift.tt/9s6g2YP #Photography

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 6h

Rick's #Astrophotography Picture of the Day (from my growing collection of captures)

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 7h

The Sky Today on Thursday, October 23: The Moon visits Mars and Mercury - #Astronomy - ift.tt/GDYJPNl

The Sky Today on Thursday, October 23: The Moon visits Mars and Mercury

A delicate Moon hangs near Mars and Mercury in the sky just after sunset. If you’ve got a clear southwestern horizon, take in the view.

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 7h

Flocking through the galaxy - #Astronomy - ift.tt/LMpFWdU

Flocking through the galaxy | Astronomy Magazine

Chris Schur, taken from Payson, Arizona Comet SWAN (C/2025 R2) glides between the Eagle Nebula (M16) and the Swan Nebula (M17) in this image taken Oct. 17 over 45 minutes with an 8-inch RASA.

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 7h

Comprehensive study examines properties of 1,449 planetary nebulae across the Milky Way - #Astronomy - ift.tt/7kKQwS8

Comprehensive study examines properties of 1,449 planetary nebulae across the Milky Way

By analyzing the data from the HASH database, astronomers have conducted a comprehensive study of nearly 1,500 planetary nebulae in the Milky Way galaxy. Results of the study, published October 15 on ...

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 7h

Cosmic ‘Knots’ May Have Briefly Dominated Newborn Universe, Physicists Say - #Astronomy - ift.tt/dNxZFor

Cosmic ‘Knots’ May Have Briefly Dominated Newborn Universe, Physicists Say | Sci.News

A team of physicists from Japan and Germany suggests that, during the early Universe, a ‘knot dominated era’ may have existed, where knots were a dominant component of the Universe.

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 7h

Magnetically guided streamer funneling star-building material into newborn system in Perseus - #Astronomy - ift.tt/R8NvudH

Magnetically guided streamer funneling star-building material into newborn system in Perseus

A team of astronomers led by Paulo Cortes, a scientist with the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory and the Joint ALMA Observatory, have made a groundbreaking discove...

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 7h

3 billion-year-old white dwarf still consuming its planetary system challenges previous assumptions - #Astronomy - ift.tt/edlFuiP

3 billion-year-old white dwarf still consuming its planetary system challenges previous assumptions

In approximately 5 billion years, the sun will deplete its hydrogen fuel and collapse under its own gravity, becoming a white dwarf. Though Earth-sized, this dense remnant will retain much of the sun'...

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 7h

Hidden in the sun's glare, this asteroid is uncomfortably close to earth - #Astronomy - ift.tt/6Atkb2R

Hidden in the sun's glare, this asteroid is uncomfortably close to earth

In the distant past, the solar system was rife with impacts and collisions. Millions of rocky objects zoomed chaotically through the system, smashing into each other in collisional cascades. Over time...

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 7h

Telescope hack opens a sharper view into the universe - #Astronomy - ift.tt/rT7q6JH

Telescope hack opens a sharper view into the universe

A novel imaging technique used for the first time on a ground-based telescope has helped a UCLA-led team of astronomers to achieve the sharpest-ever measurement of a star's surrounding disk, revealing...

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 7h

Don’t miss the eclipse of our lifetimes - #Astronomy - ift.tt/QbZVSjg

Don’t miss the eclipse of our lifetimes

Here’s another chance to see the 2027 total solar eclipse — and Egypt.

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 7h

Scientists release new survey of the biggest objects in the universe - #Astronomy - ift.tt/0FOBvS1

Scientists release new survey of the biggest objects in the universe

Scientists have released a new study on the arXiv preprint server that catalogs the universe by mapping huge clusters of galaxies.

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 7h

Duffy: NASA to reopen Artemis 3 HLS contract - #Astronomy - ift.tt/96fZ2hU

Duffy: NASA to reopen Artemis 3 HLS contract

Space agency is ‘not going to wait’ for SpaceX’s Starship HLS if a competitor is ready first, official says.

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 7h

Oct. 22, 2137 B.C.E.: An eclipse darkens skies over ancient China - #Astronomy - ift.tt/76Gktj9

Oct. 22, 2137 B.C.E.: An eclipse darkens skies over ancient China

categories:Today in the History of Astronomy | tags:Eclipses, News

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 7h

A fond farewell - #Astronomy - ift.tt/HOPEAeC

A fond farewell: David J. Eicher's final "From the Editor" column

After working on 516 consecutive issues of Astronomy magazine (of its total of 617), Editor-in-Chief David J. Eicher signs off.

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 7h

Exploring how dark matter alters electron-capture supernovae and the birth of neutron stars - #Astronomy - ift.tt/Dt1Zqhi

Exploring how dark matter alters electron-capture supernovae and the birth of neutron stars

Electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe) are stellar explosions that occur in stars with initial masses around 8–10 times that of the sun. These stars develop oxygen-neon-magnesium cores, which become unst...

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 7h

#Stargazing #Forecast for #FranklinCountyPA for Thu 10/23 - Overall Outlook: Good

Imaging / Viewing: Poor to Excellent, depending on the subject and cloud cover.

Moon phase: Waxing Crescent / Illumination: 5% 🌒

#Astronomy #Space #Weather

#Stargazing #Forecast for #FranklinCountyPA issued Thu 10/23 - Overall Outlook: Good

Imaging / Viewing: Poor to Excellent, depending on the subject and cloud cover.

Weather tonight: Mostly clear with a low around 36 and west winds around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Air Quality: 4.4 - W.H.O. Good

Moon phase: Waxing Crescent / Illumination: 5% 🌒

Moon Alt° Dir: 7pm: 1° WSW ↓ | 7:07pm: 0° WSW ↓

Average Darkness Rating: 5.7 (Partially illuminated). There will be good darkness from 7:30pm to 6:10am.

Viewing Impacts: During the 11 hour, 10-minute viewing hours (7:20pm to 6:30am), cloud cover will be 6% to 24% (11% average) with average transparency and average seeing. Viewing Temp: Good

Expectations: During frequent breaks in the clouds, you can expect poor observations of galaxies and nebulae, poor to good observations of planets, good to excellent observations of open clusters and planetary nebulae, and excellent observations of large globulars. Stars will be somewhat sharp.

Capture Time Rating: Excellent. 88.8% of the viewing hours, or 9 hours and 54 minutes are available for capture/viewing.

#Astronomy #Space #NASA #Weather #WaynesboroPA #PAwx

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 7h

#Aurora Forecast for #WaynesboroPA for Thu 10/23 - KPI: 2 / Outlook: Extremely Poor

During the 11 hour, 10-minute viewing hours (7:20pm to 6:30am), cloud cover will be 6% to 24% (11% average) with good darkness from 7:30pm to 6:10am. Viewing Temp: Good

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#Aurora #Forecast for #WaynesboroPA issued Thu 10/23 - KP Index: 2 / Outlook: Extremely Poor

Low aurora activity forecasted. If skies are clear, low-level displays may be visible overhead from locations such as Inuvik, Yellowknife, Gillam, James Bay and Nain, Canada, and may be visible low on the northern horizon from as far south as Juneau, Alaska, and Edmonton, Winnipeg and Sept-Iles, Canada.

Moon phase: Waxing Crescent / Illumination: 5% 🌒

Waynesboro weather tonight: Mostly clear with a low around 36 and west winds around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Viewing Impacts: During the 11 hour, 10-minute viewing hours (7:20pm to 6:30am), cloud cover will be 6% to 24% (11% average) with good darkness from 7:30pm to 6:10am. Viewing Temp: Good

Forecast courtesy of the UAF Geophysical Institute: https://www.gi.alaska.edu/modules/custom/aurora-forecast/images/idl_graphics/north_america/NorthAmerica_2.png

#FranklinCountyPA #Pennsylvania #UnitedStates #Canada #NorthAmerica #Astronomy #Space

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 16h

Good evening. Enjoy one of my shots from my website: ift.tt/9s6g2YP #Photography

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 18h

Good afternoon. Enjoy this picture from my website: ift.tt/9s6g2YP #Photography

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 19h

You can find your local #Astronomy forecast at The Clear Sky Chart Home Page: ift.tt/ncwmQNg

AstroRick @therickman.bsky.social · 22h

Good afternoon. This picture and others can be found on my website: ift.tt/Ekgj10I #Photography