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What art, this? A celestial trajectory, of comet K2, from he who art in heaven (J/K) K2, on its maiden voyage from the Oort Cloud— a most unusual comet, with a coma subliming an ion tail many AU from the sun. A 2-body (sun-comet) solution predicts perihelion on 19 December 2022, while a...

Curious if your go to UFO is also your on the go accessory, or is it used exclusively in house. While cute, it seems a bit bulky to be EDC in pocket. :love:

Pow the Grand 8 Planetary alignment as seen in the southern hemisphere (with “Luna” thrown in For good measure). Around Altacama, a Chile morning. Courtesy APOD View from the northern hemisphere denise levertov poems

Rock band. Rolling Stones, of Romania, trovants established 5.3 mil years ago rolling rocks Consumed last nite

:cool:You may need a large scope to see Bern-Bern, or BB as at perihelion It will be at 10.8 AU, outside Saturn’s orbit ( 9.5 AU ).

A Supreme Jest is Ex-POTUS Toxic Orange managed to load dicey, backwards SCOTUS There is a fight for rights, yet.

We have been blessed with spectacular views of recent comets ☄️ passing by, spent many nights in awe with Hale-Bopp, Comet Hyakutake, and Shoemaker-Levy 9. A most spectacular sight was Shoemaker-Levy breaking up, and the individual fragments, a”string of pearls” plunging into Jupiter was...

Are comets thought to predict forbodiing disasters? If so, watch out. July ~ 14th, a comet with a nucleus twice as large as Mount Everst is tall is sun-bound at its closest Approach to earth, with it reaching solar perigee in December ~ 19th. Comets become “active”, develop a coma and a...

Everything’s coming up! Produce

Salisbury Summer Solstice Remember to bring your garlands of St John’s wort

A father and son Quality Time

CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH. Members of the 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps pedal almost 2K miles from Montana to Missouri in 1897 Riding roughly fifty miles daily, these bicycle soldiers endured unpaved terrain from Fort Missoula, Montana to St Louis Missouri, completing their trek in...

Can you pin Uranus, and Neptune, in the 2022 Grand June Conjunction

Swing low, sweet chariot! :doh: OOPS! Only room for two....:ugh: But, after a while, the novelty wears off, some prefer the (cool) sandbox :cheers:

Good Morning! Here comes the sUn —and finally, Mercury! June 17th => June 24th A Chile morning,,, In the valley of Rio Hurtado in Chile An alignment, front and center Picture by APOD, ( posted also in another thread )

Good Morning! Here comes the sUn —and finally, Mercury! A Chile morning,,, In the valley of Rio Hurtado in Chile An alignment, front and center Picture by APOD

A flush of Summer A rush of flowers clematis virginiana

Did you see a “strawberry” full moon this morning The 50+ foot tides at the Bay of Fundy must be overwhelming, a rush of Spring tides @ apogee When Sun, Moon, and Earth are in alignment