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Jason Nishiyama

@evilscientistca.bsky.social

Teacher, astronomer, political scientist and father. I wrote a book once: http://evl.link/df Alberta, Canada

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M76, The Little Dumbbell Nebula, is a planetary nebula located about 2500 ly away in the constellation of Perseus.

A bipolar PN, it is not round. It is also one of the faintest objects on Messier's list of non-comet fuzzy objects. #astronomy

17.10.2025 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Because her base wouldn't understand the provincial motto "fortis et liber" because they can't read Latin?

16.10.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Venus is the second planet from the Sun in our solar system.

Since it is an inferior planet, that is closer to the Sun than the Earth, it has phases as it orbits the Sun.

Bouncing radio waves off Venus allowed us to figure out how far the Sun was away from the Earth. #astronomy

16.10.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An easy find. πŸ™‚

15.10.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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M29 is an open cluster located about 5200 ly away in the constellation of Cygnus.

The cluster has about 50 members, though it is difficult to tell for sure due to large amounts of interstellar dust between us and M29. #astronomy

14.10.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

She wants a fight with Ottawa, not a pipeline. And she’ll do almost anything β€” including damaging the prospects of a new pipeline β€” to make it happen.

11.10.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Forgot to tag the post #astronomy

09.10.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Smith and Levant are cut from the same cloth.

09.10.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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M20, The Trifid Nebula, is an HII region located about 4100 ly away in the constellation of Saggitarius.

An HII region is a cloud of gas and dust with large amounts of ionized hydrogen gas. Stars are often formed in regions like this.

09.10.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Given Levant’s microscopic relationship to the truth I would suggest that it’s safe to assume that the opposite of what he says is the truth.

09.10.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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That is, of course, unless you're talking about private schools...

Then it becomes one of the most important things that the Alberta Government recommends parents pay attention to while choosing a private school.

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09.10.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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NGC 3593 is a lenticular galaxy located about 21 Mly away in the constellation Leo.

Studies have shown it to have two stellar populations in its disk, one of the populations orbits retrograde (backwards) to the other. This is possibly due to a merger with another galaxy. #astronomy

09.10.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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NGC 2371 is a planetary nebula located about 4400 ly away in the constellation of Gemini.

It is a bipolar planetary nebula, that is isn't round but has two lobes of matter on either side of the central star. #astronomy

08.10.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are reports that UCP MLAs have been told to not talk to constituents if they contact them about the strike.

07.10.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NGC 3389 (galaxy lower left in the triangle of galaxies) is a spiral galaxy located about 72 Mly away in the constellation of Leo.

It is considerably further away than NGC 3384 and M105, the other two galaxies which are 35 Mly and 37 Mly away respectively. #astronomy

06.10.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2025 Recipients – Teaching Excellence in STEM From: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

A colleague and I have been awarded a Certificate of Achievement in this year’s Prime Minister’s Awards for Teaching Excellence in STEM. #PMawards

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05.10.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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M2 is a globular cluster located about 55 kly away in the constellation of Aquarius.

M2 is one of the larger globular clusters orbiting our galaxy being about 175 light years in diameter and contains about 150000 stars. #astronomy

01.10.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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M106 is a spiral galaxy located about 24 Mly away in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

It is a Seyfert type 2 galaxy. This means it has a supermassive black hole at its core actively drawing nearby matter into it. #astronomy

01.10.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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By way of context…

In May, 22,300 teacher voted against the UCP’s offer at 61.99%

Today, 38,113 voted no at 89.5%.

In May, 13,517 voted to accept.

Today?

Only 4,479.

The UCP managed to find a way to actually make things worse.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed

30.09.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 270    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 4
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M44 is an open cluster located about 610 ly away in the constellation of Cancer.

Its relative closeness means that under dark skies it is visible as a nebulous patch to the unaided eye. #astronomy

30.09.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Winding motion of spirals in a gravitationally unstable protoplanetary disk - Nature Astronomy ALMA telescope observations over a 7-year period have β€˜filmed’ spiral arms winding in a protoplanetary disk. This motion is a hallmark of gravitational instability, a theory that suggests how giant planets might form far from their host stars.

1/ 🌟 A newborn star in focus!
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array πŸ”­(ALMA), an international team of researchers has captured the most detailed image so far of a young protostar surrounded by a rotating disk of gas and dust – the raw material from which planets may one day arise. 🌌

29.09.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Winding motion of spirals in a gravitationally unstable protoplanetary disk - Nature Astronomy ALMA telescope observations over a 7-year period have β€˜filmed’ spiral arms winding in a protoplanetary disk. This motion is a hallmark of gravitational instability, a theory that suggests how giant planets might form far from their host stars.

1/ 🌟 Mit Hilfe des Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array πŸ”­(ALMA) hat ein Forscherteam das bislang detaillierteste Bild eines jungen Protosterns aufgenommen, der von einer rotierenden #Scheibe aus Gas und Staub umgeben ist – dem Rohmaterial, aus dem eines Tages #Planeten entstehen kΓΆnnten. 🌌

29.09.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Moonset #timelapse. #astronomy This evening, the #Moon was low in our #Alberta skies with #Chinook #clouds creating drama.

28.09.2025 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Alas I was down with a cold πŸ˜”

26.09.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Around the edges we can see prominences, gasses ejected from the Sun along its magnetic field lines. They arc into space and the ones we see here are larger than the Earth.

25.09.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our local star, the Sun is a dynamic place. This image, taken through a telescope with a special filter that only sees the light from hydrogen, shows this. #astronomy

25.09.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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M81 is a spiral galaxy located about 12 Mly away in the constellation Ursa Major.

As most galaxies, M81 has a supermassive black hole at its centre. However there is evidence to suggest that this SMBH has another, smaller SMBH orbiting it. #astronomy

24.09.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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NGC 7442 is a spiral galaxy located about 321 Mly away in the constellation of Pegasus.

Because of its distance and the expansion of the universe, NGC 7442 appears to be racing away from us at over 7200 km/s. #astronomy

23.09.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you're using the notwithstanding clause, you can't in any way claim to be all about liberty and freedom.

23.09.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If we're to believe all women, let's start with E. Jean Carroll and Stormy Daniels....

22.09.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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