Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies

Yes, I have them as well and I love the Mars topographical globe.

Awesome.

Expected, but Zowie! 😱

The red colour in the umbra is from the light of all the sunsets and sunrises going on around the Earth. However, the boundary between the red umbra and bright part of the Moon in the penumbra appears a pale blue-pink or magenta colour, from the effect of ozone in the upper atmosphere of Earth absorbing red light. The Moon passed across the southern half of the umbra at this eclipse so the southern limb of the Moon always remained brighter than the northern limb of the Moon. This was from home in southern Alberta, with images taken between 3:35 am to 4:05 am MST, Tuesday, March 3, 2026, on a relatively mild winter morning. Incoming clouds prevented a full sequence during totality and during the partial phases after totality. I had to be happy with getting this set! Technical: All but the final image of totality are multi-exposure blends, each image being a blend of short to long exposures, typically 1/25-second to 10 seconds, to preserve the dynamic range between the still directly sunlit side of the Moon and the dark side in the umbra and lit by red sunlight filtering through Earth's atmosphere. All were with the SvBony Mk127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope at its f/11.8 f-ratio for 1500mm of focal length. The camera was the Canon Ra at ISO 100 to 400. The original is 20,500 by 4,480 pixels.

This is the total eclipse of the Moon of March 3, 2026, in a sequence over 30 minutes, through the mid-partial phase to totality.

It shows the progression from left to right of the Moon entering the dark inner umbral shadow of the Earth and turning more and more red. Details in Alt Text.

Yes, driving in LA is the worst.

Truth.

Ugh. Helium 3. It will be a boondoggle, or should I say Moondoggle.

Yeah, that’s the California curse.

Galileo’s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text Discovery sheds new light on how famed astronomer came to lead a scientific revolution

A historian has discovered that a 16th century printing of The Almagest—a highly influential ancient astronomy text—contains extensive annotations from Galileo Galilei, the astronomer who later overthrew that text’s conception of a geocentric cosmos.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/4aMAwRm

I don’t think I have seen this one before!

For all the but how can we afford space exploration folks…this means we’ve already spent more on this war that started last week than Cassini cost in the 26 years it took to build, launch, and operate it.

That was the incorrect word on the street.

Very interesting to see this news!

A gothic castle in the transylvanian mountains. A great bear of a man, waring a stovepipe hat and carrying a cane: "Now that you are my bride, you will never leave this castle!" His new bride replies "Wow! Your library is amazing!" He continues "Beyond the castle is a high wall with no gate, and beyond that is a deep. Dark forest with no path." She pulls a volume from a great bookcase, "I suppose it's my library too, now we're married." He goes on "The forest is crawling with ravenous wolves, malignant birds and the spirits of long-dead travellers." Ignoring him, carrying a pile of hardbacks "So many books! I can't believe My luck!" He has sprouted wings, claws and cloven hoofs. "When the sun sets, I transform into a wild beast and soar into the night, seized by a terrible bloodlust!" She sits, examining her books as he flies out the window "Ok. I'll stay here and read. See you in the morning"

'Castle'
One of the limited-edition prints in my shop
www.tomgauld.com/shop

Great variety of great women!

Nicely done!

Awesome. Yes, I know that at least some of them were able to see it.

Thanks! It was well worth losing sleep for this beautiful event!

An image of a total lunar eclipse with a full moon that looks orange.

Beautiful conditions for this morning's (ongoing) total lunar eclipse. 🔭

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Here’s hoping that everyone gets clear skies! 🔭

Scoria Cones on Earth and Mars - NASA Science The hill-shaped features are a sign of explosive volcanic activity—a rarity on the Red Planet.

Scoria Cones on Earth and Mars

The hill-shaped features are a sign of explosive volcanic activity - a rarity on the Red Planet. #Mars 🧪🔭

science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...

Indeed she is.

A telescopic image of the Moon in the waxing gibbous phase showing bright impact craters and smooth, dark lunar plains.

Sunday's nearly full Moon has 98.1% of the nearside illuminated. 🔭

For Women's History Month - a thing I wrote.

lroc.im-ldi.com/images/1093

My goal was to highlight interesting lunar features imaged by LRO that were named for lesser-known scientists. Blagg Crater, named for Mary Adela Blagg, is located in Sinus Medii.

I requested that the crater be reimaged.

A jet coming out of a galaxy

Radio #galaxy (4C 00.58) with a black hole in the center spewing out an astrophysical jet of material. #JWST 🔭 NIRCam (F444W)

program: www.stsci.edu/jwst-program...

PI is Eileen Meyer @eileen-meyer-astro.bsky.social

#blackhole #jet #astronomy

A telescopic image of the Moon in the waxing gibbous phase. Many bright impact craters can be seen along with smooth, dark lunar plains.

Tonight’s Moon. 🔭

Such a great book!

If only.

Fly to the complex molecular gas in the centre of the #MilkyWay!🧑‍🚀

In this chaotic and extreme environment, stars don’t necessarily form in the same way as they do in the Milky Way’s outskirts. But new ALMA observations will probe how stars evolve there.

https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2603/

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