Stephen W. Ramsden

Please join these generous donors in supporting the science of the Sun!
We are a nonprofit 501c3 with less than 4% admin costs since 2008. No salaries, no fees for anything, no nonsense, just science.

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We share the science of sunlight in nature.
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Thanks!
Stephen

Thanks to four more donations we are now at $6,427 on our way to the goal of $15k by October 31st.

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(yes, these posts are directed at you, friends of science)
Day 6 of the fundraiser brought us up to $5,827! We will run through the end of the month trying to raise $15k to fund our state and federal registered nonprofit 501c3 STEM program.

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We teach the science of sunlight in the natural world to anyone who will listen around the world and provide equipment to help provide science outreach.
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Thank you!

We reached $5k! on day four of the Fall fundraiser! 1/3 of the way there!!
We teach the science of sunlight in nature around the world in memoriam to fellow veterans and air traffic controllers Charlie/Susan Bates.

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Our 2 winners this week in our fundraiser giveaway are Shawn Johnson and Carole Stroupe!
Shawn won a Starfield Optics 1.25 inch White Light wedge and Carole has won our donated Celestron NatureDX 8 x 42 binoculars!
Every donor is entered into our weekly giveaway!
Congratulations Shawn and Carole!

Day Three of the Fall fundraiser had 5 donations bringing us to $3665 on our way to the $15k goal!
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We are currently running our Fall fundraiser to keep teaching the science of Sunlight in nature around the world. We are active in 27 countries including the US.
We firmly believe that science and reason are the keys to our species survival.

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Welcome to the Fall 2025 Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project fundraiser!
We are a nonprofit 501c3 STEM program active in 27 countries teaching people about the science of light in all its forms.

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YouTube video by Stephen W. Ramsden March 2025 Wildlife cam videos from the Georgia Marsh

Enjoy the critters in our marsh yard.
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Hi everyone! I'm Stephen W. Ramsden, Founderof the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project in Atlanta, GA. We are a science nonprofit named in memoriam for a fellow veteran.
Thank you for your support. All records available upon request.
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Please enjoy this humble image of the Rosette nebula taken from the marsh last night

The dream of bluesky was very motivating when it started out but now it just seems to be another political comment dump from the other side.
Political partisanship and extremism is destroying this country and others. Both sides are guilty. Please stop and think about something else.

Some recent astro photos. Anybody can take these pictures if they take a little time and get the right equipment.

how much more vindictive nonsense from this nutty old codger are we going to tolerate?

A few pictures from the new Celestron Origin automated telescope. These are straight from the scope with absolutely no involvement from me during or after the image capture. It is an absolutely wonderful piece of gear that takes all the frustration out of getting beautiful images of the night sky.

of course, the ads preferences page won’t load on my browser

Hey Geoffrey! Nice to see you posting here. Hope you’re well.

Today's Sun in nearUV. Skywatcher USA 100mm ESPRIT refractor, Player One Astronomy Apollo M Max

Today's images of our nearest star taken with the new MLASTRO.com SHG700 spectroheliograph. This thing is absolutely incredible.

There was another guy named Mark Hamill who was retired from the government and ran a PHPBBS consulting service out of New England.
He was a decent guy and helped me a lot with my STEM program.
He died from a horrible brain cancer last week that just sucked the life out of him. Not a common name.

Here is our nearest star today in near UV and near Infrared.