Looking to elevate your stargazing game and really shoot for the stars? @skyandtelescope.bsky.social has a great resource of articles for all the things beginners need to get started - even with telescopes under $100 and others small enough to fit in a backpack.

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gaaf: mijn omslagartikel (8p) in het septembernummer van @skyandtelescope.bsky.social (over een tijdje in de betere kiosk), over de roman space telescope die eind augustus of begin september wordt gelanceerd 🤗🛰️

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Edwin Hubble famously kept the company of his black cat Copernicus on late nights at the Mount Wilson Observatory. At STScI, these are just a fraction of the pets who keep us company while we expand the frontiers of space astronomy.

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Happy (Merry?) Equinox today… the Sun crosses declination 0º northward today at 14:46 Universal Time (UT)/10:46 AM EDT, marking the start of astronomical Spring in the northern hemisphere, and Fall in the southern.

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AAS President Dara Norman and Past President Kelsey Johnson published an opinion article in SpaceNews today titled "The future of astronomy is both on Earth and in space." The article is signed by 15 past, current, and incoming AAS presidents.

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