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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I just adopted a pixel on one of the first images from NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope, and you can too! Just visit: science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/adopt-a-pixel/

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🚨🚀 Countdown to Lehigh Valley Space Fest 2026! Sat., Sep. 26, 2026 (10am-4pm)- A free, fun event for the whole family! Located at Lehigh University's Mountaintop Campus, Building C Full event details at www.lvspacefest.org, including free parking! Presenting Sponsor & Host: @lehighu.bsky.social

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Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Next-generation Moon rocket targets April 1 launch for first deep space astronaut mission in more than half a century My Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Good morning from Kennedy Space Center! Weather forecast still 80% favorable for April 1 launch of #Artemis2

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

NASA’s launch window for the crewed Artemis II mission around the Moon will open this Wednesday, April 1, 2026 through April 6- Current scheduled liftoff is at 6:24pm ET on April 1 and will send 4 astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon and back to Earth on board the Orion capsule.

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

📺 Watch the PBS episode (my processed image at the 24-min mark) youtube.com/watch?v=EYu1IEkgFMU 👨‍💻 See my image processing steps: backyardastronomyguy.com/apollo-isro

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Thanks to @pbs.org for including my processed image of the Apollo 11 landing site in their latest episode of “Horizons,” but @NASA did the heavy lifting by actually going to the Moon, and the ISRO sent their lunar satellite in 2021 which spotted it while conducting other surveys! 🤣🚀👨‍🚀👨‍🚀🛰️

Apollo 11 landing site imaged by the Indian Space Research Organization, processed by Marty McGuire

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

📺 Watch the PBS episode (my processed image at the 24-min mark) youtube.com/watch?v=EYu1IEkgFMU 👨‍💻 See my image processing steps: backyardastronomyguy.com/apollo-isro

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How the Artemis moon missions are shaping the next era of exploration

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The episode dives into the upcoming Artemis II mission and revisits the legacy of past lunar exploration. Even cooler? The raw data came from ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 orbiter in 2021, and I figured out how to download and process it. See how I did it at backyardastronomyguy.com/apollo-isro

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

🚀 Big news! My processed images of the Apollo 11 & 12 landing sites are being included in @pbs.org’s next episode of "Horizons" this Friday March 20, 2026 around 7 PM ET online at www.pbs.org/show/horizons, or Saturday evening on your local PBS station. (Check your local listings)

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🚀 Starting my 10th year as a NASA #SolarSystemAmbassador! 🎤 My next free, public event (registration required) is Saturday, April 11, 2026, 2pm at the Bethlehem Area Public library main branch pabapl. Details on my website BackyardAstronomyGuy.com

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Freedom high school has some nice grassy fields next to their parking lot.

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Got some much needed telescope time tonight- enjoy my shots of Jupiter and our Moon! 🔭 Sky Watcher AZ-GTI/SkyMax 127 📷 Canon EOS R6 Mark III

Jupiter and its Galilean Moons among the stars

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

🌕 Full “Snow” Moon rising: February 1, 2026 Which one do you like better? Image 1 taken at 5:41pm ET, Image 2 taken at 6:19pm. 📷 Canon R6 Mark III/RF 24-240 @ 240 & cropped.

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Thanks to Lockheed Martin for including my comment submission to the Callisto technology demonstration. My messages were selected, displayed and recorded on the payload’s tablet during the Artemis I mission. Details: lockheedmartin.com/en-us/capabilities/space/callisto.html

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Callisto

Meet Callisto, Lockheed Martin's tech demo that flew on NASA's Artemis I mission, highlighting how commercial technologies may support future astronauts.

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

During the Artemis I uncrewed test mission around the Moon in November 2022, I had a special message displayed in the Orion cockpit! This message was shown at Mission Elapsed Time (MET) of 02:09:35:21 (2 days, 9 hours, 35 minutes, 21 seconds), at a distance of 189,616 miles from Earth!

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Cold 2-hour hike through Jacobsburg State Park today on my last day of vacation & playing around with my Canon USA R6 Mark III’s settings.

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

This is still my best telescope photo of the International Space Station from April 2021, with NASA’s reference in next post of what was docked at that time. 🔭📷: 10” Dobsonian (manually tracked!) & Canon 60D

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

From NASA JPL: Make a 2026 Moon Phases Calendar, and follow the lunar cycle all year long! 🌖 All you need is a printer, scissors, tape, and a brass fastener: www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/resource...

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Tonight’s 7.5% illuminated waxing crescent Moon’s “Earthshine” was quite a view, which can only be seen a few days before and after the new Moon. Earthshine is Earth’s reflected sunlight on the Moon’s night side. 📷 @canonusa R6 Mark III, RF 24-240 lens @240 and cropped.

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Before sunrise, December 16, 2025. 🛩️🌘 📷 Canon R6 Mark III Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Getting creative with the Full Moon and my new Canon R6 Mark III 📷. Which one do you like best?

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Caught a comet tonight! I stacked 75 images of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), using my Canon 60D/300mm lens. Wish I could do better! I aligned all the images on the comet nucleus, showing some movement relative to stars and a satellite?

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

I captured my first 22-degree solar halo with sun dogs! 📍Nazareth, Pennsylvania September 30, 2025 at 5:30pm ET

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Finally freeing up laptop storage by deleting 10 years’ worth of “bad astronomy.” Thousands of giant .CR2 files of blurry stars, overexposed moons, and what I once swore was Saturn but was clearly just camera shake or bad focus. Hoping to make a new gallery at the end of it all!

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 16/09/2025

A satellite photo of a volcano taken from space FROM THE SIDE

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Send your name on NASA’s Artemis II Mission around the Moon, launching in 2026! nasa.gov/send-your-name-with-artemis/

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Sun rising at 7:13am ET, with some sunspots visible! First two images taken with my iPhone 16 Pro in Raw Max @ 25x zoom, exposure -2.0 and brightness slider turned to lowest setting. Last image is current data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (different orientation than my pics)

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Behold… my 66% illuminated #moon photo from September 1, 2025. 🌔

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

🛰️🌎 Space & Earth lovers: I highly recommend you download the free Sen app and view a 4K livestream of Earth or prerecorded videos of scenic locations around our planet, all from the Sen camera on the ISS! 📲 iOS: apps.apple.com/jm/app/sen/i... 📲 Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

August 7, 2025: 98% illuminated Waxing Gibbous #Moon. Full Moon on August 9!

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Chandrayaan2 Orbiter high resolution camera at a distance of only about 100km (62 miles) I processed ISRO's publicly-available raw data and explain how I did this on my website in detail: www.backyardastronomyguy.com/apollo-isro

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

🚀👨‍🚀👨‍🚀 On this day: July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon during NASA's Apollo 11 mission. The clearest photos of the Apollo 11 & 12 Lunar Descent Stages that were left on the surface from were taken in 2021 by the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO)…

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Thank you NASA & JPL for my surprise mail this weekend! Being present for the 2024 total solar eclipse at Tupper Lake, NY was the astronomical highlight of my life. Check out my timelapse video of totality! youtu.be/w3Tjr6xWgcA

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David Rankin @asteroiddave.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

FACT THREAD on New Interstellar Object #A11pl3Z This story unfolded pretty fast yesterday for a few reasons. The object was discovered on July 1st UTC by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS team. A #NASA funded survey at the University of Hawaii. atlas.fallingstar.com 🔭🧪

Orbit diagram of interstellar object A11pl3Z

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Snapped this #sunset on my way home with some snow geese flying through. February 18, 2025 📷 iPhone 16 Pro

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 12/02/2025

#NASARoman: NASA has successfully joined the sunshade to the Roman observatory’s ‘exoskeleton.’ The visor-like sunshade will help prevent unwanted light from entering the telescope: go.nasa.gov/4hQItFR

Workers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center are surrounding a covered spacecraft on a platform in a clean room environment.

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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Large white oval storm system with associated turbulent flows on Jupiter. Mid-northern latitudes. Juno Perijove 65, Sept. 20, 2024. flic.kr/p/2qLfcvy

Twisty cloud and gas flows.

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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Jupiter’s North Equatorial Belt and areas north as seen by Juno during Perijove 69, January 28th. flic.kr/p/2qJPSQQ

Brown and white bands of Jupiter.

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Maybe, just maybe… everyone should stop getting so excited about SpaceX launches.

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Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador @backyardastroguy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Finished “Wool” in 3 days! So good. Can’t wait to start the next two books on my shelf.

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