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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Slight iridescence in the clouds yesterday

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The just-past-full moon setting behind the neighbor’s house. Dwarf Mini time lapse

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Moon tonight. 275 images stacked in the Dwarf Mini

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I was flipping through my copy of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos today. Looking at page 230-231, I saw four images and said “Hey! I’ve taken pictures of those targets!” The originals came from Hale Observatories, but here’s mine.

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Stunning sun dogs on my way to central Virginia for the weekend

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026

Please invite me on your Star Trek podcasts

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I had to look up the exact time. We’re now 30 minutes in to Fall. Happy equinox!!!

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tonight’s moon with the Dwarf Mini. 50 exposures stacked.

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Another pre-dawn capture with the Dwarf Mini. Today’s target was Bode’s Nebula and Bode’s Galaxy (M81). 12 million light years away. That’s some old photons. First pic full FOV, and next cropped and rotated. Any Mini owners know how to get the pair into view without requiring an astro mosaic?

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Woke up early, so went out with the Dwarf Mini to get an hour on The Pleiades. After 10 years of trying astrophotography with much more complicated equipment, this is by far my best Pleiades picture ever. So easy! Standard, star reduction, and “remove stars” EQ mode, 60s exposures, gain 100.

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I was up before my alarm, so I set the Dwarf Mini up in the driveway for an hour to catch M31, The Andromeda Galaxy. Did a mega stack with an earlier short session. No additional edits outside Stellar studio.

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Morning moon with Jupiter just by the treeline. Moon will occult Jupiter this afternoon. I’ll see if I can catch it!

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

About 2.5 hours on the Iris Nebula, NGC7023,with the Dwarf Mini from my light polluted cul-de-sac.

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I had a string of Christmas lights that wouldn’t light. These were the classic ones where a single bad bulb causes the whole string to not light. So I tried one bulb at a time, testing each to see if it would light. Finally, I determined which bulb was busted through a process of illumination. 😉

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Moon this morning with the Dwarf Mini. 50 shots stacked, cropped.

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I remember the mnemonic to memorize the Great Lakes used to be HOMES for Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior. I suppose that now it’s SHAME?

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Concert I almost got to see: My mom and I drive from my childhood home an hour north of New York City to Eisenhower Park on Long Island to see a free concert by Harry Chapin. The date was July 16, 1981. Harry never made it to the concert as he died that day following a car accident on the LIE.

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I had the opportunity to visit the viewing area of the clean room at NASA Goddard in December 2023 while the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope was under construction. Now all these pieces/parts are in space on their way to L2!

NASA Goddard clean room. Warehouse floor with equipment distributed across the floor. Several people are seen in full white coveralls amid the equipment. Nancy Grace Roman Telescope under construction

Screenshot of video feed of launch showing separation of Roman Telescope from second stage booster

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Two weeks Two continents Two eclipses (Which is your favorite comparison?)

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A few more just before max (and just before clouds rolled back in)

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A few very minor breaks in the clouds letting me see the eclipse progressing #Fujifilm X-T4

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A few shots with the Dwarf Mini. First is about 15 minutes on the Hercules globular cluster, and next is 13 minutes on NGC7822

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This morning’s “jellyfish” Falcon 9 launch from Florida, viewed from Williamsburg VA with #Fujifilm X-T4. Sped up 8x.

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Space “jellyfish” this morning seen from Williamsburg VA as a Falcon 9 made its way up the East coast after a 5:35am launch

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Dan Burns @the-physics-well.net · 21/08/2026

The lake surface got still on the morning of 8/14, perfect for making a star trail image with reflections! The bright trails on the right are the Pleiades and Hyades, center trails from Perseus. The patch of short streaks are satellites glinting earthshine. There are a few meteors. #astrophotography

colorful star trails circle Polaris. the brighter ones are reflected in a lake. airplane, satellite, and meteor trails brekl the symmetry

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Nick Stevens @nick-stevens.com · 22/08/2026

vimeo.com/1220406736?s... Updated Uranus flyby, all by me, no AI Still needs a bit more work. I like the way the rings naturally become visible, but the relative brightness of the rings needs fixing. I'm happy with the level of subtle detail on Uranus, but I need to desaturate the colours a bit.

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Flyby of Uranus

This is coming together, but still needs a bit more work. I like the way the rings naturally become visible as you get close, but the relative brightness of the rings needs fixing. I'm also happy with...

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I set the #Fujifilm X-T4 with XF150-600mm on a bracketed exposure sequence along with interval timing for totality so I could sit back and enjoy the show as the sun drifted through the field of view This is a selection of the same exposure.

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

@bryanminear.com this unintentional “streak” photo taken during totality by Clark Muir made me think of you!

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Do I know anyone who could take on a commission for a custom eclipse tee? I’m thinking “three-peat” showing locations and times of totality with a picture of mine from each.

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This is Charles Burchfeld’s “Orion in Winter” in the collection of the Thyssen-Bournemisza museum in Madrid. (Where I was yesterday) I love the bright red Betelgeuse and that I can find the Pleiades.

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Assortment of #eclipse photos from Leon Spain, after slight edits. Taken with Dwarf Mini and #Fujifilm X-T4. Lucky to run into @caseydreier.bsky.social who extended some amazing hospitality as my original location had questionable weather. @planetarysociety.bsky.social

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

First contact and 15 min in with the Dwarf Mini from Leon Spain

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Well that was pretty cool. Just ran into @caseydreier.bsky.social of @planetarysociety.bsky.social on a random street corner in Spain! (Didn’t think of taking a selfie at the time) Hoping we all enjoy clear skies tomorrow for totality.

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

DIA-MAD ✈️ HOPING TO MAKE IT “Thrice in a Lifetime”

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Saw Barry Manilow tonight in Norfolk VA. Enjoyed the show very much. I remember thinking how cool I was with my portable 8 track tape player blasting Barry Manilow Live back in the early 80s. Just wish I had seen him live back then!

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A quick 12 minutes of the Lagoon Nebula (M8) with the Dwarf Mini It’s crazy how easy this is!

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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

First try in Milky Way mode with the Dwarf Mini

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Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary) @bowiesongs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

in re Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" (which, in the original Martian Chronicles, occurs on today's date), I didn't realize the very first published version of the story, in Collier's magazine, was set in April 1985. (the current edition of Martian Chronicles now sets it in 2057).

the complete text of Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" in Collier's, 6 May 1950

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