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CMBennett @cmbennett01.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major.

A spiral galaxy in somewhat sparse field of dim stars with a few brighter ones. It has a small bright core that gradually fades outward into loosely wound spiral arms. The arms look misty and irregular shaped, with patches of slightly brighter clumps that are star-forming regions.

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CMBennett @cmbennett01.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The crab-apple in the yard waited until after the last freeze to bloom. The magnolia was not so lucky.

White blossoms on a crab-apple tree. A lantern with a silver and brown patina is hanging on the branch.

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CMBennett @cmbennett01.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

A trio of peculiar galaxies in Leo and plate 317 from Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies. ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/A...

A trio of peculiar galaxies, one edge-on with a prominent dust lane. They are in a field of dim stars with one bright mag 7 star.

Color Inverted image of three galaxies. It is rotated north down and labeled 317. From Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies.
https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/Arp_contents.html

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CMBennett @cmbennett01.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

M81 Bode's Galaxy in Ursa Major.

Grand design spiral galaxy in a field of stars.

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CMBennett @cmbennett01.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Pro Democracy Dance Party at Penn Station in #Baltimore

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CMBennett @cmbennett01.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Pro Democracy Dance Party at Penn Station in #Baltimore

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CMBennett @cmbennett01.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Pro Democracy Dance Party at Penn Station in #Baltimore

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CMBennett @cmbennett01.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Pro Democracy Dance Party at Penn Station in #Baltimore

We the People say Protect our Rule of Law

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CMBennett @cmbennett01.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Pro Democracy Dance Party at Penn Station in #Baltimore There were a few curious observers.

Police officer standing in front of Penn Station

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CMBennett @cmbennett01.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Pro Democracy Dance Party at Penn Station in #Baltimore

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CMBennett @cmbennett01.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

A few photos from the latest Pro Democracy Rally at Penn Station in #Baltimore

Pro Democracy sign with a flag hanging at the foot of the Borofsky sculpture at Penn Station in Baltimore.

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CMBennett @cmbennett01.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Beating the drum for justice, We the People have the power #ICEOut of #Baltimore

A man with a drum, on Pratt Street in Baltimore.

A woman with a sign that proclaims we have the power.

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CMBennett @cmbennett01.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Justice for Renee Good. We the People are the resistance. #ICEOut of #Baltimore

ICE out of Baltimore, Justice for Renee Good.

ICE out of Baltimore at McKeldin Plaza in Baltimore.

@freestatecoalition.bsky.social

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CMBennett @cmbennett01.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

It's cloudy tonight but the Super Moon is bright enough to shine through. We won't see anything else in the central Maryland sky tonight though.

Full Moon on a black sky. Several maria (dark flat areas) and large craters are visible. Tycho is quite prominent in the lower right. It's a large crater with bright rays extending out from it.

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CMBennett @cmbennett01.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

The #Sun this morning. The large #sunspot groups are working their way across the face. Just some C-class and B-class flares and no earth-directed CMEs so the chances of a light show on Earth are pretty low.

Image of the Sun on a black background. A large group of irregularly shaped sun spots in the lower left. Actually, three groups 4298, 4294, and 4296. A couple of smaller groups above an on the right.

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CMBennett @cmbennett01.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

There's a new big group of Sun spots coming around, producing some X-class flares. At least one this morning anyway. Doesn't look like we'll get any auroras from it yet though.