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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Fred was ready for the partial eclipse today with his Baader solar eclipse glasses. It was only about 20% coverage but it was still nice to view.

A fox-red lab laying on the grass in the sun with solar eclipse glasses on.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

My band Glowbox is putting on a big show to celebrate Sir Paul’s birthday. We have a great line up of awesome musicians from Boston’s original music scene. If you’re not busy, come check it out. You can purchase tickets here: events.ticketleap.com/events/magic...

A flyer for an upcoming music event that reads: BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
OF Paul McCartney
FRIDAY, JUNE 19
7:30PM - 11:00 PM EDT
Bands on the Run, a celebration of Paul McCartney with all McCartney music!!
The Magic Room
83 Morse St., Norwood, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02626

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Use this link to contact your state reps urging them to consider legislation or ballot initiatives to limit corporate spending and influence in our elections. Legislation passed in Hawaii and efforts are underway in Montana for a similar initiative: actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

4 extremely good doggos at a dinner party.

3 dogs laying in a line on a wood floor. The 4th is at the end and is laying on a dog bed.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Glowbox is rocking their power pop at the Burren in Davis Sq, Somerville. If you are in the Boston area, come check us out. Use the code 24HOUR to get discounted tickets.

A poster for an upcoming performance that says:
TIME TO ROCK!
Wednesday, March 25th at The Burren, in Somerville. doors at 6 pm, show at 7 pm.

Glowbox with special guest, Devil Love

$20 adv ($17 online with code: 24HOUR)/$25 door.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Happy to report that Bear Path Observatory has completed snow removal operations and will continue to wait for the next calm clear night. 🔭 #Astrophotography

A back porch deck is mostly cleared of snow.

A pile of snow towers over t snowblower that’s about to remove it.

An open area and path up to a green house have been cleared of snow.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Here is a cropped close up of the Seagull nebula. Lots of interesting star forming regions rich with ionized gas and dust. 🔭 #Astrophotography

Close up shot of the Seagull nebula. Puffy reddish cloud structures create an arc that is dotted with stars and stars just forming with in the dense gas and dust. A greenish blue haze floats outside the reddish clouds.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Just finished up about 6hrs of data on the Seagull Nebula in Monoceros. It’s about 4000 ly from Earth. I used a OSC camera, a RedCat51 & 2 Antlia dual narrowband filters: one capturing Ha & OIII. The other capturing SII & Hb. I then split & recombined the channels in SHO pallet. 🔭 #Astrophotography

A nebula shaped like a flying seagull fills the frame in different wavelengths of light resulting in vibrant colors that define the makeup of the nebula.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Here is a great song for our times by my fellow band mate and good friend, Garret Vandermolen. Enjoy! garretvandermolen.bandcamp.com/track/foxtro...

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Foxtrot Delta Tango, by Garret Vandermolen

track by Garret Vandermolen

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Spent the weekend in Reykjavik, Iceland. Friday was clear and provided an opportunity to view the northern lights.

A green ribbon of auroral light fills the frame. Stars poke through the darkness and aurora.

The Sun Voyager overlooks the harbor in Reykjavik.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

This is 20 hrs of data on NGC 1499, The California Nebula. I reprocessed SHO data captured last year using the new Multi-scale Adaptive Stretch process in PixInsight. 🔭 #Astrophotography

An emission nebula in the shape of the state of California spans the image from the upper left to the bottom right. You can see the different chemical makeup of the nebula starting at the bottom with Ha (green), Ha & SII (yellow), SII & OIII (magenta) and OIII (blue).

Scope: Stellarvue SVX80T
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM-Pro
Filters: Antlia 4.5nm SHO
Mount: iOptron HEM l27

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

It’s #straturday. This is my 1979 3-bolt neck Frankenstrat. Original pickups, but I added a Floyd Rose and midi guitar pickup. Love the tone this guitar has. It’s also a great slide guitar.

A Fender Stratocaster hangs on a wall. The camera is looking up from the bottom of the body.

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🔥FireInsp🔥🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦💙 @fireinsp.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

One of the all time greatest guitarists of all time… Man is a legend… RIP…👇

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

NGC 2264 is known as the Cone Nebula & the Christmas Tree Cluster & lives about 1000 ly from Earth in the constellation Monoceros. This 11 hr OSC capture was taken last February using a 102mm refractor with no filters. Finally got around to processing it in time for the holidays. 🔭 #Astrophotography

A star field with a magenta and red nebula in the shape of a Christmas tree fills the frame. At the top is a bright patch at the small end of a cone shaped nebula. The cone is upside down from the rest of the Christmas tree like an ornament at the top of it.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Behold my pup, Fred, eating a linguine noodle.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Please sign this petition against the atrocity of space mirrors reflecting sunlight back at the Earth: www.change.org/p/stop-space...

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Sign the Petition

Stop space mirrors! Protect the night sky (and our health and survival)!

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

At about 49 million light years from Earth, NGC 7331 and friends are wishing you all a great Thanksgiving. This was an 18 hour LRGB capture taken from my yard, under Bortle 5 skies in central MA using an 8” SCT at 1422mm focal length. Happy Thanksgiving! 🔭 #Astrophotography

A star field of white blue, amber and red stars shows a large galaxy viewed almost edge on. The central core glows and younger blue stars encircle it along with gas and dust. Just above it are 4 smaller galaxies that make up the visual group.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Here’s a crop of Stephan’s Quintet taken from my yard with an 8” SCT. While these make up a visual cluster, the blue galaxy, NCG 7320, is closer to us at about 40 million ly from Earth. The other galaxies are gravitationally bound & are a whopping 300 million ly away. 🔭 #Astrophotography

A deep sky view of a galaxy cluster named Stephan’s Quintet. There are 4 galaxies clustered together with a 5th galaxy appearing to the upper right of the cluster. One of the 4 galaxies in the cluster is Blue while the others are amber and white and have interesting tidal features where the galaxies interact together.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Shot this the other night with a 135mm lens and OSC camera. Interesting focal length where you can combine multiple deep sky objects in one frame. Here is the Perseus Double Cluster (left) and the Heart & Soul nebulas (right). 47x300s subs. 🔭 #Astrophotography

A star field with a double star cluster on the left and 2 nebulae on the right, one resembles a heart and the other resembles a soul.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Here’s a pupdate: Fred ate his entire piece of birthday salmon in one swallow.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Celebrating Fred’s 7th birthday. Happy birthday buddy. You are the best!

A fox-red lab is lying on the kitchen floor wearing a “Birthday Boy” pin with blue ribbons on his collar. A fridge and cabinets are behind him.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Here is a single 5 min sub from my latest project, NGC 7331 & Friends images on my 8” SCT. I’ve got 11 hrs of L and am waiting for a couple of moonless clear night to finish capturing RGB and Ha. Hopefully this week, the weather will cooperate. 🔭 #Astrophotography

A star field in the constellation Pegasus. The spiral galaxy NGC 7331 is shown on the left side of the image and a cluster of galaxies called “Stephan’s Quintet” is visible on the left side of the frame.

My 8” SCT and mono imaging gear on a iOptron HEM27 Strain wave mount. It is setup on the south lawn of my yard.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

My band Glowbox is playing 10/25 at Underbones in Somerville, MA. We are promoting our new album, Bland Ambition. If you are in the Boston area, come support local original music.

A poster for 3 bands playing at Underbones in Somerville, MA 10-/5. Carissa Johnson, Glowbox and The Make Three. Bootleg Dan is the promoter.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I’ll be the official guitar tech for the Sound Cove showcase matinee this Sunday. If you’re in the Boston area come support local original music. You can buy advanced tickets here: tickets.24hourmusic.com/eventperform...

A poster for a concert of local bands:

The Sound Cove
SUPER SONIC SHOWCASE MATINEE!
Featuring:
- THE CHELSEA CURVE
- SPEEDFOSSIL
- COLD EXPECTATIONS
- HAPPY LITTLE CLOUDS
- CORIN ASHLEY
- ERIC BARLOW
At THE BURREN in Davis Sq Somerville
SUNDAY OCT 19 2025 2-530PM
Tickets $20 ADV $25 at the door

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Here’s the largest release from Glowbox: glowbox.bandcamp.com/album/bland-...

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Bland Ambition, by Glowbox

10 track album

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

My band Glowbox is playing 10/25 at Underbones in Somerville, MA. We are promoting our new album, Bland Ambition. If you are in the Boston area, come support local original music.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

WT Docket #25-217, Modernizing the Commission’s National Environmental Policy Act Rules will be terrible for the night sky. Please voice your concerns. They are accepting comments until tomorrow here: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings... 🔭 #Astronomy #Astrophotography

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Here is my completed processing of SH2-114, The Flying Dragon Nebula in Cygnus. This is an extremely faint emission nebula I captured from my deck in Central, MA over 5 nights in Aug and Sept... about 24 hrs of data total.(see ALT text for capture details) 🔭 #Astrophotography

A red emisión nebula formed like a flying dragon. Red clouds of dust fill the background around the dragon. Stars dot the image.

Scope: Stellarvue SVX80T
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM-Pro
Antlia 4.5nm SHO filters
- Ha: 157 x 5 min
- SII: 42 x 5 min
- OIII: 42 x 5 min
Antlia RGB filters
- R: 15 x 5 min
- G: 15 x 5 min
- B: 15 x 5 min

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Here is 13 hrs of Ha data from my latest work-in-progress, “The Flying Dragon Nebula” in Cygnus. I did a quick process & removed the stars in PixInsight. Still need to capture RGB and maybe some SII but so far so good. Imaged from my yard with a Stellarvue SVX80 and 0.8 reducer. 🔭 #Astrophotography

A black and white starless shot of galactic gas and dust that resembles a flying dragon against a dark background.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

To celebrate #InternationalDogDay, here’s a picture of my pup, Fred, “helping” me with my Astro imaging tonight.

Close up of a fox-red red lab sleeping on a couch under red lights. His tongue is sticking out of his mouth just a little bit. He is very cute.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Glowbox was rocking hard at the Midway on Saturday night. We’re promoting our new album “Bland Ambition” out in September.

The power pop band, Glowbox, is performing on stage. Three musicians sing into microphones while playing their guitars or bass. The drummer is playing his drum kit behind them. There is a banner behind the band in big semi cursive letters that says “Midway Cafe”

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

My band Glow Box is playing a set this Saturday at the Midway Café in Jamaica Plain. If you are in the Boston area and like great live original music, come check us out. We go on around 9 or 10pm.

A concert poster showing an upcoming gig this Saturday night starting at 8pm at the Midway Café in Jamaica Plain
with:
THE HAYMAKERS
GLOW BOX
TAD OVERBOUGHT & THE LATE ARRIVALS
THE LEGENDARY BREWMASTERS

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

We took Fred and ourselves for a biking adventure on the Cape Cod Rail Trail this weekend. He did great and enjoyed sniffing sniffs from the comfort of the Tail Wagon pet trailer we rented with the bikes.

A fox-red lab laying in a bike trailer for dogs. The front of the enclosure is open.

A fox-red lab enclosed in a Tail Wagon bike trailer viewed from the back. The dog is visible through the back’s mesh screen

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Here is a view near the center of the Milky Way in the southern sky I took with a 135mm camera lens at Stellafane in Springfield VT. It’s a smorgasbord of deep sky objects with M16, M17, M24, M25 & many others. This was about 2.75 hrs of data imaged with no filters. 🔭 #Astrophotography

This closeup near the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, shows many bright and dark nebulae, star clusters and galactic dust clouds.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Making a batch of Roy’s Hawaiian Martinis. You soak the sliced pineapple in booze and simple syrup for 5 days. Delicious.

A large glass vessel sits on a countertop with a bottle of Sky vodka, a bottle of Smirnoff vanilla vodka and a bottle of Malibu coconut rum beside it. The glass vessel is about a quarter full with sliced pineapple flushing in the boozy concoction.

Top down view of slices of pineapple soaking in a boozy concoction.

Roy's Hawaian Martini
Ingredients (Serves 6)
1 ripe pineapple
2 cups Skyy vodka
1 cup Malibu coconut rum
1 cup Stoli Vanil
2 oz. simple syrup or babe sugar
Slice pineapple into one-inch pieces, store in a gallon container. In separate container, thoroughly blend Skyy Vodka, Malibu Coconut Rum, Stoli Vanil and simple syrup. Pour over pineapple slices. Let stand at room temperature for five days to infuse mix with Hawalian flavor. To serve, fill martini shaker with ice and 4 oz. of Hawaiian Martini mix. Shake aggressively. Strain into chilled martini glass, and garnish with fresh pineapple wedge.
Kick back, relax and enjoy. Mahalo.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I usually take my flats after the meridian flip. When do you take flats? 🔭 #Astrophotography

A telescope pointing upwards on a lawn. A white LED light panel covers the scope and illuminates it and the mount. Anotger light illuminates the grass under the scope in red.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Had 2 glorious nights under the stars at Stellafane in Springfield, VT this weekend. #Astronomy 🔭

A night scene at Stellafane’s Breuning observatory. The Milky Way rises from the dome of the observatory like steam. Red light illuminates the inside.

Stellafane’s Pink Clubhouse is a national historic landmark. Fred my fox red lab is laying down in front as visitors take a break from the heat.

Looking North on Breezy Hill at Stellafane in Springfield, VT. The Porter Turret and the Cook Spectrohelioscope are 2 instruments at this location.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Had a great time playing Live Day at WFMO. A great lineup of bands and songwriters and a lot of awesome people. Special thanks to WFMO staff who made it all happen.

A long hallway at college radio station WMFO lined with Shelves of CDs and vinyl records.

3 musicians in a studio getting ready to perform. The sound engineer can be seen through the control room window in the back.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

One of my bands, Glow Box, is playing on the Tufts college radio station, WFMO, today from 2:15-3pm for Live Day. Here’s a link to WFMO’s live broadcast. wmfo.org/non-tls/popo...

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I was hoping to be more prolific during galaxy season but the weather has not cooperated. I did get an LRGB capture of NGC 3817 & NGC 3829 through my 8” SCT at f/10. I need more L data to bring out the tidal halo better but it’s a good start.🔭 #Astrophotography

A star field with a larger galaxy above a smaller one. The larger one has been deformed through the encounter and has a faint halo that hooks around to the right. These galaxies are 52 million ly away in Ursa Major.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

#PorchFest2025 was fantastic and despite the weather, we had a great turnout.

The photo was taken behind the stage
Showing the back of the guitarist and keyboardist seated singing into a microphone playing to an enthusiastic audience on a street. The weather was wet so the musicians are under a pop up canopy.

View from stage right. Bass player (closest to the camera), guitarist and the lead singer/ guitarist are playing on a street under a canopy the weather is cloudy and rainy.

Overhead shot from the second floor balcony of the audience in the street enjoying the band performing under a white canopy. A grey car is trying to pass but there are so many people it can not move.

A drummer is setup on his porch with a Porch Fest banner hanging behind. There are nice plants in front of the porch on freshly mulched ground.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Hoping the rain clears for our Porchfest 2025 appearance in Somerville today at 2pm. For the second year in a row we were picked to be Jack’s Abby Porchfest host and have a box of Jack’s Abby Porchfest swag to distribute.

2 guys posing for the camera amongst guitars, guitar amps and keyboards.

A box and a half drunk mug of beer sit on the bar at Jack’s Abby in Framingham.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Found this grey tree frog sunning itself on our deck railing this morning.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Made my #HandsOff protest sign for tomorrow’s event in Worcester, MA.

A protest sign that says “Hands Off social Security, Public Health, Veterans Services, Public Lands, LGBTQ+ Rights, Consumer Protection, NOAA, Cancer Research and Worker Rights.”

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Behold! My pup, Fred, snoozing by the fire.

A fox-red lab sleeping stretched out in his cozy bagel bed in front of a pellet stove.

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joegeiger @joegeiger.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

“The Witch Head Nebula” is a large reflection nebula about 900ly away in Orion that’s illuminated from the star Rigel (seen right). This was a filterless capture of 15 hrs, but only 10hrs were usable due to a constant stream of dimly lit satellites right across the witch’s jaw. 🔭 #Astrophotography

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