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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 19h

It is always time to declare that there’s been enough yard work!

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 21h

Thanks! It shouldn’t hit until late tonight. We certainly need the rain though.

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 21h

It was in my front yard and I was fine with letting it be.

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 22h

Tropical Storm Rachel will bring hazardous conditions to Baja California and the Southwest this weekend, including damaging winds, flash flooding, and life-threatening surf and rip currents. Coastal flooding and erosion are also expected to worsen. hurricanes.gov

National Hurricane Center forecast issued at 11 AM PDT October 10, 2026, showing Tropical Storm Rachel over the Pacific Ocean southwest of Baja California, with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph and moving northeast at 22 mph. Rachel is forecast to approach the northern Baja California coast Sunday morning before weakening to a tropical depression over the southwestern United States by Sunday evening. Tropical storm warnings (blue) and watches (yellow) are in effect for portions of Baja California and Southern California. The white cone shows the probable path of the storm's center, not the full extent of hazardous conditions.

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 21h

I was doing some yard work this morning when I discovered this little guy. I don’t have any idea what kind of snake it is. 🐍

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

And I dropped my ballot at an official drop box because you can’t trust the U.S. Mail anymore.

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It's very much not normal for Southern California but we are under a tropical storm watch.

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Mark Marley @markmarley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Screen door slams, the water clouds wave. Nice writeup about Brittany's @bemiles.bsky.social amazing work on this brown dwarf with JWST data with a screen door analogy from me. news.arizona.edu/news/discove...

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Discovery marks the first detection of variable water clouds outside of our solar system

A Jupiter-sized world just 7.5 light-years away is cloudy, chemically complex, and, it turns out, more like home than anyone expected.

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Emily Carney @emilycarney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Please share far and wide. Read my latest on Substack, “For the Love of God, Please Read the Woman’s Obituary” emilycarneyspace.substack.com/p/for-the-lo...

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For the Love of God, Read the Woman’s Obituary

On Margaret Hamilton, the historic record, and the need to make women smaller.

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Thanks! Yes, it should cool off this weekend and it looks like we will be getting rain too! 🌧️

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Shots of this morning’s waning crescent moon.

A thin crescent moon with earthshine in the sky over a dark tree.

A thin crescent moon low in the sky over a dark horizon.

A thin crescent moon in an orange pastel sky over a pine tree.

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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday morning extended the forecast cone of an ongoing tropical cyclone — Hurricane Rachel — into California. The storm won’t be a hurricane by the time it nears CA this weekend, but it could still present hazards characteristic of a tropical cyclone.

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The National Hurricane Center just drew a forecast path for Rachel into California. Is the threat legit?

Strong winds, large waves and storm surge are possible in Orange and San Diego counties, with heavy rain and flash flooding possible in Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Las Vegas and Phoenix.

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I was at work for 13 hours yesterday and not home until after 10 pm, so naturally I am up before sunrise this morning. Anyway, the first image shows Mars (top), Jupiter (middle), and the star Regulus above the waning crescent moon. 🔭

A wide view of the sky showing Mars at top, and Jupiter in the center. Beneath Jupiter is the star Regulus and below that is this morning’s waning crescent moon.

An iPhone image of the waning crescent moon showing earthshine.

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Simeon Schmauß @stim3on.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Wow, I just discovered this fabulous reprocessing of the Voyager approach movies by Ian Regan. Go give it a watch! #planetsci www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn6t...

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10 Jovian Days: The Voyager 1 Jupiter Rotation Movie

YouTube video by Ian Regan

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Lance Ellisor @ellisor.net · 07/10/2026

this is some real orc shit when you are killing trees to build a wall, trees as old as the country you are building a wall around, trees sacred to the people here far before you — you have seriously lost your soul TW: if you love nature, this clip is deeply disturbing

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sweater weather is unfathomable here as the temperature hit 103 at my place today.

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I used a Unistellar Odyssey smart telescope.

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

For no apparent reason I'm up early this morning, so I took advantage of that to grab quick shots of the Moon and Jupiter. 🔭

The Moon in its waning crescent phase showing some impact craters and vast dark plains.

A telescopic image of Jupiter. It is tan in color with a white stripe at its equator and two brown stripes, known as belts, on either side of the equator.

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The U.S. is messed up right now. I get why you are upset, though if I didn’t actually live here, I wouldn’t try to visit.

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We hit 100 today. Thankfully, the power is still on.

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A weird thing happened today. I was going through old things and found one on my dad’s old ruler/business cards (left) from about 60 years ago. I texted the image to my sister who was cleaning in her home where at the same time she found an even older one just before she got my text!

A plastic ruler that says Friden Complete Line Of Adding, Calculating Machines. Pictured is the 132 Electronic Calculator. There’s contact info for W. C. Kardel.

A plastic ruler that says Marchant Calculators and gives contact information for William C. Kardel.

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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The power is still on but the electric company just called and texted that they might be shutting it off.

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