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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

1/2 hour video of prominences on yesterday's sun. 🧪

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

More H-alpha photos from today. 🧪

H-alpha image of the solar limb with minor prominences.

H-alpha image of the solar limb near AR 4485

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

July 11 sun in different wavelengths: Calcium K, H-alpha, H-alpha inverted, and white light. Each view highlights a different set of solar features.🧪

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Static images of today's sun. 🧪

Inverted Ha-alpha full-disk image of today's sun.

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

A busy sun this morning as the active regions are at the edge of the solar limb! 🧪

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Static solar H-alpha images from today. Not the best conditions for imaging, but time was limited before clouds came in.🧪

H-alpha solar image, not inverted, showing the most active regions on the bottom and prominences on the top and bottom.

Enlarged H-alpha image showing prominences and active regions.

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

July 2 H-alpha solar video. Look at the middle lower left for an on-disk surge. 🧪

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

1-hour July 3 solar video. Look at the middle upper right for a flare at about the 10s mark. 🧪

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

July 4 fireworks on a scale no human can match! Poor seeing conditions and incoming clouds led to a video with artifacts and jitter. Still interesting to see the activity! I'll post better videos from earlier in the week in separate posts. 🧪

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The "Supreme" Court just discovered that there is at least one more Amendment other than the 2nd. www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

A no-bid contract to Trump buddies at taxpayers' expense, defacing a national monument. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Active regions are AR4432 (top) and AR4432 (bottom) have active prominences nearby ("near" on solar terms!) highlighted in the enlarged views.

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Mother's Day sun caught between clouds. 🧪

Full solar disk in Calcium K wavelength. Very active regions on the top and bottom of the image.

False-color H-alpha image of solar prominences.

Monochrome H-alpha image of solar prominences.

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The renamed Department Of War -- acronym "DOW". Coincidence? I think not.

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Just to remind us how BIG the universe is...how many GALAXIES can you find in this image? This region is called Markarian's Chain after Benjamin Markarian who noticed in the 1960's that about 7 of the galaxies seem to move together. There are more than 7 in this photo! 🧪

Wide-field image of M86, M84 and many other galaxies that are located in Markarian's Chain. Taken with a Redcat 71 astrograph.

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Bode's Galaxy M81, the Cigar Galaxy M82 and several neighbors. 🧪

Wide-field view of the M81 group of galaxies

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Prominences on today's sun. Check my account for full disk images that I forgot to flag with the "science" test-tube emoji. 🧪

Prominences on the sun taken in the H-alpha wavelength

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Today's sun and last night's moon

Telescope image of the moon on April 27, 2026

H-alpha image of a very active region (4425) on the sun

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

IC 405, the "Flaming Star Nebula" in Auriga. This is about 1500 light years away. The central star AE Aurigae that lights up the nebula is a variable star. It's also a runaway star. That means it's just passing through the nebula at a relatively high velocity (still a very long time!)🧪

Widefield image of the IC 405 nebula taken with a Redcat 71 astrograph.

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Last night's moon (March 27, 2026) 🧪

$Color image of the waxing moon taken with a Redcat 71 WIFD refractor.$

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Friday's moon and Saturday's sun. 🧪

H-alpha solar image zoomed to show prominences.

H-alpha solar image zoomed and inverted to show solar surface features.

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

So glad I didn’t listen to the Snake of the Union’s “address”

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Today's sun. Only one sunspot, but there's activity that we can see at the H-alpha wavelength, including some nice prominences. 🧪

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

On the left is M38, an open star cluster. Another star cluster NGC 1907 to its right and another nebula NGC1931 at the bottom center. Closeups of the "tadpoles" which are star-forming regions like the famous "pillars of creation".

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

This region in Auriga is a busy part of the sky! The middle with the wavy thread extending below is IC417, the "Spider Nebula" about 10 million years old at 7100 light years from earth. The upper right is IC410, "The Tadpole Nebula", 10,000-12,000 light years away. Click to zoom and see details. 🧪

Widefield image of nebulae and star clusters dominated by red H-alpha light

Widefield image of nebulae and star clusters with narrowband normalization to show details from different wavelengths

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

SUNday! H-alpha images of Feb. 15, 2026 sun. Some nice prominences are visible.🧪

H-alpha full solar disk, color, inverted

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

With the My Pillow Guy running, I’ll be expecting the Bass-O-Matic next.

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

The star Propus (ETA Geminorum) is a variable star in a triple star system. “The Three Body Problem “ anyone?

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Two takes on the Jellyfish Nebula, a supernova remnant in Gemini about 5000 light years away. The supernova that created this may have happened around 30,000 years ago. Estimated at 70 light years in size. Compare that to our solar system, which is 0.5 to 1.5 light years in size. Click to enlarge.🧪

Narrowband image of IC 443, the Jellyfish Nebula. About 8 hours acquisition from my back yard with a Redcat 71 WIFD telescope, Optolong L-Enhance filter, and ASI2600MC camera, Pixinsight.

Color image of IC 443, the Jellyfish Nebula without narrowband normalization. About 8 hours acquisition from my back yard with a Redcat 71 WIFD telescope, Optolong L-Enhance filter, and ASI2600MC camera.

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

Quick image of the moon between data collection for nebulae 🧪

Telescope image of the waning moon on Feb. 4, 2026

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

But... DOJ is doing a great job redacting the names of the rich and powerful!

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Between the moon on one side and clouds on the other, I couldn't get much data on deep space objects last night. If all you have is the moon, you take pictures of the moon. 🧪

Telescope image of the waxing moon Jan. 29, 2026

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I will comment that ICE isn’t the military. The new batch of recruits is a group of vigilante racists created as tRump’s personal Gestapo.

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

No, I'm in North America. The telescope was polar aligned and I flipped the image during processing because the optics invert the image orientation.

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rbcody.bsky.social @rbcody.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

My letter to my NH senators #senatorjeanneshaheen and #senatormaggiehassan. Too long for the character limit and the image is truncated, so the letter is the alt text.