All things astronomy and space - in tiny bits and pieces but mostly with links to more ... :-) Now also x-posting on https://t.co/7Xqj6Ifhea & https://t.co/B6anT5GeoQ.
Nov 21, 2022 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
The view from the #Orion of the far side of the Moon and Earth just before LOS - the crucial burn should have happened by now, and AOS is expected in a few minutes.
The far side of the #Moon, imaged today by the #Orion spacecraft (left) and two days ago by Italy's #ArgoMoon, one of the ten CubeSats launched together with her: esa.int/ESA_Multimedia… and asi.it/2022/11/nuovo-…, respectively. Both views are dominated by the Mare Orientale.
Jan 5, 2020 • 11 tweets • 12 min read
First #AAS235 press conference "Galaxies & Their Black Holes" streaming in 15 minutes at aas.org/press/AAS-pres…, topics at aas.org/meetings/aas23…
The first presentation at the first #AAS235 press conference was about the paper arxiv.org/abs/1909.04670 on "A New Sample of (Wandering) Massive Black Holes in Dwarf Galaxies from High Resolution Radio Observations".
Dec 21, 2019 • 23 tweets • 22 min read
How the annular solar #eclipse trip to #Oman began in the wee hours today: With an accident, a closed track, cancelled trains, a EUR 50 taxi trip to another station, but I'm moving, kind of.
Hey, something good came out of the train trouble this morning: @DB_Bahn offering free coffee!
Feb 22, 2019 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
There will be a #Hayabusa2 post-touchdown press conference at 2:00 UTC today (tonight), streaming at - I reckon it'll be in Japanese only. (And 15 minutes after the #Falcon9 lift-off if that happens on time - space action around the clock ... :-)
Nothing noteworthy noted while @haya2e_jaxa was at "gate 5", so it's returning to its standard parking position in 20 km distance from #Ryugu now - the webcast is over, and it's unlikely we'll learn more before the press conference in 1 1/2 hours.