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Missouri
Joined June 2009
I am home after 19 harrowing days in hospital where I stopped breathing after surgery and spent 10 days in the ICU. My hair is growing back patchily after chemo made me bald. I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck and can only walk slowly. That was hard but necessary to remove the cancer in my stomach, so I don’t really have a stomach anymore. My weirdest symptom today is “an impending sense of doom” every time I eat. It’s a thing apparently. I hope that goes away before I develop an eating disorder. Anyway I’m so happy to be alive and with my family again! Thanks to everyone for their support and kind words. ❤️
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Did you guys know we’re going to the moon in a few months? Like Artemis II is actually happening, not some theoretical plan with hardware that still needs to be developed. The rocket is built and waiting to take the crew to the moon. First time since 1972. This is a big deal!
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Lbn528 and Lbn532, dark nebulae in the constellation Cepheus. Light:149x600" #Optolong L-Ultimate filter Light:215x300"Optolong L-Pro filter Light:89x300"Optolong L-Qef #filter Total: 50h:10m Dark:30x600‘-30x300’ Flat and Dark-Flat:45x5" for each filter Credit:Federico Boninsegna
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3I/ATLAS! Ben Frederick captured the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS 📸 Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro 🔭 Telescope: Askar 71F 📍 Bortle 4/5 skies Processing: PixInsight + RC Astro plug-ins 57 × 60s exposures @ gain 100, –14 °C #ZWO #ASI533MCPro #Astrophotography #Comet #3IATLAS
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Sh2-115 in SHO It's a visible emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, 7,500 light years from our solar system. Shots taken with #3nm filters with a full moon. 🔭 Askar fra600 reduced f3.9 📷Zwo Asi 2600mm ⚙️Zwo Am5 #Optolong filters 3nm Ha O3 S2 Credit: Gianni Lacroce #SHO
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Thanks for the write up @scopetrader 💪🏼 “AUSTRALIANS URGED TO SIGN PETITION EN7346 ON LIGHT POLLUTION” scopetrader.com/australians-…
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One big question I got about the observatory is if we have ever pointed all the scopes at one spot? The answer is yes! This is the result of one such effort, 1650 hours of exposure in Ursa Major!
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