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Astronomer and photographer at LCO (@LCO_Global). Helping save world from Space Rocks. DART Team member. BBQs in remaining spare time. Asteroid 33933. (he/his)

Santa Barbara, CA
Joined January 2017
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Congrats to Dr. Jane Rigby and Dr. Ellen Ochoa, who were selected by the @WhiteHouse to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom today! Dr. Rigby and Dr. Ochoa will be honored for their trailblazing achievements in a ceremony this afternoon: go.nasa.gov/3UK97aD
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Tim Lister retweeted
Introducing the Amtrak Emotional Baggage car. Tag a friend who needs a lift—we can handle it.
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Maui student publishes children's book on astronomy: lco.global/news/maui-student…
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My latest cartoon for @newscientist
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1/ The 4MOST instrument, led by @AIP_Potsdam , will be installed at ESO's VISTA telescope, where it will collect spectra 🌈 of millions of objects over several years. And one of its key components is about to start its journey from Europe to Chile! ⛴️ 📷 AIP
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An updated #2024BX1 / #Sar2736 strewn field by the Czech group is available here: asu.cas.cz/~meteor/bolid/202…
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Replying to @DavidBflower
No chance at home, but got this remotely from Texas through @LCO_Global #Comet62P #LeoTriplet
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✨Gaia celebrates its 10 years in space with 10 science topics: cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/10-y…. Celebrate with us!
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Comet 12P is certainly putting on a show! Here are our latest @comet_chasers observations - can you see the ion tail in the colour image? @stmarysbridgend @STFC_Matters @cardiffPHYSX @OU_STEM
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@ztfsurvey passed 1 million survey science exposures during UTC 2023-11-12! The full archive, managed by @caltechipac contains over 1.24 million exposures! Since the beginning of full science operations on 2018-03-17, ZTF has observed 1,583 nights.
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I'm shocked - SHOCKED - that those are not "alien spherules"
Harvard astronomer’s “alien spherules” are industrial pollutants Those "alien spherules" that Avi Loeb collected from the bottom of the ocean? That's not alien technology; it's human-made pollution (coal ash) from industrial activity. bigthink.com/starts-with-a-b…
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NASA's new streaming website NASA+ is launching a new series about JWST, starting with "Other Worlds" - this first episode centers on my extended program: using JWST to explore the Solar System! Enjoy! plus.nasa.gov/video/other-wo…
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Tim Lister retweeted
Fabulous team effort 😎 The morphology is looking interesting - will be fun to watch developments. Mono image - linear stretch False colour image - 20 degree rotational gradient Faulkes Telescope North 2m telescope, gp filter, Oct 6 - 4:59UT #Comet12P #MilleniumFalcon
Replying to @comet_chasers
@comet_chasers, @faulkestel, @LCO_Global and several pro-am astronomers report another large outburst (almost 5 magnitudes so 100x brighter) on Comet 12P: ATel #16270: Large Outburst Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks astronomerstelegram.org/?rea…
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LCO Scientists Share the Secrets of an Important Supernova lco.global/news/lco-scientis…
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