Jaime Garza🫡 @jogarza@qoto.org

There’s so much to be thankful for but I wanna give a special shoutout to the Earth humans that make up the #HubbleSpaceTelescope team (#NASA, #ESA, #STSci @spacetelescope, et al.) for their undying hardwork & diligence.

This beautiful image is a result of such hardwork. One of the most photogenic examples of the many turbulent stellar nurseries the #HST has observed during its 30-year lifetime, this portrait features the giant nebula NGC 2014 & its neighbour NGC 2020. #Astrodon

About 2 hours exposure of the #Andromeda #Galaxy #M31 last night from my driveway.

#Fujifilm X-T4 through Meade 70mm APO. Stacked in Sequator.

#Astrophotography

- “Did you just have candied yams for breakfast?”
- “Why am I being attacked?”

NGC 6744: Extragalactic Close-Up https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221125.html #APOD

This new Hubble image, captured and released to celebrate the telescope's 23rd year in orbit, shows part of the sky in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter). Rising like a giant seahorse from turbulent waves of dust and gas is the Horsehead Nebula, otherwise known as Barnard 33.

The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 422 parsecs or 1,375 light-years from Earth.

#Hubble #Space #nebula

I think this stubby squid (Rossia pacifica) will do nicely as a first post:

A look at the distribution of mammals on Earth

There are lots of humans and cattle. Not too many wild animals.
#science

How can you study the atmosphere and clouds on a planet 7 quadrillion kilometers from Earth? The Webb telescope team prepared this helpful video explainer.

It still amazes me that such things are possible. I'm #thankful for the many clever minds who figured this out & dedicated their lives to expanding human understanding.

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/videos/2018/30/1158-Video #space #astronomy #JWST #NASA

Happy Thanksgiving! Checkers is thankful for being indoors this Thanksgiving. #FelineChairThief @FelineChairThief #HappyThanksgiving #catsofmastodon #Thankful

I'm no Stephen Hawking, but I think what happens is that they cancel each other out.

BABIES OR LITERATURE BUT NOT BOTH: Baby shoes
https://xkcd.com/2702/

30 Doradus (the Tarantula nebula) as seen by #Hubble and #JWST.

30 Dor is a star-forming region about 50 kpc (170,000 light-years) away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. It is home to some of the hottest, most massive stars we know. (1/)

Image is 7.24 arcmin across - about 110 pc or 360 light-years.

Hubble - NASA, ESA, E. Sabbi (STScI): https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2014/02/3283-Image.html

JWST - NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2022/041/01GA76MYFN0FMKNRHGCAGGYCVQ

#Astronomy #Space

Christmas decorations are going up! You’ve got the tree, lights, asbestos… Wait, what?

For decades, asbestos was sold as artificial snow. It could be bought in boxes to be sprinkled onto trees, ornaments, nativity scenes, etc. It was so popular, many older ornaments still have traces of asbestos.

It was also used in film. The most famous scene with asbestos snow is in Wizard of Oz (1939), when snow falls on Dorothy and her friends, waking them up.

#histodons @histodons #christmas

I hear new people noting how chill, tolerant, and pleasant Mastodon is.

Mastodon isn’t chill or tolerant or pleasant. It’s a tool… a foundation on which to create and maintain a culture.

It’s those who’ve been on Mastodon, run servers, and served as admins who did the hard work and created the culture you now enjoy.

Now, it’s your turn. The only way it stays tolerant and chill is by us doing the work to keep it that way.

A good example of, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

The way they’re framing the number of deaths in tonight’s mass shooting is a way of inducing increased tolerance for gun deaths. Please be mindful of this.

This is the website of the brewery owned by Richard Fierro, the veteran hero who tackled the Colorado Springs gunman. It has been suggested that we could buy out all their merchandise and gift certificates to show our appreciation, and I endorse that suggestion.
https://www.atrevidabeerco.com/

Wow I realy like the ‘Fully interactive, Eyes on Asteroids’ app!
https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/asteroids/#/asteroids
PS: shoutout to #NASA, get your but in the #fidiverse ;)

We got the transmission spectra of the atmosphere of a new exoplanet from #JWST! Basically it tells us some of what’s in the atmosphere — and it has a prominent water (H2O) signature #NASA #space #science