Big Kid Working
@bigkidworking.bsky.social
Astrophotographer, techno nerd, amateur radio ham, tv producer, happily married anti-fascist cat dad. NO DMs.
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Happy Friday! ALERT Ya'll!
X-Ray Flux exceeded M5
Threshold Reached: 2025 Nov 14 0823 UTC
NOAA Scale: R2 - Moderate
Here's the source of the auroras hitting us lately and the culprit of HF comms blackouts.
#science #astrophotography #hamradio
youtube.com/live/jsBtN8E...
X-Ray Flux exceeded M5
Threshold Reached: 2025 Nov 14 0823 UTC
NOAA Scale: R2 - Moderate
Here's the source of the auroras hitting us lately and the culprit of HF comms blackouts.
#science #astrophotography #hamradio
youtube.com/live/jsBtN8E...
LIVE STREAM Astrophotography Sun via Seestar 11/14/25
YouTube video by Big Kid Working
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November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Happy Friday! ALERT Ya'll!
X-Ray Flux exceeded M5
Threshold Reached: 2025 Nov 14 0823 UTC
NOAA Scale: R2 - Moderate
Here's the source of the auroras hitting us lately and the culprit of HF comms blackouts.
#science #astrophotography #hamradio
youtube.com/live/jsBtN8E...
X-Ray Flux exceeded M5
Threshold Reached: 2025 Nov 14 0823 UTC
NOAA Scale: R2 - Moderate
Here's the source of the auroras hitting us lately and the culprit of HF comms blackouts.
#science #astrophotography #hamradio
youtube.com/live/jsBtN8E...
It's a nice crisp Fall evening on the East Coast in VA
Enjoy these views of Andromeda and later this morning, Orion if the clouds don't roll through
#astrophotography #science #photography #space
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Enjoy these views of Andromeda and later this morning, Orion if the clouds don't roll through
#astrophotography #science #photography #space
www.youtube.com/live/rsGrIK_...
LIVE STREAM Astrophotography Andromeda Orion Seestar 11/12/25
YouTube video by Big Kid Working
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November 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
It's a nice crisp Fall evening on the East Coast in VA
Enjoy these views of Andromeda and later this morning, Orion if the clouds don't roll through
#astrophotography #science #photography #space
www.youtube.com/live/rsGrIK_...
Enjoy these views of Andromeda and later this morning, Orion if the clouds don't roll through
#astrophotography #science #photography #space
www.youtube.com/live/rsGrIK_...
An X-ray event exceeded X1 might cause an HF radio comms blackout today.
#Astrophotography #Science #hamradio #astronomy
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#Astrophotography #Science #hamradio #astronomy
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LIVE STREAM Astrophotography Sun via Seestar S50 11/04/25
YouTube video by Big Kid Working
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November 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
An X-ray event exceeded X1 might cause an HF radio comms blackout today.
#Astrophotography #Science #hamradio #astronomy
youtube.com/live/Q_4YYr2...
#Astrophotography #Science #hamradio #astronomy
youtube.com/live/Q_4YYr2...
Nice to have a Cooper’s Hawk stop by for a visit.
Though he looks perturbed…Adele our cat was in the vicinity.
Though he looks perturbed…Adele our cat was in the vicinity.
September 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Nice to have a Cooper’s Hawk stop by for a visit.
Though he looks perturbed…Adele our cat was in the vicinity.
Though he looks perturbed…Adele our cat was in the vicinity.
The beauty of mother nature from above contrasts with the fury of the weather experienced below.
I started Satdump live output processing for about 6hrs then manually created the animation via Premiere. Next step is to automate the process either via RPi or windows.
#science #weather
I started Satdump live output processing for about 6hrs then manually created the animation via Premiere. Next step is to automate the process either via RPi or windows.
#science #weather
May 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Camelopardalis, the giraffe, reaches for the northern sky and galaxy IC356 and friends, hidden by the Milky Way dust. Photographed early March 2025 at 2000mm with 5 minute exposures from Bortle 8 skies.🧪 Full rez link in the Alt text
#astrophotography #astronomy #sciart
#astrophotography #astronomy #sciart
April 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Camelopardalis, the giraffe, reaches for the northern sky and galaxy IC356 and friends, hidden by the Milky Way dust. Photographed early March 2025 at 2000mm with 5 minute exposures from Bortle 8 skies.🧪 Full rez link in the Alt text
#astrophotography #astronomy #sciart
#astrophotography #astronomy #sciart
Today's star factory is the Cat's Eye Galaxy (M94) appearing in Canes Venatici. The center bulge is a site of intense star forming activity and forms the ring (in blue) surrounding the galaxy’s core. Shot with an SCT at 2000mm 5 min exposures🧪
#astrophotography #astronomy
www.astrobin.com/psgjmc/0/
#astrophotography #astronomy
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March 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today's star factory is the Cat's Eye Galaxy (M94) appearing in Canes Venatici. The center bulge is a site of intense star forming activity and forms the ring (in blue) surrounding the galaxy’s core. Shot with an SCT at 2000mm 5 min exposures🧪
#astrophotography #astronomy
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#astrophotography #astronomy
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Reposted by Big Kid Working
Virginia Governor @GlennYoungkin (R) hearing it from the people
March 24, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Virginia Governor @GlennYoungkin (R) hearing it from the people
Chico And The Man (Main Theme)
YouTube video by José Feliciano - Topic
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March 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Wow - Jose Feliciano on an episode of Kung Fu, with a little jam session at the end over credits
March 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Wow - Jose Feliciano on an episode of Kung Fu, with a little jam session at the end over credits
Space is a canvas of wonderment, painted with stars and endless possibilities.
For your Wednesday wonderment, I present to you galaxy M94 located 16 million light-years away appearing in the constellation Canes Venatici. Photographed over 3 evenings from Norfolk VA🧪
#astronomy #astrophotography
For your Wednesday wonderment, I present to you galaxy M94 located 16 million light-years away appearing in the constellation Canes Venatici. Photographed over 3 evenings from Norfolk VA🧪
#astronomy #astrophotography
March 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Space is a canvas of wonderment, painted with stars and endless possibilities.
For your Wednesday wonderment, I present to you galaxy M94 located 16 million light-years away appearing in the constellation Canes Venatici. Photographed over 3 evenings from Norfolk VA🧪
#astronomy #astrophotography
For your Wednesday wonderment, I present to you galaxy M94 located 16 million light-years away appearing in the constellation Canes Venatici. Photographed over 3 evenings from Norfolk VA🧪
#astronomy #astrophotography
Finding meaning in the vastness of space is like finding a needle in a haystack.
Here's the Needle Galaxy...still looking for meaning :) Photographed with the Seestar telescope from Bortle 8 skies using :10 exposures x ~2000 at ~250mm.🧪
#astronomy #astrophotgraphy #SciArt
Here's the Needle Galaxy...still looking for meaning :) Photographed with the Seestar telescope from Bortle 8 skies using :10 exposures x ~2000 at ~250mm.🧪
#astronomy #astrophotgraphy #SciArt
March 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Finding meaning in the vastness of space is like finding a needle in a haystack.
Here's the Needle Galaxy...still looking for meaning :) Photographed with the Seestar telescope from Bortle 8 skies using :10 exposures x ~2000 at ~250mm.🧪
#astronomy #astrophotgraphy #SciArt
Here's the Needle Galaxy...still looking for meaning :) Photographed with the Seestar telescope from Bortle 8 skies using :10 exposures x ~2000 at ~250mm.🧪
#astronomy #astrophotgraphy #SciArt
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Informative update.
On the fence about the actions - but at least we know relative silence does not equal inaction. 👍
On the fence about the actions - but at least we know relative silence does not equal inaction. 👍
March 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Informative update.
On the fence about the actions - but at least we know relative silence does not equal inaction. 👍
On the fence about the actions - but at least we know relative silence does not equal inaction. 👍
Here we have a flocculent spiral galaxy, a type of spiral galaxy whose arms are patchy and discontinuous-
NGC 2841 appearing in Ursa Major photographed over 2 evenings last week, with an 8" SCT at 2000mm f/10 with 5 minute exposures totaling over 14 hours.
#astrophotography #astronomy
NGC 2841 appearing in Ursa Major photographed over 2 evenings last week, with an 8" SCT at 2000mm f/10 with 5 minute exposures totaling over 14 hours.
#astrophotography #astronomy
February 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Here we have a flocculent spiral galaxy, a type of spiral galaxy whose arms are patchy and discontinuous-
NGC 2841 appearing in Ursa Major photographed over 2 evenings last week, with an 8" SCT at 2000mm f/10 with 5 minute exposures totaling over 14 hours.
#astrophotography #astronomy
NGC 2841 appearing in Ursa Major photographed over 2 evenings last week, with an 8" SCT at 2000mm f/10 with 5 minute exposures totaling over 14 hours.
#astrophotography #astronomy
Today's wonderment - the Valentine Rose Nebula (LBN 598), a dim planetary nebula appearing in Cepheus. Photographed over 14 hours from Norfolk, VA with a vintage Meade 8" SCT🧪 Clear skies everyone!
#astrophotography #astronomy #photography #SciArt
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#astrophotography #astronomy #photography #SciArt
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February 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today's wonderment - the Valentine Rose Nebula (LBN 598), a dim planetary nebula appearing in Cepheus. Photographed over 14 hours from Norfolk, VA with a vintage Meade 8" SCT🧪 Clear skies everyone!
#astrophotography #astronomy #photography #SciArt
www.astrobin.com/xafuh3/?forc...
#astrophotography #astronomy #photography #SciArt
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February 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Snoop Dogg and Tom Brady doing an advert about stopping hate when they supported Trump is peak gaslighting. #SuperBowl
February 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Snoop Dogg and Tom Brady doing an advert about stopping hate when they supported Trump is peak gaslighting. #SuperBowl
A super cool technique to image fluid dynamics got my brain gears spinning.
📷Schlieren Photography
A DIY setup using #reflections of a pinhole light in a parabolic mirror to visualize air turbulence.
Light bends as it passes through rising heat, creating contrast patterns that reveal invisible airflow from a candle.
#blueskyartshow
More details in comment👇
A DIY setup using #reflections of a pinhole light in a parabolic mirror to visualize air turbulence.
Light bends as it passes through rising heat, creating contrast patterns that reveal invisible airflow from a candle.
#blueskyartshow
More details in comment👇
February 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A super cool technique to image fluid dynamics got my brain gears spinning.
Today's star factory is the "Trifid of the North", NGC 1579 appearing in Perseus. Photographed 1/4 to 1/10/25 with 15 minute exposures for more than 21 hours total exposure time from Bortle 8 skies. 🧪
#astrophotography #astronomy #SciArt
www.astrobin.com/967upq/
#astrophotography #astronomy #SciArt
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February 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Today's star factory is the "Trifid of the North", NGC 1579 appearing in Perseus. Photographed 1/4 to 1/10/25 with 15 minute exposures for more than 21 hours total exposure time from Bortle 8 skies. 🧪
#astrophotography #astronomy #SciArt
www.astrobin.com/967upq/
#astrophotography #astronomy #SciArt
www.astrobin.com/967upq/
Trying to get ready for galaxy season; imaging at f/10 2000mm with an SCT is showing my collimation/tilt issues. Might go back to using a reducer for f/6 at 1240mm. For a test, here's the Running Man at full gallop in Orion :)
#astronomy #astrophotography #SciArt
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#astronomy #astrophotography #SciArt
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February 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Trying to get ready for galaxy season; imaging at f/10 2000mm with an SCT is showing my collimation/tilt issues. Might go back to using a reducer for f/6 at 1240mm. For a test, here's the Running Man at full gallop in Orion :)
#astronomy #astrophotography #SciArt
www.astrobin.com/e9e7yj/?nc=c...
#astronomy #astrophotography #SciArt
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A 32% waxing crescent moon, side lit by the Sun makes the details pop!🧪
#astrophotography #astronomy #SciArt
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#astrophotography #astronomy #SciArt
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February 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
A 32% waxing crescent moon, side lit by the Sun makes the details pop!🧪
#astrophotography #astronomy #SciArt
www.youtube.com/live/hBIADwe...
#astrophotography #astronomy #SciArt
www.youtube.com/live/hBIADwe...
Got some more tweaking to do, but pretty jazzed about receiving a NOAA satellite transmission. Now to improve the V dipole antenna and reception, maybe re-purpose the elements of an old TV antenna.
February 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Got some more tweaking to do, but pretty jazzed about receiving a NOAA satellite transmission. Now to improve the V dipole antenna and reception, maybe re-purpose the elements of an old TV antenna.