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Chaneil James, MSc.
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Founder of AstroNoir.org
Senior Data Analyst CDP.net
SME NASA SpaceAppsChallenge.org
Words in PhysicsWorld.com magazine

MS Astrophysics, Cosmology, Particle Physics @ web.ub.edu
BS Earth Science (Geophysics) @ ucl.ac.uk

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I just had the most amazing night. We are in Reykjavik, Iceland chasing my dream of seeing the Northern Lights for the 2nd time - first time in Alaska there was too much cloud cover. I was crying, lights were dancing, it was truly magical. 🧪🛰️🚀👩🏻‍🔬🔭
Northern lights near Reykjavik, Iceland. Northern lights near Reykjavik, Iceland. Northern lights near Reykjavik, Iceland. Northern lights near Reykjavik, Iceland.
December 29, 2024 at 6:18 AM
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astrojaz.bsky.social
ORION TONIGHT 🥹🌌
Orion in the night sky along with other stars and some treetops in the left hand corner.
December 30, 2024 at 3:18 AM
chaneil.bsky.social
Here’s your sign to make a quick vision board!

I was feeling reluctant about visioning a new year. So, I set an alarm for midday Saturday (today).

Starting out with scribbling some notes, I then used the collage feature on Pinterest…

In just under 30 mins I’m now mega excited for 2025 🎊
December 28, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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naturehorizon.bsky.social
Comet, Aldebaran and Mars over Stonehenge ✨💫☄️
December 7, 2024 at 11:36 AM
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astrojaz.bsky.social
jwst’s recent images 🌌
A spiral galaxy with a wide, oval-shaped disc. It has a shining spot at the centre from which two curving, pale red spiral arms emerge, wrapping once each around the galaxy. They’re surrounded by a whirl of bright threads and patches of dust, with spots of star formation scattered throughout. The glow of the disc fades smoothly into the background where some patches of dust can be seen, as well as foreground stars. Image of a galaxy on the black background of space. The galaxy is a very oblong, blue disk that extends from left to right at an angle (from about 10 o’clock to 5 o’clock). The galaxy has a small bright core at the center. There is an inner disk that is clearer, with speckles of stars scattered throughout. The outer disk of the galaxy is whiteish-blue, and clumpy, like clouds in the sky. There are different colored dots, distant galaxies, speckled among the black background of space surrounding the galaxy. Two spiral galaxies take the shape of a colorful beaded mask that sits above the nose. The galaxy at left, IC 2163, is smaller, taking up a little over a quarter of the view. The galaxy at right, NGC 2207, takes up half the view, with its spiral arms reaching the edges. IC 2163 has a bright orange core, with two prominent spiral arms that rotate counter clockwise and become straighter towards the ends, the left side extending almost to the edge. Its arms are a mix of pink, white, and blue, with an area that takes the shape of an eyelid appearing whitest. NGC 2207 has a very bright core. Overall, it appears to have larger, thicker spiral arms that spin counter clockwise. This galaxy also contains more and larger blue areas of star formation that poke out like holes from the pink spiral arms. In the middle, the galaxies’ arms appear to overlap. The edges show the black of space, including extremely distant galaxies that look like orange and red smudges, and a few foreground stars. A large spiral galaxy takes up the entirety of the image. The core is mostly bright white, but there are also swirling, detailed structures that resemble water circling a drain. There is small white and pale blue light that emanates from stars and dust at the core’s center, but it is tightly limited to the core. The rings feature colors of deep red and orange and highlight filaments of dust around cavernous black bubbles.
December 8, 2024 at 1:30 AM
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Less than 24 hours in South West England 🍂

📍 Corscombe, Dorset, UK
November 18, 2024 at 8:05 AM
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fpwellman.bsky.social
Pretty sunset tonight.
November 15, 2024 at 1:33 AM
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When there is no jerk seasoning at the supermarket.
Jerk seasoning - but made from scratch, held by my hand in a plastic container to be blended
November 15, 2024 at 9:49 AM
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Northern Lights Lights Over Polmaddy,GlenKens,Galloway Forest, Scotland #Scotland Polmaddy
November 14, 2024 at 9:03 PM
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I had the woods to myself this afternoon.
The sun sets in Peter's Woods with a small stream running through the old world tree growth.
November 13, 2024 at 9:31 PM
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marcuschown.bsky.social
The Sun. Taken at night. Not looking up at sky but down through 8000 miles of the Earth. Not with light but neutrinos
November 14, 2024 at 8:23 AM
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jopabinia.bsky.social
Move over, blue whale. This 300+ year old 34m coral is now the largest animal* known. Hopefully its depth, as described, can keep it going 🦑🧪

*colony of animals
Scientists discover world’s largest coral—so big it can be seen from space
Exclusive photos reveal a sprawling, 300-year-old coral near Solomon Islands, recently discovered by the National Geographic Society’s Pristine Seas expedition team.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 14, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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Good morning, Loves ♥️
Photo be Joe Ganster Yosemite Valley Trees in fall color dulled slightly by fog and mist.
November 13, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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daraobriain.bsky.social
Today I will be mainly recovering from visiting 4 volcanoes in Italy in a week for a science doc. And eating many, many fine Neapolitan pizzas. This is either Stromboli, or my digestive system.
November 14, 2024 at 11:07 AM
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astrojaz.bsky.social
once again thinking about the fact that this is all just OUT THERE and we can only see it through the eyes of telescopes
The background of space is black. Thousands of galaxies appear all across the view. Their shapes and colors vary. Some are various shades of orange, others are white. Most stars appear blue, and are sometimes as large as more distant galaxies that appear next to them. A very bright star is just above and left of center. It has eight bright blue, long diffraction spikes. Between 4 o’clock and 6 o’clock in its spikes are several very bright galaxies. A group of three are in the middle, and two are closer to 4 o’clock. These galaxies are part of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, and they are warping the appearances of galaxies seen around them. Long orange arcs appear at left and right toward the center. A massive cloud of gas and dust is seen in dark, dusty red, with its outer portions a translucent, ethereal gray. Several stars and distant galaxies are scattered throughout the image. A circular-shaped nebula with a complex structure. On the circle’s exterior, particularly on the left side of the image, are curtains of material glowing orange like fire. Interior to this outer shell is a ring of mottled filaments in bright pink, studded with clumps and knots. A greenish loop extends from the upper right of the ring into the central cavity. Translucent wisps of blue, green, and red appear throughout the image. The star cluster Pismis 24 lies within the much larger emission nebula called NGC 6357, located about 8,000 light-years from Earth. The cluster is seen here above a small portion of the nebula. The gas below the stars glows through ionization caused by intense ultraviolet radiation from the massive young stars within the cluster. The strong radiation and stellar winds from from these blazing, blue-white stars also pushes the nebular material outward, creating one of many low-density bubbles within NGC 6357.
November 13, 2024 at 6:45 PM