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Jacob Gillette
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I need help getting this CRAZY censorship story out!

Last week, admins in Leander ISD emailed teachers telling them to “pause” use of 40 books relating to “DEI” that had previously been curriculum or choice reading activities.

Included on the list? To Kill a Mockingbird. #bookbans #booksky
September 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
So much going on in this picture! A brand new supernova in the galaxy NGC7331, 12 total galaxies between about 40-404 million light years away, and with the inclusion of Stephan’s quintet…even a touch of Christmas. #astrophotography #astronomy #supernova #galaxies #itsawonderfullife
August 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Hmmm 🤔
July 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
About 1700 light years away lies the North America nebula (NGC 7000). My photo is of the Cygnus Wall section, an ~20 light year across area of strong star formation. This is an emission nebula, where light from forming stars ionizes the surrounding gas causing it to glow #astronomy #astrophotography
June 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
@dylanodonnell.bsky.social I thought you might appreciate my outie meme self-burn! Simplest pic I’ve taken in three years and this lunar eclipse shot might be one of my best/favorites.
March 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Total Lunar Eclipse best single shot! Zero edits! Straight from our DSLR. I had the advantage of 1960mm of focal length, but very low atmospheric turbulence sure helped! More to come later, but I’m pretty happy with this single half-second exposure. #astronomy #lunareclipse #astrophotography
March 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?
January 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The amazing thing about a total solar eclipse is how cosmically rare they probably are.The moon and the sun appear in the sky as virtual twins, overlapping perfectly.This results from the sun being both 400x larger and 400x further away from the earth than the moon. #astrophotography #astronomy
January 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Half moon shot from a while back.
Celestron edgeHD 11 for the 🔭
W/ a 2x Barlow and DSLR.
#astronomy #lunar #astrophotography
January 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
January 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Along the lower edge of the constellation Leo, 1/3 the way between its brightest stars Denebola and Regulus, lies Leo’s Triplet. This compact galaxy cluster is ~35 million light years away. It contains galaxies M65, M66, and NGC3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy. #astrophotography, #astronomy
January 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My best Jupiter photo so far, taken Nov 2023. I’m still hopeful I can get a better shot this year before we move too far past opposition, but the clouds have been uncooperative thus far. #Jupiter #astrophotography #Astronomy
December 21, 2024 at 4:35 PM
The mountains where Apollo landed between two seas, and the great scarring of the Southern Highlands. A couple fun moon pictures I took awhile back. #lunar #astronomy #astrophotography #moon
December 20, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Fun improvement over my previous Orion Nebula shot. The last one was a single 1.5 minute shot. This one has a total exposure time of about 15 minutes. Much better detail in the nebulae, including some dark nebula detail, which I’ve never caught before.
#astrophotography #astronomy
December 20, 2024 at 4:57 PM
My photo of The Whirlpool Galaxy M51 and its Dwarf Galaxy companion NGC 5195. Approx. 30 million light years away, the Whirlpool Galaxy is a “Grand Design” Spiral Galaxy, defined by its two curving arms, rich with new star formation. The two galaxies are connected by a tidal bridge of gas and dust.
December 15, 2024 at 2:04 AM