FailedProtostar
@failedprotostar.bsky.social
Backyard astronomer and astrophotographer from Ottawa, Canada. More or less agog.
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I’ve been taking photos of the Moon, planets and more with my iPhone + telescope since 2011. 🔭📱Looking forward to connecting here with those who love space! #Astronomy
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Wow. Michael Jaeger posted this amazing fragmentation sequence of Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS on Nov 20. Currently a month and a half past perihelion on October 8th, K1 ATLAS is a +10th magnitude comet now on its path outbound through the constellation Ursa Major. spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload...
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Wow. Michael Jaeger posted this amazing fragmentation sequence of Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS on Nov 20. Currently a month and a half past perihelion on October 8th, K1 ATLAS is a +10th magnitude comet now on its path outbound through the constellation Ursa Major. spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload...
Was looking forward all day to Chris Berman’s fastest minute on #MNF because I knew he’d mention the Grey Cup. He didn’t disappoint! 🇨🇦 🏈
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Was looking forward all day to Chris Berman’s fastest minute on #MNF because I knew he’d mention the Grey Cup. He didn’t disappoint! 🇨🇦 🏈
Scorigami! An NFL game has never ended with this score until today!
Bills 44
Buccaneers 32
🏈 #scorigami
Bills 44
Buccaneers 32
🏈 #scorigami
November 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Scorigami! An NFL game has never ended with this score until today!
Bills 44
Buccaneers 32
🏈 #scorigami
Bills 44
Buccaneers 32
🏈 #scorigami
Aurora as seen from Ottawa, Canada, just before 11pm tonight. 📱✨ #NorthernLights
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Aurora as seen from Ottawa, Canada, just before 11pm tonight. 📱✨ #NorthernLights
The skies have cleared and I can’t believe what I’m seeing outside right now. Pics incoming!
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The skies have cleared and I can’t believe what I’m seeing outside right now. Pics incoming!
I’m clouded out here but if you have clear skies, see if you can spot anything!
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I’m clouded out here but if you have clear skies, see if you can spot anything!
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Today is Remembrance Day (U.S. Veteran’s Day) 2025… here’s a few famous veterans you may not have heard of:
-Actor Chuck Norris (USAF, 1958-1962 U.S. Security Air Police)
-Painter and TV host Bob Ross (USAF, Master Sergeant 1961-1981)
-Astronomer Edwin Hubble (U.S. Army Major, World War I)
-Actor Chuck Norris (USAF, 1958-1962 U.S. Security Air Police)
-Painter and TV host Bob Ross (USAF, Master Sergeant 1961-1981)
-Astronomer Edwin Hubble (U.S. Army Major, World War I)
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Today is Remembrance Day (U.S. Veteran’s Day) 2025… here’s a few famous veterans you may not have heard of:
-Actor Chuck Norris (USAF, 1958-1962 U.S. Security Air Police)
-Painter and TV host Bob Ross (USAF, Master Sergeant 1961-1981)
-Astronomer Edwin Hubble (U.S. Army Major, World War I)
-Actor Chuck Norris (USAF, 1958-1962 U.S. Security Air Police)
-Painter and TV host Bob Ross (USAF, Master Sergeant 1961-1981)
-Astronomer Edwin Hubble (U.S. Army Major, World War I)
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Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
a man with a mustache says there be whales here in a dark room
Alt: Scotty from Star Trek Original Series (played by Jimmy Doohan) says there be whales here in a Klingon vessel's cargo hold.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Adding that to my bio…
More or less agog
Happy "Lights All Askew" Day to all who celebrate! (Headline in the New York Times from Nov. 10, 1919, brings Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity -- along with its alleged incomprehensibility -- to the public.) 🪐🔭🧠📰 #physics #science #histsci #lightsallaskew
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Adding that to my bio…
This one’s from a few years ago but I hadn’t seen it. What a view. #Mars
End of a Martian day on Kodiak Hill - Perseverance, sol 416 - From Thomas Appéré (thomasappere.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2ng3fYN
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This one’s from a few years ago but I hadn’t seen it. What a view. #Mars
And there goes Bo! 🐦 ⚾️ #BlueJays #WorldSeries
November 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
And there goes Bo! 🐦 ⚾️ #BlueJays #WorldSeries
Oh-taking-his-time-i #WorldSeries #Ohtani
November 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Oh-taking-his-time-i #WorldSeries #Ohtani
This is the philosophy I try to live by when it comes to the environment, too. Every molecule of CO2 I prevent from emitting is one less molecule that can contribute to climate change. Everything counts.
Everything that can be saved, should be saved.
Every act of kindness matters. Every goddamn one.
We cannot, alone, fix everything. But we can, together, fix something. Help someone. (If YOU need help, ask.)
It matters. I know things feel impossible. Overwhelming.
Do one thing. Extend one hand.
Every act of kindness matters. Every goddamn one.
We cannot, alone, fix everything. But we can, together, fix something. Help someone. (If YOU need help, ask.)
It matters. I know things feel impossible. Overwhelming.
Do one thing. Extend one hand.
October 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This is the philosophy I try to live by when it comes to the environment, too. Every molecule of CO2 I prevent from emitting is one less molecule that can contribute to climate change. Everything counts.
Sars
Twig
October 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Sars
The leaves have been really nice around Ottawa this season. Close up iPhone photo from a walk this morning. 🍁
October 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The leaves have been really nice around Ottawa this season. Close up iPhone photo from a walk this morning. 🍁
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Skies are clear... here's tonight's image of Comet R2 SWAN taken with a Dwarf3 smartscope. The coma looks a little 'smushed' to my eye.
October 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Skies are clear... here's tonight's image of Comet R2 SWAN taken with a Dwarf3 smartscope. The coma looks a little 'smushed' to my eye.
October 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
This morning’s moon. Taken from Ottawa, Canada with an iPhone 14 Pro Max. 🌖📱
October 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This morning’s moon. Taken from Ottawa, Canada with an iPhone 14 Pro Max. 🌖📱
Good morning, Venus! Taken with an iPhone 14 Pro Max just outside Ottawa, Canada. ✨📱
October 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Good morning, Venus! Taken with an iPhone 14 Pro Max just outside Ottawa, Canada. ✨📱
In the 50s you could literally write a song with lyrics like “ting tang walla walla bing bang” and have it remembered for 100 years.
October 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
In the 50s you could literally write a song with lyrics like “ting tang walla walla bing bang” and have it remembered for 100 years.