@rbcody.bsky.social
Analytical chemistry and mass spec (DART guy). Homebrewer, musician, IronMan. Views may be influenced by Pangalactic Gargleblasters. Opinions obviously my own.
I wonder if Epstein ever visited Venezuela?
January 4, 2026 at 10:38 PM
I wonder if Epstein ever visited Venezuela?
White light image of today's sun showing sunspots and H-alpha images showing more details and prominences. Caught between clouds.
January 4, 2026 at 5:58 PM
White light image of today's sun showing sunspots and H-alpha images showing more details and prominences. Caught between clouds.
Last night's "Supermoon" aka "Wolf Moon". The moon is at perigee, closer to earth, so it appears about 14% larger than when it is at apogee.🧪
January 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Last night's "Supermoon" aka "Wolf Moon". The moon is at perigee, closer to earth, so it appears about 14% larger than when it is at apogee.🧪
My first lunar image of 2026. 🧪
January 2, 2026 at 2:59 PM
My first lunar image of 2026. 🧪
After a late night, there's nothing like a cup of coffee. Here are annotated GCxGC-MS chromatograms for the aroma compounds in two very different coffees from my local roasters.🧪
January 1, 2026 at 3:42 PM
After a late night, there's nothing like a cup of coffee. Here are annotated GCxGC-MS chromatograms for the aroma compounds in two very different coffees from my local roasters.🧪
Reposted
💥 🍃 🧪 Nature's Best Science Images of 2025
The best science images of 2025, as picked by Nature, include the Sun’s fiery surface, a tattooed tardigrade, and rare red lightning. See more. 🧪
The best science images of 2025 — Nature’s picks
The Sun’s fiery surface, a tattooed tardigrade, rare red lightning and more.
go.nature.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:27 PM
💥 🍃 🧪 Nature's Best Science Images of 2025
Brief gap between clouds gave me my last solar images of 2025. Not great seeing conditions, but still interesting to see the solar activity! 🧪
January 1, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Brief gap between clouds gave me my last solar images of 2025. Not great seeing conditions, but still interesting to see the solar activity! 🧪
May 2026 bring us less Trump.
January 1, 2026 at 4:54 AM
May 2026 bring us less Trump.
A more detailed view of the Christmas Tree Cluster. The blur that looks like a comet is Hubble's Variable Nebula. The image of NGC 2264 includes the Cone Nebula (dark cone), the Christmas Tree Cluster, the Stellar Snowflake Cluster, and the Fox Fur Nebula (white part in the middle). 🧪
December 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A more detailed view of the Christmas Tree Cluster. The blur that looks like a comet is Hubble's Variable Nebula. The image of NGC 2264 includes the Cone Nebula (dark cone), the Christmas Tree Cluster, the Stellar Snowflake Cluster, and the Fox Fur Nebula (white part in the middle). 🧪
Merry Christmas! Here's an image I took of NGC2264, the Christmas Tree Cluster from a year or so ago with the little Seestar S50 telescope. 🧪
December 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Merry Christmas! Here's an image I took of NGC2264, the Christmas Tree Cluster from a year or so ago with the little Seestar S50 telescope. 🧪
Happy Winter #Solstice! Here's today's sun in white light, H-alpha (orange and inverted with pale blue background) and Calcium K wavelengths (blue).🧪
December 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Happy Winter #Solstice! Here's today's sun in white light, H-alpha (orange and inverted with pale blue background) and Calcium K wavelengths (blue).🧪
Another great accomplishment by my friends at the Pacific and Yukon Laboratory for Environmental Testing in North Vancouver! They used the JEOL USA AccuTOF-DART to identify small molecules in ginseng species to combat poaching and the illegal trade in endangered species.🧪https://bit.ly/4pbH2Fl
December 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Another great accomplishment by my friends at the Pacific and Yukon Laboratory for Environmental Testing in North Vancouver! They used the JEOL USA AccuTOF-DART to identify small molecules in ginseng species to combat poaching and the illegal trade in endangered species.🧪https://bit.ly/4pbH2Fl
Two views of the "Ghost of Casseiopeia" nebula (I63). The first is from my Dwarf 3, a small, inexpensive smart telescope. The second is from my full refractor rig, a Redcat 71 WIFD with a cooled camera. Color differences are due to different filters. Size and angle differences are meaningless. 🧪
December 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Two views of the "Ghost of Casseiopeia" nebula (I63). The first is from my Dwarf 3, a small, inexpensive smart telescope. The second is from my full refractor rig, a Redcat 71 WIFD with a cooled camera. Color differences are due to different filters. Size and angle differences are meaningless. 🧪
Two views of the "Ghost of Casseiopeia" nebula (I63). The first is from my Dwarf 3, a small, inexpensive smart telescope. The second is from my full refractor rig, a Redcat 71 WIFD with a cooled camera. Color differences are due to different filters. Size and angle differences are meaningless.
December 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Two views of the "Ghost of Casseiopeia" nebula (I63). The first is from my Dwarf 3, a small, inexpensive smart telescope. The second is from my full refractor rig, a Redcat 71 WIFD with a cooled camera. Color differences are due to different filters. Size and angle differences are meaningless.
Rubio says that Calibri is now banned for official use by the State Dept. No doubt the replacement font will be Tannenberg. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Rubio says that Calibri is now banned for official use by the State Dept. No doubt the replacement font will be Tannenberg. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
It's never been about drugs. It's about the oil and wanting to start a war. www.newsweek.com/us-seizes-oi...
US seizes oil tanker off Venezuela in Trump administration operation
U.S. officials say the Trump administration seized an oil tanker off Venezuela, with the Coast Guard leading the operation
www.newsweek.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
It's never been about drugs. It's about the oil and wanting to start a war. www.newsweek.com/us-seizes-oi...
Brief sunshine today and a low winter sun, but here's today's white-light solar image. Not much different from yesterday, but you can see the rotation of the sunspots. 🧪
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Brief sunshine today and a low winter sun, but here's today's white-light solar image. Not much different from yesterday, but you can see the rotation of the sunspots. 🧪
Limited with what i can do with the larger telescopes while I recover from minor surgery, but the smaller scopes are light, portable, and quick to set up. Here's today's sun as a white-light image with a neutral density filter using the SeeStar S50. 🧪
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Limited with what i can do with the larger telescopes while I recover from minor surgery, but the smaller scopes are light, portable, and quick to set up. Here's today's sun as a white-light image with a neutral density filter using the SeeStar S50. 🧪
Flying Bat Nebula (red) and Squid Nebula (blue). This isn't a very good image because you can't see details on the Squid Nebula, but it's 36 hours of data acquisition and some tricky data processing. I probably won't get more data on this until next year, so this is it for now. 🧪
December 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Flying Bat Nebula (red) and Squid Nebula (blue). This isn't a very good image because you can't see details on the Squid Nebula, but it's 36 hours of data acquisition and some tricky data processing. I probably won't get more data on this until next year, so this is it for now. 🧪
Racist much? apple.news/A4OARpVr8Q3e...
National parks cut free entry for MLK Day, add Trump's birthday — USA TODAY
NPS changed its free admission days in 2026, removing MLK Day and Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday.
apple.news
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Racist much? apple.news/A4OARpVr8Q3e...
The moon is a bane for deep-space astrophotography, but it's somewhat better than clouds. If the moon is up, I might as well take some lunar images. Nov. 28 and Nov. 29 moon.🧪
November 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The moon is a bane for deep-space astrophotography, but it's somewhat better than clouds. If the moon is up, I might as well take some lunar images. Nov. 28 and Nov. 29 moon.🧪
Enhanced some details of the video of this morning's fading solar flare. 🧪
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Enhanced some details of the video of this morning's fading solar flare. 🧪
Solar images to go with the video I posted of the solar flare on Nov. 28, 2025. 🧪
November 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Solar images to go with the video I posted of the solar flare on Nov. 28, 2025. 🧪