@rnmay.bsky.social
I am an astronomer and a student of history, although not necessarily in that order.
Weapon of choice is my Questar Seven.
Weapon of choice is my Questar Seven.
The aurora seems to be heating up, here now (6:45pm Pacific time) forty miles northeast of Sacramento.
@vincentledvina.bsky.social
@astroroyalscot.bsky.social
@davidbflower.bsky.social
@astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social
@imometeors.bsky.social
@astrosociety.org
#astronomy
@vincentledvina.bsky.social
@astroroyalscot.bsky.social
@davidbflower.bsky.social
@astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social
@imometeors.bsky.social
@astrosociety.org
#astronomy
January 20, 2026 at 3:00 AM
The aurora seems to be heating up, here now (6:45pm Pacific time) forty miles northeast of Sacramento.
@vincentledvina.bsky.social
@astroroyalscot.bsky.social
@davidbflower.bsky.social
@astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social
@imometeors.bsky.social
@astrosociety.org
#astronomy
@vincentledvina.bsky.social
@astroroyalscot.bsky.social
@davidbflower.bsky.social
@astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social
@imometeors.bsky.social
@astrosociety.org
#astronomy
January 19, 2026 at 12:09 AM
January 19, 2026 at 12:07 AM
This woman reminds me of Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar, another Nobel laureate who led her country, was under house arrest, and later faced numerous charges, including corruption, after a military coup overthrew her elected government.
@thebulwark.com
@thewarningses.bsky.social
@cnn.com
@thebulwark.com
@thewarningses.bsky.social
@cnn.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:16 AM
This woman reminds me of Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar, another Nobel laureate who led her country, was under house arrest, and later faced numerous charges, including corruption, after a military coup overthrew her elected government.
@thebulwark.com
@thewarningses.bsky.social
@cnn.com
@thebulwark.com
@thewarningses.bsky.social
@cnn.com
Trump doesn’t realize that she gave him a copy of her medal.
January 16, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Trump doesn’t realize that she gave him a copy of her medal.
I’m as much a fan of provocative headlines as the next guy, but if you think Trump cares what anybody thinks about what happened on January 6, 2021, you haven’t been paying attention.
@theatlantic.com
@theatlantic.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:12 AM
I’m as much a fan of provocative headlines as the next guy, but if you think Trump cares what anybody thinks about what happened on January 6, 2021, you haven’t been paying attention.
@theatlantic.com
@theatlantic.com
I will not forget, and I will not let history be re-written.
@newyorker.com
@hillaryclinton.bsky.social
@adamkinzinger.substack.com
@maddow.bsky.social
@cnn.com
@newyorker.com
@hillaryclinton.bsky.social
@adamkinzinger.substack.com
@maddow.bsky.social
@cnn.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I will not forget, and I will not let history be re-written.
@newyorker.com
@hillaryclinton.bsky.social
@adamkinzinger.substack.com
@maddow.bsky.social
@cnn.com
@newyorker.com
@hillaryclinton.bsky.social
@adamkinzinger.substack.com
@maddow.bsky.social
@cnn.com
Ol’ Blue Eyes had nothin’ on this guy. Frank Sinatra, eat your heart out!
#blueeyes
#cats
#photography
#blueeyes
#cats
#photography
December 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Ol’ Blue Eyes had nothin’ on this guy. Frank Sinatra, eat your heart out!
#blueeyes
#cats
#photography
#blueeyes
#cats
#photography
@kcranews.bsky.social
@skyandtelescope.bsky.social
Here are some shots of last night’s aurora taken from just outside Yosemite NP.
#astronomy
#aurora
@skyandtelescope.bsky.social
Here are some shots of last night’s aurora taken from just outside Yosemite NP.
#astronomy
#aurora
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
@kcranews.bsky.social
@skyandtelescope.bsky.social
Here are some shots of last night’s aurora taken from just outside Yosemite NP.
#astronomy
#aurora
@skyandtelescope.bsky.social
Here are some shots of last night’s aurora taken from just outside Yosemite NP.
#astronomy
#aurora
Have you ever seen a more adorable cat? 😸
Our little man will be 17 years old next year.
#ragdoll
#cats
@cats.bsky.social
Our little man will be 17 years old next year.
#ragdoll
#cats
@cats.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Have you ever seen a more adorable cat? 😸
Our little man will be 17 years old next year.
#ragdoll
#cats
@cats.bsky.social
Our little man will be 17 years old next year.
#ragdoll
#cats
@cats.bsky.social
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September 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Enjoying wonderful Bortle 2 skies (SQM 21.9) up here just outside of Yosemite NP for a few days.
Caught two sporadics in as many snapshots this morning at 5:35am.
Here’s looking at you, Orion…
#astronomy
#meteors
Caught two sporadics in as many snapshots this morning at 5:35am.
Here’s looking at you, Orion…
#astronomy
#meteors
September 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Enjoying wonderful Bortle 2 skies (SQM 21.9) up here just outside of Yosemite NP for a few days.
Caught two sporadics in as many snapshots this morning at 5:35am.
Here’s looking at you, Orion…
#astronomy
#meteors
Caught two sporadics in as many snapshots this morning at 5:35am.
Here’s looking at you, Orion…
#astronomy
#meteors
If you’d like to see Uranus, now’s a great time, as it’s just below the Pleiades in the early morning. Orion is rising in the southeast, with the Moon hidden.
#astrophotography
#astronomy
#uranus
#astrophotography
#astronomy
#uranus
September 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If you’d like to see Uranus, now’s a great time, as it’s just below the Pleiades in the early morning. Orion is rising in the southeast, with the Moon hidden.
#astrophotography
#astronomy
#uranus
#astrophotography
#astronomy
#uranus
Here’s a look at Venus and Jupiter this morning at 5:00am Pacific (Venus is the brighter of the two low in the pic…), and a totally lucky grab of Jupiter captured in daylight haze, taken at 1:00pm.
Jupiter pic taken via iPhone to my Questar 3.5 at 87.5x mag.
#Jupiter
#Venus
#astronomy
Jupiter pic taken via iPhone to my Questar 3.5 at 87.5x mag.
#Jupiter
#Venus
#astronomy
August 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Here’s a look at Venus and Jupiter this morning at 5:00am Pacific (Venus is the brighter of the two low in the pic…), and a totally lucky grab of Jupiter captured in daylight haze, taken at 1:00pm.
Jupiter pic taken via iPhone to my Questar 3.5 at 87.5x mag.
#Jupiter
#Venus
#astronomy
Jupiter pic taken via iPhone to my Questar 3.5 at 87.5x mag.
#Jupiter
#Venus
#astronomy
August 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The winter constellations are coming back!! Here are Venus and Jupiter rising to greet the Pleiades, the Hyades, and my old friend Orion, emerging into light clouds this morning just before 5am Pacific time.
#astronomy
#photography
#astronomy
#photography
August 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The winter constellations are coming back!! Here are Venus and Jupiter rising to greet the Pleiades, the Hyades, and my old friend Orion, emerging into light clouds this morning just before 5am Pacific time.
#astronomy
#photography
#astronomy
#photography
August 7, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Rupes Recta, or The Straight Wall… less than 300 meters high.
iPhone to my Questar Seven at 150x magnification.
#moon
#astronomy
iPhone to my Questar Seven at 150x magnification.
#moon
#astronomy
July 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Rupes Recta, or The Straight Wall… less than 300 meters high.
iPhone to my Questar Seven at 150x magnification.
#moon
#astronomy
iPhone to my Questar Seven at 150x magnification.
#moon
#astronomy
Here are two images of this morning’s rising moon, weighing in at a mere 1% full, and 22 hours from new. Finder view (6x) and full (87.5x) magnification through my Questar 3.5.
#moon
#photography
#moon
#photography
June 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Here are two images of this morning’s rising moon, weighing in at a mere 1% full, and 22 hours from new. Finder view (6x) and full (87.5x) magnification through my Questar 3.5.
#moon
#photography
#moon
#photography
My wife snapped this young red-tailed hawk, who landed in a tree about two feet above my head, as we were on a walk this morning.
#birds
#photography
#birds
#photography
June 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
My wife snapped this young red-tailed hawk, who landed in a tree about two feet above my head, as we were on a walk this morning.
#birds
#photography
#birds
#photography
I underestimated my little 3.5, thinking that the other pictures I posted were from my Questar Seven.
These images of the Straight Wall and the Alpine Valley come from the Seven, and were taken this evening under mediocre skies; interesting to compare images.
#astronomy
#photography
#moon
These images of the Straight Wall and the Alpine Valley come from the Seven, and were taken this evening under mediocre skies; interesting to compare images.
#astronomy
#photography
#moon
June 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I underestimated my little 3.5, thinking that the other pictures I posted were from my Questar Seven.
These images of the Straight Wall and the Alpine Valley come from the Seven, and were taken this evening under mediocre skies; interesting to compare images.
#astronomy
#photography
#moon
These images of the Straight Wall and the Alpine Valley come from the Seven, and were taken this evening under mediocre skies; interesting to compare images.
#astronomy
#photography
#moon
The haze here has been terrible lately, so this image was a pleasant surprise.
Taken last night with iPhone and my Questar 3.5 at about 70x magnification.
#astronomy
#photography
#moon
Taken last night with iPhone and my Questar 3.5 at about 70x magnification.
#astronomy
#photography
#moon
June 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The haze here has been terrible lately, so this image was a pleasant surprise.
Taken last night with iPhone and my Questar 3.5 at about 70x magnification.
#astronomy
#photography
#moon
Taken last night with iPhone and my Questar 3.5 at about 70x magnification.
#astronomy
#photography
#moon
From the Alpine Valley to the Straight Wall. Photo taken with iPhone and my Questar Seven.
This image is from a few years ago; I’ll try to replicate (improve) the image this evening.
#astronomy
#photography
This image is from a few years ago; I’ll try to replicate (improve) the image this evening.
#astronomy
#photography
June 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
From the Alpine Valley to the Straight Wall. Photo taken with iPhone and my Questar Seven.
This image is from a few years ago; I’ll try to replicate (improve) the image this evening.
#astronomy
#photography
This image is from a few years ago; I’ll try to replicate (improve) the image this evening.
#astronomy
#photography