Marty McGuire, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador
@backyardastroguy.bsky.social
🪐 NASA Solar System Ambassador
🔭 Amateur Astronomer
🚀 BackyardAstronomyGuy.com
📍Bethlehem, Pennsylvania USA
🔭 Amateur Astronomer
🚀 BackyardAstronomyGuy.com
📍Bethlehem, Pennsylvania USA
Caught a comet tonight! I stacked 75 images of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), using my Canon 60D/300mm lens. Wish I could do better! I aligned all the images on the comet nucleus, showing some movement relative to stars and a satellite?
October 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Caught a comet tonight! I stacked 75 images of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), using my Canon 60D/300mm lens. Wish I could do better! I aligned all the images on the comet nucleus, showing some movement relative to stars and a satellite?
I captured my first 22-degree solar halo with sun dogs!
📍Nazareth, Pennsylvania
September 30, 2025 at 5:30pm ET
📍Nazareth, Pennsylvania
September 30, 2025 at 5:30pm ET
September 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I captured my first 22-degree solar halo with sun dogs!
📍Nazareth, Pennsylvania
September 30, 2025 at 5:30pm ET
📍Nazareth, Pennsylvania
September 30, 2025 at 5:30pm ET
🔭🪐 Saturn - September 19, 2025
September 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
🔭🪐 Saturn - September 19, 2025
Send your name on NASA’s Artemis II Mission around the Moon, launching in 2026!
nasa.gov/send-your-name-with-artemis/
nasa.gov/send-your-name-with-artemis/
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Send your name on NASA’s Artemis II Mission around the Moon, launching in 2026!
nasa.gov/send-your-name-with-artemis/
nasa.gov/send-your-name-with-artemis/
Sun rising at 7:13am ET, with some sunspots visible! First two images taken with my iPhone 16 Pro in Raw Max @ 25x zoom, exposure -2.0 and brightness slider turned to lowest setting. Last image is current data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (different orientation than my pics)
September 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Sun rising at 7:13am ET, with some sunspots visible! First two images taken with my iPhone 16 Pro in Raw Max @ 25x zoom, exposure -2.0 and brightness slider turned to lowest setting. Last image is current data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (different orientation than my pics)
🛰️🌎 Space & Earth lovers: I highly recommend you download the free Sen app and view a 4K livestream of Earth or prerecorded videos of scenic locations around our planet, all from the Sen camera on the ISS!
📲 iOS: apps.apple.com/jm/app/sen/i...
📲 Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
📲 iOS: apps.apple.com/jm/app/sen/i...
📲 Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
August 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🛰️🌎 Space & Earth lovers: I highly recommend you download the free Sen app and view a 4K livestream of Earth or prerecorded videos of scenic locations around our planet, all from the Sen camera on the ISS!
📲 iOS: apps.apple.com/jm/app/sen/i...
📲 Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
📲 iOS: apps.apple.com/jm/app/sen/i...
📲 Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
🚀👨🚀👨🚀 On this day: July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon during NASA's Apollo 11 mission. The clearest photos of the Apollo 11 & 12 Lunar Descent Stages that were left on the surface from were taken in 2021 by the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO)…
July 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
🚀👨🚀👨🚀 On this day: July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon during NASA's Apollo 11 mission. The clearest photos of the Apollo 11 & 12 Lunar Descent Stages that were left on the surface from were taken in 2021 by the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO)…
Thank you NASA & JPL for my surprise mail this weekend! Being present for the 2024 total solar eclipse at Tupper Lake, NY was the astronomical highlight of my life. Check out my timelapse video of totality!
youtu.be/w3Tjr6xWgcA
youtu.be/w3Tjr6xWgcA
July 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Thank you NASA & JPL for my surprise mail this weekend! Being present for the 2024 total solar eclipse at Tupper Lake, NY was the astronomical highlight of my life. Check out my timelapse video of totality!
youtu.be/w3Tjr6xWgcA
youtu.be/w3Tjr6xWgcA
Nearing the end of book One of the Silo series and thought I found a hidden note on “precious paper” tucked into the spine- IYKYK. I’m really sitting here trying to peel it out carefully to see if it’s a secret message, or just a manufacturing defect. How cool would that be?
January 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Nearing the end of book One of the Silo series and thought I found a hidden note on “precious paper” tucked into the spine- IYKYK. I’m really sitting here trying to peel it out carefully to see if it’s a secret message, or just a manufacturing defect. How cool would that be?
Behind the scenes from last night’s Lunar occultation of Mars 🔭
✅ I used SkySafari Pro to plan the occultation start timing.
✅ Inside & warm I setup my Sky-Watcher USA SkyMax127 and AZ-GTi mount, connected to a 2x Barlow, universal variable adapter with a 20mm 1.25” plossl lens inside, & Canon 60D.
✅ I used SkySafari Pro to plan the occultation start timing.
✅ Inside & warm I setup my Sky-Watcher USA SkyMax127 and AZ-GTi mount, connected to a 2x Barlow, universal variable adapter with a 20mm 1.25” plossl lens inside, & Canon 60D.
January 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Behind the scenes from last night’s Lunar occultation of Mars 🔭
✅ I used SkySafari Pro to plan the occultation start timing.
✅ Inside & warm I setup my Sky-Watcher USA SkyMax127 and AZ-GTi mount, connected to a 2x Barlow, universal variable adapter with a 20mm 1.25” plossl lens inside, & Canon 60D.
✅ I used SkySafari Pro to plan the occultation start timing.
✅ Inside & warm I setup my Sky-Watcher USA SkyMax127 and AZ-GTi mount, connected to a 2x Barlow, universal variable adapter with a 20mm 1.25” plossl lens inside, & Canon 60D.
I captured my best video of Mars during tonight’s lunar occultation! January 13, 2025
Sky-Watcher SkyMax 127 & AZ-GTi mount, Canon 60D. #solarsystemambassador
Sky-Watcher SkyMax 127 & AZ-GTi mount, Canon 60D. #solarsystemambassador
January 14, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I captured my best video of Mars during tonight’s lunar occultation! January 13, 2025
Sky-Watcher SkyMax 127 & AZ-GTi mount, Canon 60D. #solarsystemambassador
Sky-Watcher SkyMax 127 & AZ-GTi mount, Canon 60D. #solarsystemambassador
Sunrise with some light snow last night.
📍Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
📍Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
January 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Sunrise with some light snow last night.
📍Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
📍Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Nice sunrise this morning (January 9, 2025)
January 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Nice sunrise this morning (January 9, 2025)
Santa told me I’m on the Nice list and should get lots of clear skies in 2025 🔭😄🌌🪐
December 11, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Santa told me I’m on the Nice list and should get lots of clear skies in 2025 🔭😄🌌🪐
Lehigh Lafayette! Go Lehigh!
November 23, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Lehigh Lafayette! Go Lehigh!
In April 2021, The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)'s Chandrayaan2 Orbiter captured images of NASA's Apollo 11 & 12 landing sites and Lunar Modules. I decided to learn how to view the raw imagery myself from ISRO: www.backyardastronomyguy.com/apollo-isro
November 15, 2024 at 7:49 PM
In April 2021, The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)'s Chandrayaan2 Orbiter captured images of NASA's Apollo 11 & 12 landing sites and Lunar Modules. I decided to learn how to view the raw imagery myself from ISRO: www.backyardastronomyguy.com/apollo-isro
Timeline cleanse. Pardon the dust spots.
November 14, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Timeline cleanse. Pardon the dust spots.
🌅 Sunrise, Nov. 14, 6:41am ET
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📍Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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📍Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
November 14, 2024 at 12:37 PM
🌅 Sunrise, Nov. 14, 6:41am ET
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📍Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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📍Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Hello world. Just an amateur astronomer in love with the cosmos & a volunteer #NASA #JPL #SolarSystemAmbassador
BackyardAstronomyGuy.com
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November 13, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Hello world. Just an amateur astronomer in love with the cosmos & a volunteer #NASA #JPL #SolarSystemAmbassador
BackyardAstronomyGuy.com
BackyardAstronomyGuy.com