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James Durbano 🇨🇦
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I'm a Canadian astronomer who is always working hard to promote #astronomy education by encouraging people, especially young people, to spend some time looking up. 🔭

I'm also the owner and operator of a small portable planetarium.
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Happy New Year!! 🥳

…2024 has been a horrible year!

I’m hoping 2025 will be better. Perhaps I’ll post more in the new year.
January 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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The name Camelopardalis comes from an old word that was once used for giraffe because it was once thought that these animals were a cross between a camel and a leopard. 🔭 🧪
It was once thought that giraffes were a cross between a camel and a leopard.
March 31, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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You could use the Solar Snap app, which is free in the App Store, but you do need a solar filter for the iPhone. I’m selling some here…

www.astrodome.ca/galactic-gif...

…but I’m only shipping them to Canadian addresses.
Solar Snap
March 15, 2024 at 10:13 PM
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If you live in Canada, I have 3000 solar eclipse glasses in stock and ready for immediate shipment, but only to Canadian addresses. 🇨🇦

www.astrodome.ca/galactic-gif...
solar eclipse glasses
March 10, 2024 at 5:19 AM
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Hey #Toronto if you need some solar eclipse glasses, I have 3000 of them in stock and ready for immediate shipment, but only to Canadian addresses. 🇨🇦

www.astrodome.ca/galactic-gif...
solar eclipse glasses
March 10, 2024 at 5:13 AM
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If any Canadians are reading this, I have 3000 solar eclipse glasses in stock and ready for immediate shipment, but only to Canadian addresses. 🇨🇦

www.astrodome.ca/galactic-gif...
solar eclipse glasses
March 10, 2024 at 4:24 AM
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If any Canadians are reading this, I have 3000 solar eclipse glasses in stock and ready for immediate shipment, but only to Canadian addresses. 🇨🇦

www.astrodome.ca/galactic-gif...
solar eclipse glasses
March 10, 2024 at 4:16 AM
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The total solar eclipse is now less than a month away. Are you still looking for solar eclipse glasses? I have 3000 of them in stock and ready to ship, but only to Canadian addresses. Here is the link…

www.astrodome.ca/galactic-gif...

#Toronto #Canada 🔭
#Montreal 🧪
solar eclipse glasses
March 10, 2024 at 1:45 AM
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Tonight, the Moon and Jupiter are having a celestial rendezvous in Aries. 😉

Happy Valentine’s Day! 💘

Keep Looking Up!! 🔭
Jupiter and the Moon, in Aries, on Valentine’s Day 2024.
February 15, 2024 at 1:21 AM
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So, getting back to my last post, regarding using a CF-104 StarFighter as a giant gnomen and creating the world’s largest sundial, this is what it would sort of look like. Thanks Google Maps! 🔭
January 26, 2024 at 12:11 AM
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Today, I brought the AstroDome Planetarium to the small town of Innisfail, Alberta, Canada. This town is home to a rather impressive CF-104 StarFighter. I’ve encouraged the citizens of this town to turn it into the world’s biggest sundial. 😆
CF-104 StarFighter on “a stick” in Alberta, Canada.
January 25, 2024 at 11:34 PM
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Today, more than 100 Grade 6 students at Crossing Park School in Calgary, Alberta, Canada looked at the Moon, next to Jupiter, inside my portable planetarium. In just one hour, they will get to see both of them in the evening sky.

Keep Looking Up! 🔭
This screen capture from the SkySafari app shows Jupiter next to the Moon, in the constellation of Aries. This is how these two celestial objects appeared on January 18, 2024. The portable AstroDome Planetarium is set up in the gymnasium of Crossing Park School.
January 18, 2024 at 11:20 PM
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Are you in Toronto and looking for something to do with your kids this week? If so, maybe you would like to watch "Asteroid Hunters" on the big screen at the Ontario Science Centre. This IMAX movie is narrated by Star Wars star Daisy Ridley. It also features a "cameo appearance" by me! 😆

#YYZ
Asteroid Hunters Movie Poster (IMAX)
January 2, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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NASA will be launching the Europa Clipper in October, if all goes according to schedule. You can send your name to Jupiter onboard this spacecraft. 🚀

The deadline to add your name was supposed to be December 31, 2023. However, for some reason, they're still accepting names, but you better hurry!
An official Message in a Bottle Certificate is given to everyone who submits their name to NASA. All submitted names will be sent to Jupiter onboard the Europa Clipper spacecraft.
January 2, 2024 at 8:20 PM