Eileen Nicole Simon
@eileensimon.bsky.social
My 1st computer was the IBM 704. I began my career in the Satellite Tracking Program back in 1960.
Beautiful sight
October 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Beautiful sight
Full moon out my window this morning.
October 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Full moon out my window this morning.
From my window this morning
October 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
From my window this morning
So much more to learn.
Messier 96 (also known as M96 or NGC 3368) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 31 million light-years away.
Credit: ESO/Oleg Maliy
Credit: ESO/Oleg Maliy
September 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
So much more to learn.
Far out
Another night sky wonder my Dwarf captured last week!
Bode's Galaxy with its neighbour, the Cigar Galaxy. M81 & M82 are 12 million light years away and can be seen in the Great Bear constellation (not that they're part of it).
#astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social
Bode's Galaxy with its neighbour, the Cigar Galaxy. M81 & M82 are 12 million light years away and can be seen in the Great Bear constellation (not that they're part of it).
#astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Far out
Are any of us on planet earth important at all?
We’re seeing double: two interacting galaxies imaged by #Hubble and #NASAWebb. Hubble shows obscuring brown dust and blue star-filled regions, while Webb shows glowing cold dust as white material and pink stars still embedded in dust: https://bit.ly/3F72M4a 🔭 🧪
September 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Are any of us on planet earth important at all?
So humbling.
Stunning view of UGC 12591, a massive S0/Sa galaxy about 400 million light-years away in the Pisces–Perseus Supercluster.
Containing several hundred billion solar masses—(~4x that of the Milky Way) it rotates at an astonishing 1.8 million km/h!
(Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA)
Containing several hundred billion solar masses—(~4x that of the Milky Way) it rotates at an astonishing 1.8 million km/h!
(Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA)
September 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
So humbling.
Wish we could understand where we are, & all that’s out there. …
This is very pretty!
Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) captured by my tiny DWARF 3 SS overnight here in mixed clouds in Bortle 8 South London. After last evening's mega storms remarkable to get 2.5 hours of clear sky!
#astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social
Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) captured by my tiny DWARF 3 SS overnight here in mixed clouds in Bortle 8 South London. After last evening's mega storms remarkable to get 2.5 hours of clear sky!
#astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Wish we could understand where we are, & all that’s out there. …
So much more to learn.
🧵
To celebrate its 3rd Anniversary, the JWST released this stunning image of the Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC 6334), a massive star-forming region located about 4,000 ly away in Scorpius.
➡️ esawebb.org/news/weic2513/
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
🔭 🧪 #Science #universe #space
To celebrate its 3rd Anniversary, the JWST released this stunning image of the Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC 6334), a massive star-forming region located about 4,000 ly away in Scorpius.
➡️ esawebb.org/news/weic2513/
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
🔭 🧪 #Science #universe #space
July 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
So much more to learn.
Remembering.
"Questioning is the way of learning,"
Encourage your children to ask questions, not to accept existing answers.
Encourage your children to ask questions, not to accept existing answers.
July 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Remembering.
My last view from the plane heading home to America
View from Malin Head, the most northerly point on the island of Ireland
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#donegal #wildatlanticway #visitdonegal #govisitdonegal #ireland
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#donegal #wildatlanticway #visitdonegal #govisitdonegal #ireland
July 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
My last view from the plane heading home to America
Wow!!! I do want to visit this place.
View from Marble Hill Beach near Dunfanaghy in Donegal.
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#donegal #wildatlanticway #visitdonegal #govisitdonegal #ireland
www.inishview.com/activity/mar...
#donegal #wildatlanticway #visitdonegal #govisitdonegal #ireland
June 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Wow!!! I do want to visit this place.
And how infinitesimally tiny we are, and trapped, in another of the uncountable number of galaxies.
A short moon-filled night, but still able to pursue my fascination with car-crash galaxies: here is NGC 5394/5395. Such spectacular collisions are rare in a galaxy’s life, which is why the examples we can see tend to be quite distant: this pair are 180 million light years away. 🔭🧪
May 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
And how infinitesimally tiny we are, and trapped, in another of the uncountable number of galaxies.
For the first time this spring, birds are flying into the oak tree outside my window!
May 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
For the first time this spring, birds are flying into the oak tree outside my window!
Who counted to 100,000?
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This splendid image from Hubble’s Messier Catalog shows only a portion of Messier 55 (M55 or NGC 6809), a globular cluster containing 100,000 stars.
➡️ science.nasa.gov/mission/hubb...
Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Sarajedini (FAU), and M. Libralato (STScI, ESA, #JWST); Image Processing: G. Kober
🔭 🧪
This splendid image from Hubble’s Messier Catalog shows only a portion of Messier 55 (M55 or NGC 6809), a globular cluster containing 100,000 stars.
➡️ science.nasa.gov/mission/hubb...
Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Sarajedini (FAU), and M. Libralato (STScI, ESA, #JWST); Image Processing: G. Kober
🔭 🧪
May 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Who counted to 100,000?
And how insignificant we, & planet Earth, are …
Exploring a new neighborhood can be exciting. 🏠 🏡
After its commissioning, #NASAWebb looked at one of our neighbors: dwarf galaxy WLM. This portion of the galaxy, which shows many faint stars, demonstrates Webb’s ability to study stellar populations: bit.ly/3XUcn4y 🔭 🧪
After its commissioning, #NASAWebb looked at one of our neighbors: dwarf galaxy WLM. This portion of the galaxy, which shows many faint stars, demonstrates Webb’s ability to study stellar populations: bit.ly/3XUcn4y 🔭 🧪
May 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
And how insignificant we, & planet Earth, are …
Like most of my days
May 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Like most of my days
Ha ha ha!!!
HARVARD WON THIS ROUND!
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon wrote a letter to Harvard. The university responded by marking up the letter for spelling and punctuation mistakes- and then shared it on social media.
👏👏👏👏👏👏😎💥
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon wrote a letter to Harvard. The university responded by marking up the letter for spelling and punctuation mistakes- and then shared it on social media.
👏👏👏👏👏👏😎💥
May 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Ha ha ha!!!
Yes. I understand. Hoping to get through today — out in the sunshine.
As with most things made with sugar, like chocolate cake for example, I believe once you cut or bite into them all the millions of calories fall out and disperse into the air. (Work with me here, Eileen - -this is what gets me through the day!🤣🤣🤣😉)
April 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Yes. I understand. Hoping to get through today — out in the sunshine.
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Good morning, my friend! It’s nat’l #GreatPoetryReadingDay! My #mom read #poetry aloud and gave me one of her fave old collections. I’m so grateful to love poetry because of her. It’s also #globalpayitforwardday. Tell a pal & join us for music-like-poetry on 99.5 WCRB!🥰@crbclassical.bsky.social🎶
April 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Yummy!!!
Good morning, my friend! Had overnight guests #Easter wkend. Sat night I asked the 3 littles what did they think happened to the 1 wonky tater face in the bag? “Had too many Peeps.” 🤣(They’re small fry…🤷♀️ but for the record- there’s no such thing!)😉 🥔 Have a spud-tacular day w/99.5 WCRB! Join us!
April 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Yummy!!!
My favorite music, all day everyday!!!
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April 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
My favorite music, all day everyday!!!
I better not go there
March 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I better not go there