Kenneth Carrell
@kennethcarrell.bsky.social
Modern Jedi Knight
Astronomer/Astrophysicist
www.KennethCarrell.com
Astronomer/Astrophysicist
www.KennethCarrell.com
I didn't wake up last night to see the lunar eclipse... 😬
But I thought I'd share my best lunar eclipse picture. Taken at @mcdonaldobs.bsky.social in 2022 with a GoPro while using the HJST, one of the #astrophotography images I'm pretty proud of. 🔭
But I thought I'd share my best lunar eclipse picture. Taken at @mcdonaldobs.bsky.social in 2022 with a GoPro while using the HJST, one of the #astrophotography images I'm pretty proud of. 🔭
March 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I didn't wake up last night to see the lunar eclipse... 😬
But I thought I'd share my best lunar eclipse picture. Taken at @mcdonaldobs.bsky.social in 2022 with a GoPro while using the HJST, one of the #astrophotography images I'm pretty proud of. 🔭
But I thought I'd share my best lunar eclipse picture. Taken at @mcdonaldobs.bsky.social in 2022 with a GoPro while using the HJST, one of the #astrophotography images I'm pretty proud of. 🔭
Not a big fan of windy days, but the Sun looks really nice this evening. The dust gives lots of pretty colors. Kinda #astrophotography I guess?
February 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Not a big fan of windy days, but the Sun looks really nice this evening. The dust gives lots of pretty colors. Kinda #astrophotography I guess?
The space shuttles are my Pokemon - I gotta see them all!
This is 3 of 4 now!
This is 3 of 4 now!
January 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The space shuttles are my Pokemon - I gotta see them all!
This is 3 of 4 now!
This is 3 of 4 now!
When you're at #AAS245 you have to embrace the culture and wear nerdy socks, right?!
Thanks @sciencesocks.bsky.social for helping me represent!
Thanks @sciencesocks.bsky.social for helping me represent!
January 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
When you're at #AAS245 you have to embrace the culture and wear nerdy socks, right?!
Thanks @sciencesocks.bsky.social for helping me represent!
Thanks @sciencesocks.bsky.social for helping me represent!
At #AAS245?
Not here and want to keep up with the goings on?
Here's a starter pack to follow for all things meeting related!
(Thanks @emily.space!)
Not here and want to keep up with the goings on?
Here's a starter pack to follow for all things meeting related!
(Thanks @emily.space!)
January 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
At #AAS245?
Not here and want to keep up with the goings on?
Here's a starter pack to follow for all things meeting related!
(Thanks @emily.space!)
Not here and want to keep up with the goings on?
Here's a starter pack to follow for all things meeting related!
(Thanks @emily.space!)
January 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Added a new member to the family this weekend. The shelter we got him from named him Minx, but being only 3 months old, obviously I had to convince my family to rename him something #stars related, so... Meet Nova!
He's still pretty shy, but I'm sure he'll take over the house in no time 😂
He's still pretty shy, but I'm sure he'll take over the house in no time 😂
December 9, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Added a new member to the family this weekend. The shelter we got him from named him Minx, but being only 3 months old, obviously I had to convince my family to rename him something #stars related, so... Meet Nova!
He's still pretty shy, but I'm sure he'll take over the house in no time 😂
He's still pretty shy, but I'm sure he'll take over the house in no time 😂
Had a campus visit for my oldest child today @utaustin.bsky.social, beautiful day and campus!
And I'm very excited she's thinking @texasscience.bsky.social and maybe @chemistry.bsky.social specifically...
It's not astro (I'll still hoping @mcdonaldobs.bsky.social) but very happy it's STEM! 🔭🧪
And I'm very excited she's thinking @texasscience.bsky.social and maybe @chemistry.bsky.social specifically...
It's not astro (I'll still hoping @mcdonaldobs.bsky.social) but very happy it's STEM! 🔭🧪
December 3, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Had a campus visit for my oldest child today @utaustin.bsky.social, beautiful day and campus!
And I'm very excited she's thinking @texasscience.bsky.social and maybe @chemistry.bsky.social specifically...
It's not astro (I'll still hoping @mcdonaldobs.bsky.social) but very happy it's STEM! 🔭🧪
And I'm very excited she's thinking @texasscience.bsky.social and maybe @chemistry.bsky.social specifically...
It's not astro (I'll still hoping @mcdonaldobs.bsky.social) but very happy it's STEM! 🔭🧪
Modern cell phones are awesome! Think this version is better? Magic Eraser and Sky adjustment for the win!
#astrophotography
#astrophotography
November 28, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Modern cell phones are awesome! Think this version is better? Magic Eraser and Sky adjustment for the win!
#astrophotography
#astrophotography
Very thankful for many blessings today!
And a beautiful Sun halo this evening to top it off...
#astrophotography 🔭
And a beautiful Sun halo this evening to top it off...
#astrophotography 🔭
November 28, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Very thankful for many blessings today!
And a beautiful Sun halo this evening to top it off...
#astrophotography 🔭
And a beautiful Sun halo this evening to top it off...
#astrophotography 🔭
Yeah, I'm a little surprised he's not there as well.
Here's the Key Plate and names...
Here's the Key Plate and names...
November 26, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Yeah, I'm a little surprised he's not there as well.
Here's the Key Plate and names...
Here's the Key Plate and names...
Had our first showing of Season of Light, so it's officially the holiday season!
November 21, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Had our first showing of Season of Light, so it's officially the holiday season!
But maybe most surprising, to me at least, is there was someone in attendance who has been LOST to the sands of time...
All of these incredibly famous and successful astronomers, and there's one guy who remains nameless!
#historyofastronomy 🔭
All of these incredibly famous and successful astronomers, and there's one guy who remains nameless!
#historyofastronomy 🔭
November 17, 2024 at 9:19 PM
But maybe most surprising, to me at least, is there was someone in attendance who has been LOST to the sands of time...
All of these incredibly famous and successful astronomers, and there's one guy who remains nameless!
#historyofastronomy 🔭
All of these incredibly famous and successful astronomers, and there's one guy who remains nameless!
#historyofastronomy 🔭
Someone who definitely WAS supposed to be there: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (center picture).
The only woman in this photo, she completely changed our understanding of #stars.
In the Visitor Center photo, she is looking to her left and her face is partly obscured by the person in front of her. 😔
The only woman in this photo, she completely changed our understanding of #stars.
In the Visitor Center photo, she is looking to her left and her face is partly obscured by the person in front of her. 😔
November 17, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Someone who definitely WAS supposed to be there: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (center picture).
The only woman in this photo, she completely changed our understanding of #stars.
In the Visitor Center photo, she is looking to her left and her face is partly obscured by the person in front of her. 😔
The only woman in this photo, she completely changed our understanding of #stars.
In the Visitor Center photo, she is looking to her left and her face is partly obscured by the person in front of her. 😔
In attendance was Martin Schwarzschild, but he wasn't supposed to be there that day! (Just like Dante Hicks 🤣)
Having only received his PhD in the past few years, he was too junior to be invited to this gathering.
Luckily he was "in the area" and stopped by (a difficult feat in the late 1930s)
Having only received his PhD in the past few years, he was too junior to be invited to this gathering.
Luckily he was "in the area" and stopped by (a difficult feat in the late 1930s)
November 17, 2024 at 8:44 PM
In attendance was Martin Schwarzschild, but he wasn't supposed to be there that day! (Just like Dante Hicks 🤣)
Having only received his PhD in the past few years, he was too junior to be invited to this gathering.
Luckily he was "in the area" and stopped by (a difficult feat in the late 1930s)
Having only received his PhD in the past few years, he was too junior to be invited to this gathering.
Luckily he was "in the area" and stopped by (a difficult feat in the late 1930s)
One of my favorite pictures of all time, a ton of very famous astronomers in 1 place!
I have (intentionally) cropped the image to make it harder, but does anyone know:
1. Where this is?
2. Anyone in the photo?
🔭 #historyofastronomy
I have (intentionally) cropped the image to make it harder, but does anyone know:
1. Where this is?
2. Anyone in the photo?
🔭 #historyofastronomy
November 17, 2024 at 9:34 AM
One of my favorite pictures of all time, a ton of very famous astronomers in 1 place!
I have (intentionally) cropped the image to make it harder, but does anyone know:
1. Where this is?
2. Anyone in the photo?
🔭 #historyofastronomy
I have (intentionally) cropped the image to make it harder, but does anyone know:
1. Where this is?
2. Anyone in the photo?
🔭 #historyofastronomy
And did you know that the Moon is really bright? 🔭
3/3
3/3
November 16, 2024 at 12:09 PM
And did you know that the Moon is really bright? 🔭
3/3
3/3
We have to move the 🔭 really far north for our primary target, a really interesting binary #stars. And it's nerve wracking having the telescope that close to something...
2/3
2/3
November 16, 2024 at 12:08 PM
We have to move the 🔭 really far north for our primary target, a really interesting binary #stars. And it's nerve wracking having the telescope that close to something...
2/3
2/3
After having a former student give current students a tour of the mirror coating lab, we had a pretty good first night of observations! 🔭
1/3
1/3
November 16, 2024 at 12:05 PM
After having a former student give current students a tour of the mirror coating lab, we had a pretty good first night of observations! 🔭
1/3
1/3
Travelled to the observatory and brought along a small telescope for a project on our "get adjusted" night.
Up on the 2.7m tomorrow night...🔭
Up on the 2.7m tomorrow night...🔭
November 15, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Travelled to the observatory and brought along a small telescope for a project on our "get adjusted" night.
Up on the 2.7m tomorrow night...🔭
Up on the 2.7m tomorrow night...🔭
This is pretty much right, yeah? 🔭🎢
May 9, 2024 at 2:03 PM
This is pretty much right, yeah? 🔭🎢
The shelf in my office got an awesome new addition! (Even if they were scraping the bottom of the barrel by selecting me 😂)
It's a pretty good gig getting paid to learn about the universe and tell other people about it...
🔭🎢
It's a pretty good gig getting paid to learn about the universe and tell other people about it...
🔭🎢
May 3, 2024 at 10:41 PM
The shelf in my office got an awesome new addition! (Even if they were scraping the bottom of the barrel by selecting me 😂)
It's a pretty good gig getting paid to learn about the universe and tell other people about it...
🔭🎢
It's a pretty good gig getting paid to learn about the universe and tell other people about it...
🔭🎢
Hahaha, funny guess, but no. Heard a great talk about the birth of and early universe. 🔭🎢
April 23, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Hahaha, funny guess, but no. Heard a great talk about the birth of and early universe. 🔭🎢