Marie Lott
mtlott.bsky.social
Marie Lott
@mtlott.bsky.social
Observing Program Director and Master Observer at the Astronomical League. Dabbler in solar and nighttime astrophotography. Mitochondrial maven, bioinformatics specialist, and curator of MITOMAP at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
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Voyage of the Moons

This is a video I made in 2018 showing moons Europa and Io out in front of Jupiter then Titan with Saturn.

Made with still imagery taken by NASA’s Cassini mission.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/Kevin M. Gill
November 19, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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Newly assigned sunspot region (AR 3901) in the southeast quadrant is currently popping with M-Class solar flares. This includes and M3.7 flare at 12:53 UTC (Nov 18). SolarHam.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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Just off BBC Radio Scotland, talking about 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿ScotRail's decision to sign up to Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet for all their Highland trains. I think I rather upset presenter Kaye Adams with this story of space junk falling from the sky...😬🔭

ℹ️: www.scientificamerican.com/article/spac...
When Space Junk Fell on My Neighbor’s Farm, the Law Had Few Answers for Us
A Saskatchewan farmer’s near miss with potentially lethal debris falling from orbit highlights the skyrocketing risks and murky politics of space junk
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Happy to be on BlueSky, so here's a Purple Sun to start!
This is an image I took of the sun last month with a Seestar S50 telescope. The purple color is from a short wavelength violet filter (Baader K-line) which pulls out a little more surface detail.
November 18, 2024 at 3:15 AM