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Stephanie Deppe, PhD
@spacescisteph.bsky.social
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Content Strategist at Vera. C. Rubin Observatory and lover of icy asteroids in the outer Solar System. ADHD brain in a neurotypical world. Sci-fi/fantasy nerd.

Probably hiking a mountain somewhere. she/her
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Holyyyyyy....I am a tired exhausted puddle on the floor. What a day for @vrubinobs.bsky.social! This observatory is incredible.

Highly, HIGHLY recommend joyscolling around Rubin's Skyviewer. I quite like this galaxy - which is your favorite? 🔭🧪

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A large face-on galaxy in a cosmic tapestry of glittering galaxy jewels. The galaxy nearly looks like a ring surrounding a bright core. A few bright stars pepper the scene, and the background is filled with the smudges of distant galaxies of various colors against the black of space.
June 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Still not over this sunset from tonight #IthacaNY
A panorama of my townhouse complex parking lot with vivid orange sunset clouds spanning left to right
October 8, 2023 at 1:08 AM
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Hello moon :) 🌖 (and Jupiter) 🔭
The moon sits against an inky black sky as a waning gibbous. Jupiter is just visible as a tiny pinprick to the lower right
October 2, 2023 at 2:27 AM
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Can we just take a moment for this combined image from JWST, Hubble, & Chandra OH MY GOODNESS. 🧪🛰

Each wavelength band is mapped to a set of "visible" colors to create this stunning composite.

JWST (infrared): green, yellow, red, magenta
Hubble (optical): orange, cyan, blue
Chandra (x-ray): purple
Shown face-on from our vantage point on Earth, the galaxy's sparkling arms spiral out from a bright white core. The core appears vibrant and alive, and crackles with lightening-like, pale blue light. Glowing, high-energy stars in purple, white, and orange, dot the lengths of the spiraling arms. Webs of murky dust crisscross the space between the curving silver blue arms, also known as dust lanes.
July 4, 2023 at 4:42 PM
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pls enjoy this inchworm fren I made in Glacier National Park last week 😊

(i promise i'll talk about space too)
a scrunched-up inchworm sits sideways among a bunch of green leaves.
May 31, 2023 at 4:56 AM