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AstroRick
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Husband, father, brother, uncle, grandpa, Air Force Vet, IT guy, astronomer, photographer, clean air and environmental advocate, weather forecaster, patriot, 17th Airborne Division Scion, WWII nut 🇺🇦
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Good evening. Enjoy one of my shots from my website: ift.tt/4lYMuGi #Photography
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You can find your local #Astronomy forecast at The Clear Sky Chart Home Page: ift.tt/gChFQWM
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Good afternoon. This picture and others can be found on my website: ift.tt/KJFpcAy #Photography
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
You can find your local #Astronomy forecast at The Clear Sky Chart Home Page: ift.tt/gChFQWM
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The 125th Christmas Bird Count in Pennsylvania #Photography - ift.tt/R6xVI7t
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The 125th Christmas Bird Count in Montana #Photography
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
See Saturn's Rings at Their Thinnest - #Astronomy - ift.tt/1gjTdUy
See Saturn's Rings at Their Thinnest
Saturn's as edgy as it'll get for the next 13 years. With special visual treats in store, here's what to keep eyes on the planet this month
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November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The Sky Today on Thursday, November 13: The Moon in Leo - #Astronomy - ift.tt/EhIWJ9l
The Sky Today on Thursday, November 13: The Moon in Leo
A waning crescent Moon hangs between Regulus and Denebola in Leo the Lion, with several craters on telescopic display.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Unique shape of star's explosion revealed just a day after detection - #Astronomy - ift.tt/rO5ZtNF
Unique shape of star's explosion revealed just a day after detection
Swift observations with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have revealed the explosive death of a star just as the blast was breaking through the star's surface. For ...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Astronomers Discover New Planetary Nebula in Large Magellanic Cloud - #Astronomy - ift.tt/QvU3TYm
Astronomers Discover New Planetary Nebula in Large Magellanic Cloud | Sci.News
During a spectroscopic study of stars in the massive young globular cluster NGC 1866 in a Milky Way satellite galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud, astronomers discovered a faint planetary nebula.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Astronomers see a massive stellar explosion - #Astronomy - ift.tt/NkL1I0q
Astronomers see a massive stellar explosion
This discovery marks the first confirmed sighting of a coronal mass ejection on another star.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Nov. 12, 2014: The Philae lander touches down on a comet - #Astronomy - ift.tt/kpDOJQm
Nov. 12, 2014: The Philae lander touches down on a comet
Today in the history of astronomy, a lander descends to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, in a space exploration first.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
SpaceX progress on Starship Pad realignment for the future - #Astronomy - ift.tt/paecjUw
November 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Reminder: All of my photography can be found here: ift.tt/KJFpcAy #Photography
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#Stargazing #Forecast for #FranklinCountyPA for Thu 11/13 - Overall Outlook: Fair

Imaging / Viewing: Poor to Excellent, depending on the subject and cloud cover.

Moon phase: Waning Crescent / Illumination: 34% 🌘

#Astronomy #Space #Weather
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
#Aurora Forecast for #WaynesboroPA for Thu 11/13 - KPI: 5 / Outlook: Poor

During the 12-hour, 10-minute viewing hours (5:50pm to 6:00am), cloud cover will be 7% to 20% (10% average) with good darkness from 6:10pm to 5:30am. Viewing Temp: OK

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November 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Rick's #Astrophotography Picture of the Day (from my growing collection of captures)
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Good evening. Enjoy one of my shots from my website: ift.tt/KJFpcAy #Photography
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM