Tiffany
@tiffzny.bsky.social
observatory keeper (@smubgo.bksy.social)
astro/phys/math educator
dog owner
haligonian
jonas brothers fan
posts + opinions are my own fault
https://tiffzny.space/links
astro/phys/math educator
dog owner
haligonian
jonas brothers fan
posts + opinions are my own fault
https://tiffzny.space/links
Truly awesome! Let's cross our fingers for another break in the clouds tonight, eh? ✨
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Truly awesome! Let's cross our fingers for another break in the clouds tonight, eh? ✨
Wow! The Burke-Gaffney Observatory all-sky camera @smuhalifax.bsky.social captured the brief surge in aurora last night when the sky lit up RED by-eye. The camera is black & white, but we can see the band of aurora start in the north (bottom) and work its way southward, before the clouds took over 🤯
November 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Wow! The Burke-Gaffney Observatory all-sky camera @smuhalifax.bsky.social captured the brief surge in aurora last night when the sky lit up RED by-eye. The camera is black & white, but we can see the band of aurora start in the north (bottom) and work its way southward, before the clouds took over 🤯
My family in IL saw aurora towards the north horizon on their phone cameras in the middle of the city just now (and we're fully clouded over in Halifax...)
If you have clear dark skies tonight.... Check for aurora in the sky!!!!
If you have clear dark skies tonight.... Check for aurora in the sky!!!!
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
My family in IL saw aurora towards the north horizon on their phone cameras in the middle of the city just now (and we're fully clouded over in Halifax...)
If you have clear dark skies tonight.... Check for aurora in the sky!!!!
If you have clear dark skies tonight.... Check for aurora in the sky!!!!
Absolutely! At Saint Mary's University; the Burke-Gaffney Observatory ✨ observatory.smu.ca
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Absolutely! At Saint Mary's University; the Burke-Gaffney Observatory ✨ observatory.smu.ca
ok i've fixed a number of things at the Observatory, i just need some clear skies to test some things out, and, uh, well, ok,
November 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
ok i've fixed a number of things at the Observatory, i just need some clear skies to test some things out, and, uh, well, ok,
After the Cubs were eliminated earlier this month, I became a Blue Jays Bandwagon-er with all the rest of Canada. An incredible post-doc in the astro/phys dept made this Blue Jay costume last night(!!) and its perfect, esp with tonight's Game 6/Halloween combo. Go Jays! Baseball! Sports! 🐦⚾
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
After the Cubs were eliminated earlier this month, I became a Blue Jays Bandwagon-er with all the rest of Canada. An incredible post-doc in the astro/phys dept made this Blue Jay costume last night(!!) and its perfect, esp with tonight's Game 6/Halloween combo. Go Jays! Baseball! Sports! 🐦⚾
The One Where She Remembers That Emojis Look Different On Different Platforms, with @kenzhayd.bsky.social 🦋
October 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The One Where She Remembers That Emojis Look Different On Different Platforms, with @kenzhayd.bsky.social 🦋
Moon's up. Can you see it where you are?
October 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Moon's up. Can you see it where you are?
but also "they want those three dogs that they call their kids" lol
October 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
but also "they want those three dogs that they call their kids" lol
it's a big boat for sure over there
October 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
it's a big boat for sure over there
For those interested, it took me 5 minutes to get down 24 storeys during this fire alarm in SMU's Loyola Residence. 7 steps a time, around and around and around and 😵💫
October 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
For those interested, it took me 5 minutes to get down 24 storeys during this fire alarm in SMU's Loyola Residence. 7 steps a time, around and around and around and 😵💫
Halisky: skies are clear and in about 13 minutes there will be a very bright "star" move slowly across the sky: it's the international space station! Becomes visible at 8:22pm for 5 minutes. See if you can find it! (App is "Spot the Station" from NASA)
September 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Halisky: skies are clear and in about 13 minutes there will be a very bright "star" move slowly across the sky: it's the international space station! Becomes visible at 8:22pm for 5 minutes. See if you can find it! (App is "Spot the Station" from NASA)
I don't ever take photos during Burke-Gaffney Observatory tours (unless the group specifically asks) but here's tonight's moon, before it set, through a telescope eyepiece
September 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I don't ever take photos during Burke-Gaffney Observatory tours (unless the group specifically asks) but here's tonight's moon, before it set, through a telescope eyepiece
commuting when campus is on a peninsula
September 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
commuting when campus is on a peninsula
You know what? Maybe I actually don't want to know what elevators think they're doing.
September 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
You know what? Maybe I actually don't want to know what elevators think they're doing.
Whenever I seem stressed, this dog comes over and pants in my face because when he thinks I am stressed, he is also stressed, and he wants me to be less stressed, but it does not make me less stressed.
September 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Whenever I seem stressed, this dog comes over and pants in my face because when he thinks I am stressed, he is also stressed, and he wants me to be less stressed, but it does not make me less stressed.
The internet is sometimes my place to complain into the void and this complaint is that I am having a bad time ✨
September 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The internet is sometimes my place to complain into the void and this complaint is that I am having a bad time ✨