David Rankin @Apophis@realscience.social
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Astronomer into Photography, Geology, Paleontology, Storm Chasing, Floods, Art, and more. Sick of the FB model. Decided to try out Mastodon.
Joined May 2020
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When last we left our stellar evolution story we were in the red giant phase. What happens next depends on the star's initial mass.
For stars less than 8 times the mass of the Sun, the next phase is to blow off their outer layers and form a planetary nebula.
@lrankin Ah, the hackberry one was 2015
@lrankin 2009. Crazy how time flies.
@lrankin you're getting damn good at that.
@lrankin Ahh, the May 22nd Great Page Floodout:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=580HhfKenws
@lrankin They are acting like May is a strange month for floods. I've filmed huge floods in May.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOikn19-0mc
@lrankin Yeah, heard about it today. Sad stuff for sure.
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Hi! New to Mastodon. Transitioning to my school psych gig this August. In the meantime, I've been painting a lot to cope with isolation. This was my latest work for a colleague/friend who was devastated when she had to put her cat down due to chronic illness.
Help search archive data for new Trans-Neptunian Objects. Now on Zooniverse!
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/searching-for-trans-neptunian-objects/
@galacticstone that comet is why I'm in the career Im in now. Amazing comet.
@galacticstone It's already at around magnitude 21. Probably not going to be seeing it with a scope.
@galacticstone its faded quite a bit now though as we've passed it and it's on the way out
@galacticstone a 12 inch F4 with a decent ccd would do it.
Discovery story for C/2020 B3 (Rankin) - Major bucket list item here.
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Kids can develop severe complications from COVID-19 in rare cases Respiratory failure has occurred in some infected children and an emerging inflammatory disease may be connected to the coronavirus. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-19-kids-complications-inflammation-rare-cases #science #news #Health&Medicine
@galacticstone the plan is to grow it. Feel free to promote it anywhere you'd like.
@cometman Very cool look at how this used to be done. Fun to watch them talk about some of most significant discoveries ever made.
@galacticstone getting lost in the wilderness is the best therapy
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Really nice clip with the Shoemakers and David Levy at Palomar. They found the famous comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 that smashed into Jupiter with the 18" Schmidt that also appears in the clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8tYrTwGA6Y
@cometman He was flashing it at me on purpose. I'd slowly move at him and he'd flash me then go back to black. Took a few snaps to catch it, yes :)
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Astronomer into Photography, Geology, Paleontology, Storm Chasing, Floods, Art, and more. Sick of the FB model. Decided to try out Mastodon.
Joined May 2020
