Russell Bateman

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Russell Bateman

@RussellBateman1

Amateur astronomer likes to shoot and share the Moon and planets

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Russell Bateman
Russell Bateman@RussellBateman1·
@elonmusk What are your throughts on Asteroid 2019 OK passing a mere 73,000 km from Earth? We are woefully under protected from these city killer asteroids. Maybe send up a few satellites that will look for these big hunks of death before you make the search for them harder with Starlink.
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Elon Musk@elonmusk·
Encounter in 88
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Russell Bateman@RussellBateman1·
@fcain I don't want to see them but with 12,000 of them up there I'm sure I will see my share of them cutting data out of my images. Let's hope a big rock headed for Earth is not in that data.
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Fraser Cain@fcain·
@RussellBateman1 We've been waiting for decades for ISPs to provide internet and they still haven't. And even when they do, ISPs... grrr. Have you seen the Starlinks yet Russell? I've seen two passes now.
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Everyday Astronaut@Erdayastronaut·
Does the Raptor engine still use pintle injectors like the Merlin? Seems like it’s good for quick restarts and deep throttling @elonmusk @SpaceX
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Russell Bateman@RussellBateman1·
@fcain @philipbull @elonmusk @varunversion1 @Erdayastronaut @SpaceX Nope not at all willing to pay that price there are other ways to provide internet without effecting science or amateur astrophotographers/scientists. The night sky has been up there a lot longer then Musk has been alive and contrary to what "Ego" Musk thinks its not his to ruin.
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Russell Bateman@RussellBateman1·
@elonmusk @13ericralph31 @varunversion1 @Erdayastronaut @SpaceX What about the non critical astronomical science amateur astrophotographers do every night? It's not all about pretty pictures you have amateur scientists all over the world hunting down all kinds of objects from supernova to potentially hazardous near earth asteroids.
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Russell Bateman@RussellBateman1·
@elonmusk @varunversion1 @Erdayastronaut @SpaceX I see 8-10 satellites a hour in a typical observing session without making any effort to look for them. The bulk of astronomical science research is done from the ground using adaptive optics to compensate for atmospheric distortion.
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Elon Musk
Elon Musk@elonmusk·
@varunversion1 @Erdayastronaut @SpaceX There are already 4900 satellites in orbit, which people notice ~0% of the time. Starlink won’t be seen by anyone unless looking very carefully & will have ~0% impact on advancements in astronomy. We need to move telelscopes to orbit anyway. Atmospheric attenuation is terrible.
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Russell Bateman@RussellBateman1·
Full Harvest Moon shot October 6, 2017 at 12:19 AM ADT (15 days old/99.8 % illuminated/Distance from Earth 367,443 km)(203 mm SCT f7/NI 5)
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Russell Bateman@RussellBateman1·
Clear skies and good seeing forecast for tonight's Harvest Moon. 😊
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Russell Bateman@RussellBateman1·
Tycho region close-up shot September 29, 2017 at 9:23 pm ADT. (203 mm SCT f10/Neximage 5)
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Russell Bateman@RussellBateman1·
Saturn shot September 21, 2017 at 7:50 pm ADT. Distance from Earth 1,517,100,000 km. (203mm SCT/Neximage 5)
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Russell Bateman@RussellBateman1·
So much dark blue there will be no sleep tomorrow night. 🔭+📷=😊
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Russell Bateman@RussellBateman1·
Waxing Gibbous Moon shot September 5, 2017 at 12:25 pm ADT (13.6 days old/98.5 % illuminated/distance from Earth 385,711 km)
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