Russell Bateman

@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.

Frank Frazetta

Encounter in 88

@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.

@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.

Does the Raptor engine still use pintle injectors like the Merlin? Seems like it’s good for quick restarts and deep throttling @elonmusk @SpaceX

@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.

@philipbull @elonmusk @varunversion1 @Erdayastronaut @SpaceX So you disagree with me? You wouldn't be willing to pay that price?

@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.

@13ericralph31 @varunversion1 @Erdayastronaut @SpaceX If we need to tweak sat orientation to minimize solar reflection during critical astronomical experiments, that’s easily done. Most orbital objects are close to Earth btw, as shown by this NASA density map. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_deb…

@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.

@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.

@hardwick Night Court is one of my favourite shows. I have seen every episode at least 10 times. Rip Harry Anderson thanks for all the laughs. #50dollarsandtimeserved

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I loved this guy even though I had never met him. Loved his comedy, his appearances on SNL (when they still had stand-ups), and Night Court is one of my all-time favorite sitcoms. I hope he is in some magical afterlife doing card tricks with Mel Tormé. #RIPHarry twitter.com/WLOS_13/status…

Copernicus crater close-up shot March 27, 2018 at 8:17 pm ADT. (203 mm SCT f15/Neximage 5) #moon #closeup #celestron

@TheAstroShake @AstroTanja I have fallen for many a sucker hole 🙄

Petavius region close-up shot February 11, 2016 at 6:42 pm AST (127mm f12/Neximage 5) #moon #celestron #throwbacktuesday #astrophotography

Close-up of Mare Crisium shot February 11, 2016 at 6:38 pm AST (127mm f12/Neximage 5) #moon #celestron #astrophotography #throwback

@detlefvonberg @Todd_Scheve Thank you.

@RussellBateman1 @Todd_Scheve Great photo. Amazing to me that the mare's surface can be so smooth and yet be about 3.9 billion years old.

Mare Humorum "Sea of Moisture" shot February 27, 2018 at 8:40 pm AST (203 mm SCT f10/Neximage 5) #celestron #Astrophotography

Lunar terminator close-up shot February 27, 2018 at 8:05 pm AST (203 mm SCT f10/Neximage 5) #celestron #Astrophotography

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)

Clear skies and good seeing forecast for tonight's Harvest Moon. 😊

Tycho region close-up shot September 29, 2017 at 9:23 pm ADT. (203 mm SCT f10/Neximage 5)

@neiltyson Great public service announcement to anyone who has a Dragon that needs to be pulled from a lake. #themoreyouknow

Saturn shot September 21, 2017 at 7:50 pm ADT. Distance from Earth 1,517,100,000 km. (203mm SCT/Neximage 5)

So much dark blue there will be no sleep tomorrow night. 🔭+📷=😊

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)