EricTheCat 🇺🇸

2025 Geminid meteor shower. Meteors from the night of 12/13-12/14. I captured a few. 🙂

@LaNativePatriot I found this one in one of my trees the day before yesterday.

While chillin in our backwoods I saw a Bald Eagle 🦅 I really don’t see em too much around here. Has to be a good omen 🇺🇸

4 years ago today I was surrounded by deer. 3/20/2022

5 years ago today I captured this image of an eagle with the moon.

@orchid5518 Thank you! No, I won't be in Iceland as fun as that would be. Have a great time!

@EricTheSpaceCat What gorgeous captures! See you in Iceland this August?

8 years ago today. Total Solar Eclipse. 8/21/2017 Hard to believe it has been 8 years already. I captured these from Casper, Wyoming.

@kirola_hemant Thank you!

@EricTheSpaceCat Lovely

8 years ago yesterday. 3/17/2018

Found this eagle in one of my trees today.

@Ellieinspace Reminds me of this one I saw. 6/16/2023.

Found this adorable cat outside in my backyard earlier. Should I bring him in for food? 🤪🤣

@kirola_hemant Thank you! It was an unforgettable experience.

@EricTheSpaceCat Beautiful owl

Share your Owl species. Short-eared Owl #IndiAves #NikonIndia

On this day, 3 years ago tonight, I captured this image of M106. A spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici along with many distant companion galaxies. Galaxy season is here. 3/18/2023

On this day, 8 years ago tonight, I incidentally captured asteroids while photographing the Leo Triplet. Asteroid 600 Musa and Asteroid 1675 Simonida

@AnnaSmith_121 Thanks!

@EricTheSpaceCat Cool

13 years ago tonight Comet Pan-STARRS (C/2011 L4) was putting on a nice show. 3/16/2013

@Bob1265192561 @SteveLovesAmmo Indeed. I look forward to them every year.

I’ve genuinely not seen a firefly in at least 10 years. And I live in the Deep South. Used to see them all the time growing up.

@LJoJn146 @SteveLovesAmmo Thank you!

@EricTheSpaceCat @SteveLovesAmmo Magical. TY.

@theauroraguy That's a lovely shot!

@EricTheSpaceCat It was a one nighter on 20230313, for us in the West due to inclement weather it sure was beautiful with the crescent Moon

@theauroraguy @randymilanovic Nice! I vaguely recall chasing a iridium flare with an ISS pass at the same time. Having not seen the image in years I'm not sure what I did with it if I was successful.

@randymilanovic @EricTheSpaceCat I had it down to a science, this is a double Iridium from 17, and 31

From the archives this day March 15, 2017, West of Calgary This image is an Iridium satellite flare, specifically Iridium 61. The Iridium constellation were among the first communication satellites for use with "cell phones". I owned one and it cost me 3400.00 CAD, and when I used it there was a charge of 3.5 - 11.00 per minute depending on where I was. I used the phone when I was commissioning control systems in remote locations, my most expensive call was a little over 500.00, but it sure saved my ass. The satellites had an Iridium solar panels to keep the satellites powered that caused these amazing sat flares, you could find out where and when they flared through the Heavens Above website.

@randymilanovic @theauroraguy Not in the way they used to. The old iridium satellites had large reflective antennas. I believe those have all been decommissioned/de-orbited.

@EricTheSpaceCat @theauroraguy Do they still happen?