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[Zeyn @ZR2009]

Made a video for the #AI and #TimBoucher created song I like so much! #SeeThrough #SoulRise #IO

[Zeyn @ZR2009]

lol https://t.co/jIcfPzcIbS

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Today, my wife & I joined Donald Trump’s hit list. He has directed his Department of Justice to investigate us. They have not found a crime - they are simply trying to find one.

He isn't coming after me because of mean tweets, but because I am considering running for President.

He hates that I consistently call him out. He is simply the most corrupt President in American history.

We have nothing to hide. 

Mr. President, come after me. I am not going anywhere. 

The country is watching.

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

This is a joke, right?

Or did our country just become a joke?

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

Here’s the same object with less exposure. It takes a LOT of exposure time to resolve the faint outer bits.

This part is actually quite bright, and fairly easily captured in single exposures through a telescope.

[Vincent Ledvina @Vincent_Ledvina]

Here are some images of the filament eruption which may impact Earth sometime later tomorrow according to modeling. I'm not incredibly hopeful of much happening, but you never know! There is a G1 watch in effect for tomorrow, June 14.

[Zeyn @ZR2009]

@justdavenow89 Had Every booster 👏

[Zeyn @ZR2009]

@JillSweden1 @jelinaangelll @JerrySeinfeld @jerry Yikes

[Zeyn @ZR2009]

@Serif3289 @BENBALLER 😅

[Zeyn @ZR2009]

Why was #JerrySeinfeld so cruel about Palestinians? I’m not anti Israel but enough with the torture of a whole state and peoples. Isn’t that what Jews endured all their lives until they settled in Palestinians’ land? Why can’t we stop being cruel to each other?

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

I used my 17” telescope in dark Texas skies to capture this: A star much like ours as it dies.

You can see the core of the star left behind in the center of the expanding shell.

Any planets that were around this star have been destroyed.

[Zeyn @ZR2009]

@ImBreckWorsham @NotHoodlum Aliens? lol

[Zeyn @ZR2009]

@johncusack I think he needs to visit Palestine to see its existence.

[Vincent Ledvina @Vincent_Ledvina]

AURORA ALERT: a moderate solar storm could bring the northern lights to the northern U.S. and Canada tonight (Friday, June 12) into early Saturday. NOAA has issued a G2 ("moderate") geomagnetic storm watch for June 13, with G1 watches on either side for June 12 and 14. If it pans out, the aurora may reach from Canada across the northern states and into parts of the central U.S.

(red donut for attention)

What's happening: early on June 11, a long-lasting C6.7 flare from sunspot region AR 4465 launched a full-halo CME (a giant cloud of solar plasma) that is partly aimed at Earth. This one is a glancing blow at best. Most of the cloud is heading off to the side of the Sun-Earth line, and sideswipes like this are the hardest events to forecast; just last week several more promising CMEs delivered duds. NASA's model has it arriving around 3 UT on June 13 (11 PM Eastern, 8 PM Pacific on Friday night), NOAA says about 5 UT, and the HUXt model leans into Saturday morning. All carry at least +/- 7 hours of uncertainty. There's also a low-confidence chance a slower CME from earlier in the week arrives first with a smaller bump in activity.

The good news: a coronal hole is already streaming fast solar wind at Earth and has been kicking up minor G1 storming on its own. Unlike a CME, fast solar wind doesn't miss, so the northern tier could see aurora tonight as soon as it gets dark, before the CME even shows up, and the stream keeps Saturday night in play as a backup.

How strong: NOAA's forecast peaks at G2 (Kp 6) on a scale that runs from G1 to G5. With a glancing blow, how much of the cloud's flank we catch decides everything, so plan around G2 and be ready for less. One thing about storm watches: NOAA issues them so power grids and satellite operators can plan for the worst case. For aurora chasers, a watch means a chance at aurora, not a guarantee.

How to catch it: get away from city lights, find a clear view to the north, and look during the darkest hours, roughly 11 PM to 3 AM local (June nights are short). Watch for substorms, when the sky can go from dark to full of color in a few minutes. The moon is a thin crescent that rises just before dawn, so darkness won't be the problem; clouds and the CME actually showing up are.

I am posting the donut of doom map for attention purposes only, but it shows VERY roughly how far south the aurora might be visible tonight.

I sent the full breakdown to my email subscribers this morning, free of charge. Sign up for future alerts here: https://t.co/DEC4EVKdrw

A few more free resources to help you chase:

Live aurora webcams (100+): https://t.co/6p6lf2217i

What is a substorm? https://t.co/4zGp9vcHYG

Resources you may look at but are actually NOT helpful for chasing in real-time: https://t.co/dXajNLSH25

[Zeyn @ZR2009]

@TadhgHickey 😞

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

Long post, but this one is important to me so I hope you stick it out!

In January I reached out to Artemis II Commander @astro_reid with a simple ask- was he open to capturing the moon like I do for my colorful moon photos during the flyby?

He humbly agreed, and we worked out a plan to incorporate into the photos captured as the crew approached the moon. The premise was simple- just capture enough photos in a burst to allow for image stacking to improve image fidelity, potentially to reveal color no human has ever captured.

What he brought back was nothing short of magnificent. When I initially stacked the raw photos, it exceeded my expectations by far. The color came right out of the seemingly gray images, and showed details I've never seen before. It's possible nobody has. The lack of atmosphere meant a lot of color normally absorbed and scattered was present, so even the "near side" features looked exotic and unfamiliar.

This view of the moon from an alien perspective made the usually-familiar lunar surface fresh and exciting, and the color we were able to resolve gave us valuable insight to the complex geological history of it's battered surface.

Then, I faced a bit of a moral dilemma.

I wanted people to be able to own these images in print- but I wouldn't feel right to profit off of them. As an active NASA astronaut, Reid certainly can't. He took these photos as part of a taxpayer-funded mission. If I couldn't split profits with him I didn't see a way to do this ethically, so I decided to release the images initially with no print offering, despite many requests! 

Then, it clicked. After doing some research- I decided that I should do a print sale where the profits go 100% to charity. That way I can make prints available, do some good in the world, and it doesn't feel like an ethical conflict.

​I'm pleased to share my first EVER entirely-for-charity print release.
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At the end of this sale all proceeds with be donated to UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. It feels fitting. I will follow up in a future post with a receipt from the donation, so you know how much we were able to donate. When I released this to my email subscribers only, we were already able to raise around $15k. Amazing!

The limited edition fine art print is now publicly available, you can grab one of them at the link in my bio (also linked further in the thread) for a short time.

Thank you for helping me do something good with my platform. Seriously... it feels amazing.

[Zeyn @ZR2009]

The luck of #11 ! #CardiacCuse’s #TylerEnnis and Kincks’ #JalenBrunson did the #buzzerbeaters so well! #Cuse #Syracuse #Basketball #NBA #MarchMadness

[The Uri @uricohenisrael]

@OGPopiLopi

[Zeyn @ZR2009]

@adamemedia1 😞😮

[Zeyn @ZR2009]

@johncusack 😮😞