Don Ficken

Master Naturalist, Dark Sky Advocate, Amateur Astronomer, Library Telescope program, Solar Eclipse

[Don Ficken @don_ficken]

IDA Missouri - 2022 Annual Conference Registration Now Open - https://t.co/VW3TAt57bX

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IDA Missouri - 2021 Annual Report and 2022 Plan - https://t.co/5OBo1rIJXB

[Don Ficken @don_ficken]

IDA Missouri Annual Conference - October 3-4 at MSU in Springfield - https://t.co/YIjYeWX2Vu

[U.S. National Science Foundation @NSF]

You're looking at the first ever image of a black hole. It was captured by the #NSFFunded @ehtelescope project. #ehtblackhole #RealBlackHole https://t.co/6dglvqrvOs

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@SkyMissouri It was nice to see our St. Louis @slaslibrary telescope program was featured on a blog by @IDADarkSky to recognize National Library Week. See the blog article at https://t.co/WR7X4PAwkd. #librarytelescope

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@libraryscope It was nice to see the St. Louis @slaslibrary telescope program featured on a blog by @IDADarkSky to recognize National Library Week. See the blog article at https://t.co/WR7X4PAwkd. #librarytelescope

[Don Ficken @don_ficken]

It was nice to see our St. Louis @slaslibrary telescope program was featured on a blog by @IDADarkSky to recognize National Library Week. See the blog article at https://t.co/WR7X4PAwkd. #librarytelescope

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GPS to the Moon...wow! Do I need an update for my Garmin?

[NASA @NASA]

Four @NASASun spacecraft just broke a world record for navigating w/ a GPS signal farther from Earth than ever before. 🛰️This paves the way for using GPS as far as the Moon and possibly in our planned lunar Gateway orbiting outpost. Get excited: https://t.co/jiP3oAXz09

[Don Ficken @don_ficken]

Pretty awesome photo!

[International Space Station @Space_Station]

The space station was photographed in front of a partially lit gibbous Moon last month from Palo Alto, Calif. with an exposure time of only 1/667 of a second. #apod | https://t.co/c4kXXiXbV5

[DarkSky International @IDADarkSky]

The night sky is becoming 2.2% brighter each year. Lighting ordinances make a big difference when trying to combat this. Thanks to local IDA MA, state lawmakers are considering bills that'd reduce light pollution.@nightskyguy discusses w/@WBUR. #IDSW2019
https://t.co/AytrhjN8YJ

[Dr. John Barentine FRAS @JohnBarentine]

Thanks, @NatGeo and @NatGeoChannel, for featuring @IDADarkSky during #IDSW2019. Don't forget to #LookUp! 🌌

[Don Ficken @don_ficken]

Light pollution is featured on National Geographic's Starstruck page today. Have a look at some of the results of their work with IDA! https://t.co/exyuO7bGDl #lightpollution

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John Strebeck of @stlastro learning how to adjust a mirror of a #librarytelescope for @SLCL library.

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@SLASLibrary just signed a contract with @SLCL for 13 programs related to Summer Reading. That makes 49 #librarytelescope programs this year that @stlastro will be delivering to the patrons of St. Louis County Library.

[Don Ficken @don_ficken]

Looking forward to attending the @AAS_Office eclipse workshop on June 8-9, 2019 @UnionStationSTL in St. Louis.

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@SkyMissouri gave a presentation on light pollution issues to @ASKCFan last weekend. One of the first presentations by the new Missouri Chapter of @IDADarkSky

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@EUMLab Guitar Toolkit rocks! Open it and upgrade to Pro for free now! http://t.co/4rnJjEXudt

[Don Ficken @don_ficken]

Just added a 13 inch telescope to my collection. Cool! Now I just need clear skies.

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Manning a booth today for Astronomy Day at the St Louis Science Center Planetarium in Forest Park. Should be fun.

[Don Ficken @don_ficken]

Off to discuss scheduling St. Louis events related to the International Year of Astronomy: http://astronomy2009.org/