Molly Wakeling

PhD student in Nuclear Engineering. Washington State University alum, B.S. Physics. Astrophotographer, Girl Scout, musician. Creator of AstronoMolly Images!

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Epic thunderstorm while flying back into Albuquerque on Friday night! #lightning

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Straight overhead, with detail! I couldn't believe it!
#Auroraborealis #aurora #NorthernLights

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Summoning the storm...😁
#Auroraborealis #aurora #NorthernLights

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Aurora confirmed over Albuquerque, New Mexico!!

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NGC 2371 is a planetary nebula about 4,400 lightyears away in the constellation Gemini. I'd like to call it that Candy Wrapper! If you look closely, you can see the central star that is in the end stages of its life.
More here: https://t.co/uwfv31he5A
#space #astronomy

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Dear @UPS, 62.3% of US households have two working parents, & 29% are a single person (like me). We cannot sign for packages during the day. Please do residential delivery after 5 PM, or allow FREE alt delivery location (like FedEx does). This is 2023. Most people work. Please.

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@RhoPrimoLeonis Thank you! 😁

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Fighting heavy clouds, managed a few good frames of #Mars re-emerging from behind the #Moon during last night's #occultation! Only single frames, so no Mars detail, but still cool! Captured with my Celestron 9.25" Edge HD & ZWO ASI2600MC Pro.

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@VeloMellow @RokinonLenses @zwoasi Yeah it's fantastic!

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The North America #Nebula! 9h from my backyard, @RokinonLenses 135mm f/2 & @zwoasi 294MC Pro + IDAS NBZ duo narrowband filter. Located in Cygnus ~2,000 ly away, near Deneb. #space #astronomy #astrophotography

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https://t.co/vzRRSvRPxI

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The Veil #Nebula! aka Cygnus Loop, it's a 10k-20k year-old supernova in Cygnus, spanning 110 lightyears. 6.5hrs of 3m images from my Ohio backyard.
Details: https://t.co/WN0IhxWVtI
#space #astronomy #astrophotography @zwoasi

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The Butterfly #Galaxies! 60M lightyears behind Virgo. Yes they are actually colliding! 9.5hrs of images from my Ohio backyard; 8-inch reflector, cooled astro cam, light pollution filter. Details: https://t.co/ayN91HF7nj
#space #astronomy #astrophotography

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@szattwellauthor 😂 😂

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On cometh the night 🌌⭐🌙

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I put together a short video showing just how fast the ISS flies through my telescope!
#space #astronomy #astrophotography #ISS #InternationalSpaceStation

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Caught the ISS as it passed overhead on Tuesday! Always a fun challenge :D
#space #astronomy #astrophotography #ISS #InternationalSpaceStation

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@SoftwareBisque Help! TSX suddenly is making me enter my serial number again, but it's not letting me hit the "next" button. And your website isn't letting me log in. I have to image tonight!!

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@szattwellauthor @BranwenOShea Multiple nights! Over the course of three months in this case. From a telescope on the ground here in my backyard.

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I DID A THING 😍😍
This is ~18 hrs on the core of the Heart Nebula using narrowband filters with the Hubble palette. It lies 7,500 ly away in Cassiopeia, and has captured my heart! Thanks to @Optolong_filter for the test set of filters!
#space #astronomy #astrophotography