MiKe Prokosch

🔭 Educator, amateur astronomer, astronomy advocate, freelance writer
#ACEAP

[PlaneWave Instruments @PWInstruments]

Great success! ✨

We are celebrating the completed installation at Sam Houston State University Dominey Observatory.

Read more about this awesome observatory: https://t.co/ktjBKVhN1G

#shsuplanetarium #planewave

[Kaley Brauer 💫 @kaleybrauer]

The carbon content of the Bennu sample is 4.7%, the highest carbon abundance ever measured in a sample returned to Earth. “This sample is LOADED with organics!” #NASASocial #OSIRISREx #ToBennuAndBack

[Erin Winick Anthony @erinwinick]

The OSIRIS-REx sample is in these gloveboxes! #NASAsocial

[Erin Winick Anthony @erinwinick]

Loved hearing from the NASA scientists about the initial analysis of these OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. They’re nearly 5% carbon which is a big deal! Bennu was picked because of its suspected carbon content and it came through. #NASAsocial #ToBennuAndBack

[MiKe Prokosch @shsuobservatory]

Highest abundance of carbon examined from an extraterrestrial sample...4.7% #NASASocial #OSIRISRex

[MiKe Prokosch @shsuobservatory]

Sulfide minerals in the #OsirisRex sample, 2mm in size sample #NASASocial
#SHSU

[MiKe Prokosch @shsuobservatory]

Hey #SHSU Actual Apollo 17 sample from a drive tube #NASASocial at the #OSIRISREx 10 year old me is so happy!

[Erin Winick Anthony @erinwinick]

Checking out the NASA glovebox mock-ups that were used for practice on processing the asteroid samples brought back by OSIRIS-REx! #NASASocial #ToBennuAndBack

[MiKe Prokosch @shsuobservatory]

Rehearsal lab for #OSIRISREx #NASASocial #SHSU

[NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory @VRubinObs]

Telescope be nimble, telescope be quick...telescope jump over a candlestick?

Ok, no jumping. But nimble and quick? Definitely.

This real-time video shows how fast our 200+ ton telescope can move, a crucial part of how Rubin will scan the entire Southern sky every few nights.

[MiKe Prokosch @shsuobservatory]

Hey #SHSU Do you have your eclipse glasses?

[KBTX News @KBTXNews]

Five asteroids, including one the size of a house, are expected to fly by Earth this week. https://t.co/gVKX4h3R1x

[Sam Houston State @SamHoustonState]

Game Preserve Fire Update - 09/03/23 9 AM - Walker Co OEM

All evacuated areas have been released to return to their homes. Power is being restored to areas affected. All roads are back open however BE VERY CAUTIOUS in affected area. Look for falling trees over next few weeks.

[Sam Houston State @SamHoustonState]

Game Preserve Fire Update:
The fire grew overnight to estimated 3000 acres with 10% containment. Please do not drive in or around the fire ground. There is currently no danger to SHSU Campus. We are closely monitoring the situation.
https://t.co/gyRykgUpEh

[MiKe Prokosch @shsuobservatory]

Hey #SHSU I was invited to attend the upcoming #NASASocial in October for the Osiris-Rex mission! #ToBennuAndBack

Thank you for you support! Your follows and likes to this page helped immensely. Can't wait to share this awesome science and engineering endeavor with you.
@NASA

[MiKe Prokosch @shsuobservatory]

Got a few more #Lightsoundproject un preparation for Outreach for the #Eclipse2023 and #Eclipse2024. Thank you @abieryla for developing this very worthwhile #STEM project

[MiKe Prokosch @shsuobservatory]

From tonight's #meteor shower #SHSU

[MiKe Prokosch @shsuobservatory]

Interesting shape. Reminds me a little bit of Comet 17/P Holmes from 2007.

[EarthSky @earthskyscience]

Comet 12/P Pons-Brooks comes near the sun every 71 years. Its next sweep past our home star will be in April 2024. It's already putting on a show! ☄️

Read more about Comet Pons-Brooks and see some images: https://t.co/YlzMWi01cK

📸 Eliot Herman.

[MiKe Prokosch @shsuobservatory]

Hey #SHSU
I just submitted an application for a #NASASocial at the #JohnsonSpaceCenter
for the #OSIRISRex sample return mission from asteroid Bennu's surface.

[MiKe Prokosch @shsuobservatory]

Construction coming along at #SHSU Observatory!