Live Stream 2024/02/17 - Tandem Seestar S50, Orion, and hidden worlds

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M42

NGC281

Monkeyhead Nebula
Monkeyhead Nebula - Processed
Monkeyhead Nebula - Processed

https://public.nrao.edu/news/astronomers-discover-jupiter-sized-objects/. Orion nebula. New things to discover. https://public.nrao.edu/news/telescopes-show-the-milky-ways-black-hole-is-ready-for-a-kick/

Agent (final)

Great time to look at Orion. Well positioned right after twilight

One of my favorite constellations for various reasons

Beetleguese. Which if you look around on YouTube, apparently it’s gone supernova several times in past few months.

Orion Nebula

Other things like Horsehead

Quick astronomy news

Let me know if you want more of this during my live streams. Not necessarily going to make a habit of this, but some things I find of interest in the world of astronomy

Hidden things right in front of us

Newsletter I get from the NRAO - National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

Speaking of Orion…

Something as well researched as Orion still shows new things.

Active star forming areas.

James Webb Space Telescope and the Very Large Array recently discovered what they’re calling JUMBOs in the Orion Nebula. “Jupiter-mass binary objects”

Kind of a conundrum. Free floating not near stars.

Fun football themed story: central black hole in our galaxy is apparently shaped like a football due to high rotation speed

Speaking of hidden worlds…

Bok globules

NGC 281 Pacman Nebula. Taken with Seestar and run through Siril.

Seestar.

I’m not the only one out there with two

Two Seestars on one mount: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si9KRsBLH2g

Conclusion

I have a couple of more Siril-related videos planned, plus another eclipse video. So stay tuned for that.

Going to have some good clear nights here this week. Debating doing a live observing stream. What do you think? I’m probably going to do a live stream on Tuesday at noon CT / 18:00 UTC. If it works, it might be a little adventure…