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Steve Crawford @astrocrawford.bsky.social · 6d

A nice display at the Pratt Library today in honor of Jane Goodall

#Pratt #Baltimore

A collection of library books about Jane Goodall

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Steve Crawford @astrocrawford.bsky.social · 7d

For National Black Dog Day, Tycho did his best alligator impression.

Black dog lying in the middle of a river. His tail is curved up. There are rocks in the foreground and trees in the background. The furthest back trees are illuminated by sun light that also glints off the river.

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Steve Crawford @astrocrawford.bsky.social · 7d

Ah answered!

bsky.app/profile/sara...

Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 7d

This is called the pistachio tide and can confirm the rotten egg smell is very strong right now! aqua.org/stories/2023... #baltimore

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Steve Crawford @astrocrawford.bsky.social · 7d

Is this color good for the harbor? I’m not sure I’ve seen it so clear or this green.

#Baltimore #water #turtle

Baltimore harbor near Fells Point. The water is a greenish tint to it but also mostly transparent. There is a turtle swimming in the foreground, empty docks to the right, and a number of sail boats and speed boats to the left. Brick row houses can be seen behind them with the ports further in the distance.

A medium sized turtle swimming in the water. The water is transparent with green tint so that the turtle is fully visible. It is sticking up its head while paddling with its feet.

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Steve Crawford @astrocrawford.bsky.social · Feb 4

The Maryland Transit Authority is recognizing Rosa Parks birthday today and not collecting tickets!

#Baltimore #Maryland

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IRSA IPAC @irsaipac.bsky.social · Jan 23

This press release:
www.nasa.gov/universe/new...
is about the Open Universe simulation dataset we at IRSA are helping to release and make available via the cloud.
Here is a Python Notebook exploring this data set:
caltech-ipac.github.io/irsa-tutoria...

New Simulated Universe Previews Panoramas From NASA’s Roman Telescope - NASA

Astronomers have released a set of more than a million simulated images showcasing the cosmos as NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will see

www.nasa.gov

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Qiusheng Wu @giswqs.bsky.social · Jan 22

📢 I'm teaching a Geographic Software Design course this semester at the University of Tennessee! 🎉 All course materials will be freely available online, with new video lectures dropping three times a week.

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Steve Crawford @astrocrawford.bsky.social · Jan 22

It is 21 F and I just saw two people biking down Boston St in Baltimore!

My bigger concern wasn’t the weather (as people bike in all weather), it was that it is dark out and Boston St is a very busy street (they both had lights).

#Baltimore

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · Jan 21

Here’s a handsome dog enjoying the snow for your timeline.

Black dog in a blue coat stepping onto a frozen stream in the woods. The trees are bare of leaves and there’s snow on the ground.

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Steve Crawford @astrocrawford.bsky.social · Jan 18

Just an owl hanging out in Baltimore on a Saturday night

#Baltimore #Owl

An owl sitting on a branch with many other branches around it. It is grey with brown stripes. Jupiter can be seen behind it in the blue grey sky.

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Dr. Scott W. Fleming @scottwfleming.bsky.social · Jan 17

My Division is hiring! Do you have an astronomy backround and want to help lead the team designing and building cloud-based research platforms to support NASA missions? Applications are due Feb. 24th! You can also buy back time for personal research! 🔭 recruiting2.ultipro.com/SPA1004AURA/...

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ASCL (Astrophysics Source Code Library) @asclnet.bsky.social · Jan 16

Last session of #AAS245, the Lancelot M. Berkeley − New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy Lecture, which will be given by....

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Steve Crawford @astrocrawford.bsky.social · Jan 15

Enjoyed Katie Kaleida’s poster on JWST data management system: JWST has produced over 400 TB of data since launch and use over 100 computing nodes to process the data.

#aas245 #JWST

Graph showing JWST data volume increasing from 0 to over 400 TB in the last three years.

Graph showing the computing nodes have increased to over 100 computing nodes

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Steve Crawford @astrocrawford.bsky.social · Jan 15

Congratulations to ESA and the Gaia team members! The survey is a great example of what can be done with open data with so much amazing science and so much still to be done!

European Space Agency @esa.int · Jan 15

The ESA #Gaia mission has delivered the best Milky Way maps to date and taken its last starlight before spacecraft retirement 🔭

www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

A model image of what our home galaxy, the Milky Way, might look like face-on: as viewed from above the disc of the galaxy, with its spiral arms and bulge in full view. In the centre of the galaxy, the bulge shines as a hazy oval, emitting a faint golden gleam. Starting at the central bulge, several glistening spiral arms coil outwards, creating a perfectly circle-shaped spiral. They give the impression of someone having sprinkled pastel purple glitter on the pitch-black background, in the shape of sparkling, curled-up snakes.

A model image of what our home galaxy, the Milky Way, might look like edge-on, against a pitch-black backdrop. The Milky Way’s disc appears in the centre of the image, as a thin, dark-brown line spanning from left to right, with the hint of a wave in it. The line appears to be etched into a thin glowing layer of silver sand, that makes it look as if it was drawn with a coloured pencil on coarse paper. The bulge of the galaxy sits like a glowing, see-through pearl in the shape of a sphere in the centre of this brown line

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Steve Crawford @astrocrawford.bsky.social · Jan 14

For undergraduates or graduate students at #aas245, NASA summer internships are open!

There is a wide range of internships available including those doing research in different field or working in policy, communications, engineering, and more!

www.nasa.gov/learning-res...

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Steve Crawford @astrocrawford.bsky.social · Jan 14

I don’t think either is being recorded but we usually post slides to Zenodo.

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Steve Crawford @astrocrawford.bsky.social · Jan 14

On the train to DC to the American Astronomical Society meeting #aas245

I’ll be at the NASA hyperwall today at 9:45 am talking about all the Office of the Chief Science Officer and at the AI town hall tomorrow.

Interested in NASA AI, software, data, open science? Let’s connect!

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Steve Crawford @astrocrawford.bsky.social · Jan 13

Come help communicate data science at NASA: stemgateway.nasa.gov/s/course-off...

Or explore other opportunities here: stemgateway.nasa.gov/s/
#NASA
#Intern

Learner Community

stemgateway.nasa.gov

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Steve Crawford @astrocrawford.bsky.social · Jan 13

Summer internship opportunities at NASA are open!

If you are interested in working with the Science Mission Directorate's Chief Science Data Officer on evaluating open science, check out this opportunity: stemgateway.nasa.gov/s/course-off...

Learner Community

stemgateway.nasa.gov

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Brett Morris @brettmorr.is · Jan 10

And another! Senior Scientific Software Engineer position at @spacetelescope.bsky.social. Due Feb 15. 🧪🔭

recruiting2.ultipro.com/SPA1004AURA/...

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Dr. Geo Shanz 🪨🗺️🌊 @geoshanz.bsky.social · Jan 9

Check out this article by my wonderful NASA-JPL advisor, Dr. Katie Stack Morgan (Mars 2020 [Perseverance rover] Deputy Project Scientist).

Thanks for sharing @pomarede.bsky.social.

🧪🪨 #PlanetaryScience

Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · Jan 9

A Rover Retrospective: Turning Trials to Triumphs in 2024

☑️ SHERLOC’s cover opens
☑️ A potential biosignature at Cheyava Falls
☑️ Arrival at Witch Hazel Hill

by Katie Stack Morgan, Mars 2020 Deputy Project Scientist
science.nasa.gov/blog/a-rover... 🧪🔭 #Mars

A Rover Retrospective: Turning Trials to Triumphs in 2024 - NASA Science

A look back at a few Mars 2020 mission highlights of 2024 Perseverance’s past year operating on the surface of Mars was filled with some of the mission’s highest highs, but also some of its greatest...

science.nasa.gov

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Steve Crawford @astrocrawford.bsky.social · Jan 9

Official NASA social media sites can be checked here: www.nasa.gov/social-media/

Official NASA Social Media Accounts - NASA

These accounts represent NASA on social media and follow the agency's policies and guidelines.Find the ones that match your interests and

www.nasa.gov

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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · Jan 8

If you ever get down on yourself when you see a well-published paper using an idea you thought of but didn't pursue, remember that your well-published papers might be using ideas that others thought of but didn't pursue.

#FullCircle

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Steve Crawford @astrocrawford.bsky.social · Jan 7

Pandemonium in Patterson Park this evening but it was easy to wander off to find the quiet areas to listen to the falling snow.

#Baltimore

The Observatory in Patterson park which is shaped like a pagoda. It is lit up with blue and green lights. There is a snow covered hill in front covered with people sledding down it and a large crowd of people at the top

The Patterson park fountain with blue and purple light. The observatory is in the background from the other side. The fountain is filled with smooth snow and there are flakes falling down from the sky.

The Patterson park pond - it looks to be frozen over with snow covered trees at the edges. It’s a color photo that is almost completely all greys.

A snowy path lined with snow covered trees. The sky is grey and cloudy. The trees appear to be almost black in this light. The path is well trodden but still think with snow.

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Sean D. Johnson @seanjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 30

Astounding that astronomer and activist Frank Kameny went from organizing the first White House pickets for gay rights in 1965 to the first official White House meeting between gay rights advocates and West Wing staffers in the Carter administration just a dozen years later.

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