Andrew Symes

@FailedProtostar

Avid astrophotographer and Canadian communicator. Buzz Aldrin tweeted me once.

Ottawa, Canada
canadianastronomy.wordpress.com
Joined August 2009
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    21 Feb 2017
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    If you want to take telescopic photos with a smartphone or are wondering how I take mine, here's my guide:

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  2. Nov 13

    I am everyday people.

    Replying to @gael7716 @ayush_txt @AJamesMcCarthy
    Everyday people capturing Jupiter rotating
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  3. Nov 10

    I defy you to watch the video and not picture this scene from Billy Madison.

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  4. Retweeted
    Nov 10

    Scientists extend and straighten iconic climate “hockey stick”

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  5. Nov 9

    “Crypto tokens are not all that dissimilar from equity investments in companies, except the underlying company has no business.”

    "A world in which Elon Musk can tweet two emojis and your home depreciates 80% in value is a dystopia."
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  6. Nov 6

    14 years ago Comet Holmes put on a show! The most spherical comet I’ve ever seen! I took this Nov 10, 2007 from a light polluted parking lot with a DSLR camera.

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  7. Nov 6

    I think really needs a grass emoji!

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  8. Nov 5

    It’s insane but dinosaurs appeared first, then flowers, then grass! 🦕 ~230 MYA 🌸 ~125 MYA grass ~ 66-55 MYA

    The hardest part about painting dinosaurs accurately is that grass didn't exist yet.
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  9. Nov 3

    Nice! Nothing seen from my location (Ottawa) yet.

    Blob and red from east of Saskatoon, Canada at 0140UTC.
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  10. Nov 1

    A bit of handheld smartphone astrophotography from this morning. 📱🌌🌘

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    Oct 31

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  12. Oct 29

    Today, we only see tusks in mammals but it wasn’t always that way.

    Tusks are among the most dramatic examples of mammal teeth. New research reveals how they first evolved millions of years ago, before the first true mammals.
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  13. Oct 29

    Current forecast = 70-90% chance my location will be rainy/clouded out 😔

    you Canadians and far-northern USians need to watch auroras for me this weekend and I will not be jealous because I've NEVER SEEN ONE AND WILL PROBABLY DIIIIIIIIE WITHOUT SEEING ONE
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  14. Oct 29

    Choose a side, Betelgeuse! 😡

    Now at 101% of my usual brightness!
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  15. Oct 29

    Spotted the moon during a quick walk at lunch. 🌙🍁

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  16. Oct 27

    Just realized… this planet literally existed a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…

    A whole new world... For the first time, scientists discovered a possible planet orbiting a star outside of our galaxy! This exoplanet candidate is located within the Whirlpool Galaxy, imaged here by Hubble and . Learn more about this news:
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  17. Oct 27

    Pumpkin Space Latte

    🎃 Who sees the space pumpkin? These colliding galaxies resemble two glowing eyes with a crooked, carved smile. Learn more about this Hubble image: Happy !
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  18. Oct 27

    Wow! 🌌

    A whole new world... For the first time, scientists discovered a possible planet orbiting a star outside of our galaxy! This exoplanet candidate is located within the Whirlpool Galaxy, imaged here by Hubble and . Learn more about this news:
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  19. Oct 27

    One way to look at it that helps me: Every CO2 molecule that I prevent from being released is one that I know will not contribute to climate change.

    It's hard for me not to see the doomer-ism that's on the rise these days as anything other than a luxury of the well-off. As says, every action matters; and to those already suffering the impacts of climate change, there is always something we can do to help each other.
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  20. Oct 26

    Wanna help train a Martian robot? Of course you do!

    rover photo of sandy, rocky surface, with patterns drawn over it to represent different kinds of terrain
    You can help make our Mars robots even smarter. Members of the public can now help teach an artificial intelligence algorithm to recognize scientific features in images taken by the rover. Find out how to get involved:
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  21. Oct 25

    There is no red in this image. Zoom if you don’t believe it!

    No red
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