Dave Dickinson

@Astroguyz

A friend in kindergarten once told me that "all you ever talk about is 'space'..." that really hasn't changed much.

Norfolk VA(UT-4)
Joined April 2009

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Nov 1

    Top Astronomical Events for November 2021: 3-Moon occults Mercury 4-New Moon 4-Uranus at opposition 7-DST Ends (North America) 8-Moon occults Venus 10-Mercury-Mars conjunction 17-Leonid meteors peak 19-Partial (97.5% umbral) Lunar Eclipse 27-1 Ceres at opposition

    Partial Lunar Eclipse
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    2 hours ago
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    launch won't happen this weekend, is NET Nov. 19 according to my sources.

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  3. 4 hours ago

    The next launch in the queue worldwide is: 's with STP-27AD2 from Kodiak Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska tonight at 5:00UT/Midnight EST:

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  4. 5 hours ago

    The next reentry in the queue is: 's -1901 satellite (COSPAR ID 2020-074Z) set for November 14th at 16:32 UT+/-13 hours:

    Reentry
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  5. Retweeted

    Sunrise, Space Coast style. That's the passing in front of the Sun after a 7:19am (ET) launch this morning. (📷:me / )

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  6. 5 hours ago

    It's down. 's -1731 (COSPAR ID 2020-073G) reentered today at 10:40 UT+/-1 minute off the eastern coast of Australia, under nighttime skies:

    Reentry
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  7. 5 hours ago

    The waxing gibbous Moon passes 4 degrees SE of the planet Neptune tonight at ~21:00UT/4:00PM EST - here's the view at dusk tonight looking eastward:

    Dusk Nov 13th
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  8. 6 hours ago

    4-1 is on it's way to orbit: will note when formal TLEs are posted. For now, you can track the mission worldwide on Heavens-Above. Looks like early sight ops favor 10N-40S (dawn), and 0-60S (dusk).

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  9. 7 hours ago

    ...and LIFTOFF of an Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Station, with 4-1 - live:

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  10. 7 hours ago

    T-4 minutes now, 'til the launch of an Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Station, with 4-1 - live:

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    SpaceX Starlink Launch Today! Good morning, Space Fans, is minutes away from launching its first Starlink mission since May at 7:19 am ET. You can watch live here:

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  12. Retweeted
    7 hours ago

    Some pretty wild views of on the fog down in The Cape this morning...

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  13. 7 hours ago

    Inside T-10 minutes now, 'til the launch of an Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Station, with 4-1 - live:

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  14. 7 hours ago

    Getting a (foggy) view now, of an Falcon-9 rocket on the pad at the Cape, poised to launch 53 satellites for the company's mega-constellation - live:

    Starlink
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  15. 7 hours ago

    ...and the webcast for this AM's launch of an Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape with Group 4-1 is now live:

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  16. 8 hours ago

    We're inside an hour now, 'til the launch of an rocket from the Cape, with Group 4-1 - awaiting webcast:

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  17. Retweeted
    21 hours ago

    Lastest image of M31 with the RedCat 51 and the ZWO ASI 533 MC pro camera. Compilation of about 3 hours of data in Bortel 6 skies with high thin clouds. 🔭

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  18. 19 hours ago

    Also early tomorrow: we've got the launch of an Falcon-9 rocket from the Cape with Group 4-1 at 12:19 UT/7:19 AM EST - webcast:

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  19. 19 hours ago

    Up early? There's a good visible pass of China's new Tiangong (Tianhe) space station for the US SE tomorrow morning at 6:12 AM EST:

    Tianhe 609
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  20. 19 hours ago

    Cool... very exoplanet looking: Mount Shpyci covered in clouds in the Carpathian National Nature Park in Ukraine. Wikimedia Commons Image of the Day:

    Exoplanet
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  21. 19 hours ago

    Neurotoxins in the environment are damaging human brain health – and more frequent fires and floods may make the problem worse - via - mold spores are tough to eliminate, too.

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