A wide field of stars in the night sky. At the center of the frame sits a very small and faint edge-on galaxy.

If you’re curious, here’s the original after the Seestar’s AI denoise.

A night sky photo showing a flat galaxy edge on with a bright spot in the center.

Last night was so clear (and cold) so I spent a couple hours on the Seestar with M104, the Sombrero Galaxy.

Its apparent size is quite small in the sky so it’s quite cropped and still a bit fuzzy as a result.

Awesome, see you on the trail!

Extremely funny for me to sign up for this bc I stopped running when I started lifting so I wasn’t even sure I could do 3mi anymore, but I just did one of those tread-only OrangeTheory classes (my one and only concession to training) and did 4 whole miles! I might make it to the finish line!

Keep those hills purple til I get there!

A view looking down a circular staircase

Library hopping today. And it turns out there’s a volunteer fair here at MLK today if you’re looking for that kinda thing!

A table with a banner saying ANC3C covered in boxes of beads and craft supplies.

While you’re collecting your bookmark here at the library, make a friendship bracelet! Thanks to ANC3C for bringing this fun set up ❤️

A 1st place green ribbon and two bookmarks showing the nature art on the front and text about Earth Day on the back.

A girl holds up a 1st place ribbon and her winning bookmark art entry.

Congrats to our Earth Day bookmark contest winner, Emilia!

Come by the Cleveland Park Library to get one of her custom art bookmarks!

(Posted with permission from her mom)

6 green award ribbons sitting on a table marked 1st, 2nd, 3rd and three honorable mentions in gold lettering.

Come to the Cleveland Park Library at 11am today to find out who won our Earth Day bookmark drawing contest! Get a free bookmark, some snacks, meet the ANC3C Environmental Justice committee and our judges! cc @niawag.bsky.social

Rubin Observatory Stuns and Awes With Sprawling First Look Images - Eos Wow. Just wow.

Huzzah, it’s one of our favorite days… International #HaikuDay! (also: Friday) We’re celebrating with some Earth and space science-inspired entries. 🧵

Telescopes galore
Sensing across space and time
Share cosmic wonders

eos.org/research-and... #haiku #PoetryMonth

This is stunningly good news:

Oooh I love that!

I’ve never had chocolate tahini but I already know I would love that. I’m so sad that Saku Saku closed in my neighborhood with my favorite tahini cookies. I used to buy those for myself and everyone I knew.

❤️✨

A field of stars with about a dozen galaxies strewn about, both side-on disks and more puffy elliptical galaxies.

This looks like just a star field at first but if you embiggen you’ll see Markarian’s Chain, a whole bunch of galaxies in the Virgo Cluster. You can see several disks and more star-looking, puffy elliptical galaxies.

Taken with my SeeStar S30 for about 90 minutes last night.

2026 — Run Rock Creek 5K/10K — Run Rock Creek 5K/10K Picnic Grove #24 in Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC - Rock Creek Conservancy invites you to join park neighbors… - May 2, 2026

Yesssss May 2, 8am here’s everything you need to know: raceroster.com/events/2026/...

Hey that’d be great! Let me know if it’s this one and we can high five at the finish line

Ha, yes, that does seem more logical, though I’m doing a birthday brunch the next day due to scheduling challenges.

There’s a farmers market in my mom neighborhood once a week from the afternoon to early evening and I am very jealous about it.

I thought @yoner.bsky.social only achieved faster-than-walking speeds on two wheels but yes he should join! (Yonas I will not make you “run” with me.)

Ok I convinced myself to sign up. If anyone wants to get up at 6am on a Saturday to eat "free" bagels and run through some trees, it's this race organized by the Rock Creek Conservancy.

Don't forget to yell "happy birthday" as you blast by me on the trail!

raceroster.com/events/2026/...

I only have like two friends who would even consider running any more and one of them is out of town and the other hasn’t answered my texts yet lol

A smiling man in a hospital bed holds up his arm with a missing hand all bandaged up.

Do I want to run a 5K on my birthday even though I barely run anymore, just because it's in Rock Creek Park and seems like it might be a way to kick off forty-<COUGH> with some good vibes? (Or a sprained ankle?)

The level of science communication we’ve had throughout this mission, from everyone at Houston to the astronauts, has been stellar.

Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that.

Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best.

Welcome home, Integrity crew!

It is delightful that the tense space adventure has turned into an IT help desk call

All four astronauts standing in the aisle with their roller bags waiting for the door to open.

Don’t forget the Outlook fiasco lol

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