@DrJaneCocks

Mum • PhD • Psychologist • Research Fellow • Amateur Astrophotographer • Not here much anymore • she/her ☘️

 Adelaide, South Australia
Joined May 2009
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✨ Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) ✨ Photo taken by me tonight at Henley Square ✨
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While cameras are pretty good at capturing celestial neighbours like comets, our human eyes are not quite as good. And this one has been tricky to see with the naked eye, and it is getting dimmer by the day as it flies away from earth.
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However, as the post-sunset sky grew dimmer and eventually dark, and the comet descended toward the horizon, I saw it with my eyes ✨ What a magical thing it is to look up, and really notice the world around us ✨
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the beauty and solace of simple things
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Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
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Early this morning at 4:54am, and with careful planning, I was fortunate enough to capture my first comet - Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. She's a sun-chaser in her glow era ✨
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It’s amazing to think that she has been journeying for millions of years, and now, for a brief time, we get to witness her beauty. Moments like these feel like a profoundly personal connection to the Universe to me, liked I've plugged in to the awe that is all around us.
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The beautiful thing about these rare and fleeting moments of connection like observing an ancient traveller brings, is that there are endless rare and fleeting moments if we take the time to look up. Wishing you all clear skies and calm minds ✨
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The soft midnight glow of another Aurora Australis ✨ I almost missed last nights magical Aurora encore, but I just managed to get outside at moonset to snap a few pics as the KP index plummeted. A soft glow, but a glow nevertheless ✨
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There's something so magical, peaceful, and inspiring about sitting out and gazing at the nightsky. The sense of connecting to our solar system, galaxy, and universe brings with it a new perspective on a massive stellar scale ✨
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Byron by night, including a couple of dancing stars (brightest one top left)… Are they starlink? Don’t think so. Are they local satellites? Maybe? Any ideas? @erfmufn is this what Annie wants us to email about?! 🤔
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Perfect (almost) clear sky finale to an amazing weekend at #starstuff3 ✨ Huge thanks to @erfmufn for organising such an amazing event full of variety, inspiration, and collectively nerding out about space. Looking forward to the next one already ✨
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Just watched the movie Whiplash, and cried the whole way through.
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✨ Aurora Australis ✨ Photo taken by me, at Henley Beach, Adelaide, South Australia.
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Here’s my latest astrophotography capture - IC2944 - otherwise known as The Running Chicken Nebula, because it looks somewhat like a running chicken… can you see it?!
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While my astrophotography rig isn’t powerful enough to capture the Bok Bok Bok’s (see what I did there 📷) of the Running Chicken Nebula, we can all appreciate the delightful humour of the astronomers who come up with these wonderful names for our celestial neighbours.
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Photograph taken by me, with love and awe, in the Inner West of Adelaide on Sunday 14th April. 🔭 Redcat 51 📷 ASIMC533 Pro ⏱️ 120sec x 20
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