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Calgary Centre of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Inspiring Interest & Knowledge in Astronomy since 1958! https://linktr.ee/calgaryrasc

This conceptual artwork is titled Comedian and was created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. It consists of a real banana attached to a wall with silver duct tape.

Alberta StarBQ July 17-19 Eccles Ranch Observatory

Solar spectrum captured by the Sol'Ex instrument. It extends to UV and IR as well as the visible band. Image assembled by Váradi Nagy Pál and recently posted to Bluesky by @craig.deforest.org

Medicine River Wildlife Centre sign

The ISS left a very bright and broad streak across the starry background while the fainter streaks are from different satellites.

Dancing curtains of aurora are visible in the night sky behind a silhouetted row of spruce trees