@rbcody.bsky.social

@rbcody.bsky.social

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Analytical chemistry and mass spec (DART guy). Homebrewer, musician, IronMan. Views may be influenced by Pangalactic Gargleblasters. Opinions obviously my own.

H-alpha wavelength video showing prominences on the sun. Lunt LS60MT double-stacked, acquired with SharpCap,processed with imppg, Pixinsight, Blender.
H-alpha image of the solar limb with minor prominences.
Full H-alpha image of today's sun.
Solar H-alpha video taken with a Lunt LS60MT DS, ASI678MM camera, Televue Powermate 2.5, Sharpcap, imppg, Pixinsight, Blender 4.5
H-alpha solar image, not inverted, showing the most active regions on the bottom and prominences on the top and bottom.
Solar video for July 2 taken in the H-alpha wavelength.
Solar video (inverted) showing activity on the disk surface.
Solar video showing active prominences.
Full solar disk in Calcium K wavelength. Very active regions on the top and bottom of the image.
Wide-field image of M86, M84 and many other galaxies that are located in Markarian's Chain. Taken with a Redcat 71 astrograph.
Wide-field view of the M81 group of galaxies
Prominences on the sun taken in the H-alpha wavelength
Telescope image of the moon on April 27, 2026
Widefield image of the IC 405 nebula taken with a Redcat 71 astrograph.
Color image of the waxing moon taken with a Redcat 71 WIFD refractor.
Telescope image of the almost-full moon
H-alpha solar image zoomed to show prominences.
Solar H-alpha full-disk image
IC 417, the Spider Nebula in Auriga
Widefield image of nebulae and star clusters dominated by red H-alpha light
Closeup of solar prominences
Narrowband image of IC 443, the Jellyfish Nebula. About 8 hours acquisition from my back yard with a Redcat 71 WIFD telescope, Optolong L-Enhance filter, and ASI2600MC camera, Pixinsight.
Telescope image of the waning moon on Feb. 4, 2026
Telescope image of almost-full moon on Feb. 2, 2026
Telescope image of the waxing moon Jan. 29, 2026
I strongly urge you to block Federal funding of ICE when the spending bill comes up for a vote this week. A partial government shutdown is a small price to pay for limiting the ability of these rogue "Federal agents" to destroy the lives of US Citizens. The murder of two innocent citizens by ICE agents is an atrocity. The current implementation of ICE is a consequence of the Trump administration's creation of a group of poorly trained and poorly regulated vigilantes who are not accountable to anyone. It is unacceptable for so-called "law-enforcement" personnel to hide their identities and deprive people of their rights without following the rule of law. We must draw a distinction between legitimate law-enforcement and these people. I have worked with the laboratory sections of CBP and other Federal law-enforcement agencies, and in my experience these are careful and responsible public servants. The actions of rogue ICE agents is giving legitimate agencies a bad name. We must defund ICE until strong protections are put in place to protect the rights of our citizens. Please have the courage to stand up for your country and your constituents!
Telescope image of the moon
Full solar disk, H-alpha, Jan. 24, 2026
White light solar disk image taken with a SeeStar S50.
Image of the full moon on Jan. 2, 2026 taken with a Redcat 71 telescope.
The moon on Jan. 1, 2026. Two days before full.
GCxGC-MS chromatogram of volatile aroma compounds from a Sumatra French Roast coffee. The aroma is dominated by roasted, caramel, and spicy phenolic notes. Pyridine smells terrible in large quantities, but it is present at low levels in roasted coffee and doesn't smell bad at those levels.
Christmas Tree nebula, colored in green.
Full solar disk with sunspots
Full solar disk, H-alpha
NGC 2264 (the dark Cone Nebula and the Christmas Tree Cluster) and neighboring deep space objects: the Stellar Snowflake Cluster, the Foxfur Nebula, Hubble's Variable Nebula (NGC 2261), and the Open Cluster NGC 2259.
A solar prominence
Solar disk, Calcium K line
Deep space image of the I63 nebula taken on a Dwarf 3 smart telescope. Processing in Pixinsight. Light-pollution filter.
White-light solar disk showing some sunspots for Dec. 9, 2025
White-light neutral density filter image of the full solar disk. Dec. 8, 2025.
Red Flying Bat Nebula and Blue Squid Nebula: two faint deep space objects.
Color image of half moon, Nov,. 28
Video of fading solar flare
Full disk solar image with flare.
Video of the last few minutes of a solar flare
Full-disk solar H-alpha image
Full-disk solar H-alpha image (color)
Color image of a spiral galaxy surrounded by stars.
Full solar disk, monochrome
Color image of the moon from Nov. 6, one day past full
Map of the US showing the location of airports that will lose service.