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My Movie List For July 4th

July 4, 2017 Posted in MoviesLeave a comment

Every year I hold a movie marathon on July 4th. Here are my picks.

Do the Right Thing Dr. Strangelove festivus July 4th Network the pentagon Wars

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And here’s something for the misbegotten, composed by stacking 200 frames from last night’s video. #astrophotography #astronomy #themoon

What you’re seeing, in a place that looks like it’s about to be eaten by the V-shaped asterism on the center left, is Caldwell 1, an ancient star cluster floating above the galactic plane about 5,000 light years from here. At nearly 7 billion years old, this cluster is older than our Sun. Its age makes it unusual among open star clusters, which typically drift apart after a few hundred million years. Its longevity owes to its position outside the Milky Way Galaxy, where it is safe from the forces that act on stars within the spiral arms. #caldwell1 #openstarcluster #astronomy #astrophotography #milkywaygalaxy

You’ll see my stack of #themoon later today. For now, here’s the raw footage I took. Occasionally you’ll see it darken a bit owing to clouds drifting between my telescope and it. #astrophotography #astronomy #solarsystem

Next to the funerary temple of Ramses III was his palace. It wasn’t his principal residence, but it did have throne rooms for Ramses and his Great Royal Wife, Iset Ta-Hemdjert, with bedrooms and bathrooms for both. The Queen’s throne room, with the remains of its dais clearly visible, is in the middle photos in this panorama. #ancientegypt #ramsesiii #luxor

It’s clear out tonight but too cold for me and my toy, so I reprocessed a photo of The Double Cluster from January. Enjoy the starfield. #astronomy #astrophotography #doublecluster #opencluster

I put a photo of M44, The Beehive Cluster, through some reprocessing. It’s not enough to bring out the hot Jupiters known to orbit two of its stars, but it looks nicer. #astronomy #astrophotography #messier44 #beehivecluster

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