Kuiper Kat

For everyone celebrating Moon-Day, here are some educational resources that you can share with your communities, courtesy of NASA's Night Sky Network (posted by yours truly)!

Night Sky Network Celebrates Artemis II - NASA Science Today, the crew of Artemis II reaches a milestone, traveling farther than any humans in recorded history, as they orbit the far side of the Moon, roughly

Friends: if you were an astronaut about to orbit the Moon on , what would you want your wake up song to be?

I've gotta go with Tank!

Tank! Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesTank! · Seatbelts · Yoko KannoCOWBOY BEBOP (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)℗ 1998 SUNRISE MusicReleased on:...

Two years ago, I had the opportunity to meet Reid Wiseman before we participated in the NASA total solar eclipse broadcast. I hope he and the NASA Artemis crew get to experience another solar eclipse from the far side of the Moon this Monday!

Additionally, Unistellar has also added Orion to their database! Be sure to look up!

🚀🔭Can a smart scope actually spot NASA’s Artemis II Orion capsule on its way to the Moon?

Based on the visibility discussion posted by Spaceweather.com, Orion could brighten enough for some popular smart scopes to catch it, especially during its early Earth passes on April 2 and again on the return leg on April 10.

The brightest moment may come during Orion’s closest pass, when it could briefly glow around magnitude 7 to 9, bright enough in theory for all three smart scopes I compared: DWARF 3, Vespera 1, and Seestar S50.

However, Orion will be moving fast, especially near closest approach, and that could maybe make it much tougher for smart scopes than imaging a fixed deep-sky object. So this is really a mix of brightness + tracking ability + timing + sky conditions. Tricky but possible. 🤔🤞

✅DWARF 3 looks best for the brightest windows only.
✅Vespera 1 should handle stronger passes & brighter return.
✅Seestar S50 likely gives the widest range of opportunities, including some of the fainter return and outbound windows.

For the full visibility breakdown for traditional telescopes and more detail on how to track Orion (get coordinates), check out Spaceweather.com for clear instructions here:👇
https://www.spaceweather.com/images2026/28mar26/horizons.html

❓Would you try to catch Orion with your smart scope?

Seestar DWARF LAB Vaonis

Huge thank you to for inviting the to their downlink day, sponsored by , and !

, come stargaze with me! Free views of until 9:30 PM on the corner of Broadway and 45th Ave., outside the Elmhurst M/R train stop.

Girls will be like "I needed this" and it's just literally just views of outer space from Brooklyn ✨🔭

With 5 minutes to spare, Happy ! Growing up, they said reach for the stars. Let’s make sure everyone can see them first 💫🔭

TFW the clocks move forward, and everyone is so happy, but you're losing an hour of stargazing.

happens tomorrow at 2 AM, so make sure you reset your analog watches and the oven clock. We'll be back to standard time in November.