Simon Merton 🥕
@SimonRMerton
On Earth, in space. Happily married.
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How is this bottle of mustard any different than you at this moment?
Webb, holy shit, this is an incredible look at the Helix Nebula. arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/…
Triple inverted pendulum in transition control A classic control problem, done in real time. This setup moves smoothly between all eight equilibrium points of a triple inverted pendulum. The system reacts every 1 millisecond, which shows how fast modern control loops can be.…
AstroBin's Image of the Day: "IC1805, IC1848, SNRG132.7+1.3, Mosaic X 3 (1000hrs Deep Exposure)" by zhiyuan wan, 小卡子 and Bruce Shi astrobin.com/w254o4/ #astrophotography
Here’s a video showing how I captured @BlackGryph0n transiting the sun during free-fall. I still can’t believe we pulled it off!
Starship continues to simultaneously be the fastest path to returning humans to the surface of the Moon and a core enabler of the Artemis program’s goal to establish a permanent, sustainable presence on the lunar surface → spacex.com/updates/#moon-…
Best ground photo I’ve ever seen of Uranus, hands down
A quick snap of Uranus with the 24in scope low in the sky before twilight. To my surprise, the elusive rings were readily visible in just 15 minutes of exposure, and far surpasses anything I've achieved with my other 16in scope - the power of aperture showing its face once again
We are saddened by the passing of Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 and a four-time spaceflight veteran. Lovell's life and work inspired millions. His courage under pressure helped forge our path to the Moon and beyond—a journey that continues today. go.nasa.gov/41tbrpq
Bonus shot from my latest capture of the ISS transiting the sun: One of the captured frames sat right on the limb against these background prominences. The ISS is so iconic, I'm going to miss it when it's gone.
You can now pan & zoom the full Rubin First look images in their glory here: projects.cosmicds.cfa.harvard.edu/rubin-first-lo…
This is a must-watch: youtu.be/SC2eSujzrUY?si…
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How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet
Another look at this massive sunspot on the sun. Using a combination of broadband and narrowband imaging, I can see much more than the sunspot. The chaotic plasma in the chromosphere around it is visible here, bound to the sun's powerful magnetic field.
Congrats to the @SpaceX Dragon team on the third Dragon launch in 38 days!!! This smashes the previous record of three launches in 56 days last year. It’s not daily human flights, but at least we’re headed the right direction 😜🚀 One of my favorite photos from the last month is…
My two images of 61 Cygni allow me to create a 3D image, but it's a bit too much movement. A five-year gap would be better, so that's when I'll have another go.
Great post in my opinion from Peter Kellner on the unsustainability of Brexit from a geopolitical, economic or I would say any vantage point. To summarise, Starmer needs to overrule whoever it is who advises him (they are wrong), reverse his manifesto pledge and rejoin the SM and…
one of my favorite documentaries ever is impossible to find anywhere on the web anymore so i uploaded it. about masahiro kikuno, a japanese watch maker who commits his life to producing watches entirely by hand. he spends a year on a single watch, to use modern machinery would…
Every time I see a picture of Roman glassware, I can’t believe how *modern* it looks.
A beautiful small #Roman glass dish, with an irregular pattern of cobalt blue & amber glass interspersed with yellow cane circles (or flowers?) - it was made about 2000 years ago, & is an absolutely gorgeous piece of #AncientGlass! #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology
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