Stephen W. Ramsden

Thanks! to Babak Tafreshi and Donna Peterson for their generous support of the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth Fall fundraiser! FOUR DAYS left to try and reach our goal of $15k. We could really use your support. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Thanks Bob Fera, Robert Arnold and Luigi Michael Chiappetta for the generous donations to the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth Fall fundraiser! Please help us reach our goal by October 31st! www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Six days left to make our goal of $15,000! Please consider donating to our solar science STEM fundraiser to help teach more science and reason. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Thanks Bojan S., Ben Kennedy, Li Keith, and Jeff Hormann for the generous donations to the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth Fall fundraiser. We could really use your help… www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Thanks Edward Astle for the donation yesterday to the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project Fall fundraiser. This is our 18th year of operation! We teach the science of sunlight in our fragile world. Thanks in advance! www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

SpaceX launch video from GA marsh. youtu.be/rinMsJps-3w

Thanks Rainer Ehlert, Stuart Green, Jingli Cao, and Arne Danielsen for their generous donations to the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth Fall fundraiser! Please help us promote science in our community with a generous donation at: www.venmo.com/cbsapse www.paypal.me/cbsap Thanks

Thanks to Fraser McLachlan, Thien Nguyen and Bill Christian for their generous donations to the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth Fall fundraiser! Please consider a donation to keep science and reason alive in our community at: www.venmo.com/cbsapse www.paypal.me/cbsap

No donations yesterday or today (yet) in the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth Fall fundraiser. Please consider supporting science in our global community with a generous donation at www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse Thank you, Stephen W. Ramsden

Hey ya’ll. We are doing our Fall fundraiser for $15k and could really use your help reaching our goal. Thanks Mark Townley and Danielle Bonfiglio for their generous donations. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Thanks Tracey Collins for the generous donation to the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth Fall fundraiser! We could really use your help with this one, friends. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse Stephen W. Ramsden

Thanks Idrialis Castillo, Pedro Re, Franco Fellah, Warren Spreng, And Rob Lane for the generous donations to the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project/Sunlit Earth Spring fundraiser! Please help us teach more science at paypal.me/cbsap venmo.com/cbsapse

THE CBSAP FALL 2026 SOLAR SCIENCE FUNDRAISER! has begun. 🙂 Please give generously to help our worldwide Solar Astronomy nonprofit survive another 6 months. Thanks, Stephen W. Ramsden paypal.me/cbsap venmo.com/cbsapse

LAST DAY OF CBSAP FUNDRAISER! We teach science, provide equipment, and run the world’s largest solar astronomy nonprofit forum, all at no charge, to get more people involved in the study of sunlight. We promote reason and science around the world. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

VERY CLOSE WITH 2 DAYS LEFT! Thanks John Varsik, Don McClure, Daryl Daniels and Paypal giving fund for the generous donations to the CBSAP Spring fundraiser! Please help us reach our goal at www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

We are very close to breaking the 5 digit mark which means I can send a mount to our Colombian affiliate. Thank you Jennifer Spiegel, Chris Fernandez, and Sherry McCarver for the generous donations to the Spring fundraiser! www.venmo.com/cbsapse www.paypal.me/cbsap THANKS!

WE CAN DO IT! 6 DAYS LEFT! www.venmo.com/cbsapse www.paypal.me/cbsap

Thanks to Keith Rainey, Cherri Sample, Lela Weideman and Jason Nix for the generous donations to the CBSAP Spring fundraiser! We have six days to go to get to our goal and I believe in my friends and long time supporters. Support Science and reason at: www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

ONE WEEK LEFT! Thanks Tanya Morris for the donation to the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project Spring fundraiser. Please help us keep teaching the science of sunlight around the world for a better tomorrow. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

No activity yesterday in the Spring fundraiser. Please consider a generous, tax deductible donation to the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project. We are at almost 1/3 of the goal with 8 days left. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse Thanks, Stephen W. Ramsden

Thanks to Eelko Gielis for the generous donation to the CBSAP Spring fundraiser! Please consider supporting teaching of the science of the Sun around the world at: www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse We teach science for a better tomorrow.

Thank you Keith Rainey, Anke Mo, Darlene Brown and Ed Greco for the generous donations to the CBSAP Spring fundraiser! I am optimistic that we can still reach our goal of $15k by April 30th!! Please consider a donation to help science at: www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse We need ya!!

Thanks Jack Dunn for your 2nd donation. The world is crazy right now and the legitimate science and social nonprofits really need everyone’s help. You can help us teach the science of the Sun around the world by making a generous donation at www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse Thanks!

Thanks Brian Colville, Corey Lee, Angie Mattke, Steven Kelley and Filip Szczerek for the generous donations to the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project Spring fundraiser! Help us reach our $15k goal by April 30th to spread more science in the world! www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Thanks to anonymous UK, Eric Roel, and Kenneth Lumetta for the generous donations to the CBSAP Spring fundraiser! Please consider supporting our nonprofit 501c3 STEM program with a tax deductible donation at www.paypal.me/cbsap or www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Thanks to anonymous UK, Eric Roel, and Kenneth Lumetta for the generous donations to the CBSAP Spring fundraiser! Please consider supporting our nonprofit 501c3 STEM program with a tax deductible donation at www.paypal.me/cbsap or www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Thank you Michael O’Connell, Robert Iwanocho, and the wonderful Cedric Champeau! Please consider a generous donation before the end of our fundraiser on April 30 at: www.paypal.me/cbsap www.Venmo.com/cbsapse Thanks, Stephen W. Ramsden Founder / Director Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project

We could really use your support for our nonprofit 501c3 STEM program. www.paypal.me/cbsap or www.venmo.com/cbsapse Thank Daniele Bonfiglio, Brendan Tynan, Stuart Green, Paul Adams, Robert Arnold, and Kevin Sherwood for their generous donations this weekend.

Thank you to Kip Henry, Steve Ibbotson and Thien Nguyen for the generous contributions to the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project Spring fundraiser! You can be a part of helping the science of the sun be spread around the world for a better community. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Thanks Mark Townley for the donation to the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project Spring fundraiser! We would very much appreciate your support in keeping this Solar science STEM program going for another 6 months. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse nonprofit 501c3 in The USA since 2008

Thanks Franco Fellah for the very generous donation to the CBSAP Spring fundraiser! Please help us spread more science for a better community. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse Thanks!

Nothing to report from yesterday but we are still plugging along with our Spring fundraiser. Please consider supporting our Solar science STEM program with a generous donation at www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse Thanks! Let’s watch the astronauts circle the Moon this afternoon!!

Thanks Elise Stahlman, James Ambrister and JORGE GASTON JUNCA VEGA for the generous donations to the CBSAP fundraiser. Please consider supporting our Science of the Sun global STEM program during our Spring fundraiser. Ends April 30th. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

We are doing our Spring fundraiser for the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project. We teach the science and beauty of sunlight in all its forms. Please consider a generous donation at www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse Thanks you!

Thank you Scott Deron and Michael O’Connell for the generous donations! it would be great if all of my friends and followers could consider contributing a little bit to our science of sunlight STEM nonprofit. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse Please support our science program.

We are celebrating Artemis II’s return to the Moon! Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project nonprofit 501c3. Please consider helping us to create a new generation of explorers, scientists and engineers by supporting our global STEM program. www.paypal.me/cbsap www.venmo.com/cbsapse

Let's celebrate man's return to Lunar orbit today with the launch of the Artemis II mission by supporting STEM! PayPal.me/cbsap Venmo.com/cbsapse 4% admin cost since 2008, no salaries paid to anyone, no fees charged to anyone. Tax records available online or via request.

The Ga marsh skies are great!

Barred Owl in marsh backyard.

Here is a manual mosaic or M81/M82 using the incredible #celestron Origin automated telescope. This is just 20 minutes of 30 second exposures at ISO1000 on each subject and then stitched together manually. The two original frames were stacked in PixInsight and touched up in Photoshop.

scenes from the GA marsh night sky this week

The Rosette Nebula and the Horsehead Nebula from the marsh last night.

@qmjohn.bsky.social Hey Doctor! Stephen Ramsden here.

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From the MARSH observatory last week