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Prof #YeShuhua achieved one of the world's most precise measurements of Universal Time among other accomplishments.

Thx to @minouette.bsky.social for clueing me in to this challenge (ck out her amazing art!)

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I’m switching up day 15 & 17, & sharing my ‘Eclipse of Moths’ for #spacetober_challenge prompt ‘moon’. 🧪🐡🔭🦋

The delightful term for a group of moths is an eclipse. This hand-printed lino block print shows 5 of the noctunral moths of Ontario in front of the moon at a lunar eclipse. The 5 moths are:

A Spacesuit is just a very personal spacecraft.
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Another one for the #spacetober_challenge - Carolyn Shoemaker came to #astronomy later in life, but, boy, did she make a splash in the field!

Thx to @minouette.bsky.social for clueing me into this challenge. (Ck out her amazing art)

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Philae Lander on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014

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For the #spacetober_challenge day 14 prompt space history, my #linocut of astronomer Elisabeth Koopmann-Hevelius (1647-1693) 🧪🐡🙄🔭 #histsci using a brass sextant to make astronomical observations & some of the new constellations her husband Johannes Hevelius named based on their observations, &

Thanks to @minouette.bsky.social for mentioning it’s #spacetober_challenge! I have some #drawings that fit the theme.

First up is #MaeJemison, #engineer, #physician, #astronaut, Superwoman.

Day 13 of #spacetober_challenge by is Mars, so I am sharing my mini #linocut prints of Mars (with its moons Phobos and Deimos).

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Day 12 #spacetober_challenge is Roman Space Telescope so I made a new portrait of its namesake #astronomer Nancy Grace Roman (1925-2018), NASA’s 1st chief of astronomy throughout the 60s & 70s, who helped shape the space astronomy program. 👩🏼‍🔬🔭🎢🧪🐡 #histsci Nicknamed “mother of Hubble” for her role in

For #spacetober_challenge day 11 prompt crew or cargo spacecraft, my portrait of mathematician, aeronautical engineer, philanthropist and Cherokee ‘hidden figure’ of the space race: Mary Golda Ross (1908-2008).⁠ 👩🏻‍🔬🎢🔭🧪🐡 #histsci
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Great-great-granddaughter of Chief John Ross, who was forced to lead

This #Spacetober_challenge 🧪🐡🔭 day 10 prompt is Earth so I’m sharing my Theia #linocut about the formation of Earth’s moon. This 6 colour hand printed linocut print illustrates the formation of the Earth’s Moon in a comic book influenced pop art style. The favoured model of Moon formation is that

For #Spacetober_challenge 🧪🐡🔭 prompt day 9: landing! 🪂

This is a collaged lino block print with an image of the parachute deployed during the descent of the Mars Perseverance rover as it landed on the planet February 18, 2021. The spacecraft team selected the red and white stripes to encode a

Airbag Landing: How we use to land on Mars.
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For Day 8 #spacetober_challenge prompt supernova: Sophie Brahe (1559 or 1556 -1643) 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬🔭 horticulturalist, astronomer, genealogist, & alchemist with the gardens at her brother #astronomer Tycho Brahe’s Uraniborg estate, where she often assisted his research, alchemical tools & illustrations of the

Venera on Venus which is kinda like chai tea or table mesa.

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For the #spacetober_challenge day 6 prompt: rover/robotic explorer: This is a mini hand-pulled linocut (7” x 5”) of Opportunity the Martian Rover. 🧪🔭⚒️🐡 The print is in a gradient of rusty orange and black on ivory Japanese washi paper. Launched July 8, 2003, Opportunity (Oppie to his fans)