Some #star observations from this morning. #Sadr #Eltanin #Schedar #unistellar #odysseypro #space #astronomy #amateur

@onlmaps You forgot at least 1:

#WesternSahara (#SADR) - #Morocco-occupied & annexed Western #Sahara, which is the longest, contiguous #landmine field in the world!

(No, the #Guerguerat #Checkpoint to #Mauritania doesn't count! #Sahawri citizens are being denied entry and Morocco illegally forces migrants to cross the minefield into the lethal desert!)

@nico198X @aral @robin Problem with #PayPal et. al. is that there ain't real & global competitiors.

• AFAIK, #SEPA-bound #wero won't allow people to setup accounts outside #EU / #EFTA / #SEPA area and get them at least topped-up (unlike PayPal, #VISA & #MasterCard, which literally offer #Prepaid cards aroubd the globe except North Korea, Belarus, Cuba and #WesternSahara / #SADR)…

And not only is it impractical for people to travel in person to i.e. Germany just to wait weeks (!!!) on an appointment and get a bank accout opened in person but even then the Bsic Account as per @BaFin regulations only applies to consumers in Germany and not SMEs from overseas and even then those business accounts are usually way more expensive than partnering with an expensive payment processor to outsorce headaches.

• Ask me how I know...

Needless to say the #PayPalMafia got their power to basically monopolize global payments...

I'm convinced that #Trump will pick up where he left off from his first term and make moves to increase hostilities everywhere. See #Morocco vs #SADR. There's nothing more (and less) “Presidential" -- and thus cut-and-dried immune behavior -- as #wartime. And he gets to spend whatever TF he wants.

Albireo – Bèta Cygni

Albireo, ook bekend als Bèta Cygni, is de op een na helderste ster in het sterrenbeeld Zwaan – Cygnus.

https://www.kuuke.nl/albireo-een-mooie-dubbelster-in-de-zwaan/

#albireo #Aljanah #BetaCygni #cygnus #deneb #dubbelster #Fawaris #noorderkruis #Sadr #zomerdriehoek #zwaan

Aljanah – Epsilon Cygni

Epsilon Cygni – Aljanah – is de hoofdcomponent in een meervoudig stersysteem dat 72,7 lichtjaar van ons is verwijderd in de richting van het sterrenbeeld Cygnus – Zwaan.

https://www.kuuke.nl/aljanah-epsilon-cygni/

#53Cygni #albireo #Aljanah #cygnus #deneb #EpsilonCygni #Fawaris #Gienah #GienahCygni #Sadr #ster #sterrenbeeld

Human rights activists in Western Sahara are being targeted by mobile malware

New mobile malware masquerading as a news app has been spotted targeting human rights activists associated with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), a partially recognized state in the western part of the Sahara desert.... #morocco #westernsahara #colonization #sahrawi #sadr #nsa #spyware #spearphishing #humanrights #colonialoccupation #northafrica #worldnews #worldwithoutus

https://therecord.media/android-mobile-spyware-western-sahara

#SkyWatch #Astrophotography I have posted photos of the #CrescentNebula before but not ones created with my 250mm lens. This wider field of view shows the Crescent (lower right corner) amidst the hydrogen gas clouds of the #Sadr region in the center of the #Cygnus constellation. The Crescent is a shell caused by colliding gasses after a star explosion and is 5000 light years from Earth. #StillLearning

Wonder what's been going in #WesternSahara the past few years? The International Crisis Group recently published a good detailed summary (PolGeoNow takes no position on their policy recommendations): https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/north-africa/western-sahara/paving-way-talks-western-sahara

#Morocco #Polisario #SADR #defacto #defactostates #diplomacy #geography @geopolitics @geography

Al-#Sadr Calls for Rallies Against #Swedish Embassy Amid #Quran Desecration Controversy #Iraq @iraq

https://shafaq.com/en/Iraq-News/Al-Sadr-Calls-for-Rallies-Against-Swedish-Embassy-Amid-Quran-Desecration-Controversy

@kevinrns @gdeihl I mean if it were my decision I would've already made a deal with the #SADR...

But I'm not @AuswaertigesAmt so yeah...

#SkyWatch #Astrophotography #Sadr is the bright star in this image. Also known as #GammaCygni it is the central star of the cross that makes up the #Cygnus constellation and is about 1800 light years from Earth. It is not the source of the large emission nebula #IC1318 that appears to surround it. #IC1318 is about 5000 light years from Earth and is sometimes called the #ButterflyNebula #StillLearning

#SkyWatch #Astrophotography The #GammaCygniNebula is 4000 light years away in the #Sadr region of the Milky Way. This image represents an instance in which a bigger telescope is not always better for astrophotography. With my 715mm I could only capture half of the nebula. The other half is on the other side of the dark nebula in the lower right. With the other half, the nebula looks like a butterfly. I think this half looks like a flying squirrel. #StillLearningDay

Photographer Spends 6 Months Shooting 700MP Photo of Exploding Star

Astrophotographer Matt Harbison spent six months in a desert observatory in order to create a massive 700-megapixel 12-panel photo of the Cygnus Loop and Sadr region of space, which includes the remnants of an exploded star.

Harbison has previously captured a massive 2.5-gigapixel photo of the Orion Constellation that took five years to complete, and while this latest project did not require nearly the time investment, it is no less impressive. Harbison captured his latest massive photo with his Takahashi FSQ106+645 reducer with a QHY600 monochrome camera.

All of the captured images were processed in Pixinsight with weighted batch pre-processing.

"Once calibrated masters were created, I used Mosaic by Coordinates to begin the Photometric Mosaic process. Each panel was cropped slightly and trimmed with the trimming tool, and then added to the master created with Gradient Merge Mosaic," Harbison explains. "Once each of the 12 panels was registered to a master mosaic, I used the Photometric Mosaic process to fine-tune the image."

The result is a breathtakingly high-resolution photo of a stunningly beautiful region of the night sky.

"This is the first true mosaic out of my new Takahashi System in Marathon, Texas," Harbison says. "A few hurdles before truly grasping this wide-field monster and I am beginning to understand its quirks. The field is truly impressive. With massive amounts of star color and span, this telescope chews through these dark West Texas skies."

He says that photographers often capture the various individual targets in the constellation, but to have it presented together in this way is unique. Harbison says that it grants added perspective to see the Milky Way running through the left side of the image.

Harbison says that the Constellation of Cygnus lies in a region of chaos, wrought with expanding gasses and the remnants of supernovas. He says that this region truly reveals the active nature of the galaxy.

"This image reveals the hydrogen, oxygen, and rich star life and color present in the area," Harbison says. "The added effect of star removal helps to illuminate the moving gasses and the ever-changing nature of the area. Imaging this area every night since July, I’ve managed to complete almost 200 hours."

Harbison tells PetaPixel that it was not always smooth sailing during his months-long capture, and the changing weather including a lot of fog through the fall added complications to his process.

"Cygnus is right overhead June through November," Harbison says. "Aside from the fact that it’s one of the closest constellations to us, it also houses the most intense X-ray emission source (cygX1) and is a treasure trove of hot stars worth studying. I hope to shoot six other segments in the same area over the next few years."

Harbison has uploaded the massive photograph so that it can be inspected closely by anyone who is curious to see the photo in high resolution.

"After I finish a project, I sit back, take a long look, and think to myself… every star, could be somebody’s Sun," he says.

Full details on the photo's capture and processing can be read on Astrobin. For more from Matt Harbison, follow him on Twitter, Instagram, and Reddit, as well as his website. Prints are available to purchase as well.

Image credits: All photos by and provided courtesy of Matt Harbison.

#spotlight #travel #700megapixel #astrophotography #constellation #cygnus #cygnusconstellation #cygnusloop #explodingstar #mattharbison #sadr #space #supernova

IRAQ. Il lutto, l’orgoglio e una storia dalla fine ancora non scritta http://nena-news.it/iraq-il-lutto-lorgoglio-e-una-storia-dalla-fine-ancora-non-scritta/ #rivoluzioned'ottobre #piazzaTahrir #Attualità #protesta #Kadhimi #Iraq #Sadr

IRAQ. “Il sistema confessionale e le milizie danneggiano la nostra classe” http://nena-news.it/iraq-il-sistema-confessionale-e-le-milizie-danneggiano-la-nostra-classe/ #Golfo-PenisolaArabica #InEvidenza #Attualità #proteste #Tahrir #Paesi #Iraq #Sadr

IRAQ. Al-Sadr in piazza contro gli Usa e senza Tahrir http://nena-news.it/iraq-al-sadr-in-piazza-contro-gli-usa-e-senza-tahrir/ #PrimaPaginaColonnaSinistra #Golfo-PenisolaArabica #Attualità #proteste #soldati #Paesi #Iraq #Sadr #Usa