Maik Meyer ☄️
@comethunter.de
Comet hunting in plate vaults & libraries, Meyer comet group, orbit linking & calculating, cometary history, MP (52005), author, currently working on revision of Cometography 1, comet observing, www.comethunter.de
ORCID: 0009-0004-8545-9458
ORCID: 0009-0004-8545-9458
Reposted by Maik Meyer ☄️
John Cage, Lecture on nothing, 1959
September 19, 2026 at 3:32 PM
John Cage, Lecture on nothing, 1959
Currently listening through the discography of Thin Lizzy and I have to say that they were ahead of their time. Very prog. Right up my alley.
Phil Lynott Thin Lizzy
ALT: Phil Lynott Thin Lizzy
static.klipy.com
September 18, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Currently listening through the discography of Thin Lizzy and I have to say that they were ahead of their time. Very prog. Right up my alley.
This morning it happened:
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September 16, 2026 at 4:28 AM
This morning it happened:
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Reposted by Maik Meyer ☄️
Ihn treibt die Gärung in die Ferne,
Er ist sich seiner Tollheit halb bewußt;
Vom Himmel fordert er die schönsten Sterne
Und von der Erde jede höchste Lust,
Und alle Näh und alle Ferne
Befriedigt nicht die tiefbewegte Brust.
Er ist sich seiner Tollheit halb bewußt;
Vom Himmel fordert er die schönsten Sterne
Und von der Erde jede höchste Lust,
Und alle Näh und alle Ferne
Befriedigt nicht die tiefbewegte Brust.
September 13, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Ihn treibt die Gärung in die Ferne,
Er ist sich seiner Tollheit halb bewußt;
Vom Himmel fordert er die schönsten Sterne
Und von der Erde jede höchste Lust,
Und alle Näh und alle Ferne
Befriedigt nicht die tiefbewegte Brust.
Er ist sich seiner Tollheit halb bewußt;
Vom Himmel fordert er die schönsten Sterne
Und von der Erde jede höchste Lust,
Und alle Näh und alle Ferne
Befriedigt nicht die tiefbewegte Brust.
Reposted by Maik Meyer ☄️
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
September 12, 2026 at 1:14 PM
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
I'd wager that almost everyone who was old enough knows exactly what she/he was doing on this day 25 years ago.
September 11, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I'd wager that almost everyone who was old enough knows exactly what she/he was doing on this day 25 years ago.
Some comet images from last night's ☄️ photometry run. Beat the clouds. All images are G band.
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September 11, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Some comet images from last night's ☄️ photometry run. Beat the clouds. All images are G band.
🔭
🔭
Reposted by Maik Meyer ☄️
The demographic which voted the least for the AfD was socialized entirely in the GDR, the highest share at 53% (35-44) were children or infants when the wall came down and 42% of those born in the 21st century voted for them.
September 6, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The demographic which voted the least for the AfD was socialized entirely in the GDR, the highest share at 53% (35-44) were children or infants when the wall came down and 42% of those born in the 21st century voted for them.
Reposted by Maik Meyer ☄️
Reposted by Maik Meyer ☄️
Saw this sticker (I think on Etsy if you want one)
This is kinda how I feel some days.
It especially kills me to watch maga interviews 🤦🏻♀️
These minds (or lack there of) will be studied forever. Best of luck to the future scientists and medical experts.
Happy Sunday friends.
#SheShed
This is kinda how I feel some days.
It especially kills me to watch maga interviews 🤦🏻♀️
These minds (or lack there of) will be studied forever. Best of luck to the future scientists and medical experts.
Happy Sunday friends.
#SheShed
September 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Saw this sticker (I think on Etsy if you want one)
This is kinda how I feel some days.
It especially kills me to watch maga interviews 🤦🏻♀️
These minds (or lack there of) will be studied forever. Best of luck to the future scientists and medical experts.
Happy Sunday friends.
#SheShed
This is kinda how I feel some days.
It especially kills me to watch maga interviews 🤦🏻♀️
These minds (or lack there of) will be studied forever. Best of luck to the future scientists and medical experts.
Happy Sunday friends.
#SheShed
Reposted by Maik Meyer ☄️
"But my doctor says I'm perfectly healthy!"
"Hehe! Facts. You were never interested in these!"
(You may exchange the sign with that if your local favourite right wing party.)
"Hehe! Facts. You were never interested in these!"
(You may exchange the sign with that if your local favourite right wing party.)
September 6, 2026 at 1:38 PM
"But my doctor says I'm perfectly healthy!"
"Hehe! Facts. You were never interested in these!"
(You may exchange the sign with that if your local favourite right wing party.)
"Hehe! Facts. You were never interested in these!"
(You may exchange the sign with that if your local favourite right wing party.)
Reposted by Maik Meyer ☄️
International friends, think about your German friends today, especially those living in Sachsen-Anhalt. It will likely be a grim evening of election results. Check in on them, talk to each other. Fascists want us to feel alone, isolated and overwhelmed. Community counters that.
September 6, 2026 at 11:11 AM
International friends, think about your German friends today, especially those living in Sachsen-Anhalt. It will likely be a grim evening of election results. Check in on them, talk to each other. Fascists want us to feel alone, isolated and overwhelmed. Community counters that.
Here's the results:
161P/Hartley-IRAS: 13.7 mag, 1.7'
220P/McNaught: 11.7 mag, 3.1', 18' tail in PA 258°
C/2021 G2 (ATLAS): 16.6 mag, 0.7'
C/2024 J3 (ATLAS): 13.8 mag, 0.9'
C/2026 A2 (BOK): 14.9 mag, 0.5', 0.7' tail in PA 108°
11P not detected.
G band images of 220P and C/2026 A2 below.
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161P/Hartley-IRAS: 13.7 mag, 1.7'
220P/McNaught: 11.7 mag, 3.1', 18' tail in PA 258°
C/2021 G2 (ATLAS): 16.6 mag, 0.7'
C/2024 J3 (ATLAS): 13.8 mag, 0.9'
C/2026 A2 (BOK): 14.9 mag, 0.5', 0.7' tail in PA 108°
11P not detected.
G band images of 220P and C/2026 A2 below.
☄️🔭
September 6, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Here's the results:
161P/Hartley-IRAS: 13.7 mag, 1.7'
220P/McNaught: 11.7 mag, 3.1', 18' tail in PA 258°
C/2021 G2 (ATLAS): 16.6 mag, 0.7'
C/2024 J3 (ATLAS): 13.8 mag, 0.9'
C/2026 A2 (BOK): 14.9 mag, 0.5', 0.7' tail in PA 108°
11P not detected.
G band images of 220P and C/2026 A2 below.
☄️🔭
161P/Hartley-IRAS: 13.7 mag, 1.7'
220P/McNaught: 11.7 mag, 3.1', 18' tail in PA 258°
C/2021 G2 (ATLAS): 16.6 mag, 0.7'
C/2024 J3 (ATLAS): 13.8 mag, 0.9'
C/2026 A2 (BOK): 14.9 mag, 0.5', 0.7' tail in PA 108°
11P not detected.
G band images of 220P and C/2026 A2 below.
☄️🔭
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bair, schleicher, kareta, knight, and kelley, "The Highly Unusual Behavior and Chemical Composition of Interstellar Comet
2I/Borisov", accepted in PSJ and available on arxiv here:
arxiv.org/abs/2608.23701
2I/Borisov", accepted in PSJ and available on arxiv here:
arxiv.org/abs/2608.23701
September 6, 2026 at 6:20 AM
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Germany today.
"We may try it."
"We may try it."
... und in Sachsen-Anhalt heute so . . .
Wer des Lesens kundig, kann nachlesen, wie die Geschichte in beiden Vorlagen ausgegangen ist - vor mehr als zwei Jahrtausenden und vor 83 Jahren.
Moin.
Wer des Lesens kundig, kann nachlesen, wie die Geschichte in beiden Vorlagen ausgegangen ist - vor mehr als zwei Jahrtausenden und vor 83 Jahren.
Moin.
September 6, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Germany today.
"We may try it."
"We may try it."
Good morning! All six observations succeeded. The S50 is soaked in dew but the lens is dry. Now I'm downloading the data and will process them with Tycho Tracker for ☄️ photometry.
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September 6, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Good morning! All six observations succeeded. The S50 is soaked in dew but the lens is dry. Now I'm downloading the data and will process them with Tycho Tracker for ☄️ photometry.
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It's still cloudy but I hope for the best. 🔭☄️
September 5, 2026 at 6:28 PM
It's still cloudy but I hope for the best. 🔭☄️
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Falls noch irgend jemand denkt: "Wird schon nicht so schlimm werden mit Parfüm-Uli".
Schaut euch an, wofür Greg Bovino bekannt wurde.
www.n-tv.de/mediathek/vi...
Schaut euch an, wofür Greg Bovino bekannt wurde.
www.n-tv.de/mediathek/vi...
September 5, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Falls noch irgend jemand denkt: "Wird schon nicht so schlimm werden mit Parfüm-Uli".
Schaut euch an, wofür Greg Bovino bekannt wurde.
www.n-tv.de/mediathek/vi...
Schaut euch an, wofür Greg Bovino bekannt wurde.
www.n-tv.de/mediathek/vi...
I can feel it...
about 60% of your atoms are hydrogen atoms, whose nuclei mostly originated in the Big Bang.
Most of *you* predates Earth by about nine billion years. More than half of you is as old as the universe.
Most of *you* predates Earth by about nine billion years. More than half of you is as old as the universe.
September 5, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I can feel it...