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My suspicion would be a tumbling rocket body. Last time I saw one I was able to find it on Stellarium, so mihgt be an option for finding this one?

A rare photo of my setup in action. First time in two months it's been clear enough

I didn't do anything special with the printing. The filament is 3DQF PLA, and I printed it with 4 perimeters and 10% cubic infill. Whether it holds up to our weather or not remains to be seen! I believe @Chriske has used prints outdoors, and somewhere in the forum threads I think there are a few others, so there should be some opinions on long term outdoor use. As these are under compression they might be ok.

They've managed to get a final photo of Ingenuity from Perseverance and it's definitely lost a blade. The missing one is sitting about 15 metres away. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/final-images-of-ingenuity-reveal-an-entire-blade-broke-off-the-helicopter/

Thanks. The intention is that these would be safe against lawnmowers, but I have no idea if they actually are yet. They're 75mm long, and didn't go into the soggy clay soil here that readily, so might be ok. They're pushed in level with the surface.

After experimenting with some plant pots laid out in a triangle to help with positioning the tripod I've 3D printed some ground spikes that should hopefully be better while also not being trip hazards. The soft ground from the recent rain helped greatly in pushing them in. This could be one of my saner ideas. Just need a clear night to try it out. The STL for it is attached. TripodPeg.stl

Hot chocolate, especially on cold nights at the eyepiece. If I'm indoors keeping an eye on an imaging session then it varies. After 9pm it's usually decaf coffee or peppermint tea.

Seems like Ingenuity was quite impressive given how it was made. Nothing was space hardened, it was all off the shelf parts and made to a weight limit of just 4 pounds! https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/now-that-weve-flown-on-mars-what-comes-next-in-aerial-planetary-exploration/

Taken last night in less than ideal circumstances; full moon, thin cloud, focus slightly soft, and light pollution in that direction. And I still managed to pull something from it. 81 subs of 60 seconds at gain 252, stacked in ASTAP and roughly processed in GIMP

For what was only meant to be a short term experimental aircraft it was quite amazing, especially as it was being flown on another world in preprogrammed flights. The last planned flight was for a greater distance than the Wright Flyer ever managed https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/nasas-mars-helicopter-has-made-its-last-flight-above-the-red-planet/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Flyer

I guess if you're sitting on the sofa and throwing them at any visible spiders then they're likely to work! 🤣

For Starlink they've needed the approval of the US Federal Communications Commission (https://www.space.com/spacex-fcc-approval-7500-starlink-satellites) I've not seen anything that covers worldwide approval for launches so maybe there isn't anything in place, although with current geopolitics countries could block each other from launching satellites if there were.

That's great. Never realised there was so much dust in that area too.

My brother bought me a furry hat to wear when I'm out. Haven't actually done so as I have a large head (but no brains) so it barely fits

Mine last night was telling me what I already knew - it was cold! I assume it's actually there as an indication of acclimatisation