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Connor Matherne

@cosmic.speck

4 years ago

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Posted On: December 25th 2022, 01:34 am

Every Christmas I point my telescope at the night sky, and each year I'm always terrified of what I see. Time to call every astronomer I know and find out what the heck this is.

#astronomy #nasa #santaspotting #space #santa #astrophotography #christmas #fyp #moon

Comments (24)

chrisishowiedoit

4 months ago

chrisishowiedoit

Bring this page back to life

ethan_merritt1967

2 years ago

ethan_merritt1967

Why haven't you been posting?

dejdar_astro

3 years ago

dejdar_astro

come back pls

kalbano

4 years ago

kalbano

Is Santa holding up a wine glass! 😍 I guess I was a good girl this year!

treveccaurbanfarm

4 years ago

treveccaurbanfarm

"You serious, Clark?"

timhutchison66

4 years ago

timhutchison66

Merry Christmas Connor!

galactic.lagoon

4 years ago

galactic.lagoon

YOU HAD ME IN THE FIRST HALF 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

jacuby

4 years ago

jacuby

Is this at the fuckin cottages ???!

terrazaalcosmos

4 years ago

terrazaalcosmos

Merry Christmas my friend!!! 👏👏👏🙌

brittanyelkins

4 years ago

brittanyelkins

Lol @ the cottages setup

madigrc

4 years ago

madigrc

@natgeo is gonna pick this up

jacuby

4 years ago

jacuby

A Christmas miracle !!!

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