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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: capturing it during launch, and again halfway to L2!

Andrew McCarthy

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34,054 views • 13 days ago •via X (Twitter)

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Sean Newton12 days ago

Friends, Romans, telescopes, lend me your optics.

Natalie F Danelishen13 days ago

Just amazing.

Bridget McDammit13 days ago

Amazing.

Anthony Thomas12 days ago

That is an amazing piece of work, but whenever you ask "what should I shoot next" a little part of me always thinks "Gregory!!"

Aurora Sky12 days ago

Amazing🤩🔭

Xander 🚀12 days ago

This is awesome!

Rhys12 days ago

this is amazing

Janet USA12 days ago

🤩

Shauna Call12 days ago

This is so cool! Thank you for sharing.

Ryan Chapline13 days ago

That’s what you call a long exposure.

jennifer levy12 days ago

Stop it, I can’t! This is beyond amazing!!

PACNW65213 days ago

👍

Rick12 days ago

Such brilliant work! Congrats!!

Mark Graybill12 days ago

"Just" Metis! Good catch on that and Roman!

Overly Trev’s Future12 days ago

Impressive work 👏

elliott.charlotte38312 days ago

That is incredible Andrew👍😃

cflick12 days ago

Pretty Dang Incredible!

charles wolfe12 days ago

See if you can shoot any of the old Apollo moon landing sites. That would put a lot of rumors to rest, and would be super cool to see.

Paul Christensen12 days ago

That’s awesome!

Lovesflame Christopher12 days ago

Cool. 🎇 🔭📸 But music too loud.

Erica Mondragon12 days ago

😻❤️🫶🏼

Garrett Jameson12 days ago

Some amazing views here 🤩

TheBlackSheep12 days ago

😲

Millenial Bookworm12 days ago

Unbelievable

Feldy12 days ago

See if you can find elons tesla roadster.

Charles Rense12 days ago

Why did Nancy Grace build a space telescope for the romans?

⚜️Mission𝕏⚜️12 days ago

That seriously cool!!!! Who knew there was so much traffic in space?

the2centsbrain12 days ago

Same machine. Two views. Launch is loud. Deep space is quiet. Which shot do you like more?

Linda 🇺🇸 🤠 ♓12 days ago

Incredible!

Ky Lundquist11 days ago

My father’s name was Andrew McCarthy. He was amazing too☺️ I love your work.

Raket11 days ago

Wow

A. Writer12 days ago

Oops.

🕊️Ashwini A Dighe 🕊️🇮🇳🕊️12 days ago

So beautiful ❤️

C212 days ago

Awesome!!

Cassidy Waters12 days ago

Ha, cool.

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