So the new #Kreutz #comet #MAPS is *still* following the constant rapid rise in brightness it has shown since discovery: a dumb extrapolation - https://cobs.si/analysis/?comet=2688&from_date=2026-01-15 00:00&to_date=2026-04-30 00:00&observation_type=V&observation_type=C&plot_x_value=1&plot_y_value=1&fit_option=1&exclude_faint=on&exclude_issue=on&observer=&association=&country=&compare_values=compare - has it get 10,000-times brighter than the Sun at its extremely close perihelion which makes so sense at all, of course, physically.
"It must therefore be assumed that this increase in activity will level off significantly in the near future," writes https://fg-kometen.vdsastro.de/koj_2026/c2026a1/26a1eaus.htm: "More likely are parameters m m0=12.0 mag / n=4 (or even lower), which would still result in a (very short-term) maximum brightness of about –9 mag (but this would probably still be significantly too bright) – always assuming that the comet survives its perihelion passage unscathed."
For other views see http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/005600/CBET005663.txt and https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.17626 and https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10236580364221799 and https://cometografia.es/cometa-kreutz-2026-a1-maps-analisis/ - and the actual brightness is tracked at https://cobs.si/obs_list?id=2688 where it has reached ~11.5 mag. now.
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PERFECT DAYS - Officiële trailer
#ARD #rbb
https://www.ardmediathek.de/tv-programm/6972aec23f02b0bd40a4df63 (2023, 120min)
Streamen: overzicht https://www.cinema.nl/db/15096811-perfect-days
Bijvoorbeeld MUBI:
https://mubi.com/films/perfect-days (124min)
Interview: Now Is Now: On Wim Wenders's "Perfect Days" on Notebook | MUBI
https://mubi.com/nl/notebook/posts/now-is-now-on-wim-wenders-s-perfect-days
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We've been out a bit. We hiked up the #wallberg near #tegernsee.
First half was without snow, second half was snowy. But as it is a very frequented route, it wasn't a problem at all. Near the top there were really a lot of people (thanks to the rope way 🚡).
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Measuring C std::unordered_map badness.
https://artificial-mind.net/blog/2021/10/09/unordered-map-badness
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This is a shitty outcome for a valid criticism of an #overlay product:
• https://www.lalutineduweb.fr/en/help-lawyer-fees-faciliti-lawsuit/#20260306
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Flying Lizards:
🎵 Money (That’s What I Want)
#TheFlyingLizards
https://guydavidov.bandcamp.com/track/the-flying-lizards-money-that-s-what-i-want-guy-davidov-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/1mHx2EsLJlImS6tENOt22o
More #MareOrientale in this new #ArtemisII #Moon image - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/55190158269/in/album-72177720307234654 - than in the first one with a long focal length presented. The lunar flyby webcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-j1uxBmis0 will begin at 17:00 UTC today and the lunar observations run from 18:45 UTC to 1:20 UTC on 7 April - as explained in the press conference tonight we will mostly get images from the exterior cameras with astronaut commentary of what they see; real photographs like this one will be downloaded later during the day and the following ones.
The #ArtemisII mission is getting to see more and more of the far side of the Moon already, with Mare Orientale already clearly visible in the image https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/55186902076/in/album-72177720307234654 at the far left - and the Daily News Conference is beginning on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-KDKBCPrwA (while https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/04/artemis-ii-flight-day-4-deep-space-flying-lunar-flyby-prep/ has a long mission update).