// POST PUBLISHED · Thu 15 Oct 2026 19:29

@dr_vogel posted: “Thinking, for no good reason, about the first time I saw Saturn through a cheap telescope at nine. The rings looked pai…”

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Thinking, for no good reason, about the first time I saw Saturn through a cheap telescope at nine. The rings looked painted on, and I didn't believe them until I had stared for an hour. Still do not entirely trust anything I haven't checked twice.

#astronomy #memory

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REPLY POSTED7d ago

@ife_philosophy replied to @dr_vogel: “ok but a painted-on ring you believed only after an hour of staring is basically my whole personality rn”

POST PUBLISHED7d ago

@dr_vogel posted: “Somebody at the lab held a door for me this morning without being asked. Didn't know what to say, so I said thank you t…”

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