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31 July

New #Siril updates mean it's time to re-process old data! 🔭 📸✨ Revisited a year’s worth of deep-sky targets and put together a short showcase video with the refreshed results and object details. Full video below! 👇 #astrophotography #astronomy #space youtu.be/a1OmKTeYtfw?...

How amazing is this, and we so take it for granted. A motorised vehicle driving around another planet in our Solar System! 🔭

Jackie Branc@jackiebranc.com

1/2🧵🔴 Mars Perseverance Sol 2010: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam) / enhanced mosaic 🔭 Oct. 15, 2026, 10:34:02 Source: Mars_Perseverance_NLF_2010_0845370078_987ECM_N0920000NCAM13009_01_195J_04_195J Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Jackie Branc #Mars #Percy #Perseverance

Good evening #Bluesky the 🔭 observatory is open again tonight, so doing an #EAA session before the main session of imaging my main target later. I'm starting with M13 #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Unfortunately could not do further imaging last night as the cooling fan has failed on the camera, so ordered and waiting for replacement now. Fortunately there is no clear sky forecast over the next few days, so hopefully I'll have it repaired for the next opportunity 🤞

Really building the details there 👍

Brendan@hasungazer.bsky.social

NGC7635 (Bubble nebula) and SH2-157 (Lobster claw), 19hrs of integration and also without stars.

So now we have moved the 🔭 to visit M52, which in the FOV includes C11 the bubble nebula, up and to right of the cluster. M52, Open cluster ~35M years old, 5,000 light years away. Bubble Nebula, Carved out by a monster star 44x heavier than the Sun with 4million mph winds! 😲

M52 FACTS Is a relatively young cluster at about 35 million years old (compared to our Sun's 4.6 billion years). Contains roughly 200 to 600 stars, mostly hot, bright blue main-sequence stars. lies roughly 4,600 to 5,000 light-years from Earth.

Good evening #Bluesky the 🔭 observatory is open again tonight, so doing an #EAA session before the main session of imaging my main target later. I'm starting with M13 #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Chosen for Humanity's First Interstellar Message! In 1974, humanity transmitted the famous Arecibo Message—a binary radio signal. The message will take another 22,000 years to get there (and M13 will have moved slightly in its orbit by then!).

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans

Sacrificed a 🔭 night of clear skies to see #professorbriancox in Liverpool last night. Awesome show for anyone going to future events. #emergencetour2026 #profbriancox

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Brendan

@hasungazer.bsky.social

Just under 9hrs on this so far, the Bubble neb (NGC7635) and lobster claw neb (Sh2-157) also NGC7538 lower left.

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@astroroyalscot.bsky.social

Fab Sun at #NewScientistLive: the @eucliduk.bsky.social stand was packed with young dark matter detectives; a delight to hear @jimalkhalili.bsky.social's book talk"On Time"; everyone laughed at my jokes in my talk 🥳 Tomorrow I'm talking in #Greenwich - come along!🔭 ℹ️: www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/nat...

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Going for a DSO 🔭 object tonight, with limited clear sky forecast I'm using #EAA to start building data, tonight IC1805. IC 1805, universally known as the Heart Nebula, is a stunning emission nebula located in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Here are some fascinating facts about it: It sits roughly 7,500 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia, just west of the famous "W" shape. Discovered by the legendary astronomer William Herschel on November 3, 1787. ...

... Despite its massive physical size, the surface brightness of IC 1805 is very faint (around magnitude 18.3), meaning it cannot be seen with the naked eye or standard binoculars and typically requires long-exposure astrophotography or narrowband filters to reveal its intricate structure.

What a great opportunity, good luck to whoever applies!

ESO@eso.org

PhD student in astronomy or related scientific fields, this one is for you! There is still time to apply for the ESO Studentship Programme 2026/2027. Positions are available: ➡️ At our Headquarters in Germany ➡️ In our offices in Santiago (Chile) Details: https://recruitment.eso.org/ 🔭 #ESOjobs

Seeing looks better tonight, hopefully the stacking will bring out the details, going to capture as much data as possible #Saturn #Astronomy #Astrophotography 🔭

The last object in my sky hoping is #M27 the Dumbbell Nebula. Found by French astronomer Charles Messier in 1764, it was the first planetary nebula ever discovered, its located about 1,200 to 1,360 light-years away.🔭 Hope you enjoyed that little sky hope? Now off to #Saturn

Estimated to be roughly 13.7 billion years old with very few heavy elements, meaning its stars formed early in the universe's history, M56 roughly 32,900 light-years away in the constellation Lyra and Measures approximately 84 light-years across. 🔭

Less dramatic in BW rather than colour our next target id #M57 The Ring Nebula. a glowing shell of ionized gas, created when a sun-like star expelled its outer layers near the end of its life.🔭

Moving on to #M39 an open star cluster roughly 800 to 1,010 light-years away from Earth, making it one of the closer star clusters to our solar system. 🔭

This is M29 the cooling tower cluster, a weird name I know, but look at that star field! #EAA gives us a view we could never see with our eyes alone 🔭

Although, could do without the satellites 😞

Next target is M13 the Hercules Cluster, using the #EAA (Electriconically Assisted Astronomy) technique to view these objects, short exposures (15s), and stacked to bring out detail. 🔭

While I'm waiting for #Saturn to be visible, using the guide scope to look around tonights sky. This is a live stack of #Andromeda 🔭

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans

So as we approach #Saturn opposition the sky and forecast is looking good for tonight, so about to open the observatory 🔭, will post more later

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@astroroyalscot.bsky.social

Just heading off to meet P6 of Hillside Primary in Aberdeen this morning. I'll be helping them get ready for tonight's 100hours stargazing challenge. Amazingly the weather Gods appear to be on our side with clear skies forecast up North tonight!🤞🔭 👇Join in with stargazers across the entire globe!

Jenny Shipway@jennyshipway.bsky.social

✨ ONE DAY to go! ✨ Join us for a 100-Hour global stargazing marathon. Pop outside during the event and complete our beginners' stargazing challenges to put your markers on the map 🤩 📌 See how many people have already registered their locations in advance at 100hours.online - is your town there? 👀

The concern is how deep these cuts are going to go and what amazing discoveries will never happen or are seriously delayed!

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social

It's been 7 months since I gave evidence at the UKGov select committee hearing, on the policy changes at UKRI which have had a catastrophic impact on funding for UK astronomy and particle physics. When asked if we thought we were the "canary in the coal mine", we said yes..... we weren't wrong. 🧪🔭⚛️

share.googleA black hole in the Milky Way aims its jet at us - South African Radio Astronomy Observatory - NRF-SARAO0:00 Astronomers have found the first convincing “microblazar” in our Galaxy — a star with a black hole orbiting around it, firing a beam of near-light-speed matter almost straight towards Earth. Its opposite, invisible beam slams into a cloud of gas and may be the source of some of the most energetic particles ever detected. […]

A black hole in the Milky Way aims its jet at us - South African Radio #Astronomy #Observatory - NRF-SARAO share.google/NiEjtHHCi8fk... 🔭

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social

@billingboroughobservatory.space

22 Sept

🌌 Want to try stargazing? From 1–4 October, join **100 Hours Under One Sky**! Four simple challenges, badges to earn and a shared UK & Ireland map. No telescope needed, just go outside and look up! 🔭🧪 100hours.online #Astronomy #Stargazing #NightSky

share.googleNASA’s Moon Orbiter Spots New, ‘Once-in-Century’ Moon Crater - NASA ScienceIt started as a routine data-quality check. But as Robert Wagner, a scientist with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), scanned a giant Moon map on his

17 Sept

NASA’s Moon Orbiter Spots New, ‘Once-in-Century’ Moon Crater - NASA Science share.google/Uv4abvaBDOvr... #astronomy 🔭

16 Sept

I love the fact we have so much & immediate access to this data; looking forward to what we'll soon discover!

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social

🥳 First-light doughnuts from the very recently launched Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope! 🔭 Fear not - it will all look a lot prettier when focused!

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Dummy Mage

@twoint.bsky.social

16 Sept

I photographed the Elephant's Trunk nebula over the last 3 nights. The dark nebulosity and sharp structures were very fun to process. #astrophotography #photography #space #astronomy

12 Sept

Great image @hasungazer.bsky.social the dark skies make a difference 👏

Brendan@hasungazer.bsky.social

A few days back at my favourite dark sky site "Treheli Farm" on the Llyn Peninsula, North Wales. Weather a mixed bag but managed to capture our nearest galaxy "The Andromeda galaxy"

10 Sept

Good starting point for all 🔭

San Jose Astronomical Association@sjastronomy.bsky.social

🌌 Not sure where to start when you look up? Start with something you recognize! September's evening sky is full of bright landmarks that can help you find your way. 🔭 #astronomy #astrophotography #space #nightsky

7 Sept

I'd of loved this opportunity ...good luck to those that go for it 👏👏👏

ESO@eso.org

#ESOjobs If you are a PhD student in astronomy or related scientific fields, you can apply for the ESO Studentship Programme 2026/2027. Positions are available at our Headquarters in Germany or in our offices in Santiago (Chile). Apply by: 20 October 2026. Details: https://recruitment.eso.org/ 🔭

earthsky.orgSmall asteroid impact likely today near Australia

6 Sept

This should be interesting...keep looking up 🔭

Kelly Kizer Whitt@astronomommy.bsky.social

HEADS UP! ☄️ A small asteroid will impact Earth near Australia today earthsky.org/space/small-...

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Kelly Kizer Whitt

@astronomommy.bsky.social

6 Sept

HEADS UP! ☄️ A small asteroid will impact Earth near Australia today earthsky.org/space/small-...

earthsky.orgSmall asteroid impact likely today near Australia

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Chris Lintott

@chrislintott.bsky.social

2 Sept

Any astrophotographers out there? I'm looking for images of people looking at the sky without telescopes. If you can share shots of meteor watching in deckchairs, or anything of you hanging out under the stars that would be fab. 🔭

science.nasa.govNASA Roman's Planet Imager Has Powered On - NASA ScienceNASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully activated the mission’s Coronagraph Instrument, which will block starlight to view planets and

It's going to be a busy journey for this 🔭 science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman/...

Discovered more older data, this time of the plant #Saturn from 10/08/22 Taken via Celestron C11 🔭 with 2x Barlow. I'm hoping to get more planetary imaging done again as Saturn will become a good target again. #Astronomy #Astrophotography @liverpoolas.org

🪐 Did you know Saturn's main rings stretch ~280,000 km across, yet they are only about 10 meters thick? This image was captured when Saturn was near opposition in August 2022! The dark gap visible in the rings is the 4,700 km-wide Cassini Division.

So have now added the new 🔭 data to the earlier data, now totalling 8.5 hours, naturally the processing outputs a different end image, so comparisons for you, do you feel you can see the extra detail or cleaner image? #astronomy #astrophotograhy #space @liverpoolas.org

Facts about NGC6888 Located ~5,000 light-years away in Cygnus. Sculpted by Wolf-Rayet star WR 136 blowing gas at 2,000 km/s. Formed when fast stellar wind hit slower gas shed during its earlier red giant phase. WR 136 is expected to explode as a supernova within 100,000 years.

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JBGarrity Photography

@joegarrity.bsky.social

26 Aug

I captured the Andromeda Galaxy with an 8-hour integration time using my Askar FRA500 telescope, ASI2600MC Duo camera, and ZWO AM5N mount. High-resolution: app.astrobin.com/i/xz1nem #astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposure #andromeda #galaxy #eastcoastkin #photography

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Starship888☀️V

@starship888.bsky.social

24 Aug

Comet 220P in Outburst apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26082... Normally, periodic Comet 220P/McNaught is so dim that to see it requires a telescope. Two surprising outbursts this year, however, have made it about 20,000 times brighter than usual.

The 🔭 observatory is open again tonight, getting more data on #NGC6888 the Cresent Nebula. #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space

Well done, love live #astronomy, particularly at outreach events, so good when people see the details that they can't see through an eyepiece. 👏

Star Sherpa@starsherpa.net

#astro #astronomy #astrophotography

I have been experimenting more with the #Siril tools and revisiting some older data to see how I can extract more detail or just make it more interesting, which is subjective I know! This is my 🔭 image of Rosette Nebula, Let me know which you prefer? #Astro #Astronomy #Astrophotography