A lovely evening to catch Venus…. #Venus #Planet @earthskyscience.bsky.social

Reform who are against the “academic elite” put forward a *checks notes* member of the academic elite. The Green’s put up a plumber. #Reform #MattGoodwin #Greens #Farage #BadLosers

Really pleased considering the surrounding conditions to catch the elusive inner most planet Mercury as this week it undergoes its best evening apparition on 2026. @earthskyscience.bsky.social #Mercury #Planet #Planets #TerrestrialPlanet

The almost Full Moon sits just above the Belt of Venus. #Moon #BeltofVenus

Worse. Ventriloquist. Act. Ever. #RobertJenrick

Great well attended IOMN event in East Grinstead last night. Sky cleared as promised by forecast. Lots of space activities for younger members of our community to engage in, plus also a variety of telescopes to observe the Moon and Saturn with. @earthskyscience.bsky.social #IOMN #Moon #WestSussex

Venus through the leaves… #Venus #Planets

Venus certainly is bright this morning…. #Venus #Planets

Equinox sunrise…. #Equinox #Sunrise

Sometimes a person needs to just get out and observe Saturn at opposition through their telescope in the quiet of evening. #Saturn #Opposition @earthskyscience.bsky.social

Jupiter sits below the Moon this morning, with Venus lower left. #Jupiter #Venus #Moon #Planets

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Morning James, Elon Musk is reinterpreting in his own words the lyrics from the very early Genesis ( yeah I know, Genesis) song, The Knife…” Some of you are going to die, martyrs of course to the freedom which I shall provide” Steve.

Absolutely loving how Spotify is describing The Wall album cover right now. #Spotify #PinkFloyd #TheWall open.spotify.com/track/24YmWQ...

open.spotify.com/track/25KYhx... #Supertramp

Can’t help as the servant of four of then what a track called Cats would have sounded like #Cats #PinkFloyd #Animals open.spotify.com/track/2jvuMD...

@newsagents.bsky.social Listening to Thursday’s edition and wondering if it would it be fair to say Nigel Farage would rather be a Klaxon than in Clacton ( or Parliament). #NigelFarage #GBNews #TheNewsagents #Reform

Great time observing the Moon this evening at DadFest East Grinstead. Lots of enquiring minds of all ages wanting to know more about our lunar neighbour. #DadFest #EastGrinstead

Friday morning 1.3% illuminated crescent Moon only risen 25 minutes before and very rapidly fading in the lightning sky. New Moon tomorrow morning @earthskyscience.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk @bbcscience.bsky.social #CrescentMoon #Moon #Sussex #WestSussex #EastGrinstead

Always get a sense of satisfaction capturing elusive Mercury ( right of tree). #Mercury

All 4 morning objects are here but might need to enlarge for final 2 due to rapidly lightning sky. Upper right Jupiter,then down to Venus, onto Mercury ( right of tree) then finally the 1.3% illuminated crescent Moon, left of said tree. @earthskyscience.bsky.social #Venus #Jupiter #Mercury #Moon

Tuesday morning, Moon, Jupiter and Venus. Unfortunately the horizon cloud meant Mercury was hidden from view.

Been looking forward to reading this for a while as a former charismatic evangelical now ensconced in the Anglo Catholic tradition ( though I disagree regards the suit wearing 🙂). Appropriate that from today Mark’s gospel is the NT reading for morning prayer. @lamornaash.bsky.social

Imagine an American President literally bowing to somebody who is utterly alien to the principles of the founding fathers of that country. Never happened in the movies. #TerenceStampRIP #Trump #USA #Superman #GeneralZod @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Feast of the Assumption #Assumption #OurLady #Mary

This episode….

Tuesday morning sunrise reflecting off East Court Mansion. #EastGrinstead #Sussex #WestSussex #Sunrise

Game on in Sussex for the conjunction with both planets in the same field of view,

Guy Consolmagno, the Michigan-born MIT graduate who serves as the Pope’s astronomer, balances his belief in heaven with his scientific study of the cosmos. “God calls us to be astronomers,” he told Rebecca Mead.

Venus and Jupiter ( on the left), one day from conjunction. #Venus #Jupiter #Conjunction

I’ll be at East Court on Tuesday morning conditions permitting around the Rolley terrace area from 04.00 onwards, with a telescope. Both planets should be nicely observable in a single field of view. This’ll be followed by solar observing as the sun rises. @abouteg.bsky.social #EastGrinstead #Sussex

Venus and Jupiter ( lower object) at 03:50 and still easily observable at 05.00. Jupiter will fade first and Venus will still be observable for a reasonable while after that. Conjunction will occur on Tuesday morning. #Venus #Conjunction #Jupiter

Here comes the Full Moon…. #FullMoon

Looking good this morning….#FrontGarden

open.spotify.com/track/3EUgea... #Genesis #SecondsOut #Paris #FirthofFith #Drumming #Drums

Have to say as political diaries go Chris Mullin’s is very readable. I hope when I write mine it’s as amusing.

Eastbourne sunrise, a lovely start to the day though storms forecast for later …. #Eastbourne #Sussex @earthskyscience.bsky.social @metoffice.gov.uk

Venus and Jupiter ( lower left of Venus ) above Eastbourne pier. #Eastbourne #Sussex #Venus #Jupiter #Planets

Excellent sight and sounds this evening on Eastbourne seafront as the East Sussex Concert Band finish with the 1812. #Eastbourne #Sussex #EastSussex

Welcome back to the morning sky Jupiter. Two lovely morning planets on view now. Looking forward to the 12th August and the Jupiter /Venus conjunction. #Venus #Jupiter #planets

A huge ride of beauty…

open.spotify.com/track/3OU8eE... #GlenCampbell

open.spotify.com/track/4GXXOB... #EasyListening

Breakfast Moon observing this morning at the St Mary’s Stars school wrap around club. #EastGrinstead #WrapAroundClub #Moon

Venus shining brightly in the eastern sky at 03.30 this morning. #Venus #MorningStar

open.spotify.com/track/49UJ3o... #Genesis

There was a Noctilucent Cloud display developing at 02.30 this morning observable from Sussex. Unfortunately there was a bank of cloud on the northern horizon which blocked the lower part of it. #NLC #NoctilucentCloud

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Good morning James, if the United States did join in with Israel would that mean Trump was now promoting America Second rather than America first? Steve.

Second garden centre ( both chains) I’ve been too in past few weeks that doesn’t do wheelchair trolleys. I have to leave my wife in her wheelchair therefore whilst I go and choose plants etc which we’d really quite like to do together. #wheelchairs