Processed some more #aurora pictures from last night (24 Feb). All are handheld, 3s exposures on an iPhone in RAW mode. Taken on board a Northern Lights cruise with Fred Olsen and the @gostargazing.bsky.social team. #astronomy #heliophysics

Another #aurora picture from a Northern Lights Cruise with Fred Olsen and the @gostargazing.bsky.social team. At sea heading from Molde to Narvik. Several green arcs, some lights ashore, and the stars of Ursa Major above. Handheld iPhone, 3s exposure. #astronomy #heliophysics

#Aurora from #FredOlsen cruise ship north of Molde with @gostargazing.bsky.social #astronomy

Reminder of tonight’s online talk at 7.30pm on YouTube. Free to watch. 🔭

Imaged Jupiter in a brief clear spell. #CFF160 🔭, #TeleVue 4x powermate, #ZWO 515MC camera. 1 x 75s video and 4 x 60s videos, stacked in AstroSurface, derotated in WinJupos, sharpened in AstroSurface. Minor colour balance in PixInsight. #astrophotography

Jupiter and Io about an hour before Io's transit of Jupiter. #CFF 160 🔭 #TeleVue 2.5x powermate, #ZWO ASI585MC camera. Single 90s video, stacked and sharpened in AstroSurface. #astrophotography

A #TeleVue NP101 🔭 still focused on Jupiter at the end of a successful outreach organised by @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social in Dirleton, a village outside Edinburgh. At least 25 people (parents and children) viewed through this scope, 2 Dobs and a #Seestar S50.

I created this image of the Moon (using LROC data), with numbers highlighting craters named after women. The numbers refer to the MIT list at web.mit.edu/tripathi/www...

Calling #Edinburgh Higgs Boson fans - there are only a few tickets left for the 2026 Higgs Lecture which will be delivered this year by the wonderful Fabiola Gianotti (and you get to see Higgs' Nobel Medal afterwards). March 23rd 🎟️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-higgs-...

After this talk by Ruth Boreham, I went looking among my lunar images for any craters named after women that I'd captured. Here are 6. #astronomy #astrophotography

Brief clearing in the virtually constant cloud cover here in Edinburgh. Seeing not great, but I got 7 x 90s videos of Jupiter. Best 50% frames stacked in AstroSurface, derotated in WinJupos, then sharpened in AstroSurface. #CFF 160 🔭, #TeleVue 2.5x Powermate, #ZWO ASI585MC. #astrophotography

Thanks to @iansample.bsky.social at the Guardian for covering the devastating funding cuts that are being proposed for UK (astro)physics, and the dire impact these would have on young researchers. Will UKRI/STFC reconsider? Will the UKGov step in?🤞👩‍🔬🧪⚛️🔭 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

🔊 Calling UK early career researches in astro, particle & nuclear physics. Please sign this open response to the proposed cuts at STFC ⚛️🧪🔭 "Protecting the UK's reputation as a science superpower requires not only investment, but continuity, confidence, and people" ✍️ ecr-openletter-stfc.github.io

Should be excellent. 🔭

We have a talk on Friday this week (6th February) on "Moon Women", free to watch on YouTube. Details on our webpage. #astronomy www.astronomyedinburgh.org/event/moon-w...

🚨 Exciting news! 🚨 Here is the first known picture of the 19th Century astronomer Richard Carrington – who had the largest geomagnetic storm in history named after him. It was found by our assistant archivist Kate Bond thanks to some brilliant detective work.🕵️‍♀️ 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

3 higher resolution lunar images from this evening. Clouds have now stopped play... #CFF160, #TeleVue 2.5x powermate, Touptek 585 mono camera. #astrophotography. Best 5% frames from 2500 frame video, stacked and sharpened in AstroSurface.

Grabbed some quick pictures of the Moon as it was getting dark. Clouds have rolled in now. #CFF160 🔭, Touptek ATR2600 mono camera. Best 100 frames from 1000 frame video, stacked and sharpened in AstroSurface. #astrophotography.

Rainy and cloudy here in #Edinburgh, so I reprocessed 6 x 60s Jupiter videos (50% frames stacked) from 03 January, using #LuckyStackWorker to de-rotate and then sharpen. The moons are Io (far left) and Ganymede. #CFF 160 🔭, #TeleVue 2.5x powermate, #ZWO ASI585MC. #astrophotography

February sky diary is now on our website: www.astronomyedinburgh.org/2026/01/26/s... 🔭

Perks of the job: sneak previews of awesome books! @dreochapman.bsky.social has outdone herself with Radio Universe - a truly joyful & eloquent tour of the Universe through the 'eyes' of the oft-neglected but nevertheless remarkable radio telescopes of the world. Warmly recommended - out in March!🔭

I reprocessed 7 x 60s videos of Jupiter from 15 January to get this detailed image, with Io just appearing from eclipse to the left of the planet. #CFF160 refractor 🔭, #TeleVue 2.5x powermate, #ZWO ASI585MC. Best 50% frames, derotated in WinJupos and sharpened in AstroSurface #astrophotography

Finn the cat was absolutely fascinated by the episode of @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social WinterWatch programme last night. #cats #winterwatch

An excellent summary by @startswithabang.bsky.social about the horror that is Reflect Orbital #astronomy Been out for a while but only just spotted it! bigthink.com/starts-with-...

Frogston Primary totally lucked out on their first night away at 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Lagganlia outdoor centre: clear skies and #aurora! Just as well we told them all about sun-spew in last week's planetarium show! Super proud of our P7 trained-astronomers who braved -2℃ to take these fantastic space photos. #SYTN 🤗🥳🔭🧪

Aurora over Edinburgh just now. #aurora #northernlights #astrophotography

Quick animation of 7 frames of Jupiter from last night showing Io emerging from Jupiter's shadow. #CFF160 🔭,#Televue 2.5x powermate, #ZWO ASI585MC camera. #astrophotography

Reminder of our online only talk this evening on the secrets of gravity: www.astronomyedinburgh.org/event/the-se... Available for anyone to watch on YouTube. Details in link 🔭

Jupiter, with Io just appearing from being eclipsed by Jupiter. The Great Red Spot is prominent, with two white ovals below. #CFF160 🔭, #Televue 2.5x Powermate, #ZWO ASI585MC camera. Best 25% from 90s video, stacked and sharpened in AstroSurface. #astrophotography

Two photos of Jupiter on a night with not great seeing, with the session curtailed by rain. Two 90s videos with the best 25% frames stacked. CFF160 🔭, #Televue 2.5x powermate, ZWO ASI585MC camera. #astrophotography

Jupiter imaged on 3rd January. 6 x 60s videos, with best 10% frames stacked and sharpened in PlanetarySystemStacker and derotated in WinJupos. CFF160 🔭, #Televue 2.5x Powermate, ASI585MC camera. #astrophotography

🥳 Major milestone for the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scottish Dark Sky Observatory: architectural designs are now public and isn't she a beauty! Two 5m 🔭domes, observing deck, solar-panelled planetarium, exhibition area & cafe. Fingers crossed that planning permission gets approved! ℹ️: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 📷: arpl

Our winner of the Image of the Year competition 2025 has been announced: www.astronomyedinburgh.org/2026/01/10/i... 🔭 #astrophotography

My daughter's cat Biscuits was upset about the tree being taken down, so was allowed to play in the branches before it was put away. Apparently he kept patting at the baubles as they were placed around him, making the photo hard to get! #cats #catsofbluesky

A splendid cold walk to Fiddlers Gill to see the fab but rusting Victorian #Braidwood Telescope! Once part of the now long-gone Lanark Observatory, its optics are safe at the Lanark Museum. Sadly I see no hope in restoring this beauty tho, that's been long-abandoned in this field ☹️ #histsci 🔭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

An image of Gassendi and Mare Humorum taken on 30th December 2025. Numerous rilles are visible on the crater floor. #CFF160 🔭, #Televue 2.5x powermate, #Touptek 585M camera. Best 25% frames from 2500 frame video, stacked and sharpened in AstroSurface. #astrophotography

Yay! I've seen a lovely review of my new Affinity Astrophotography Image Processing book on First Light Optics Web page. www.firstlightoptics.com/books/affini... It is available from FLO or directly from my Web site: www.star-gazing.co.uk/shop

✨ Applications for the 2026 International Astronomical Youth Camp are now open! ✨🚀 Join us in Spain for the 60th lAYC celebration and experience an unforgettable total solar eclipse! 🌘 Head to our First Info page via the link in our bio to apply! Clear skies 🌌 🔭🎢 #EduSky #scicomm #astroedu

The Astronomical Society of Edinburgh wishes everyone a happy and prosperous New Year. #astronomy

Ganymede shadow transit on Jupiter. #CFF160 🔭, #TeleVue 2.5x Powermate, #ZWO ASI585C. Two 90s videos, stacked and sharpened in AstroSurface. #astrophotography

3 images of the Moon tonight taken with #CFF160 🔭, #TeleVue 2.5x Powermate, #Touptek 585M camera. Best 25%(Southern uplands) or 5% (Sinus Iridum and Copernicus) stacked from 2500/5000 frame video in AstroSurface, and further processed in PixInsight. #astrophotography

Highlights of 2025 from The Astronomical Society of Edinburgh: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sotR... We have continued to grow our membership with over 200 members from all over the UK and beyond. If you like what you see, try us out - we're a friendly and welcoming group! #astronomy

Waxing crescent Moon from Edinburgh through clouds and low over some houses. #CFF160 🔭 and #Touptek 585M camera. Best 5% frames from 2500. #astrophotography

Merry Christmas all from the Astronomical Society of Edinburgh, and wishing you all clear skies for those new (and old) astro toys. 🔭

My daughter’s #cat Biscuits poses in a Christmas scene. He has apparently already sniffed out the catnip fish they bought him for Christmas. #catsofbluesky

Two images of Jupiter from last night. #CFF160 🔭 with #TeleVue 2.5x PowerMate and #ASI585MC camera. Europa and Io visible in left image from single video (best 10% stacked), and right image is stacked from 12 x 60s videos in WinJupos. #astrophotography

Absolutely fascinating talk to @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social on Kuiper Belts around other stars by Tim Pearce of Warwick University, and how you can use images of them to infer existence of exoplanets. Available to watch on YouTube: youtu.be/z0JPizgxe2k #astronomy

The Geminids are already firing and the peak should be tonight (14 Dec), clouds permitting. The Moon is kindly hiding too. These are a few from Friday night. Capturing 200+ in each of our cameras overnight (we have 17 in the Society). 🔭