Perks of the job: sneak previews of awesome books! This is a beautiful blend of travel & adventure; wonder & awe; 🧪STEM, #histsci, astronomy, art & nature. If you've ever looked up and wondered "what is that?", then the inimitable @drlucyrogers.com has written this for you!

Got some Ha to add to a recent image of M33. CFF135 🔭 with #Touptek ATR2600 mono camera and filters. #astrophotography

I've submitted my application, but not sure I'll meet the criteria, soooo a little ask. I'd be grateful of a #follow #repost if you like #space, #physics & want to help me get invited to @nasaartemis.bsky.social launch! In return you'll get excellent content, & hopefully learn something too! 🧪🔭🙏

Had a few enquiries recently about #Seestar smart-telescopes for #scicomm or xmas gifts for keen-kids. If you are lucky enough to have the cash (£369), these are a great investment & super easy to use. 👇These images were all taken in just a few mins in the light polluted city of Edinburgh. 🤩🔭

🥳 Huge congrats to @sherwoodobs.bsky.social! Their hugely successful creation of the Sherwood Observatory and Planetarium has been recognised with a King's Award for Voluntary Service! If you're in the Nottingham/Derby/Sheffield area, they are well worth a visit! 🔭 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Combined two sessions on M31 from Jan this year with last nights group observing session with @e-astronomer.bsky.social , @astroroyalscot.bsky.social and @andynightsky.bsky.social and processed in PixInsight. About 2 hours of data, 15s exposures, gain 60. #Dwarf3 smart 🔭, #astrophotography

A time-lapse of a typical night observing with our remote telescope in Spain: ASERO. On an average night we observe 6 variable stars, a couple of comets and a chosen deep sky object - all selected by our members. 🔭☄️ Sometimes we do live observing, always fun! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n5F...

Your guide to the November night skies courtesy of @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social. Wishing you all clear skies and lots of lovely #Leonid 'shooting stars' (meteor shower peaks on the 17th)! 🤞🧪🔭🤩

Two more images from last night's session: Gassendi and Mare Humorum to the left, and Plato to Sinus Iridum to the right. Both best 10% frames from 2500 frame video taken with #CFF 135 🔭, #TeleVue 2.5x powermate, #Touptek 585MM camera. #astrophotography

The heavily cratered southern uplands of the Moon, showing Tycho, Clavius, and Schiller. Best 10% frames from 2500 frame video. #CFF135 🔭, #Touptek 585MM, #Televue 2.5x Powermate. Processed in Astrosurface and PixInsight. #astrophotography

My daughter's #cat Biscuits getting into the #Halloween spirit.

Sh2-173, or the Phantom of the Opera Nebula, imaged with @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social remote 12" Murrell Newtonian 🔭 at #Trevinca in Spain. RGB stars with Ha for the nebula. #astrophotography

🔊Announcing a new Physics/Astro PhD scholarship scheme in Edinburgh, for students from a Black heritage, inc mixed Black background. Please help me spread the word. The scholarship covers all tuition fees, living costs & research travel. #blackinSTEM 🔭👩‍🔬⚛️ ℹ️: www.ph.ed.ac.uk/studying/pos...

#Aurora from South Edinburgh just now. Looking west, barely visible to the naked eye because of the LED streetlights here. 10s hand held photo with phone. #astronomy

Woken early by Felix Astronomicus and saw the sky was clear, so got a quick shot of the Moon. CFF135 🔭, #TeleVue 2.5x powermate, #Touptek 585 mono. Pleased that I got most of Hadley Rille. Best 100 frames from 1000 frame video. #astrophotography

Large prominence on NW limb of the Sun captured at 15:20 today (11 October) with Coronado SolarMax 🔭 and #TeleVue 2.5x Powermate. #Touptek 585 mono camera. Stacked in AstroSurface, then processed and coloured in PixInsight. #heliophysics #astrophotography

NGC7293 (Helix Nebula) imaged in HSO earlier this month with @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social remote Murrell 12" Newtonian 🔭 at #Trevinca in Spain. 71 x 300s Ha, 96 x 300s Oiii, 171 x 300s Sii. Processed in PixInsight. #astrophotography

My previous M33 combined colour RGB data from last year with L data from my new Touptek because I had not got good flats for the G and B channels. I fixed that this evening and processed 85 x 60s L, 20 x 60s G, B, and 19 x 60s R to get this image. CFF135 🔭, #Touptek ATR2600M. #astrophotography

The fantastic UK network of science and discovery centres needs your help to survive and thrive! Sign this letter urging the UKGov to stop excluding science from the financial support that is available for other museums, art galleries & theatres 🙏🧪🔭👩‍🔬🎢 👉✉️: www.sciencecentres.org.uk/openletter20...

Trying out my new #Touptek ATR2600M mono camera on M33. This is the first 24 luminance images. I'll probably combine with some RGB data from last year once the sequence is finished. Scope #CFF135 🔭 on #TTS160 Panther mount. #astrophotography

About 1 hour on M31 with a #Dwarf3 smart scope in equatorial mode. (257 exposures at 15s, gain 60.) Processed in PixInsight. #astrophotography 🔭

Set up CFF135 🔭 hoping to try new #Touptek ATR2600MM. But loads of clouds, so quick shot of Moon with #Touptek ATR585MM and #TeleVue 2x Barlow. Best 100 frames from 1000 frame video, stacked and sharpened in Astrosurface. #astrophotography

Solar prominence on SE limb, taken today (8 Sept) in gaps between light rain. Coronado SolarMax III 🔭 with #Touptek ATR585M camera and #Televue 2.5x Powermate. Stacked and sharpened in #Astrosurface, and coloured and inverted in #PixInsight with Solar Toolbox. #astrophotography #heliophysics

Helping with @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social tours of the 6” Cooke refractor telescope at Calton Hill in Edinburgh. This is part of www.collective-edinburgh.art/programme/ga... #astronomy

Solar disk imaged 29 August at 11:54 from Edinburgh. Image taken in hydrogen-alpha using a Coronado SolarMax 🔭. There's lots of activity - sunspot groups (also visible in white light), filaments, and prominences. Best 25% frames from 2500 frame video. #astrophotography, #heliophysics

Combined 45 minutes L data from a #CFF135 🔭 with about 1 hour RGB data from a #TeleVue NP101 🔭 Longer term, I hope to run both scopes simultaneously to maximise data gathering in Scotland's usually unfavourable weather. Processed in PixInsight. #astrophotography

Sun imaged today from Edinburgh at 14:54 in H-alpha with Coronado SolarMax 🔭. Best 10% of frames from 2500 frame video stacked in Astrosurface, and post-processed with the Solar Toolbox in PixInsight. #astrophotography #heliophysics

I came across some M33 data from September 2024 and reprocessed it using techniques that I've learnt over the last year. 67 minutes total exposure taken with CFF135 refractor 🔭 and QHY286C camera at -10C. This is RGB only - no Ha added. #astrophotography

Solar disk from Edinburgh at 10:28 today using SolarMax #solar 🔭 and #Touptek 585M camera. Attempts at solar photography yesterday and the day before were frustrated by clouds - as soon as I had the scope set up and focused, clouds covered the disk! #astrophotography #heliophysics

We imaged NGC 7331 in 2024 with our @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social remote 12" Murrell Newtonian 🔭 at #Trevinca in Spain. Last night we took some further images to catch current SN Ia 2025rbx, clearly visible at 2 o'clock from the galaxy centre in the right hand image. #astrophotography

Last quarter moon imaged from Edinburgh at 8:10 today with #Televue NP101 🔭 using IR Pass filter and #Touptek 585 mono camera. Best 100 frames from 1000 frame video stacked and sharpened using AstroSurface, and levels adjusted in PixInsight. #astrophotography

LBN 576 or the Popped Balloon nebula imaged over the last two nights with @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social remote 12" Murrell reflector 🔭 at #Trevinvca in Spain. 23 x 300s in Ha and 18 x 300s Oiii stacked and processed in PixInsight using the HOO palette. #astrophotography

Freshly made chipotle mix for chilli. Real comfort food 😀

What's that you say? You don't have 400 HD TVs to see the #RubinFirstLook images at full resolution? Fear not, surf through Rubin's view of the cosmos with the @vrubinobs.bsky.social skyviewer app! Click the link to visit these little beauties 🥰 🧪🔭 🏄‍♀️: skyviewer.app

Found some lunar images from May that I'd not properly processed. Mare Vaporum and Sinus Medii, with the Hyginus Rille on the left, and Hadley Rille, the Apollo 15 landing site, on the right. Taken with Celestron C9.25 Edge HD. #astrophotography

I did two of these camps many years ago. Just donated so today’s young astronomers can have the same great experiences I did!

Another collaborative #Seestar S50 🔭 imaging exercise from @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social members me, Pat Devine, Ramsay McIver, Larry Cable. 7.95 hours from 4 Seestars on M27, the Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula. #astrophotography

A great half-hour listen!

"For every $100 the US government spent, it put 40¢ in the bucket for NASA. And what do we get for that? ✨The Universe ✨" "One of these bills represents, to scale, the federal budget & the other with NASA’s total budget trimmed off the edges. Can you tell the difference?" @philplait.bsky.social

If you're going to be in Scotland this October and interested in comets and meteors, we are hosting the joint BAA Comet and Meteor sections meeting on 4 October 2025 in Edinburgh. Open to anyone interested. Tickets still available.🔭 www.astronomyedinburgh.org/event/baa-co...

Another image from @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social remote 12" Newtonian 🔭 at #Trevinca in Spain. Processed in PixInsight from LRGB stacks produced by ASE member Pat Devine. NGC 4236 barred spiral galaxy in Draco. #astrophotography

Draco Triplet including NGC 5985 imaged with @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social 12” Murrell Newtonian 🔭 at Trevinca in Spain. Processed in PixInsight from LRGB stacks. #astrophotography

Sun in h-alpha today, with a close up of the large prominence. Coronado Solar Max 🔭 with Touptek 585M mono camera. Close up of prominence with #Televue 2.5 powermate. #astrophotography #solar #heliophysics

NGC 5248 imaged with @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social remote 12" Murrell Newtonian 🔭 in Spain. Even though astronomical darkness won't return to Edinburgh until August, we still get 4 hours of true darkness in Spain, allowing imaging to continue over the summer. #astrophotography

Active Sun imaged from Edinburgh today at 16:25. Lots of prominences on both limbs, and filaments on the solar disk. Taken with a Coronado SolarMax 🔭 and processed in AstroSurface and PixInsight (Solar Toolbox - invert disk and prominence boost). #astrophotography #solar #heliophysics

Solar disk in h-alpha from Edinburgh today. Coronado SolarMax 🔭 #astrophotography #solar #heliophysics

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Two h-alpha images of the Sun taken today 5 hours apart, showing changes in the prominences. Coronado SolarMax 🔭, Touptek 585M camera, stacked in AstroSurface, coloured, prominences boosted and solar disks inverted using Solar Toolbox in PixInsight. #astrophotography

🔊 It’s UK Rutherford Fellowship season! To apply for this 5yr-grant you need a Uni-nomination but each Uni has a quota. Quota application deadlines vary for each Uni 😵‍💫 but if you’re interested in joining Phys/Astro in Edinburgh our deadline is the 4th July. 🧪🔭👩‍🔬 ℹ️: www.ph.ed.ac.uk/research/res...

Conjunction of Mars and M44 imaged last night with the Dwarf3 🔭 . 98 x 15s images at gain 60 in Alt-Az mode. Stacked and processed in PixInsight. #astrophotography