Telescope experts. Here is Polaris taken inside of focus. Why are the inside focus rings more fuzzy? 🔭

Quite a lot of planning before a session of observing thhe night sky! 🔭

Just watched #Venus dissappear behind the #moon. You could see the disk gradually reduce in size to a slither over a minute and then dissappear. Amazing. Here is my best pic. 🔭

Managed to get a view of the rising #moon in #eclipse from Thornbury, north of Bristol this evening. Beautiful sight. 🔭

Just observed the galaxy pair UGC 9650 and 9668 (Markarian 839) in my telescope. Both are about 170 million light years away in Ursa Minor. A pair of galaxies in the same field of view is always special. #astronomy 🔭

Just been out observing a star that exploded 40 million years ago in my 8 inch telescope. Here is a picture taken by my friend Chris. The supernova is the bright white blob. #NGC7331 #ukastronomy

Just managed to spot #Mars with this little scope #astronomy It was a very small disk and had a red hue to it.

18/7/2022 6pm 32.3c 12/7/2025 6pm 30.8c North of Bristol #ukweather

www.reuters.com/business/ene... #coldweather ##ukweather

Enjoyed a look at the #moon this evening. Also managed to spot Arcturus Vega and even Spica before sunset.

Many areas in Antartica are much colder than they should be this time of year. #coldweather #ukweather

My weather records for Bristol show June 2025 was similar in overall temperature to 1992 and 1993. 2025 nights were warmer than 1992 and 1993 but the average day time temperatures were higher in 1992 and 1993. All three were dry with 1992 the driest of all with 21mm of rain recorded. #ukweather

tass.com/society/1983... MOSCOW, June 30. /TASS/. Meteorologists have recorded the coldest-ever June 30 in Moscow since observations started being kept, with the air temperature dropping to 12.6 degrees Celsius, leading specialist of the Phobos weather center Evgeny Tishkovets said. ##coldweather

www.theguardian.com/environment/... Over the weekend, large parts of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay had temperatures 10-15C below their seasonal averages. #coldweather

The weather is all over the shop. Just to balance all the warmth in the UK and USA, parts of Australia are breaking cold weather records. www.9news.com.au/national/wea...

You can see the drop in temperature during the #eclipse on this chart from my weather station. #ukweather #astronomy 🔭

Amazing to see the mountains of the moon and detail in the sunspots during the #eclipse. We are blessed to live on earth and be able to witness this.

Enjoying the #eclipse in my back garden with Twix

Cool start to the year here in Bristol compared to he recent averages. #ukweather

Just been out observing galaxies with visually my 20 inch dob telescope. Found this lovely triple in Canes Venatici, ngc 5223, 5228 and 5233. All three were visible with averted vision. Here is the DSS image of the area. #telescope

Wow, well worth waking up for. My first ever view of Omega Centaurus. I used 15 x 70 binoculars from Madeira. A lovely bright oval shaped fuzzy ball in a pretty star field. Very obvious and mesmerising. #astronomy

Should I wake up at 3am to see Omega Centauri whilst in Madeira? I have never seen it before. #astronomy

Observing M6 and M7 in Scorpio this morning in Madeira but hampered by some light pollution I am not used to. A cruise liner! #astronomy

Waking up on Madeira I spent an hour cruising Scorpio with my binoculars. WOW it's beautiful. After a look at Antaries way up high and M4 I went right down and found a beautiful patch of stars. Turns out it is the Northern Jewel box. What an accurate description! #astronomy

Just been looking at #Asteroid 887 Alinda through my 8 inch telescope in Gemini. It's 2.6 miles across and passing by Earth about 30 times the distance of the moon. Heavens above have a live detailed map if you want to try it. #astronomy

This evening I was able to observe a galaxy called Markarian 3 through my telescope. I have added two Internet images of the object for your interest. The galaxy is very active with jets of material being pushed out in to space. Amazing to be able to see something like this from my back garden!

My weather summary for 2024 for Thornbury north of Bristol.

That first frosty clear night for a while is special for observing the night sky. Found three new galaxies in Aries IC 238, NGC 923 and NGC 946 this evening for the first time. #Astronomy

Rather heavy #rain on the cold front this morning north of Bristol. 15mm per hour on my new piezo rain guage.