Want to level-up your astrophotography in 2026? 📸 Our 'Next Steps Astrophotography’ evening offers tips and techniques to create breath-taking images of the sky! This classroom-based session features a lecture from Dr Anthony Holloway, plus demos of industry software: https://ow.ly/CkBx50XSOeN

The end of a snowy day at Jodrell Bank Observatory with a view of the Sun setting behind the Lovell Telescope. @jodrellbank.bsky.social @officialuom.bsky.social @uomscieng.bsky.social

Published in #RASTI RAS Techniques & instruments: "RHINO: a large horn antenna for detecting the 21 cm global signal", Bull et al. This is Fig. 1: to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/rasti/articl... @oxfordacademic.bsky.social @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

One year ago (10/10/24) that we had a major auroral display. Here is a new image from the 1st wave of activity, taken using a fisheye lens to show the view from the Lovell Telescope on the horizon to almost overhead @jodrellbank.bsky.social #aurora More images from the night - flic.kr/s/aHBqjBMqFh

A sunny day in Edinburgh at the Great Hall of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. The frieze around the room was painted by William Hole in 1898, with a painted zodiac ceiling above. Sony A7 III / TTArtisan 11mm Fisheye flic.kr/p/2rxXZAN #architecture #edinburgh #fisheye

"Spanning the Forth" Down on the bank of the Firth of Forth, looking at the Forth bridge which has been carrying rail traffic since 1890. #architecture #railway #bridge #Edinburgh

📸 Ever wanted to photograph the night sky against the most spectacular backdrop in Cheshire? This November, our Step Into #Astrophotography evenings return! Presented by @anthonyholloway.bsky.social, these sessions share key tips to help you capture the cosmos: www.jodrellbank.net/events/step-...

"Pyramids" - Another NCP car park, this time in Salford. again with a cheesegrater cladding. flic.kr/p/2rrZ4KZ #architecture #monochrome

A monochrome view of the Victorian Neo-Gothic building of the John Rylands Library. Located on Deansgate in Manchester it was founded by Enriqueta Rylands in memory of her husband. It opened in 1900 and is now part of the University of Manchester @officialuom.bsky.social @thejohnrylands.bsky.social

"Viaduct View" - Looking from the reclaimed Castlefield Viaduct out onto the working tram viaduct next door. #manchester #castlefield @nationaltrust.org.uk More info - flic.kr/p/2rrrag2

"Deansgate Framed" - The Sun broke through for a moment to cast a shadow of the bridge linking the Deansgate tram and train stations. The support provides a frame for the high rise developments beyond. #manchester #deansgate #skyscrapers More info - flic.kr/p/2rrfQHY

"Manchester Art Gallery Atrium" If you look up as you enter the Manchester Art Gallery you can see this view of the marbles and the ceiling high above. #architecture #manchester flic.kr/p/2rr6gko

"Watts Stairwell" - A wide view of a stairwell of a building built for the Watts company in Manchester in the 1850s. #architecture #manchester #staircase More info - flic.kr/p/2rqGaZ1

"Light Curves" - A passageway under Salford Central railway station illuminated with a curved series of lights. #architecture #tunnel

"Steps in Time" - The scene as you leave the back door of Piccadilly railway station in Manchester. More info - flic.kr/p/2roEajF #architecture #Manchester #monochrome

"From Old to New" - The grade II listed 'Oddfellows Hall" sits in the shadow of newly built "Nancy Rothwell Building", home to the School of Engineering, both part of the University of Manchester. @manchester.ac.uk @uomscieng.bsky.social

On a cliff top in Ayrshire stands Culzean Castle, former home of the chief of Clan Kennedy. The architect was Robert Adam and the castle features this central staircase with columns and skylight above. Sony A7 III / TTArtisan 11mm fisheye #architecture #scotland #culzean #castle #fisheye #ttartisan

"To The Point" - A second view of the same building as seen in my recent upload "Unzipped", this time looking up the spine of the building. #london #architecture #monochrome flic.kr/p/2rfmWUX

"Wildflower Meadow" - Quite an array of wildflowers in this field, but the poppies were the standout feature. #wildflowers #poppies

The morning commute. #WorldEarlyStrollDay @andrewpbrooks.bsky.social

Two apartment blocks almost look to have had their interlocking curves unzipped. Stratford, London. #architecture #london #monochrome

At this time of year the Moon appears to only just make it over the horizon, rising in the south east. Fortunately the Lovell Telescope was looking in the same direction. #jodrellbank #moon

Looking up into the dome of the reading room of the British Museum in London. Completed in 1857 it has a cast iron framework with the ceiling made of papier-mâché, suspended from the frame. #architecture #london #britishmuseum

"Flying Below The Aurora" - Today is the anniversary of the auroral storm on 10/5/24. I captured a plane and the silhouette of the contrail against the background illumination. There would have been good views out of the windows that night! #aurora #northernlights #cheshire #astrophotography

Back to October 10th 2024 and a 5 image stitched panorama, covering 180 degrees, as activity started to pick up around 7:50pm. Sony A7 III/ Sony 20mm G lens. @jodrellbank.bsky.social #jodrellbank #aurora #astrophotography

"Cotter Force" Dropping over a number of shelves the falls spread out to about 13 metres wide. An easy short walk to these falls near Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales. flic.kr/p/2qVaKRf #waterfall #yorkshire

Partial Solar Eclipse 29th March 2025 The peak of the partial solar eclipse at my location, also showing two sunspot groups. Taken with a 1200mm focal length telescope and Sony A7 III camera. #solareclipse #partialsolareclipse #astronomy

"Entering the National Gallery" A fisheye view of the entrance hall of the National Gallery in London. flic.kr/p/2qR9XDS #London #architecture #fisheye Sony A7 III / TTArtisan 11mm fisheye lens

"Towers of Gold" Looking at Canary Wharf just after sunset from the Sky Garden in the City of London. #london #architecture #canarywharf

"Level Four" Looking down from level four of the main staircase at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead. Lower down someone looks at their reflection in the mirror at the bottom of the staircase #architecture #baltic #gateshead #staircase

Looking down into this oval in the picture gallery of Glasgow City Chambers, to see the three floors below. Sonya A7 III, TTartisan 11mm fisheye #architecture #glasgow #fisheye

"Venus and Mercury Below" - Capturing the bright light of Venus with Mercury in the dip in the trees below. Next to the Lovell Telescope @jodrellbank.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social

"Cubist Architecture" Looking up at the faceted cladding of Charles Street car park in Sheffield city centre. #architecture #monochrome