The first surviving successful image of Jupiter was taken in 1879 by Andrew Ainslie Common in Ealing, London, using his 36-inch Newtonian reflector and the wet collodion process invented in 1851 by portrait photographer Frederick Scott Archer

Tonight the Waning Gibbous Moon continues to appear close to Jupiter. Clouds and rain here. 🔭 🧪

On 20 November there will be a Micromoon version of a New Moon. Occurs when New Moon coincides with apogee (farthest point in Moon's Earth orbit). 🔭 🧪

I've just been outside. Got wet. Also walked through a web, again.

The Double Cluster Caldwell 14 in Perseus, about 7,500 ly away is best observed early November. ▼ Vixen VC200L | Canon EOS R(a) '24 © Thomas Hanrath '25 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 astrocamp.eu/en/caldwell-... #astrophotography #astroimaging #astronomy #nightsky #clearsky #photography #nature #deepsky

Lava soars 1,100ft above Hawaii's Kilauea in latest eruption. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

An Hour of Andromeda 🔭 #Astrophotography

Apparently over 135,000 people tried to buy a ticket for Newcastle v Tottenham Hotspur. Glad I joined the queue at position 6315. Lucky I was.

Opportunity! Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)

🔭🧪🎢 The University of Leicester is advertising PhD places in Physics & Astronomy starting 2026! They span Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Space Instrumentation and Earth Observation. All of them are advertised on FindAPhD 🔭🧪🎢 www.findaphd.com/phds/departm...

🚨New paper alert!🚨🤩 🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳 The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Scotland's first windfarm 'supercharged' after upgrade. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Amazon tree-felling blamed for polluting UK rivers. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I managed to get a ticket for Newcastle's match against Tottenham. A bit of a late evening kick off, 8.15pm. Buses should be 'interesting' when the game ends.

Ever feel the need to switch off? Your vagus nerve might hold the key. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tomorrow I'm going to try to buy a ticket for Newcastle's League match against Tottenham. After today's horrible result hoping it will be fairly easy.

This is what the band of the Milky Way would look like at night if your eyes could see radio waves. A hidden beauty. It's a new image created by the Murchison Widefield Array, which scanned the sky in 20 radio "colors" over frequencies from 72 to 231 megahertz. 🧪🔭 www.icrar.org/gleam-x-gala...

Share a TV series from the 60s you love. My choice: Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).

A #solarstorm with an initial speed of ~730 km/s is on its way toward Earth! It’s associated with an X1.7-class flare that peaked today around 07:35 UTC. The CME is expected to arrive Tuesday, 11 November, around 20:00 UTC (21:00 CET). Let’s hope for a better aurora show than on Friday🤞🌌

Further rural spots gain 'dark sky friendly' status. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Andromeda Galaxy from last night. 8 November 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

CTB-1. Medulla Nebula. A supernova remnant in Cassiopeia. Data from September 2024. 65X300s #astronomy #astrophotography

#GeoCinema is back for #EGU26! Whether you have filmed fantastic spectacles in the field or produced an educational feature on the Earth, planetary, or space sciences - it's time to submit your short film 🎞️! 📅Submission deadline: 5 December 2025 👀 Application details: egu.eu/13NFE9

Cover reveal! HISTORY SMASHERS: THE SPACE RACE is the latest installment in our myth-busting series. I'm so excited for this one because kids have been requesting it for years. Out in July & available for pre-order now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768133...

Tonight the Waning Gibbous Moon appears close to Jupiter. Look east from 9pm. 🔭 🧪

The prototype of such camera will be on board the #Roman Space telescope @nasaromantelescope.bsky.social, the #CGI (Coronagraph Instrument). A JPL-led project with international participation, such as the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy @mpi-astro.bsky.social.

Camera being designed to search for alien life. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Medieval wall uncovered at historic monument. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good Sunday morning. A misty blue sky to greet us Blueskyers in London and an 80% waxing gibbous Moon! #astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social

An #autumn morning on a northern Wisconsin River #nature #photography #blueskyartshow #reflection

The Pleiades (M45) this evening. It's now possible to shoot 2 hours worth by 10pm! #astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social

Methane-cutting cow feed trials brought to an end. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Waning Gibbous Moon. 2101UT 8 November 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

Constellations of Andromeda and Triangulum, including the Andromeda Galaxy and M33 (the Triangulum Galaxy). My first #astrophotography image taken using my new 24mm lens. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

Moon over Plymouth this morning #DevonandCornwall

My sky is horrible. Also dots of rain. 'Clearly' no chance of pictures tonight. 🔭 #astrophotography

The Crescent Nebula taken over 5 minutes in June and July. This time, I caught a hint of the Soap Bubble! The starless version shows it more clearly. Higher res version on astrobin: app.astrobin.com/i/ni99aj #astronomy #astrophotography #space #Nebula

UK records warmest ever Bonfire night - when will November temperatures finally drop? Has been noticeably warm this month. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

James D Watson has died. Co-author with Francis Crick of the paper describing the possible double-helix structure of DNA. 🧪

Nice sunspots today - 7 November 2025. 🔭

Last year in November I was capturing the Milky Way in the constellation of Cygnus. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

On Sunday night the Waning Gibbous Moon will appear close to Jupiter with Castor and Pollux. 🔭 🧪

Years of work and collab with an incredible team at #BBCStudios #AppleTV @framestore.bsky.social ... involving so many camera operators, writers, producers, effects people, artists and others, #PrehistoricPlanetaIceAge is out on #AppleTV Nov 26th. A definitive vision of Ice Age wildlife worldwide.

Tonight the Waning Gibbous Moon appears close to the three open clusters I captured together last week (M36, M37, M38). 🔭 🧪

Orion and the Great Orion Nebula are a brilliant sight every night now. Easy to spot with the naked eye. Weather and light pollution permitting. 🔭 🧪

Saturn is available for viewing each evening. Look southeast for a bright dot. 🔭 🧪

The Pleiades continue to appear close to Uranus each evening. Look east with binoculars. 🔭 🧪

Jupiter is officially an evening planet. Rising well before 9pm.

Just added to my Etsy shop: 🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars 🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers) 🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos 💐tiny posy mental health kits Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...