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Mary McIntyre

@marymcintyreastro.bsky.social

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Astronomy communicator/writer, Star Diary podcast co-host, astrophotographer, space artist, 4 GMN meteor cameras, microscopy, bass player, lover of cats and cakes. Co-author of the Collin's Stargazer's Bible. Website: marymcintyreastronomy.co.uk

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · Nov 14

The Collin's Stargazer's Bible by Mary McIntyre, Ian Ridpath & Rachel Federman was published in October '24 and is available in all bookshops now!

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 5d

Here's the big reveal of my #Miniature #Apothecary shop made by upcycling a 2024 #TedBaker beauty #AdventCalendar box. Aside from the skull, all shelf contents were made from scratch. So much work went into it and I doubt I will ever love anything I've made as much I love this! #Halloween

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 5d

My video premier begins in 2 minutes! Come along and see how I turned an old Advent calendar into a miniature apothecary shop: youtu.be/LL6M5Bm_mBY?...

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 5d

TONIGHT at 7pm UK join me in the YT live chat as I premier my latest #Halloween video. I upcycled an old Advent calendar into a miniature #ApothecaryShop. It's my favourite thing I've ever made! Grab a cuppa and join me here: youtu.be/LL6M5Bm_mBY?...

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 5d

I've been sharing some more cute Hallowe'en themed projects over on my craft YT channel. Using low cost ice cube moulds I made some lovely hanging decorations and an army of 13 ghosts. I also made a skull that has hints of iridescent colour when you catch it in the right light

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 9d

As well as the anniversary of the epic aurora display, I can now wish happy 1st Birthday to the UK version of the Collins Stargazer's Bible, which was published on 10th October 2024 🥰

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 9d

I just shared a photo collage from the mega #AuroraBorealis display we had on 10th October 2024. I couldn't upload my video because of file size limits, but you can watch the full video here: youtu.be/9FkNW9i6FIk?... #NorthernLights #MidLattitudeAurora #Aurora

SPECTACULAR AURORA BOREALIS!!! 10th Oct 2024 from Oxfordshire, UK

YouTube video by Mary McIntyre FRAS

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 9d

1 yr ago today we had the 2nd 'once in a lifetime' #AuroraBorealis display from North Oxfordshire, UK in just 7 months! We had dusk 'til dawn aurora on 10 May & 10 Oct '24 but the colours & structures were more impressive in October. Here are some highlights pics as my video is too big to upload

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 11d

I had such a fun time doing a double session in a school today, covering astrophotography tips + astronomy coursework stuff. The students were impeccably behaved (especially given the fact this was a two hour session in total!) and my day was made brighter by seeing my lovely friend Kat 😊

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 12d

On 6 Oct the almost full #Perigee #Moon produced some spectacular #lunar #AtmosphericOptics. Very bright right side #paraselene (#moondog) with long #ParaselenicCircle fragment, very prominent lunar #CircumzenithalArc, #UpperTangentArc. Our Auroracam also caught a 120deg paraselene Oxfordshire, UK!

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 13d

Trio of #galaxies; #M81, #M82 and #NGC3077 taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a 70mm refractor and Canon 1100D. 45x60sec at ISO-1600, stacked with 25 darks.

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 16d

From 3 years ago, #IC1805 The #HeartNebula, an emission #nebula in #Cassiopeia. Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a 70mm refractor, astro-modded Canon 1100D + Altair Quad Band filter. 70 x 3 minutes at ISO-3200 + 30 darks, total integration time 3hr 30min.

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 18d

#Messier33 the #TriangulumGalaxy. Taken from #Oxfordshire, UK with a small refractor & standard #Canon1100D, 45 x 60 seconds at ISO-1600, total integration time 45 minutes #M33 #Galaxy #Astrophotography

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you so much :)

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 19d

#VeilNebula complex, taken from Oxfordshire, UK. 70mm refractor, 0.8x focal reducer, #AltairQuadband filter + astro-modded #Canon1100D. Shot during summer, 45x120sec ISO-1600. I removed the stars before processing & merged back in at the end, but I need far more practice at that!

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you Mandy. I actually used the NASA Visualisation Studio images for this one. I use it to accurately check the Moon phase and libration for the date in question for all my Moon drawings, but I sometimes use photos as well.

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 20d

This afternoon I had a lovely session in a local school, teaching a lesson on the Moon and how to create a simple lunar Crater sketch. The class was so well behaved, they produced some fantastic drawings and they had lots of brilliant general astronomy questions at the end 🥰

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 24d

4 years ago I created this pastel drawing of the lunar crater named for #CarolineHerschel. From Earth it's a small crater with little detail visible so I used an #LRO photo as my reference.
#AstronomySketching #SpaceArt #LunarCraterSketch #CraterDrawing

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Susan Snow @susansnowy.bsky.social · 25d

A little #moonrise time lapse from 8th September🌝 #Moon

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 25d

My latest video on my craft channel was all about autumn leaves. I made two different resin leaf trinket trays and lots of smaller leaves in a variety of colours, finished with a bit of gold gilding wax. Watch the video here: youtu.be/GYx25Ihvmus?...

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 26d

That's a rock fact! My DVD player is warming up ready for my annual Over the Garden Wall-a-thon!

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 26d

That's a beautiful piece of the mosaic. A few years ago they uncovered a large Roman mosaic floor among the remains of a villa in our village in Oxfordshire. It was lifted and currently in storage but I hope we can display it here at some point.

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 26d

This is what a newly launched batch of Starlink satellites looks like on our #MeteorCameras. All night stacked images are from 21 Sept '25, Oxfordshire, UK. Behind the crud the cameras captured 127 & 160 meteors respectively. Fortunately RMS software is good at filtering out junk

star trails, numerous aircraft trails and a wide smear across the sky caused by newly launched satellites. Behind those trails lie over a hundred meteors

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 28d

I absolutely love making #autumn / #fall themed stuff so a couple of weeks ago I made #PineCones two ways, the 1st were made from a felt kit, the 2nd with epoxy resin. Such different results but I love both! Here's the creation video: youtu.be/pFfLZ73jdTs?...

Collage of photos showing yellow and orange felt pine cones staged with a couple of bunches of autumn coloured flowers. In the centre sitting on a wooden log slice is a variety of different sizes of brown pine cones that have been embellished with a bit of gold wax. A pair of small ones has been turned into a pair of earrings.

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 29d

Happy #WorldIridiumFlareDay! I took 234 #IridiumFlare photos prior to the final flaring satellite deorbit in Dec 2019. I have fond memories of tracking them down. Share your Iridium Flare photos below! #Flarewell #iridiumComm #IridiumBoss My longer video: tinyurl.com/3ruwjwsn

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · Sep 17

Several hours of work condensed into a minute! Here is a timelapse of me creating the 1% #WaningCrescent #Moon #PastelDrawing I shared yesterday. Pastels + Posca paint pen on black paper #AstronomySketching #SpaceArt #MoonArt #MoonDrawing

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