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Mike Christie @mikechristie.bsky.social · 2d

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

Sharpless2-173, or the Phantom of the Opera nebula. A red nebula that looks like a face is looking downwards towards the left of the picture, with a bacjmground of coloured stars.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 25d

Me and my good pal Andrew from @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social gatecrashed a local #supermoon gathering last night with his Dobsonian🔭. Minds were blown as we looked at the lunar mare and craters through patchy holes in the cloud cover. Pop-up sidewalk astronomy at its best - loved it!

People pointing up at the stars. In the centre a reasonably large telescope looks up towards the moon.

A gathering of people lit up by the supermoon moonlight in patchy cloud

People huddled around a telescope, the moon in the sky. The astronomers red light gives the scene an eerie glow.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · Aug 20

A rather misleading headline in the BBC this morning: the UK Space Agency is definitely not being scrapped!

#UKSA will change from being an exec agency of, to a unit within, the Dept of Science, Innovation & Tech, reducing UKGov red tape. Thoughts?🧪🔭🛰️

ℹ️: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK independent space agency scrapped to cut costs

Britain's space agency is set to be scrapped - a scientist fears the UK space sector could fall behind as a result

www.bbc.co.uk

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Aug 14

51 arcmins / 0.85° 😜

Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Aug 14

It wasn't (we don't use one) but I agree it does look like that.

Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Aug 13

We managed to capture the close approach of Venus and Jupiter yesterday morning when they were just 51' apart, using our wide-field telescope in Spain. You can just make out 3 of the Jovian satellites.🔭

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is the timelapse video... 🔭
globalmeteornetwork.org/weblog//UK/U...

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Aug 13

Timelapse of a night with the Perseids. 169 captured with this NW facing camera on the edge of Edinburgh last night.
globalmeteornetwork.org/weblog//UK/U... 🔭

Many white streaks, mostly from top to bottom showing Perseid meteors and planes showing as thicker white arcs, captured from Edinburgh last night

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Jul 26

We also monitor quite a few comets, including the latest interstellar visitor, I3/ATLAS. Becoming easier to capture at around mag 17 🔭

Single point in the middle of a set of star trails, showing interstellar comet I3/ATLAS. Douglas Heggie using the ASE's remote telescope ASERO in Spain

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Jul 26

We do keep an eye on T CrB too of course. #AnyDayNow

Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Jul 26

One of the things we like to do is monitor variable stars. While everyone is waiting for T CrB to go "pop" we watch SU UMa, another dwarf nova that behaves similarly - just far more often and fainter. We caught the latest super-outburst. Our data in blue. 🔭

Graph from AAVSO VStar showing the latest super outburst of variable star SU UMa. ASE data points in blue.

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Jul 26

Supernovae are amazing! One star outshining all the others in a galaxy - sometimes even the whole galaxy. 🔭

Mike Christie @mikechristie.bsky.social · Jul 26

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

A comparison of two images of NGC7331, an unbarred spiral galaxy in Pegasus. Both images are luminance only, with 2024 being 22 x 300s in L and 2025 being 10 x 180s in L, so as not to blow out the core.

The supernova is clearly visible at about 2 o'clock from the galaxy centre in the 2025 image.

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Jul 3

Just below the Plough / Big Dipper which you can see.

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Jul 3

One of our meteor cameras on the edge of Edinburgh caught the bright fireball reported by many and in the News last night. So bright it saturated the sensor in the next frame. ☄️🔭

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Jun 28

If in Edinburgh and look to the NE you can see a really nice display of Noctilucent Clouds. Mesospheric clouds of ice crystals, possibly formed on cosmic dust, so high up at 80km that they are still in sunlight even though normal, lower clouds have now gone grey. 🔭
Beautiful and ethereal!

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Jun 27

Although we may be taking a summer break now, astronomy continues and our remote telescope in Spain, ASERO doesn't stop. This image of LDN863 is one of the latest, processed here by ASE member Pat Devine. 🔭
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LDN863

LDN 863 Imaged from the Astronomical Society of Edinburgh's remote telescope facility in Trevinca, Spain, on the evenings of 21/22 and 22/23 June 2025. Equipment: Murrell scope - TS-Optics 12" f...

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Jun 27

Our Sky Diary for Scotland (Edinburgh) in July 2025 is out now 🔭
www.astronomyedinburgh.org/2025/06/26/s...

Sky Diary July 2025 - Astronomical Society of Edinburgh

Summer Triangle, Titan shadow transits, morning Venus, noctilucent clouds and twilight

www.astronomyedinburgh.org

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Jun 20

Coming soon to a planet near you 🔭

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Jun 15

Not to be missed if you're anywhere near #Edinburgh 🔭
We'll be there.

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · Jun 14

🔊Calling #Edinburgh! One of the world's largest telescopes twinned with the world's biggest camera is about to embark on a 10yr mission to survey the Universe! Join us in Dynamic Earth's Planetarium as we unveil the 1st Rubin images🥳🔭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🗓️: 23rd Jun@15:30-17:00
£5🎟️ dynamicearth.org.uk/event/rubin-...

NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @vrubinobs.bsky.social · Jun 13

We are T–10 days from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's First Look! 🚨

This reveal of Rubin's first images is just a preview of what's to come as Rubin prepares to #CaptureTheCosmos for the next ten years! 🔭🧪

Here are 6 things you need to know before the big day🎬

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Jun 9

Such a good project to get schools involved with. Now back for its 6th year. A project we support and definitely approve of. 🔭

HOYS @hoys.bsky.social · Jun 9

We are back with our HOYS-LCO program for next Winter (2025/26). If you want to get your pupils involved apply now on the website: hoys.space/lco-project/
Please share this if you have any teacher contacts that might be interested. 🔭

LCO PROJECT - HOYS Citizen Science

LCO PROJECT YEAR 6 Our project as a Global Sky Partner of Las Cumbres Observatory, this time for school teachers and their students. Join and gather data using these telescopes for the HOYS project...

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Jun 3

The power of combining data with your friends. Makes the Seestar S50 a much more capable device. 🔭

Mike Christie @mikechristie.bsky.social · Jun 3

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

The Dumbbell Nebula (M27) is a planetary nebula in Vulpecula. This was imaged using the LP (light pollution) filter on the Seestar smart scope. Four different smart scopes acquired data and the stacked images from each were registered and integrated, weighted by total exposure time.

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Jun 3

Always 😄

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · Jun 3

A fun listen. Not to be missed 🔭

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · Jun 3

🔊New post-nominal alert:

Prof. Catherine Heymans FLS 😊

Dark Matter; Dark Energy; Galaxies; #Cosmology; Comedy; the Hubble, Rubin and Euclid Telescopes; #SciComm; Long Covid; Virtual Realities; @jimalkhalili.bsky.social and I talked about it all!

📻: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... 🔭🧪👩‍🔬

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · May 28

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...

BAA Comet and meteor section meeting - Astronomical Society of Edinburgh

The Astronomical Society of Edinburgh is hosting the joint BAA Comet and Meteor Section meeting in Edinburgh, a few minutes’ walk from Waverley Station, on Saturday, 2025 October 4. There […]

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Astronomical Society of Edinburgh @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social · May 9

We actually have its predecessor the P75 Trident but very similar. GTR has more features but same capacity.

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