Ben Godson
@bendgodson.bsky.social
UK Astronomer & Astrophotographer | Studying Supernovae and Neutron Star Mergers
One of the best things about working with GOTO is all the pretty things we can fit into its massive field of view
This comet is one to watch out for later this month as it reaches its closest approach to Earth, and its massive tail already stretches across the fov of two of our unit telescope
☄️💫🔭
This comet is one to watch out for later this month as it reaches its closest approach to Earth, and its massive tail already stretches across the fov of two of our unit telescope
☄️💫🔭
The routine all-sky survey of our GOTO telescopes at La Palma and Siding Spring uncover all sorts of unexpected objects, including comet C/2025 A6 in this nice image from October 4, spotted by Warwick U. team member @bendgodson.bsky.social. This object may be naked-eye visible later this month
October 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
One of the best things about working with GOTO is all the pretty things we can fit into its massive field of view
This comet is one to watch out for later this month as it reaches its closest approach to Earth, and its massive tail already stretches across the fov of two of our unit telescope
☄️💫🔭
This comet is one to watch out for later this month as it reaches its closest approach to Earth, and its massive tail already stretches across the fov of two of our unit telescope
☄️💫🔭
Reposted by Ben Godson
The routine all-sky survey of our GOTO telescopes at La Palma and Siding Spring uncover all sorts of unexpected objects, including comet C/2025 A6 in this nice image from October 4, spotted by Warwick U. team member @bendgodson.bsky.social. This object may be naked-eye visible later this month
October 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The routine all-sky survey of our GOTO telescopes at La Palma and Siding Spring uncover all sorts of unexpected objects, including comet C/2025 A6 in this nice image from October 4, spotted by Warwick U. team member @bendgodson.bsky.social. This object may be naked-eye visible later this month
Another astronomers telegram from GOTO! 🔭☄️
Last week we discovered a bright optical transient, likely a nova, close to the Large Magellanic Cloud.
It's currently around magnitude 12, so very easy to observe for those who are far south enough to see the LMC.
www.astronomerstelegram.org?read=17400
Last week we discovered a bright optical transient, likely a nova, close to the Large Magellanic Cloud.
It's currently around magnitude 12, so very easy to observe for those who are far south enough to see the LMC.
www.astronomerstelegram.org?read=17400
ATel #17400: A bright optical transient, GOTO054206.46-670106.66, close to the LMC
ATel On
www.astronomerstelegram.org
September 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Another astronomers telegram from GOTO! 🔭☄️
Last week we discovered a bright optical transient, likely a nova, close to the Large Magellanic Cloud.
It's currently around magnitude 12, so very easy to observe for those who are far south enough to see the LMC.
www.astronomerstelegram.org?read=17400
Last week we discovered a bright optical transient, likely a nova, close to the Large Magellanic Cloud.
It's currently around magnitude 12, so very easy to observe for those who are far south enough to see the LMC.
www.astronomerstelegram.org?read=17400
Got my first APOD today!
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25073...
It’s maybe not my best image in a technical sense, but it does highlight a very cool transient event which you can see in the sky right now!
☄️🔭 #astrophoto
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25073...
It’s maybe not my best image in a technical sense, but it does highlight a very cool transient event which you can see in the sky right now!
☄️🔭 #astrophoto
July 31, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Got my first APOD today!
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25073...
It’s maybe not my best image in a technical sense, but it does highlight a very cool transient event which you can see in the sky right now!
☄️🔭 #astrophoto
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25073...
It’s maybe not my best image in a technical sense, but it does highlight a very cool transient event which you can see in the sky right now!
☄️🔭 #astrophoto
Bright supernova alert! SN 2025rbs in the galaxy NGC 7331 is peaking now around 11th magnitude, easily visible in small telescopes!
Discovered earlier this month by @goto-network.bsky.social, you can find out more about it in this recent post goto-observatory.org/bright-super...
🔭☄️ #astrophoto
Discovered earlier this month by @goto-network.bsky.social, you can find out more about it in this recent post goto-observatory.org/bright-super...
🔭☄️ #astrophoto
Bright Supernova 2025rbs Discovered by GOTO
In the early hours of the 14th of July 2025, GOTO-N observed the spiral galaxy NGC 7331 and detected a faint new transient source located close to its centre. This source was assigned the name GOTO25e...
goto-observatory.org
July 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Bright supernova alert! SN 2025rbs in the galaxy NGC 7331 is peaking now around 11th magnitude, easily visible in small telescopes!
Discovered earlier this month by @goto-network.bsky.social, you can find out more about it in this recent post goto-observatory.org/bright-super...
🔭☄️ #astrophoto
Discovered earlier this month by @goto-network.bsky.social, you can find out more about it in this recent post goto-observatory.org/bright-super...
🔭☄️ #astrophoto
Visited Calar Alto observatory for the first time last week!
We were observing newly discovered supernovae with the 2.2m telescope, but it was the 3.5m Zeiss reflector that caught my attention. One of the coolest mounts and domes i’ve seen!
#astro #astronomy
We were observing newly discovered supernovae with the 2.2m telescope, but it was the 3.5m Zeiss reflector that caught my attention. One of the coolest mounts and domes i’ve seen!
#astro #astronomy
April 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Visited Calar Alto observatory for the first time last week!
We were observing newly discovered supernovae with the 2.2m telescope, but it was the 3.5m Zeiss reflector that caught my attention. One of the coolest mounts and domes i’ve seen!
#astro #astronomy
We were observing newly discovered supernovae with the 2.2m telescope, but it was the 3.5m Zeiss reflector that caught my attention. One of the coolest mounts and domes i’ve seen!
#astro #astronomy
Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS setting over our observatory at the end of last year. By far the most impressive comet of my adult life.
January 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS setting over our observatory at the end of last year. By far the most impressive comet of my adult life.
Ganymede transiting Jupiter captured last week by one of our telescopes in La Palma
December 15, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Ganymede transiting Jupiter captured last week by one of our telescopes in La Palma