Emma Alexander
@astronemma.bsky.social
Research Fellow in Astrophysics @ the University of Leeds. Interested in all things Radio Astronomy! Currently working on Galactic filaments. Owned by a dog, two cats, and two guinea pigs. 🐶🐱🐹 Will post both science and personal. She/her
Last night we left Tromsø in northern Norway, heading south. In the early hours of the morning, the sky burst into life, putting on an incredible show for those of us on deck. It really was something special!!
No edits, no filters — here’s what I captured on my (3 year old!) phone. 🤩
No edits, no filters — here’s what I captured on my (3 year old!) phone. 🤩
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Last night we left Tromsø in northern Norway, heading south. In the early hours of the morning, the sky burst into life, putting on an incredible show for those of us on deck. It really was something special!!
No edits, no filters — here’s what I captured on my (3 year old!) phone. 🤩
No edits, no filters — here’s what I captured on my (3 year old!) phone. 🤩
Hei from Ålesund! 🇳🇴 I’m currently working my way up the Norwegian coast on @fredolsencruise.bsky.social Bolette as one of the on-board @gostargazing.bsky.social astronomers. Keeping our fingers crossed for clear skies and Northern Lights! ✨☺️
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Hei from Ålesund! 🇳🇴 I’m currently working my way up the Norwegian coast on @fredolsencruise.bsky.social Bolette as one of the on-board @gostargazing.bsky.social astronomers. Keeping our fingers crossed for clear skies and Northern Lights! ✨☺️
I’m in lovely Durham for @nam25-durham.bsky.social this week! ☺️
July 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I’m in lovely Durham for @nam25-durham.bsky.social this week! ☺️
Hello from Görlitz! Looking forward to a week of #RadioAstronomy chats and catchups at #SKAO2025 ☺️📡🔭🌌
June 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Hello from Görlitz! Looking forward to a week of #RadioAstronomy chats and catchups at #SKAO2025 ☺️📡🔭🌌
Against all the odds, I got a gap in the clouds — it was gorgeous!! ❤️🌙
May 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Against all the odds, I got a gap in the clouds — it was gorgeous!! ❤️🌙
🔭 UK astronomers: an observing challenge for you THIS EVENING!
A very thin (18h old) new crescent Moon will be to the North West just after sunset. Most of the UK will be clouded out, but if you are in Scotland (or anywhere else that has a clear view to the NW horizon) please do look out for it.
A very thin (18h old) new crescent Moon will be to the North West just after sunset. Most of the UK will be clouded out, but if you are in Scotland (or anywhere else that has a clear view to the NW horizon) please do look out for it.
May 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🔭 UK astronomers: an observing challenge for you THIS EVENING!
A very thin (18h old) new crescent Moon will be to the North West just after sunset. Most of the UK will be clouded out, but if you are in Scotland (or anywhere else that has a clear view to the NW horizon) please do look out for it.
A very thin (18h old) new crescent Moon will be to the North West just after sunset. Most of the UK will be clouded out, but if you are in Scotland (or anywhere else that has a clear view to the NW horizon) please do look out for it.
Manchester says Trans Rights are Human Rights ✊🏼🏳️⚧️❤️
April 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Manchester says Trans Rights are Human Rights ✊🏼🏳️⚧️❤️
Spring has certainly sprung on campus today @universityofleeds.bsky.social ☺️🌸
April 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Spring has certainly sprung on campus today @universityofleeds.bsky.social ☺️🌸
New Crescent Moon from last night in South Manchester, UK. Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating today and yesterday! 🌙🔭
March 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
New Crescent Moon from last night in South Manchester, UK. Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating today and yesterday! 🌙🔭
Successful eclipse viewing! Took my telescope + solar filter to my local park, plus glasses (thanks to @gostargazing.bsky.social, FLO, and Astronomers without Borders), and orrery (borrowed from work @universityofleeds.bsky.social). Glad the clouds mostly stayed away! 🤩🔭
March 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Successful eclipse viewing! Took my telescope + solar filter to my local park, plus glasses (thanks to @gostargazing.bsky.social, FLO, and Astronomers without Borders), and orrery (borrowed from work @universityofleeds.bsky.social). Glad the clouds mostly stayed away! 🤩🔭
🔭 The Radio Galaxy Zoo: EMU Season 2 is ON! Please join us linking radio sources to their parent galaxies and classify them with simple descriptive tags! www.zooniverse.org/projects/hon...
March 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🔭 The Radio Galaxy Zoo: EMU Season 2 is ON! Please join us linking radio sources to their parent galaxies and classify them with simple descriptive tags! www.zooniverse.org/projects/hon...
Rusty has since branched out into testing the unified model of AGN. Unfortunately his torus is actually an iced doughnut. 🍩 It also isn’t restrictive enough to work for its intended purpose, so he has gone back to the cone…
March 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Rusty has since branched out into testing the unified model of AGN. Unfortunately his torus is actually an iced doughnut. 🍩 It also isn’t restrictive enough to work for its intended purpose, so he has gone back to the cone…
Proposals are now open for the newest single dish radio telescope. Resolution isn’t great, but it is extremely good at detecting treats.
(Rusty is fine, he had his neutering operation yesterday)!
(Rusty is fine, he had his neutering operation yesterday)!
March 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Proposals are now open for the newest single dish radio telescope. Resolution isn’t great, but it is extremely good at detecting treats.
(Rusty is fine, he had his neutering operation yesterday)!
(Rusty is fine, he had his neutering operation yesterday)!
I was also asked to do some astronomy talks. Really enjoyed doing those too, and they were quite possibly the largest in-person audience I’ve had?
March 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I was also asked to do some astronomy talks. Really enjoyed doing those too, and they were quite possibly the largest in-person audience I’ve had?
It’s nearly Ramadan, a time of year when we get through lots of dates in our house. Just received these tins from the Date Project - the artwork is gorgeous and the medjool dates inside look incredible (they are the best kind of dates imo). All their proceeds go to charity! thedateproject.org
February 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It’s nearly Ramadan, a time of year when we get through lots of dates in our house. Just received these tins from the Date Project - the artwork is gorgeous and the medjool dates inside look incredible (they are the best kind of dates imo). All their proceeds go to charity! thedateproject.org
The guinea pigs aren’t exempt from this either
January 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The guinea pigs aren’t exempt from this either
I’m writing a quick reference guide for some cat-sitting we have coming up, and I’m far too amused with myself for this section.
January 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I’m writing a quick reference guide for some cat-sitting we have coming up, and I’m far too amused with myself for this section.
Help I think someone accidentally installed cat software on my dog 🐶
January 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Help I think someone accidentally installed cat software on my dog 🐶
Wishing everyone a Sunday as snuggly as Rusty’s 💕
December 22, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Wishing everyone a Sunday as snuggly as Rusty’s 💕
Tried to make it accessible to the wider community with an Urdu translation too — my Urdu isn’t great but I got my father-in-law to check it. Please let me know if there are any errors 😂
December 20, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Tried to make it accessible to the wider community with an Urdu translation too — my Urdu isn’t great but I got my father-in-law to check it. Please let me know if there are any errors 😂
I had ordered a bunch more of them last solstice, so time to have some fun! New location: the park near my house where I’ve been involved in some community work (with permission granted to put the can up!).
December 20, 2024 at 1:49 PM
I had ordered a bunch more of them last solstice, so time to have some fun! New location: the park near my house where I’ve been involved in some community work (with permission granted to put the can up!).
18 months of @solarcan.bsky.social! I may have put it up around the summer solstice in 2023, and then missed the next couple. I figured we were near enough the winter solstice to justify taking it down now. Pretty happy with it given I’d forgotten about it! 😂☀️
December 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
18 months of @solarcan.bsky.social! I may have put it up around the summer solstice in 2023, and then missed the next couple. I figured we were near enough the winter solstice to justify taking it down now. Pretty happy with it given I’d forgotten about it! 😂☀️
A rare dressed-up Emma appears! Family wedding events from today and last weekend. 😊
December 14, 2024 at 8:03 PM
A rare dressed-up Emma appears! Family wedding events from today and last weekend. 😊
Hello I have a lot to contribute to this group! 😍
December 9, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Hello I have a lot to contribute to this group! 😍