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Hubble's Night Sky Challenge Celebrate 35 years of Hubble observations with a year-long night sky stargazing adventure for amateur astronomy enthusiasts. science.nasa.gov/mission/hubb...

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#TourESO 📹🔴 Only 5 minutes left until we embark on a virtual tour of ESO's La Silla Observatory! Are you joining us? 🙂 Streamed here https://buff.ly/3EYIpFH 📷 Y. Beletsky/ESO

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This morning I received an interesting email from Newcastle United. Supporters who either attended or entered a ballot for a League Cup game can enter a ballot for a ticket for the Final. Most unexpected. I'll be entering.

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Occultation of Mars by the Moon on February 9/10, 2025, imaged by me in Yuzhno-Morskoy, Nakhodka. Canon EOS 60D, 18-135mm lens. The last frame: stacked in RegiStax 5.1. My video of occultation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhOTVezSS8s #Mars #astronomy #StormHour #PhotoHour @davidbflower.bsky.social

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A seven-planet parade visible late February 2025? Here's what the planets are really doing on that date. Sky at night magazine observing guide. 🔭 🧪 www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/seven-p...

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Here is my full Orion wide field. The Orion, Running Man, Horse Head and Flame nebulae. 5 hours total exposure, shot with my Redcat 51/ ASI 2600 Duo rig. I love the colours from the Optolong L-Quad Enhance filter.✨🔭 #astrophotography

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Last night with the Great Orion Nebula, Rigel, the Belt of Orion and a hint of the Flame Nebula. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

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On 1 March the slivery Waxing Crescent Moon will appear close to Venus above the western horizon. Mercury just below. 🔭 🧪

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Messier 106 📸 Here is my latest photo of the M106 spiral galaxy using my telescope in the backyard. Most galaxies appear quite small through the telescopes I use, but this one shows up well in the 1000mm range!

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Have you checked our Graduate Trainee opportunities? 👉 jobs.esa.int/ If you’re in the final year of a Master’s degree (or recently graduated) in engineering, science, IT or business, don't miss this out 👉 www.esa.int/About_Us/Car... 🧪🔭

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Calling all students! Have you ever considered becoming a Fellow of the RAS? Whether you've only recently embarked on your astronomy or geophysics related degree, or you're a postgraduate student, you're eligible to apply. For more info, visit👇 https://buff.ly/3Dej1v8

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More volunteers sought to help toads cross road. This is brilliant. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Rare 'hair ice' found in woodlands for second year. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Kitt Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson, Arizona getting blasted by lightning last year.

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This week's sky at a glance, February 21-March 2. Very useful Sky & Telescope observing guide by Alan MacRobert. 🔭 🧪 skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...

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A bit of Orion including the Great Orion Nebula. 20 February 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #Photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

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200225 I waited 78 years and then Ra, The Sky Gods and Luna worked together to show me the most magnificent sights. #aurora #astronomy #astrophotography @sjbastro.bsky.social @salopchris.bsky.social @davidbflower.bsky.social #york,yorkshire #northernlights

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8 years ago today I was capturing a crescent Venus. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHoue #ThePhotoHour

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Tutankhamun explorer suitcase found under bed. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Rainbow over Newcastle. 20th February 2025. 🧪 🎨 #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

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Just been talking to my parents about star gazing. Me and my bestie do this whenever we have a clear sky at the weekend. And then I remembered this photo. Yes it's blurry. But I took it in my mates garden in Leeds (UK) with my phone held up to a telescope eyepiece. That's Saturn right there 🌌❤️

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Clouds getting in the way of ground-based solar images? A new machine learning method can identify and remove clouds, revealing the hidden solar features underneath. aasnova.org/2025/02/19/i... 🔭🧪

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Positions of the sun moving through the cloud at sunset 🌅

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#TourESO What's it like to stroll along the telescopes 🔭🚶 of ESO's La Silla Observatory? Join our next virtual tour and experience it firsthand! 😉 🗓️ 22 February ⏰ 15:00 CET / 11:00 CLT 🔗 Streamed at https://www.youtube.com/user/ESOobservatory/ 📷 ESO/A.Santerne

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Fog harvesting could provide water for arid cities. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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The advances in astronomy during my lifetime have been spectacular. Left: Image of galaxy pair Arp 107 taken the year I was born, using the Palomar 200" (the world's most powerful telescope at the time). Right: Image of Arp 107 taken last year by JWST. 🧪🔭 ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/A...

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Huge sinkhole swallows up more of Surrey street. This is like a SciFi horror film. Will the entire country fall into the hole? 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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SpaceX rocket debris crashes into Poland. Not the entire country. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Last night I had a clear sky. Tonight total opposite. 🔭

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Mars, Castor, Pollux, Jupiter, Aldebaran and the Pleiades from last night. 18 February 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

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World's glaciers melting faster than ever recorded. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Powerful quantum computers in years not decades, says Microsoft. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Humanoid robot Ameca leaves public 'gobsmacked.' 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Spacewalk training 'nothing like diving', says NI's first astronaut. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Metal detectorists unearth 15th Century coin hoard. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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'Fireball' from space seen hurtling through sky. Rocket debris. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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The Great Andromeda Galaxy #galaxies

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