Callum Potter
@callump.bsky.social
Observer of the skies, and lover of all things sciencey.
October 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
October 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The annoying thing about aurorae is when you have to shoot a comet through them. C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and the northern lights! #aurorae #orkney #rousay #astro @theorkneynews.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The annoying thing about aurorae is when you have to shoot a comet through them. C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and the northern lights! #aurorae #orkney #rousay #astro @theorkneynews.bsky.social
Comet c/2025 A6 (Lemmon) was visible from #Rousay #Orkney this evening. A brief gap in the cloud - but the comet was easily visible in binoculars. And here is a 4 min exposure using a Seestar S50. @theorkneynews.bsky.social @astroroyalscot.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Comet c/2025 A6 (Lemmon) was visible from #Rousay #Orkney this evening. A brief gap in the cloud - but the comet was easily visible in binoculars. And here is a 4 min exposure using a Seestar S50. @theorkneynews.bsky.social @astroroyalscot.bsky.social
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Bright Comet Set to Grace Orkney Skies theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/11/b...
Bright Comet Set to Grace Orkney Skies theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/11/b...
Bright Comet Set to Grace Orkney Skies
By Callum Potter. Comet Lemmon, or C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) to give it its full name, will be well placed for Orkney star gazers over the next few weeks of October. Discovered on January 3rd this year, i…
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October 11, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Bright Comet Set to Grace Orkney Skies theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/11/b...
Bright Comet Set to Grace Orkney Skies theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/11/b...
September 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
September 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
September 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Donation of a Smart Telescope will inspire "a new generation of young people to explore Orkney’s skies.” theorkneynews.scot/2025/09/03/d...
Donation of a Smart Telescope will inspire "a new generation of young people to explore Orkney’s skies.” theorkneynews.scot/2025/09/03/d...
Donation of a Smart Telescope will inspire “a new generation of young people to explore Orkney’s skies.”
A new state-of-the-art telescope is to be given to Orkney‘s young people. It’s a smart telescope designed to simplify night sky photography, automatically tracking stars and planets and bringing th…
theorkneynews.scot
September 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Donation of a Smart Telescope will inspire "a new generation of young people to explore Orkney’s skies.” theorkneynews.scot/2025/09/03/d...
Donation of a Smart Telescope will inspire "a new generation of young people to explore Orkney’s skies.” theorkneynews.scot/2025/09/03/d...
September 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
#Perseid #meteors last night (12-13 August) from #Rousay #Orkney recorded on the meteor cam in the early hours after the cloud cleared. Bright moon though. #RousayDarkSkies
August 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#Perseid #meteors last night (12-13 August) from #Rousay #Orkney recorded on the meteor cam in the early hours after the cloud cleared. Bright moon though. #RousayDarkSkies
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One of the best weeks in the Orkney calendar. Some fantastic events as always.
Science Festival Tickets on Sale #OISF theorkneynews.scot/2025/07/30/s...
Science Festival Tickets on Sale #OISF
Tickets for the popular and diverse Orkney International Science Festival are now on sale. The Festival has a wide range of events and talks taking place from 4 to 10 September. Islands from near a…
theorkneynews.scot
July 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
One of the best weeks in the Orkney calendar. Some fantastic events as always.
Beautiful #noctilucent clouds tonight (2025 07 29-30, 22:44 UT) from #rousay #orkney. The best of the season from here so far. #NLC
July 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Beautiful #noctilucent clouds tonight (2025 07 29-30, 22:44 UT) from #rousay #orkney. The best of the season from here so far. #NLC
Maybe you need to be a certain age but I enjoyed Neil Young tonight
June 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Maybe you need to be a certain age but I enjoyed Neil Young tonight
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ORCA’s industrial heritage surveys at Saviskaill Bay and Saviskaill Farm, in #Rousay, are now online.
#industrialheritage #NILPS #Orkney
#industrialheritage #NILPS #Orkney
Rousay industrial heritage surveys…
ORCA’s surveys at Saviskaill Bay and Saviskaill Farm, in Rousay, carried out as part of the From Peat Spade to Tangle Trade industrial heritage project are now online.
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June 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
ORCA’s industrial heritage surveys at Saviskaill Bay and Saviskaill Farm, in #Rousay, are now online.
#industrialheritage #NILPS #Orkney
#industrialheritage #NILPS #Orkney