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Devoted hubby of @TMinnican. Home educator. Amateur astronomer. Studying MSc Physics (Astrophysics with Space Science). FRAS, SPA and Green Party member. #Pagan www.minnican.com
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Parents & anyone else up early on Christmas morning: there’s a bright pass of the International Space Station over the UK, just after 6.15.
Well, I say it’s the ISS. Could be Santa heading home…
Exact timings for where you are at www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary....
Well, I say it’s the ISS. Could be Santa heading home…
Exact timings for where you are at www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary....
ISS - Visible Passes
Satellite predictions and other astronomical data customised for your location.
www.heavens-above.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Parents & anyone else up early on Christmas morning: there’s a bright pass of the International Space Station over the UK, just after 6.15.
Well, I say it’s the ISS. Could be Santa heading home…
Exact timings for where you are at www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary....
Well, I say it’s the ISS. Could be Santa heading home…
Exact timings for where you are at www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary....
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Jupiter on Saturday morning in good seeing using the C11 with x2 Barlow.
I'd just recollimated the scope and cleaned the corrector plate, which I think helps, but the dew was awful!
This is probably my best Jupiter image to date.
More data still to go through
🔭
I'd just recollimated the scope and cleaned the corrector plate, which I think helps, but the dew was awful!
This is probably my best Jupiter image to date.
More data still to go through
🔭
December 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Jupiter on Saturday morning in good seeing using the C11 with x2 Barlow.
I'd just recollimated the scope and cleaned the corrector plate, which I think helps, but the dew was awful!
This is probably my best Jupiter image to date.
More data still to go through
🔭
I'd just recollimated the scope and cleaned the corrector plate, which I think helps, but the dew was awful!
This is probably my best Jupiter image to date.
More data still to go through
🔭
Wow! A beautiful fireball captured on our zenith-facing AuroraCam in south Lincolnshire overnight. Green hue and a persistent ionisation train lasting well over a minute 🔭🧪
December 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Wow! A beautiful fireball captured on our zenith-facing AuroraCam in south Lincolnshire overnight. Green hue and a persistent ionisation train lasting well over a minute 🔭🧪
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How have I only just discovered google maps for space? If you, like me, did not know about this little piece of internet treasure, you must check it out! You can fly over moons and planets - and it's all real data 🤗 🔭🧪
👉: www.google.co.uk/maps/space/
👇: Dwarf planet Pluto!
👉: www.google.co.uk/maps/space/
👇: Dwarf planet Pluto!
December 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
How have I only just discovered google maps for space? If you, like me, did not know about this little piece of internet treasure, you must check it out! You can fly over moons and planets - and it's all real data 🤗 🔭🧪
👉: www.google.co.uk/maps/space/
👇: Dwarf planet Pluto!
👉: www.google.co.uk/maps/space/
👇: Dwarf planet Pluto!
Don't forget to @skircle.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Don't forget to @skircle.bsky.social
The Sun at 13:00 UTC. Just 13° above the horizon from my location in the UK. Sunspots 4294 and 4296 give the impression of one behemoth sunspot, rivalling Carrington's of 1859. If we're lucky, or unfortunate, it will unleash a large X-ray solar flare this coming week, causing spectacular aurora 🔭🧪
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Sun at 13:00 UTC. Just 13° above the horizon from my location in the UK. Sunspots 4294 and 4296 give the impression of one behemoth sunspot, rivalling Carrington's of 1859. If we're lucky, or unfortunate, it will unleash a large X-ray solar flare this coming week, causing spectacular aurora 🔭🧪
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No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
Have you seen the double cluster in Perseus? These two clusters of hot, young stars appear close together from our perspective but are actually hundreds of lightyears apart, the nearest being about 7100 lightyears away. This photo is a stack of 272, 20-second exposures taken this evening 🔭🧪
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Have you seen the double cluster in Perseus? These two clusters of hot, young stars appear close together from our perspective but are actually hundreds of lightyears apart, the nearest being about 7100 lightyears away. This photo is a stack of 272, 20-second exposures taken this evening 🔭🧪
That fuzzy, blue ball is actually the planet Neptune. It's appearing very close in the sky to Saturn, only 4.5° (about 3-middle widths held at arms length), but is much fainter at magnitude +7.5 or so. The fact the I can photograph the disk of an object that is 4.35 x 10⁹ km away is awesome to me 🔭🧪
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
That fuzzy, blue ball is actually the planet Neptune. It's appearing very close in the sky to Saturn, only 4.5° (about 3-middle widths held at arms length), but is much fainter at magnitude +7.5 or so. The fact the I can photograph the disk of an object that is 4.35 x 10⁹ km away is awesome to me 🔭🧪
I love Saturn, but I'm finding imaging underwhelming at the moment, I don't know whether its poor seeing or just the fact the rings are "edge-on" from our perspective. Anyway, here's last night's attempt from a rather chilly Lincolnshire, UK. 🔭🧪
November 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I love Saturn, but I'm finding imaging underwhelming at the moment, I don't know whether its poor seeing or just the fact the rings are "edge-on" from our perspective. Anyway, here's last night's attempt from a rather chilly Lincolnshire, UK. 🔭🧪
We have clear skies, with northerly winds so seeing is probably quite good. However, it's absolutely freezing out there (not literally) and I have a physics tutorial at 19:30. Do I open the Observatory or not? 🔭🧪
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We have clear skies, with northerly winds so seeing is probably quite good. However, it's absolutely freezing out there (not literally) and I have a physics tutorial at 19:30. Do I open the Observatory or not? 🔭🧪
A second night of aurora, albeit less intense. The clouds amplify the effect by forward-scattering the auroral light towards the viewer on the ground. Here's 5-hours squished into 1-minute 🔭🧪😊
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
A second night of aurora, albeit less intense. The clouds amplify the effect by forward-scattering the auroral light towards the viewer on the ground. Here's 5-hours squished into 1-minute 🔭🧪😊
An X5-class solar flare erupted from the sun towards Earth yesterday and it hit the magnetosphere with a wallop overnight. The result was a severe geomagnetic storm. The aurora was so bright, it was visible through the clouds. Here's 3-hours, squished into 60s, of what you may have missed. Enjoy 🔭🧪☺️
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 AM
An X5-class solar flare erupted from the sun towards Earth yesterday and it hit the magnetosphere with a wallop overnight. The result was a severe geomagnetic storm. The aurora was so bright, it was visible through the clouds. Here's 3-hours, squished into 60s, of what you may have missed. Enjoy 🔭🧪☺️
A nice sporadic meteor captured in the early hours. Yes, that is the Moon. Details can be found here: archive.ukmeteors.co.uk/reports/2025... 🔭🧪😊
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A nice sporadic meteor captured in the early hours. Yes, that is the Moon. Details can be found here: archive.ukmeteors.co.uk/reports/2025... 🔭🧪😊
I'm never convinced my Dobsonian is focused perfectly when imaging so I'm printing a 305mm (12") Bahtinov mask to reassure me. I find the process mesmerising and spend far too long watching it. Credit to "@michelegz" for this design. 🔭🧪
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I'm never convinced my Dobsonian is focused perfectly when imaging so I'm printing a 305mm (12") Bahtinov mask to reassure me. I find the process mesmerising and spend far too long watching it. Credit to "@michelegz" for this design. 🔭🧪
There are some amazing images of comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). However, this was taken (Nov 2nd) at 18:01 UTC with a regular Canon 250D 50mm, f/5.6, ISO1600, 5-sec exp. I took 35 exposures and stacked them in Siril and denoised in GraXpert. It tempers expectations, yet it's still very cool to see. 🔭🧪
November 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
There are some amazing images of comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). However, this was taken (Nov 2nd) at 18:01 UTC with a regular Canon 250D 50mm, f/5.6, ISO1600, 5-sec exp. I took 35 exposures and stacked them in Siril and denoised in GraXpert. It tempers expectations, yet it's still very cool to see. 🔭🧪
There's a particularly bright spot on the Moon this evening. It's the sunlit crater wall of Aristarchus. It has one of the highest reflectivities on the Moon, making it appear brighter than fresh snow under direct sunlight. Schroter's Valley and the crater Herodotus are both to the left. 🔭🧪
November 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
There's a particularly bright spot on the Moon this evening. It's the sunlit crater wall of Aristarchus. It has one of the highest reflectivities on the Moon, making it appear brighter than fresh snow under direct sunlight. Schroter's Valley and the crater Herodotus are both to the left. 🔭🧪
Now there's a challenge 😁
Live in the Northern Hemisphere and want to see a comet older then the Solar System? Nice overview of upcoming pre-dawn visibility for interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with small amateur telescopes 🔭🧪
All Eyes on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will soon exit the Sun's glare to enter the morning sky. Get ready for the observing opportunity of a lifetime.
skyandtelescope.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Now there's a challenge 😁
Blessed Samhain to you and yours.
May your ancestors gather with love, may your hearth fire burn bright against the coming dark, and may you find peace and insight on this most sacred night.
Blessed be. 🍂🍄🎃🔥
May your ancestors gather with love, may your hearth fire burn bright against the coming dark, and may you find peace and insight on this most sacred night.
Blessed be. 🍂🍄🎃🔥
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Blessed Samhain to you and yours.
May your ancestors gather with love, may your hearth fire burn bright against the coming dark, and may you find peace and insight on this most sacred night.
Blessed be. 🍂🍄🎃🔥
May your ancestors gather with love, may your hearth fire burn bright against the coming dark, and may you find peace and insight on this most sacred night.
Blessed be. 🍂🍄🎃🔥
Here's comet C\2025 A6 Lemmon from Billingborough this evening. Taken with a Canon 250D 255mm f/5.6 ISO6400 1s exposure x10 stacked in Siril 🔭🧪
October 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Here's comet C\2025 A6 Lemmon from Billingborough this evening. Taken with a Canon 250D 255mm f/5.6 ISO6400 1s exposure x10 stacked in Siril 🔭🧪
Whilst out photographing Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon this evening I happened to see a rocket fuel dump move from west to south. Here's a short video from one of the AuroraCams 🔭🧪🚀
October 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Whilst out photographing Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon this evening I happened to see a rocket fuel dump move from west to south. Here's a short video from one of the AuroraCams 🔭🧪🚀
I've not really had a go at M45 "Pleiades" before. I used the mosaic mode on the Seestar S50 to capture this. 106 x 20s exposures, processed in Siril and Graxpert. Seeing was pretty poor with strong winds. I gave up using the Dobsonian because it was being buffeted by the wind too much 🔭🧪
October 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I've not really had a go at M45 "Pleiades" before. I used the mosaic mode on the Seestar S50 to capture this. 106 x 20s exposures, processed in Siril and Graxpert. Seeing was pretty poor with strong winds. I gave up using the Dobsonian because it was being buffeted by the wind too much 🔭🧪
The vastness of space is captured here as distant Jupiter, reveals intricate cloud bands while Ganymede, Io, Europa and Callisto, orbit gracefully against the profound darkness of space. 🔭🧪
October 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The vastness of space is captured here as distant Jupiter, reveals intricate cloud bands while Ganymede, Io, Europa and Callisto, orbit gracefully against the profound darkness of space. 🔭🧪
I've switched my study to Master of Physics (Astrophysics with Space Science).... Yikes! 🔭🧪😮
October 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I've switched my study to Master of Physics (Astrophysics with Space Science).... Yikes! 🔭🧪😮
After what seems like weeks of clouds, here's Jupiter this morning high in the south-east. Two moons visible here, Europa seen transiting Jupiter's disk, and volcanic Io on the right. 🔭🧪😁
October 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
After what seems like weeks of clouds, here's Jupiter this morning high in the south-east. Two moons visible here, Europa seen transiting Jupiter's disk, and volcanic Io on the right. 🔭🧪😁