Dr Anthony Holloway
anthonyholloway.bsky.social
Dr Anthony Holloway
@anthonyholloway.bsky.social
Based @jodrellbank @OfficialUoM
Posts mainly on photography and astronomy. Views my own etc.
Astronomy PhD, Photo AFIAP CPAGB BPE3

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Published in #RASTI RAS Techniques & instruments: "RHINO: a large horn antenna for detecting the 21 cm global signal", Bull et al. This is Fig. 1: to read the paper please visit academic.oup.com/rasti/articl... @oxfordacademic.bsky.social @royalastrosoc.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 8:16 AM
One year ago (10/10/24) that we had a major auroral display. Here is a new image from the 1st wave of activity, taken using a fisheye lens to show the view from the Lovell Telescope on the horizon to almost overhead @jodrellbank.bsky.social
#aurora
More images from the night -
flic.kr/s/aHBqjBMqFh
October 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A sunny day in Edinburgh at the Great Hall of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. The frieze around the room was painted by William Hole in 1898, with a painted zodiac ceiling above.

Sony A7 III / TTArtisan 11mm Fisheye

flic.kr/p/2rxXZAN

#architecture #edinburgh #fisheye
October 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"Spanning the Forth"
Down on the bank of the Firth of Forth, looking at the Forth bridge which has been carrying rail traffic since 1890.
#architecture #railway #bridge #Edinburgh
September 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Reposted by Dr Anthony Holloway
📸 Ever wanted to photograph the night sky against the most spectacular backdrop in Cheshire?

This November, our Step Into #Astrophotography evenings return! Presented by @anthonyholloway.bsky.social, these sessions share key tips to help you capture the cosmos: www.jodrellbank.net/events/step-...
September 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"Pyramids" - Another NCP car park, this time in Salford. again with a cheesegrater cladding.

flic.kr/p/2rrZ4KZ

#architecture #monochrome
September 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A monochrome view of the Victorian Neo-Gothic building of the John Rylands Library. Located on Deansgate in Manchester it was founded by Enriqueta Rylands in memory of her husband. It opened in 1900 and is now part of the University of Manchester
@officialuom.bsky.social @thejohnrylands.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"Viaduct View" - Looking from the reclaimed Castlefield Viaduct out onto the working tram viaduct next door.

#manchester #castlefield @nationaltrust.org.uk

More info - flic.kr/p/2rrrag2
September 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"Deansgate Framed" - The Sun broke through for a moment to cast a shadow of the bridge linking the Deansgate tram and train stations. The support provides a frame for the high rise developments beyond.

#manchester #deansgate #skyscrapers

More info - flic.kr/p/2rrfQHY
September 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"Manchester Art Gallery Atrium"
If you look up as you enter the Manchester Art Gallery you can see this view of the marbles and the ceiling high above.

#architecture #manchester

flic.kr/p/2rr6gko
September 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"Watts Stairwell" - A wide view of a stairwell of a building built for the Watts company in Manchester in the 1850s.

#architecture #manchester #staircase

More info - flic.kr/p/2rqGaZ1
August 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"Light Curves" - A passageway under Salford Central railway station illuminated with a curved series of lights.

#architecture #tunnel
August 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Steps in Time" - The scene as you leave the back door of Piccadilly railway station in Manchester.

More info - flic.kr/p/2roEajF

#architecture #Manchester #monochrome
August 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
"From Old to New" - The grade II listed 'Oddfellows Hall" sits in the shadow of newly built "Nancy Rothwell Building", home to the School of Engineering, both part of the University of Manchester.

@manchester.ac.uk @uomscieng.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
On a cliff top in Ayrshire stands Culzean Castle, former home of the chief of Clan Kennedy. The architect was Robert Adam and the castle features this central staircase with columns and skylight above.
Sony A7 III / TTArtisan 11mm fisheye
#architecture #scotland #culzean #castle #fisheye #ttartisan
August 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
"To The Point" - A second view of the same building as seen in my recent upload "Unzipped", this time looking up the spine of the building.

#london #architecture #monochrome

flic.kr/p/2rfmWUX
July 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"Wildflower Meadow" - Quite an array of wildflowers in this field, but the poppies were the standout feature.

#wildflowers #poppies
June 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
June 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Two apartment blocks almost look to have had their interlocking curves unzipped.

Stratford, London.

#architecture #london #monochrome
June 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
At this time of year the Moon appears to only just make it over the horizon, rising in the south east. Fortunately the Lovell Telescope was looking in the same direction.
#jodrellbank #moon
June 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Looking up into the dome of the reading room of the British Museum in London. Completed in 1857 it has a cast iron framework with the ceiling made of papier-mâché, suspended from the frame.
#architecture #london #britishmuseum
May 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"Flying Below The Aurora" - Today is the anniversary of the auroral storm on 10/5/24. I captured a plane and the silhouette of the contrail against the background illumination. There would have been good views out of the windows that night!

#aurora #northernlights #cheshire #astrophotography
May 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Back to October 10th 2024 and a 5 image stitched panorama, covering 180 degrees, as activity started to pick up around 7:50pm.

Sony A7 III/ Sony 20mm G lens.

@jodrellbank.bsky.social #jodrellbank #aurora #astrophotography
April 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"Cotter Force"

Dropping over a number of shelves the falls spread out to about 13 metres wide.

An easy short walk to these falls near Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales.

flic.kr/p/2qVaKRf

#waterfall #yorkshire
March 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Partial Solar Eclipse 29th March 2025

The peak of the partial solar eclipse at my location, also showing two sunspot groups.

Taken with a 1200mm focal length telescope and Sony A7 III camera.

#solareclipse #partialsolareclipse #astronomy
March 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM