Das Baskill
@drdasb.bsky.social
Astrophysicist & photographer in Brighton.
A few photos from the Lewes Bonfire night last Wednesday evening!
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A few photos from the Lewes Bonfire night last Wednesday evening!
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Initial conditions:
m1=11.2 m2=134.6 m3=6.8 (solar masses)
v1x=2.913 v1y=-3.732 v2x=-0.556 v2y=-5.034 v3x=-3.586 v3y=-0.75 (km/s)
x1=-3.0 y1=17.0 x2=30.0 y2=-29.0 x3=18.0 y3=18.0 (AU from center)
Music: Adagio for Strings – Barber
m1=11.2 m2=134.6 m3=6.8 (solar masses)
v1x=2.913 v1y=-3.732 v2x=-0.556 v2y=-5.034 v3x=-3.586 v3y=-0.75 (km/s)
x1=-3.0 y1=17.0 x2=30.0 y2=-29.0 x3=18.0 y3=18.0 (AU from center)
Music: Adagio for Strings – Barber
October 25, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Initial conditions:
m1=11.2 m2=134.6 m3=6.8 (solar masses)
v1x=2.913 v1y=-3.732 v2x=-0.556 v2y=-5.034 v3x=-3.586 v3y=-0.75 (km/s)
x1=-3.0 y1=17.0 x2=30.0 y2=-29.0 x3=18.0 y3=18.0 (AU from center)
Music: Adagio for Strings – Barber
m1=11.2 m2=134.6 m3=6.8 (solar masses)
v1x=2.913 v1y=-3.732 v2x=-0.556 v2y=-5.034 v3x=-3.586 v3y=-0.75 (km/s)
x1=-3.0 y1=17.0 x2=30.0 y2=-29.0 x3=18.0 y3=18.0 (AU from center)
Music: Adagio for Strings – Barber
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Initial conditions:
m1=99.8 m2=102.0 m3=69.1 (solar masses)
v1x=-2.668 v1y=-2.286 v2x=1.754 v2y=-1.251 v3x=2.368 v3y=1.79 (km/s)
x1=17.0 y1=-27.0 x2=20.0 y2=25.0 x3=-9.0 y3=-7.0 (AU from center)
Music: Liebestraum – Liszt
m1=99.8 m2=102.0 m3=69.1 (solar masses)
v1x=-2.668 v1y=-2.286 v2x=1.754 v2y=-1.251 v3x=2.368 v3y=1.79 (km/s)
x1=17.0 y1=-27.0 x2=20.0 y2=25.0 x3=-9.0 y3=-7.0 (AU from center)
Music: Liebestraum – Liszt
October 19, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Initial conditions:
m1=99.8 m2=102.0 m3=69.1 (solar masses)
v1x=-2.668 v1y=-2.286 v2x=1.754 v2y=-1.251 v3x=2.368 v3y=1.79 (km/s)
x1=17.0 y1=-27.0 x2=20.0 y2=25.0 x3=-9.0 y3=-7.0 (AU from center)
Music: Liebestraum – Liszt
m1=99.8 m2=102.0 m3=69.1 (solar masses)
v1x=-2.668 v1y=-2.286 v2x=1.754 v2y=-1.251 v3x=2.368 v3y=1.79 (km/s)
x1=17.0 y1=-27.0 x2=20.0 y2=25.0 x3=-9.0 y3=-7.0 (AU from center)
Music: Liebestraum – Liszt
A nice sunset over Brighton on Thursday evening...
October 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A nice sunset over Brighton on Thursday evening...
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Actuellement deux comètes présentes dans notre système solaire semblent se tirer la bourre. Leur nom de code : C/2025 K1 ATLAS (à gauche) et C/2025 R2 SWAN (à droite). En réalité leurs trajectoires respectives sont très différentes.
Reunion Island - 20 septembre 2025.
Reunion Island - 20 septembre 2025.
September 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Actuellement deux comètes présentes dans notre système solaire semblent se tirer la bourre. Leur nom de code : C/2025 K1 ATLAS (à gauche) et C/2025 R2 SWAN (à droite). En réalité leurs trajectoires respectives sont très différentes.
Reunion Island - 20 septembre 2025.
Reunion Island - 20 septembre 2025.
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A stunning eruption of filament plasma from the Sun this morning! This size of event can cause strong aurora activity if directed towards Earth, but alas – this one was not. #spaceweather
August 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A stunning eruption of filament plasma from the Sun this morning! This size of event can cause strong aurora activity if directed towards Earth, but alas – this one was not. #spaceweather
Congratulations to everyone at Science Projects & the Observatory Science Centre (especially Abbie!) for getting a new 10-year lease agreed!
This means that the Observatory will stay open to the public for another decade at least.
science-projects.org/future-secur...
This means that the Observatory will stay open to the public for another decade at least.
science-projects.org/future-secur...
Future Secured for The Observatory Science Centre
science-projects.org
August 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Congratulations to everyone at Science Projects & the Observatory Science Centre (especially Abbie!) for getting a new 10-year lease agreed!
This means that the Observatory will stay open to the public for another decade at least.
science-projects.org/future-secur...
This means that the Observatory will stay open to the public for another decade at least.
science-projects.org/future-secur...
I did a bit of astrophotography on Saturday night. Not ideal conditions due to the humidity and Moon getting in the way, but it's always good to see some old favourites!
Photos are of the Andromeda galaxy and the Lagoon & Triffid Nebulae, with a BA flight to Jaddah photobombing the view!
Photos are of the Andromeda galaxy and the Lagoon & Triffid Nebulae, with a BA flight to Jaddah photobombing the view!
August 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I did a bit of astrophotography on Saturday night. Not ideal conditions due to the humidity and Moon getting in the way, but it's always good to see some old favourites!
Photos are of the Andromeda galaxy and the Lagoon & Triffid Nebulae, with a BA flight to Jaddah photobombing the view!
Photos are of the Andromeda galaxy and the Lagoon & Triffid Nebulae, with a BA flight to Jaddah photobombing the view!
A Perseid meteor over Brighton, caught at around 1am on Thursday night / Friday morning (14/15th August). The bright star at the lower right is Capella.
August 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A Perseid meteor over Brighton, caught at around 1am on Thursday night / Friday morning (14/15th August). The bright star at the lower right is Capella.
I'm the opening speaker at this year's Herstmonceux Astronomy Festival, where I'll be talking about "Brilliant Binaries"!
Full details at: www.the-observatory.org/events/astro...
Full details at: www.the-observatory.org/events/astro...
August 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I'm the opening speaker at this year's Herstmonceux Astronomy Festival, where I'll be talking about "Brilliant Binaries"!
Full details at: www.the-observatory.org/events/astro...
Full details at: www.the-observatory.org/events/astro...
The Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight, the 12 of August!
You maybe able to see a shooting star ever minute or 2!
But the Moon rises to spoil the view over the UK at 9.35pm tonight, so look as soon as it goes dark.
Photo: Perseid meteor over me & Brighton at 4am on the 14th August, back in 2022.
You maybe able to see a shooting star ever minute or 2!
But the Moon rises to spoil the view over the UK at 9.35pm tonight, so look as soon as it goes dark.
Photo: Perseid meteor over me & Brighton at 4am on the 14th August, back in 2022.
August 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight, the 12 of August!
You maybe able to see a shooting star ever minute or 2!
But the Moon rises to spoil the view over the UK at 9.35pm tonight, so look as soon as it goes dark.
Photo: Perseid meteor over me & Brighton at 4am on the 14th August, back in 2022.
You maybe able to see a shooting star ever minute or 2!
But the Moon rises to spoil the view over the UK at 9.35pm tonight, so look as soon as it goes dark.
Photo: Perseid meteor over me & Brighton at 4am on the 14th August, back in 2022.
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These are always lovely but this one is something special
Initial conditions:
m1=13.2 m2=12.9 m3=133.7 (solar masses)
v1x=-1.187 v1y=2.544 v2x=-5.123 v2y=-4.347 v3x=-6.976 v3y=-0.785 (km/s)
x1=7.0 y1=21.0 x2=30.0 y2=21.0 x3=11.0 y3=-15.0 (AU from center)
Music: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor (Posthumous) – Chopin
m1=13.2 m2=12.9 m3=133.7 (solar masses)
v1x=-1.187 v1y=2.544 v2x=-5.123 v2y=-4.347 v3x=-6.976 v3y=-0.785 (km/s)
x1=7.0 y1=21.0 x2=30.0 y2=21.0 x3=11.0 y3=-15.0 (AU from center)
Music: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor (Posthumous) – Chopin
July 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
These are always lovely but this one is something special
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Initial conditions:
m1=46.6 m2=34.3 m3=132.3 (solar masses)
v1x=6.53 v1y=-1.538 v2x=4.982 v2y=1.112 v3x=3.082 v3y=0.135 (km/s)
x1=-28.0 y1=9.0 x2=-14.0 y2=22.0 x3=10.0 y3=4.0 (AU from center)
Music: The Shape of Things To Come (BSG) – McCreary
m1=46.6 m2=34.3 m3=132.3 (solar masses)
v1x=6.53 v1y=-1.538 v2x=4.982 v2y=1.112 v3x=3.082 v3y=0.135 (km/s)
x1=-28.0 y1=9.0 x2=-14.0 y2=22.0 x3=10.0 y3=4.0 (AU from center)
Music: The Shape of Things To Come (BSG) – McCreary
July 25, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Initial conditions:
m1=46.6 m2=34.3 m3=132.3 (solar masses)
v1x=6.53 v1y=-1.538 v2x=4.982 v2y=1.112 v3x=3.082 v3y=0.135 (km/s)
x1=-28.0 y1=9.0 x2=-14.0 y2=22.0 x3=10.0 y3=4.0 (AU from center)
Music: The Shape of Things To Come (BSG) – McCreary
m1=46.6 m2=34.3 m3=132.3 (solar masses)
v1x=6.53 v1y=-1.538 v2x=4.982 v2y=1.112 v3x=3.082 v3y=0.135 (km/s)
x1=-28.0 y1=9.0 x2=-14.0 y2=22.0 x3=10.0 y3=4.0 (AU from center)
Music: The Shape of Things To Come (BSG) – McCreary
Views from my commute to work in Falmer, East Sussex, on Sunday.
July 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Views from my commute to work in Falmer, East Sussex, on Sunday.
A time-lapse movie of our @eucliduk.bsky.social stand at the @goodwoodrrc.bsky.social Festival of Speed Future Lab last weekend!
Visitors were zooming into data from ESA's Euclid Space Telescope, and using their body to make a gravitational lens to learn how astronomers search for dark matter.
Visitors were zooming into data from ESA's Euclid Space Telescope, and using their body to make a gravitational lens to learn how astronomers search for dark matter.
July 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A time-lapse movie of our @eucliduk.bsky.social stand at the @goodwoodrrc.bsky.social Festival of Speed Future Lab last weekend!
Visitors were zooming into data from ESA's Euclid Space Telescope, and using their body to make a gravitational lens to learn how astronomers search for dark matter.
Visitors were zooming into data from ESA's Euclid Space Telescope, and using their body to make a gravitational lens to learn how astronomers search for dark matter.
A massive thank-you to the couple who leant me a electric pump at the end of last weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed! Thanks to their help, I was able to cycle back to Chichester and get the train home with only a slight delay!
July 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A massive thank-you to the couple who leant me a electric pump at the end of last weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed! Thanks to their help, I was able to cycle back to Chichester and get the train home with only a slight delay!
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It’s Day 3 at the the @goodwoodrrc.bsky.social #FestivalofSpeed Future Lab.
Our #HumansOfEuclid have had an early start, back and ready to share the mysteries of the dark Universe all over again! 🌌🕸️
Our #HumansOfEuclid have had an early start, back and ready to share the mysteries of the dark Universe all over again! 🌌🕸️
July 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
It’s Day 3 at the the @goodwoodrrc.bsky.social #FestivalofSpeed Future Lab.
Our #HumansOfEuclid have had an early start, back and ready to share the mysteries of the dark Universe all over again! 🌌🕸️
Our #HumansOfEuclid have had an early start, back and ready to share the mysteries of the dark Universe all over again! 🌌🕸️
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And that’s a wrap for another day…see you tomorrow #FestivalOfSpeed!
July 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
And that’s a wrap for another day…see you tomorrow #FestivalOfSpeed!
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June & July is the best time of the year to see glow worms in the UK!
These are my old photos of glowworms in Brighton.
Numbers of these nocturnal beetles are falling in south-east England by 3.5% each year, due to light pollution making it increasingly difficult for males to find females.
These are my old photos of glowworms in Brighton.
Numbers of these nocturnal beetles are falling in south-east England by 3.5% each year, due to light pollution making it increasingly difficult for males to find females.
June 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
June & July is the best time of the year to see glow worms in the UK!
These are my old photos of glowworms in Brighton.
Numbers of these nocturnal beetles are falling in south-east England by 3.5% each year, due to light pollution making it increasingly difficult for males to find females.
These are my old photos of glowworms in Brighton.
Numbers of these nocturnal beetles are falling in south-east England by 3.5% each year, due to light pollution making it increasingly difficult for males to find females.
Reposted by Das Baskill
Initial conditions:
m1=32.1 m2=42.6 m3=24.6 (solar masses)
v1x=-5.436 v1y=-2.297 v2x=1.376 v2y=-5.835 v3x=-0.614 v3y=0.951 (km/s)
x1=34.0 y1=-24.0 x2=2.0 y2=-30.0 x3=22.0 y3=15.0 (AU from center)
Music: Lost (The Expanse) – Shorter
m1=32.1 m2=42.6 m3=24.6 (solar masses)
v1x=-5.436 v1y=-2.297 v2x=1.376 v2y=-5.835 v3x=-0.614 v3y=0.951 (km/s)
x1=34.0 y1=-24.0 x2=2.0 y2=-30.0 x3=22.0 y3=15.0 (AU from center)
Music: Lost (The Expanse) – Shorter
June 22, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Initial conditions:
m1=32.1 m2=42.6 m3=24.6 (solar masses)
v1x=-5.436 v1y=-2.297 v2x=1.376 v2y=-5.835 v3x=-0.614 v3y=0.951 (km/s)
x1=34.0 y1=-24.0 x2=2.0 y2=-30.0 x3=22.0 y3=15.0 (AU from center)
Music: Lost (The Expanse) – Shorter
m1=32.1 m2=42.6 m3=24.6 (solar masses)
v1x=-5.436 v1y=-2.297 v2x=1.376 v2y=-5.835 v3x=-0.614 v3y=0.951 (km/s)
x1=34.0 y1=-24.0 x2=2.0 y2=-30.0 x3=22.0 y3=15.0 (AU from center)
Music: Lost (The Expanse) – Shorter
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Accidental find in planetarium show could shift scientists’ understanding of our solar system edition.cnn.com/2025/06/10/s... - Fun to hear about this result at a workshop I recently attended
Accidental find in planetarium show could shift scientists’ understanding of our solar system | CNN
An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun.
edition.cnn.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Accidental find in planetarium show could shift scientists’ understanding of our solar system edition.cnn.com/2025/06/10/s... - Fun to hear about this result at a workshop I recently attended
Happy Solstice all!
On 17th June 2025, we had the earliest sunrise of the year in Brighton, with sunrise at 04:45 BST.
The longest day is on the 21st, lasting 16 hours and 32 minutes in Brighton.
But the latest sunset is not until the 25th June, when the Sun sets at 21:18 BST over Brighton.
On 17th June 2025, we had the earliest sunrise of the year in Brighton, with sunrise at 04:45 BST.
The longest day is on the 21st, lasting 16 hours and 32 minutes in Brighton.
But the latest sunset is not until the 25th June, when the Sun sets at 21:18 BST over Brighton.
June 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Happy Solstice all!
On 17th June 2025, we had the earliest sunrise of the year in Brighton, with sunrise at 04:45 BST.
The longest day is on the 21st, lasting 16 hours and 32 minutes in Brighton.
But the latest sunset is not until the 25th June, when the Sun sets at 21:18 BST over Brighton.
On 17th June 2025, we had the earliest sunrise of the year in Brighton, with sunrise at 04:45 BST.
The longest day is on the 21st, lasting 16 hours and 32 minutes in Brighton.
But the latest sunset is not until the 25th June, when the Sun sets at 21:18 BST over Brighton.
Wednesday's Sun over Brighton, in both white light and h-alpha.
June 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Wednesday's Sun over Brighton, in both white light and h-alpha.
A few photos from my Monday evening cycle along Brighton's coastline...
June 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A few photos from my Monday evening cycle along Brighton's coastline...