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!
A nice sunset over Brighton on Thursday evening...
October 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A nice sunset over Brighton on Thursday evening...
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.
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.
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.
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...
Badgers visiting me a few evenings ago...
May 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Badgers visiting me a few evenings ago...
Seeing Sea Eagle eagles (!) in Norway, 31st March 2025.
(these photos aren't too bad, considering that I was using the wrong, mid-range lens)
(these photos aren't too bad, considering that I was using the wrong, mid-range lens)
May 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Seeing Sea Eagle eagles (!) in Norway, 31st March 2025.
(these photos aren't too bad, considering that I was using the wrong, mid-range lens)
(these photos aren't too bad, considering that I was using the wrong, mid-range lens)
A few photos from my visit to the North Cape of northern Norway last month.
April 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A few photos from my visit to the North Cape of northern Norway last month.
Aurora over Brighton (just!) at 22:15BST this evening.
April 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Aurora over Brighton (just!) at 22:15BST this evening.
My favourite photo from visiting Utah last September - the Milky-way & zodiacal light.
That beautiful faint glow from the horizon upwards is zodiacal light, caused by sunlight reflecting off dust in our solar system left behind by comets.
It's been 25 years since I last saw zodiacal light!
That beautiful faint glow from the horizon upwards is zodiacal light, caused by sunlight reflecting off dust in our solar system left behind by comets.
It's been 25 years since I last saw zodiacal light!
February 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
My favourite photo from visiting Utah last September - the Milky-way & zodiacal light.
That beautiful faint glow from the horizon upwards is zodiacal light, caused by sunlight reflecting off dust in our solar system left behind by comets.
It's been 25 years since I last saw zodiacal light!
That beautiful faint glow from the horizon upwards is zodiacal light, caused by sunlight reflecting off dust in our solar system left behind by comets.
It's been 25 years since I last saw zodiacal light!
What's the use of a 10 minute power-cut on a cloudy night?!
It did demonstrate that the majority of light pollution seen over Woodingdean originates from Brighton city, though.
#woodingdean #brighton
It did demonstrate that the majority of light pollution seen over Woodingdean originates from Brighton city, though.
#woodingdean #brighton
February 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
What's the use of a 10 minute power-cut on a cloudy night?!
It did demonstrate that the majority of light pollution seen over Woodingdean originates from Brighton city, though.
#woodingdean #brighton
It did demonstrate that the majority of light pollution seen over Woodingdean originates from Brighton city, though.
#woodingdean #brighton
A few shots from this evening's murmuration of starlings by Brighton's Palace Pier.
February 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A few shots from this evening's murmuration of starlings by Brighton's Palace Pier.
Today's lecture demos involved demonstrating electric fields using a plasma ball and holding various light sources nearby to watch them light up!
February 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Today's lecture demos involved demonstrating electric fields using a plasma ball and holding various light sources nearby to watch them light up!
After an incredibly busy 5 months, I've finally found time to look back at my photos from September, when I visited the Zion National Park in Utah, USA. I did spot a few Desert Bighorn sheep while I was there.
February 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
After an incredibly busy 5 months, I've finally found time to look back at my photos from September, when I visited the Zion National Park in Utah, USA. I did spot a few Desert Bighorn sheep while I was there.
It's exactly 6 years this week since I spent 10 days teaching in Accra, Ghana, where I was doing exactly the same job as I do at the University of Sussex - teaching physics & astronomy to both pupils and their teachers. We did an average of two events per day, so we definitely made the most of it!
February 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
It's exactly 6 years this week since I spent 10 days teaching in Accra, Ghana, where I was doing exactly the same job as I do at the University of Sussex - teaching physics & astronomy to both pupils and their teachers. We did an average of two events per day, so we definitely made the most of it!
