Niall Deacon
LightNews LightNews
nialldeacon.com
Niall Deacon
@nialldeacon.com
240 followers 160 following 290 posts
astronomer, bairn, many other things separable by commas

http://www.nialldeacon.com/
Posts Replies Media Videos
nialldeacon.com
"More than 35 yards"
A diagram showing Kenny McLean scoring into the Danish goal at Hampden from somewhere in Renfrewshire
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
nialldeacon.com
A Mamdani style sign that reads "Harvard Astronomers for normal cometary activity"
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
nialldeacon.com
A turnip lantern, as it should be
October 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
nialldeacon.com
"I could be at home painting Abaddon the Despoiler"
James Cleverly considers his poor life choices
September 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
nialldeacon.com
Good to see the Lib Dem graphics people getting work between election cycles
A bar chart with Tories on 10, Lib Dems on 13 (but appearing over twice the size) and Labour on 30
August 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
nialldeacon.com
Timmy Mallett dressed as Dan Ives
August 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
nialldeacon.com
When your company name hints at feats that your equipment would struggle to achieve
A cherry picker vehicle with arm extended. The company name is "system lift Gagarin"
August 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
nialldeacon.com
The memes have broken my brain to the point that I see the name of a possible interstellar object and think of this

#A11pl3Z
Asking happycat "how much cheezburger would you like" response "A11pl3Z"
July 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
nialldeacon.com
In the Arctic the sun doesn't set today. It just sinks towards the horizon and then appears to bounce back up into the sky

Credit: Milos Obert/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0) License: CC-BY-4.0

astro4edu.org/resources/me...
Seven images of the Sun. From the left it sinks, reaching its lowest in the centre image, before rising higher to the right.
June 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
nialldeacon.com
If you are in a temperate region of the Northern hemisphere the Sun just crossed the sky on its highest path of the year.

This image from Turkey shows the Sun crossing the sky at both solstices (summer top/winter bottom) and one equinox (in the middle)

Credit: Tunç Tezel/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
3 paths of the Sun across the sky. The highest almost crosses the middle of the image, the lowest is one sixth of the way up
June 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
nialldeacon.com
Firstly if you live in a temperate or tropical region you've just hit the point in the year where the Sun sets at its most northerly point. Here's the sunset position every month near Manila (summer solstice in the middle)

Credit: John Paul Pile/IAU OAE (CC BY 4.0)
astro4edu.org/resources/me...
12 images of sunset. Sunset moves from the left at the top, to the right in the middle, and back to the left at the bottom
June 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
nialldeacon.com
For folks in the Rhein Neckar region, my friend Annemieke is running her acting courses at the Volkshochschule in Heidelberg over the summer

www.vhs-hd.de/suche/kursde...
www.vhs-hd.de/programm/fre...
www.vhs-hd.de/suche/kursde...
Basic acting in English - Fridays 18:15 five weeks from 27th June Improv in English - Fridays 8pm five weeks from 27th June Time to act - Five day workshop from 18th August
June 21, 2025 at 8:22 AM
nialldeacon.com
Potato Atom
Masher Smasher

Got to have system ain't you
Harry hill hand facing down Harry Hill hand facing up
May 31, 2025 at 7:25 AM
nialldeacon.com
That's no moon....
A half moon, but wait, look closer and you see it's a partially illuminated hot air balloon
May 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
nialldeacon.com
#Fin #eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
nialldeacon.com
#bloomscrolling
A red and white parrot tulip with fringed petals
April 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
nialldeacon.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
nialldeacon.com
It's a bit picky on astronomical topics but it did recognise this important idiom
April 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
nialldeacon.com
Keynes is so back
March 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
nialldeacon.com
Me finding out there are 89 diagrams for 88 constellations
Homer Simpson asking "Oh Serpens Caput, why can't you be more like Serpens Cauda?"
February 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
nialldeacon.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
nialldeacon.com
Very rare to see this level of tayloring these days, even on the wealthy. So let's talk about some of the reasons why it's great 1/n factorial
November 27, 2024 at 4:10 PM
nialldeacon.com
The new leader of the free world
Keir Starmer the neo-Bevanite colossus
November 6, 2024 at 9:11 AM
nialldeacon.com
None of this pumpkin nonsense
A lantern made from a turnip as it should be
October 31, 2024 at 5:48 PM
nialldeacon.com
October 18, 2024 at 10:39 AM