Chris Scott
@profchrisscott.bsky.social
Parent, space scientist, drummer, baker.
www.solarstormwatch.com
Opinions are my own, apparently.
www.solarstormwatch.com
Opinions are my own, apparently.
Looks like a theta aurora to me. Coincidence?
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2014/de...
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2014/de...
October 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Looks like a theta aurora to me. Coincidence?
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2014/de...
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2014/de...
Much swearing as my whizzy telescope insisted on a software update as the eclipse ended and clouds rolled in, but I got something!
September 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Much swearing as my whizzy telescope insisted on a software update as the eclipse ended and clouds rolled in, but I got something!
That tallies with the Chilton Ionosonde which observed a prolonged Es layer with a critical frequency (for vertical propagation) of ~10 MHz.
Image courtesy of ukssdc.ac.uk
Image courtesy of ukssdc.ac.uk
May 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
That tallies with the Chilton Ionosonde which observed a prolonged Es layer with a critical frequency (for vertical propagation) of ~10 MHz.
Image courtesy of ukssdc.ac.uk
Image courtesy of ukssdc.ac.uk
May 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The sun this evening over Oxfordshire taken with a #SeestarS50 with solar filter
May 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The sun this evening over Oxfordshire taken with a #SeestarS50 with solar filter
To quote Luke Skywalker: Look at the size of that thing!
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
May 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
To quote Luke Skywalker: Look at the size of that thing!
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
That big sunspot is getting bigger!
May 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
That big sunspot is getting bigger!
Ma-husive #sunspot rolling into view on the Sun right now. Images taken with a #SeestarS50 through a specialist filter over Oxfordshire, UK. #heliophysics #spaceweather
April 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Ma-husive #sunspot rolling into view on the Sun right now. Images taken with a #SeestarS50 through a specialist filter over Oxfordshire, UK. #heliophysics #spaceweather
The sun this morning for those who are missing it.
April 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The sun this morning for those who are missing it.
Waiting for @chrislintott.bsky.social to start #DogsDuringEclipses...
March 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Waiting for @chrislintott.bsky.social to start #DogsDuringEclipses...
This morning's partial solar eclipse over Oxfordshire. Time-lapse, 1 frame every 30 seconds.
March 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This morning's partial solar eclipse over Oxfordshire. Time-lapse, 1 frame every 30 seconds.
Andromeda galaxy gradually coming into view. Mosaic of around 400 ten second exposures with a #Seestar S50. Photons by me, image processing by the inspirational #JulesWilkinson
March 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Andromeda galaxy gradually coming into view. Mosaic of around 400 ten second exposures with a #Seestar S50. Photons by me, image processing by the inspirational #JulesWilkinson
The moon last night
March 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The moon last night
Another clear night, more photons hoovered up from the 'vacuum cleaner' galaxy M109.
March 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Another clear night, more photons hoovered up from the 'vacuum cleaner' galaxy M109.
#bluesky by day here, but last night was clear and muli-coloured. In addition to gathering an hour of light from the Horsehead nebula (life goal unlocked), I 'look'd up in perfect silence at the stars'. It was awesome.
March 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
#bluesky by day here, but last night was clear and muli-coloured. In addition to gathering an hour of light from the Horsehead nebula (life goal unlocked), I 'look'd up in perfect silence at the stars'. It was awesome.
Seagoon: Ah Moon, ah English-type Moon!
What beauty! What rotundity! What delicacy! What purity! What joy!
Grytpype-Thynne: What rubbish.
The Moon Show.
What beauty! What rotundity! What delicacy! What purity! What joy!
Grytpype-Thynne: What rubbish.
The Moon Show.
February 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Seagoon: Ah Moon, ah English-type Moon!
What beauty! What rotundity! What delicacy! What purity! What joy!
Grytpype-Thynne: What rubbish.
The Moon Show.
What beauty! What rotundity! What delicacy! What purity! What joy!
Grytpype-Thynne: What rubbish.
The Moon Show.
Cold clear night here so I pointed the telescope at the Crab Nebula. This is about 90 mins exposure. Not bad considering the bright street lighting.
January 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Cold clear night here so I pointed the telescope at the Crab Nebula. This is about 90 mins exposure. Not bad considering the bright street lighting.
It was! Even enough to get a solar person out after dark...
January 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It was! Even enough to get a solar person out after dark...
Have been rocking my new cufflinks today. Thinking of two good friends and former bandmates who died within days of each other in 2024. While there is never enough time, and I am very rusty, drumming makes me happy. I want to play more in 2025.
December 25, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Have been rocking my new cufflinks today. Thinking of two good friends and former bandmates who died within days of each other in 2024. While there is never enough time, and I am very rusty, drumming makes me happy. I want to play more in 2025.
So, astronomy question. I took this image of the veil nebula (I really did!). Given my auroral prejudice, I assume the colours are likely different emission lines but why are different colours so localised? Is that temperature, composition or...?
November 29, 2024 at 8:07 PM
So, astronomy question. I took this image of the veil nebula (I really did!). Given my auroral prejudice, I assume the colours are likely different emission lines but why are different colours so localised? Is that temperature, composition or...?
#comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas. Each night a little further from us, each night a little dimmer. Its current orbit is hyperbolic, suggesting it is unlikely to return. Hail and farewell!
November 27, 2024 at 7:28 PM
#comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas. Each night a little further from us, each night a little dimmer. Its current orbit is hyperbolic, suggesting it is unlikely to return. Hail and farewell!
Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas tonight, crossing the sky near the binary star Theta Serpentis (commonly called Alya). It means we can't see the comet tail clearly tonight but it sure looks pretty. And, as they say, one person's noise is another person's data.
November 22, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas tonight, crossing the sky near the binary star Theta Serpentis (commonly called Alya). It means we can't see the comet tail clearly tonight but it sure looks pretty. And, as they say, one person's noise is another person's data.
Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas.
We're tracking this comet to see how it responds to the solar wind.
We're tracking this comet to see how it responds to the solar wind.
November 21, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas.
We're tracking this comet to see how it responds to the solar wind.
We're tracking this comet to see how it responds to the solar wind.