Community Observatory St Martins on Scilly. Amateur astronomers on a small rock in the Atlantic, building an observatory. Sparkly skies and seas.
St Martin's, Isles of Scilly
Joined June 2017
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Cruthers Hill has three entrance graves on it. All positioned with commanding views over the Islands, this is the better preserved one. Picture taken earlier this year on a balmy October day, hence @JamieAshle in shorts. π©³ #megalithic #tombtuesday #IslesofScilly
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A break in the clouds leads to an incredible view of the night sky during the second day of Scilly Dark Skies week.
Read more here ->
skyatnightmagazine.com/advicβ¦
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The Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021 winning images will be announced tonight during an online ceremony at 18:30 BST, live from @NMMGreenwich.
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Watch the live stream via the link below:
skyatnightmagazine.com/advicβ¦
#APY13
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WALK SCILLY begins this Thursday (11th October) with a range of walks and events to suit everyone! If youβre on the islands over the long weekend, take a look at the programme on the link below and explore Scilly at its very best visitislesofscilly.com/walksβ¦
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A new dwarf planet has been discovered on the edge of the Solar System.
skyatnightmagazine.com/news/β¦
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It's 23 September. On this day in 1846 planet Neptune was discovered by Johann Galle (Observing) and Urbain Le Verrier (Maths). NASA Voyager picture.
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#OnThisDay 1971: The residents of the Isles of Scilly were very unimpressed at changes to car tax rules. Horse and cart, anyone?
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ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week: Hazy dust in Ursa Major Credit: @ESA / @Hubble_Space / @NASA Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt socsi.in/YRPCK
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This series of images shows the stormy features of Jupiterβs northern hemisphere, as seen by the Juno spacecraft during its 14th close flyby of the planet.
The images were taken on 15/16 July 2018.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald EichstΓ€d/SeΓ‘n Doran
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Astronomers using #Hubble have captured the largest panoramic view of the fire and fury of star birth in the distant Universe, encompassing 12 000 star-forming galaxies. Credit: @ESA / @Hubble_Space / @NASA socsi.in/cyVb8
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I want to get as many people around the world as possible looking up for the Perseid Meteor Shower this year!
Please help by retweeting and sharing the heck out of this.
Lets hope the skies stay clear
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Complex Organics Molecules are Bubbling up From Inside Enceladus - Universe Today universetoday.com/139537/com⦠@storybywill @universetoday
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[PIC] Boating home from St Martinβs at sunset on the SEAHORSE
#scilly #stmartins β at South West, England
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Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England is the first Dark Sky Park in southwest England. Earlier this week, the UK Parliament heard moving testimony about Bodmin Moor and why other efforts to certify International Dark Sky Places in Britain are so important. hansard.parliament.uk/Commonβ¦
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#Didyouknow that during winter our cows move around to various areas across the island, including our own farm land? Here they graze on turnips planted on land that is having a rest from growing narcissi. The 'recycled' turnips improve the soil health which equals lovely flowers!
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People waking up early this weekend will be able to see Mars and Jupiter shine bright together in the southern sky in an event known as a conjunction.
This will be the closest the planets have appeared since October 17, 2015.
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A meteor the size of a bus nearly just hit Earth indy100.com/article/asteroidβ¦
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A huge 5km wide asteroid is hurtling towards Earth indy100.com/article/huge-5kmβ¦