Going to go out at try to spot that interstellar comet in my garden but I may have some company. 🔭 #fox

Stunning!

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Thank you. It is more obvious visually in binoculars but that is a beautiful field loaded with stars.

Yes sorry, I just now see roller coaster star paturns everywhere. Eddie was a good friend. Do take a picture of his coaster sometime :)

....And you have captured Eddie's roller coaster asterism to the top right:)

Got it. I think I have a turned edge?

The struts certainly show in the videos. I think the way the air moves might also impact the way things look.

Outside of focus. Fairly steady and circular ish.

Telescope experts. Here is Polaris taken inside of focus. Why are the inside focus rings more fuzzy? 🔭

Scope cooling down 🔭

Quite a lot of planning before a session of observing thhe night sky! 🔭

My effort

Just watched #Venus dissappear behind the #moon. You could see the disk gradually reduce in size to a slither over a minute and then dissappear. Amazing. Here is my best pic. 🔭

Managed to get a view of the rising #moon in #eclipse from Thornbury, north of Bristol this evening. Beautiful sight. 🔭

Just observed the galaxy pair UGC 9650 and 9668 (Markarian 839) in my telescope. Both are about 170 million light years away in Ursa Minor. A pair of galaxies in the same field of view is always special. #astronomy 🔭

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Just been out observing a star that exploded 40 million years ago in my 8 inch telescope. Here is a picture taken by my friend Chris. The supernova is the bright white blob. #NGC7331 #ukastronomy

Just managed to spot #Mars with this little scope #astronomy It was a very small disk and had a red hue to it.

18/7/2022 6pm 32.3c 12/7/2025 6pm 30.8c North of Bristol #ukweather

Followed by a drop to the low 550's by the middle of next week..

Argentina cuts industrial gas supply amid record cold snap Argentina will limit the supply of natural gas for industrial use as residents braving a recent cold snap are using more energy to heat their homes, the South American nation's energy secretariat said on Wednesday.

www.reuters.com/business/ene... #coldweather ##ukweather

Enjoyed a look at the #moon this evening. Also managed to spot Arcturus Vega and even Spica before sunset.

Many areas in Antartica are much colder than they should be this time of year. #coldweather #ukweather

My weather records for Bristol show June 2025 was similar in overall temperature to 1992 and 1993. 2025 nights were warmer than 1992 and 1993 but the average day time temperatures were higher in 1992 and 1993. All three were dry with 1992 the driest of all with 21mm of rain recorded. #ukweather

MOSCOW, June 30. /TASS/. Meteorologists have recorded the coldest-ever June 30 in Moscow since observations started being kept, with the air temperature dropping to 12.6 degrees Celsius, leading specialist of the Phobos weather center Evgeny Tishkovets said

Moscow sees coldest June 30 on record By 3 p.m. Moscow time, the thermometer showed a mere plus 12.6 degrees

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MOSCOW, June 30. /TASS/. Meteorologists have recorded the coldest-ever June 30 in Moscow since observations started being kept, with the air temperature dropping to 12.6 degrees Celsius, leading specialist of the Phobos weather center Evgeny Tishkovets said. ##coldweather

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Over the weekend, large parts of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay had temperatures 10-15C below their seasonal averages.

#coldweather

In cold weather news....The Chilean Andes are experiencing an extraordinary start to the 2025 ski season, with some resorts reporting up to 2 meters (6.5 feet) of snow in just over a week. This unprecedented snowfall has led to early openings and exceptional conditions for skiers and snowboarders.

Long standing weather records also being broken in Australia.

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