David Blanchflower BSc

Solar halo and sundogs on March 2, 2026, above the Sea of ​​Japan. Photographed in Yuzhno-Morskoy, Nakhodka, near the lighthouse chapel.

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This is a large radio telescope, painted entirely white; the upper half is its large dish antenna, pointed directly upwards; the lower half is the support tower, positioning structure, and access stairs. The telescope here sits in the New Mexican desert, flat and dry with a low horizon. The sky is blue with a few small clouds near the horizon. On the path at lower left, leading to the telescope, two people stand and observe.

This very large #Round thing is one of the 28, 25-meter (diameter) radio telescopes that make up the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array ("VLA"), about 50 miles west of Socorro, New Mexico [USA]. Two people in the foreground give an idea of scale.

11 October 2016

#BlueskyArtShow #VLA #RadioTelescope

Waning Moon dims.

West as well as south of the UK.

The next Eclipse we have to look forward to is the BIG one on the 12th August 2026, Total Solar Eclipse. Partial from the UK and most of Europe. Total from parts of Greenland, Iceland, Portugal, and Spain. 🔭 🧪

The Moon at waning gibbous phase on a dark background.

Waning Gibbous Moon. 2047UT 3 March 2026. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

Tomorrow night I'll be attending Newcastle's match against Man Utd. I wonder how many goals we'll concede this time. Average is around 3 lately.

Stunning 🔭 🧪

Here are a few of mine from near totality. Clipped the little bugger in the last pic at 4:19am pacific time; I’m still trying to determine the name.

iPhone to my Questar 3.5 at 50x mag.

Although Full Moon and the eclipse was this morning, Mooney will still appear very bright tonight. 🔭 🧪

Not a fan!

Good for them. They can call them what they like it's still a Full Moon.

Not my tradition.

Blood moon lunar eclipse lights up skies around the world The full Worm Moon coincides with a full lunar eclipse creating a 'Blood Moon', as Simon King explains.

Full Worm and Blood Moon shines in night sky. This naming business is getting ridiculous. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

Supposed to be ancient. Not in this country.

Total Lunar eclipse through a Samsung S21 smartphone attached to a small 80mm Maksutov telescope

Well the clouds did eventually clear again, but as I didn't set up the Eq mount, this is the best I could manage, with the limb cut off due to it drifting across the eyepiece field. #lunareclipse 🔭 #astrophotograohy

New Scottish Dark Sky Observatory plans in Galloway approved The facility in Galloway will replace one which burned down in Ayrshire more than four years ago.

New Scottish Dark Sky Observatory plans get the green light. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Excellent Julie! 🔭 🧪

Lunar eclipse over Siesta key Sarasota florida

Sarasota, Florida

Not the best photos, but I sat out in the cold for an hour to watch!

Southern California
iPhone cam
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TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE | MARCH 3, 2026 | GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY YouTube video by Griffith Observatory

If, like me, the #TrollClouds have ruined your #LunarEclipse experience, which has now commenced - tune into Griffith Observatory's live feed.

The music is great!

Apparently there's clouds all over the world for the Lunar Eclipse. Utterly predictable. 🔭 🧪

Full worm moon shines in UK skies The full Worm Moon rose on Monday and will be visible overnight again into Wednesday morning across the UK.

Full "Worm" Moon shines in UK skies. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

Beautiful morning here. Blue sky and Sun. Chill in the air though. Fresh.

The Lunar Eclipse has begun.

The Lunar Eclipse starts in about 7 hours, 0844UT. Good luck everyone. Pity I won't be able to see it. 🔭 🧪

Nowhere near that many. Possibly around 5000.

The Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49) - 02/03/2026

Good night for imaging here, despite the almost-full moon.

from Teignmouth this evening