Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans

Many names for the great Scottish bard….

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Thanks Genevieve - a big wave to you and yours from a windy Edinburgh!

"The pith o' sense, an pride o' worth,
Are higher rank than a' that."

On this exam results day, I'm loving the Scottish Qualifications Authority Crest mix of wise old owls and Rabbie #Burns.

Middle child got the results they wanted! #ProudParent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

It's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 exam results day! Huge congrats to those who got the results they wanted. Commiserations where things haven't worked out as hoped. S6's who've missed out are in a very good position to find an alternative uni course through clearing - lines open today.

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He's setting himself up to fail with this question, but I can vouch that the @philplait.bsky.social newsletter is certainly one of the greatest written-word series! The latest astro news delivered straight to your inbox & written in a way that everyone and anyone can understand.🔭
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Very dapper Duncan 👌

I don’t know if any decisions have been made yet, but there are certainly discussions happening about this opportunity 🤞🤞

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For sure - very excited about when we enter full movie-making observing mode towards the end of the year. What's fun about these first results is that we were in testing/commissioning mode, so it wasn't a given that we'd capture it.

And before you ask, yes it's a comet, no it's not 👽aliens👽.... the Daily Mail and Joe Rogan have got rather unnecessarily excited on that front. 🤷‍♀️

Fab #r4today @megschwamb.bsky.social on how Rubin Observatory commissioning just happened to be looking in the right place at the right time🧵👇

The ~7-mile-wide interstellar #3I/ATLAS comet roams through our galaxy, currently speeding through our solar system to pass Mars in early Oct!🔭🧪

📷: SkyLive

"I'll have that"

Burglar Bill - a childhood story favourite 🤗

RIP Allan Ahlberg.

Makes sense, especially during the summer vacation season? Certainly what I would do if I was an editor (which thankfully I'm not because it looks like a jolly tricky task).

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In fairness to media land it is all rather confusing, what with the titles no longer being tied to a physical Observatory 😂
Time to petition for an Astronomer Royal for Wales too?

Given our respective research expertise maybe Michele should get the Milky Way and everything in it, and I get the rest? 😂

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Australian government?

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The astro-royal equivalent in Oz used to be Fred Watson, Astronomer at Large, but I see he stood down in 2024. @cosmichorizons.bsky.social - do you know if the position was re-appointed?

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too kind too kind

Very much looking forward to your homecoming Jonathan 🥳

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Shall we start a petition?

Not sure I like this analogy Andy 🤔
But pretty sure Michele won't order my head to be chopped off any time soon.

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Oh - at least seven I think 😂