Virginia Kilborn

Haha, I imagined you saying that in the voice of David Attenborough 😆

Cover of the Australian Astronomy decadal plan report, which features artwork made by First Nation artist depicting the Pleiades swirling above a radio antenna.

Currently reading the Australian Astronomy decadal plan 2026–2035, which was led by the awesome @drgin.bsky.social - Chair of the Editorial Board and National Committee for Astronomy. 👏👏👏

This excellent cover art is called 'Seven Sisters, 2024' by Wajarri Yamaji artist Noeleen Hamlett.

Thanks for the great summary - I love what you’ve taken from the plan!

Great work 👏👏👏

International Women's Day Luncheon Celebrate International Women's Day 2025 with Us! Join us for an inspiring luncheon to honor this special day. Alice Gorman - Author: Dr Space Junk vs the Universe: Archaeology and the Future

The secret history of Australian women in the Space Age

A Bluesky version of my International Women's Day talk for the Shire of Berrigan, NSW. (Many thanks to them for the invitation and support). 🧪#WomenInSTEM #IWD25

Oh wow! What time was this? I couldn’t see it at all from Ballarat but there was a bit of low-lying cloud 😓

Yes and that’s a fact!

No telescope needed: how to navigate the Australian night sky in summer | Virginia Kilborn Spot planets, galaxies and constellations in the Australian night sky – and look out for more auroras in 2025 as the sun reaches solar maximum

Had such a nice time looking at the night sky, I wrote this short piece for The Guardian about how to find your way around the sky using the stars 🤩

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Thanks for sharing @cosmicrami.com 🤩
I love getting out of the city and looking at the sky !

Wow fantastic pics, aren’t we lucky!!

Plus Venus top right of image 🤩

New years astronomy continues with beautiful crescent moon last night 😍

What a start to 2025 - seeing the new year in looking through the telescope, then day 1 of 2025 brought a stunning Aurora… looking forward to tonight!!
#astronomy #nightsky

Incredible Arora from middle of NSW bush - this pic from my iPhone just now, with southern cross 🤩🤩

A night sky camping scene with a telescope pointed at the Orion Nebula

Happy new year!
Spent the last night of 2024 playing with my new telescope out in the bush - saw Orion Nebula so beautifully, tonight more playing 🤩

~Hello Blue Sky~
Happy to be here with so many other scientists and academics.
🙌🤓📡🪐🧪🔭🌳📚🙌

Of course !! Ngc 2915 is also a favourite - has a huge disk of hydrogen gas and a tiny disk of stars at the centre… always makes me ask why didn’t the other gas form stars? 🤔

Love this !! I wrote a paper on this galaxy and the group it resides in, have a soft spot for it so it’s very exciting to see the supernova!