We are nearly 50% there! To quote Tesco every little helps 🙏

We might be able to go mount shopping soon 🔭✨

Thank you so much! We're getting closer every day 🙏🙏

Thank you for the kind offer! We would consider loaned equipment, but DSLRs are about the only thing we're not actually missing!

We are nearly 20% of the way to our funding goal!

If 100 amazing people donate €15, we will have a tracking mount for the Bortle 2 skies at the IAYC 2026 🔭

gofund.me/0f14445af

I am currently working in astronomy outreach at Royal Observatory Greenwich, and am involved with the International Astronomical Youth Camp (IAYC) which is another astronomy outreach organisation for young people

Yes

@bot.astronomy.blue signup

🔭🧪 #astro #astrophotography

Very interesting indeed. We are after a strainwave mount, and met Proxisky at a conference, but we're by no means wedded to them. That is very useful information for when it comes to buying time!

The IAYC organisers make NO money from the IAYC, we are all volunteers who were once IAYC participants ourselves. The camp is run at-cost, with most of the participation fee going towards room and board.

We have put a portion of our budget towards the equipment, the Go Fund Me covers what remains 🙏

Donate to Help the IAYC to buy new equipment , organized by Joris Witte The International Astronomical Youth Camp (IAYC) is a three-week long summer research … Joris Witte needs your support for Help the IAYC to buy new equipment

We have started a Go Fund Me with specific goals and the details of the equipment we are hoping to buy

gofund.me/d8ceee5a0

If you have redundant equipment that ticks off some of our list (especially in Germany or Spain) please get in touch!

A graphic showing astronomy and photography equipment with price tags, ranging from 41 euro to 1500 euro.

Headline: astronomy equipment is expensive!

@iayc.bsky.social 2026 is in Spain with Bortle 2 skies and a total solar eclipse 🌚🌝

Due to the crazy increase in the cost of running camp and some poorly timed equipment failures, we are fundraising to update our equipment before the IAYC in July

🧵

Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'

Thanks to the OBBB, Amazon’s tax bill for 2025 is $1.2 billion, down from $9 billion the year before despite a 45% jump in profits.

Elmo @elmo · 1h That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! ❤️🎶🐰 Based Yankee @thebasedyankee You and Bad Bunny should be deported

It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."

✨ Applications for the 2026 International Astronomical Youth Camp are now open! ✨🚀

Join us in Spain for the 60th lAYC celebration and experience an unforgettable total solar eclipse! 🌘

Head to our First Info page via the link in our bio to apply!

Clear skies 🌌

🔭🎢 #EduSky #scicomm #astroedu

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Panel 1: genie says 3 rules no wishing for death, no falling in love, no bring back dead people Panel 2 person says I want Reeses cups to moan when I take their littles panties off Panel 3 genie sez, there are 4 rules

Okay time for fun.

Go into your photo roll or whatever, and post the first image that makes you laugh literally out loud.

Here's mine.

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

slate.com/technology/2...

Person dressed as a knight with a trans flag and a cape with a trans flag shield that says “Trans Knights are human Knights”

This absolute icon at Canterbury Pride 🩷🤍🩵

Laser Cooling & Ultracold Atoms | Dance Your PhD 2025 [Physics & AI/Quantum Winner] YouTube video by Arfor Houwman

Everyone!

The winner of the #DanceYourPhD comp. (physics) is sooooo worthy!

Great original track (ear worm!), and awesome vid.

Congrats Arfor Houwman, University of Innsbruck: “Collective Phenomena in Ultracold Dipolar Quantum Gases”

Cannot recommend this enough — what a great form of #SciComm 🧪

Ft. my parent's garden in spring 🌷🌱

Here’s an introduction to the leader team of the 2025 International Astronomical Youth Camp! We can’t wait to meet you all this summer in the Netherlands 🌌

Stay tuned for a leader team Q&A!

🔭 #iTeachPhysics #EduSky #astroedu #astroeducation #scicomm #science #sciedu

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

Every application cycle gives us more information about who wants to come to our little astronomy camp ✨

🎢🔭🧪

Image: campers reading with flashlights under a starry sky

We place great importance on inclusivity and respect, values which help to make the IAYC an excellent place to learn about astronomy!

Thanks for tuning in and clear skies 🌌

Text: Gender statistics- 2025 applications Graphic: Pie chart of gender statistics, Female 54.9%, Male 38%, Non-binary/other 7.1%

Text: Gender statistics- 2024 applications Graphic: Pie chart of gender statistics, Female 55.1%, Male 37.4%, Non-binary/other 7.5%

Text: Gender statistics- 2023 applications Graphic: Pie chart of gender statistics, Female 58.6%, Male 36.3%, Non-binary/other 5.1%

When it comes to application gender statistics, we see more non-male applicants than male, which is not unique to our program. This trend is generally explained by traditional learning environments being best suited to males, thus non-males tend to seek alternative learning environments.

Text: Nationalities represented- 2025 applications, applications from 54 countries! Graphic: World map with shading per number of applications per country

Text: Nationalities represented- 2024 applications, applications from 46 countries! Graphic: World map with shading per number of applications per country

Text: Nationalities represented- 2023 applications, applications from 41 countries! Graphic: World map with shading per number of applications per country

This year, 54 distinct countries were represented in applications, which is about a 17% increase in different nationalities from 2024, and a 32% increase from 2023! The international atmosphere of camp is one we are proud to offer, which fosters collaboration, discovery, and connection with peers.

text: Gender and nationality statistics for 2023-2025 IAYC applications, with graphic statistics image and telescope!

Applications for IAYC 2025 closed a little over a week ago, so we thought it was time for everybody’s favorite discipline — statistics!

Donate to Save The Vagina Museum, organized by Vagina Museum The Vagina Museum is one month away from closing – forever The Vagina Museum will be forced t… Vagina Museum needs your support for Save The Vagina Museum

The Vagina Museum is just one month away from closing. Forever. A perfect storm of circumstances means that we may have to close our doors permanently and cease all digital activities. But we're not going to go down without a fight. Save the Vagina Museum. www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2