The Moon at waxing crescent phase with night side illuminated by sunlight reflected from the Earth.
Waxing Crescent Moon with Earthshine. 2012UT 21 April 2026. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
The Moon at waxing crescent phase on a dark background.
Waxing Crescent Moon. 2011UT 21 April 2026. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
Great minds think alike 😉
The Moon at waxing crescent phase on a light blue background.
Evening Moon. 1844UT 21 April 2026. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
Yes that will be 'interesting.'
Do you ever watch Deborah Byrd's vids?
She and I went to the same university at the same time...and things were simpler then, but the Astronomy college was always fun!
www.youtube.com/live/GMe3voH...
It's so cool she is still doing this.❤️🔥💫
Yes. Hmm...
Well done!
How to spot the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower. I'd look up at the sky. This is without a shadow of a doubt one of the worst astronomy video observing guides I've ever seen. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Mine would be "Could be worse."
It's a tricky lark. Won't be allowed to buy tabs but somehow they'll find a way to get some.
The Moon at waxing crescent phase on a greyish background.
On this day in 2015 I was capturing a Waxing Crescent Moon. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
Looks intriguing. Nice to meet you Alan.
Time travel.
Tomorrow night is the peak of the Lyrids meteor shower. 🔭 🧪
Dust in Earth orbit slightly but measurably increases sky brightness, but the dust is removed by atmospheric drag fairly quickly so the problems for observing are less than the problems from bright satellite streaks. For one discussion: www.aanda.org/articles/aa/....
A collage of fourteen by eight squares containing examples of gravitational lenses. Each example typically comprises a bright centre with smears of stars in an arc or multiple arcs around it as a result of light travelling towards Euclid from distant galaxies being bent and distorted by normal and dark matter in the foreground. In some rare cases the smearing is in a complete ring, creating a so-called Einstein Ring.
Help us hunt for signs of spacetime warping! 🔎
Join Euclid Space Warps on @zooniverse.bsky.social and search for strong gravitational lenses in never-before-seen images from our Dark Universe detective 🕵️ 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭 🧪 #CitizenScience
Rain poured in Newcastle. In fact there was a cloudburst when I was at the local Polytechnic library.
I've been doing a look ahead to next month. On the 18th May the Slivery Waxing Crescent Moon will appear close to Venus. On the 20th May Venus has a very close encounter with one of my favourite star clusters, M35. Won't be easy to spot the cluster close to the evening western horizon. 🔭 🧪
The Moon at waxing crescent phase and the Pleiades star cluster.
Tonight my sky has a familiar cloudy look. I'm glad I made the effort last night to venture to the wilds of Newcastle to capture Moony and the Pleiades. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
Evening/night.
Nicely done, Mindy. Very useful.
I was in a haunted house once. Apparently a grey lady walked around at night. If it was me I'd have chosen during the day, greater chance of being seen.
You're very welcome emma 🙂
For the rest of this week Venus nears to a close encounter with the Pleiades. At their closest from Friday into the weekend. If you'd like to make a note in an astronomical diary, on 3rd April 2028 Venus will appear temporarily as a member of the Pleiades. Last time this happened was in 2020. 🔭 🧪
Thanks Kathy🙂
