I took this from my backyard with the Origin just the other night (I’m on the Mornington Peninsula ~38S)

Here’s a real image of the moon and the earth taken from the Himawari satellite in geostationary orbit ~36,000 above the equator.

Tarantula nebula (30 Doradus/NGC2070) -home to Wolf-Rayet stars. Celestron Origin MII f=335 mm F/2.2. 191 x 10s stack. Processed in Pixinsight.

The Tarantula nebula located in the LMC (sorry you northerners can’t see this). Taken with the Celestron Origin Mark II smart scope. 5 April 2026. @davidbflower.bsky.social @astroroyalscot.bsky.social

The Milky Way from a site near Coonabarabran, NSW. @davidbflower.bsky.social @peterlewis55.bsky.social

Travelling to Lightning Ridge and stopped overnight near Coonabarabran to enjoy the night sky. LMC and SMC on show @davidbflower.bsky.social

Crab Nebula (Messier 1). The remnants of a supernova explosion in 1054CE. Details: William Optics 81/QhyMiniCam8. HSO (20 mins each). Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop.

Caught a nice “crab” last night. Waiting for the gold to arrive.
@davidbflower.bsky.social (shame Newcastle could quite score more over City)

Does it also work for Americans?(😀)

Well done!

Hi Peter, Looks like it never happens in our lifetime (at least according to my calculations). I suppose that might be why no one has done it. The calculations have not been validated but the same code does find the M45/Moon occultation. Fred

I think I can write some code to calculate that - I’ll let you know

True but that’s why M42 would be good because it’s very bright (naked eye). It’s also ~60 arcmin

I agree. What you did is much more challenging - I wonder whether a moon occultation with M42 might be worth attempting?

You can always do a composite- this from a couple of years ago

The Victorian bush fire smoke drifted over my home today. I was able to photograph Sunspots without the aid of a filter. @davidbflower.bsky.social @loreguerrieri.bsky.social @simoncarn.bsky.social

Or Canada

#HayliGubbi SO2 (UTLS only) retrievals using Himawari-8 IR channels. (1 day’s worth at 30 min intervals). @simoncarn.bsky.social @davidmpyle.bsky.social

This might be of interest (because the umbrella was not circular the calculations may have larger error - affects calculating the radius from area)

#HayliGubbi eruption rate estimates using SEVIRI data
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That doesn’t look like an Avi Loeb interview😆

The tree in my garden that hides the stars… but my wife loves it.

It’s rather sad. However, the educated among us still take note of your objective comments. 3I/ATLAS is scientifically interesting -Loeb seems to have lost his scientific integrity.

That’s great! And it has a tail

Got the shot I was hoping for: C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and the Eagle nebula. @davidbflower.bsky.social @astroroyalscot.bsky.social @astronomy.blue

I’m an enthusiastic astrophotographer but also an active (retired) atmospheric physicist. Very keen to learn and hear about everything astronomical.

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Made a video of C/2025 R2(SWAN) 15-10-2025, 5-min intervals (75 min duration) - note the small tail pointing away from the Sun and in the direction of travel. It’s leaving the Solar system - back in -700 years (my ashes will be waiting …🙄) @davidbflower.bsky.social @astroroyalscot.bsky.social

Great shot ☄️

Good luck with the Lemmon, here’s the Swan😆

Thanks