The Wizard Nebula (designated as NGC 7380) is a vibrant emission nebula and young open star cluster located approximately 7,200 to 8,500 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Cepheus. It is a massive star-forming region, spanning roughly 100 light-years in diametre, appearing larger in the sky than the angular size of a full moon

The Wizard Nebula! 4 hours of remote exposures whilst I was otherwise engaged tonight. Clever stuff these smart scopes 😀
#astronomy #astrophotography
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The Northern Trifid Nebula (NGC 1579) is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Perseus named after the Trifid Nebula (M20) in Sagittarius. In this photo reds are ionized emissions and blues represent bright starlight reflections. Exp: 7 hours 11/22/25 Skies: Bortle 3-4 Ha + RGB image Equipment: Telescope: SVBony SV503 102ed Camera: ZWO ASI533 mc pro Mount: ZWO AM5 Controller: Mini PC running NINA, Phd2, Stellarium Filters: ZWO duo band Ha/Oiii, SVBony UV/IR cut filter Processed in SIRIL, Graxpert, and Affintiy Photo 2.

The Northern Trifid Nebula (NGC 1579) is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Perseus named after the Trifid Nebula (M20) in Sagittarius. In this photo reds are ionized emissions and blues represent bright starlight reflections.

Exp: 7 hours 11/22/25

#astronomy #astrophotography

These are excellent memes. The kids, as they say, are alright. 🧪

Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England Find out about the latest bird flu situation in England and guidance for bird keepers and the public.

📰 UK HPAI H5N1 reported cases: 03 Dec 2025 #IDsky #OneHealth🧪

🐔 Commercial poultry premises near Newington, Kent.

🐦 Backyard flock near Chedburgh, Suffolk.

📊 62 confirmed HPAI H5N1 cases in poultry & other captive birds from 01 Oct 2025
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England: 50
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland: 1
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales: 7
🇬🇧 Northern Ireland: 4

The Seattle Times, December 3, 1943

#OTD in 1943, the US Court of Appeals ruled against Fred Korematsu and his case challenging the legality of Japanese incarceration. The court accepted that "military necessity" overrided personal liberties in a time of war. Still, the case will eventually reach the Supreme Court.
🗃 #skystorians

Wow

Wow

Rain rests, sun blesses, and the world sparkles, an invitation for you to do the same.

Refreshing.
Breathe.
Believe.
Be kind to yourself…

#RaindropWisdom #photography
#BloomOnPurpose #nature

Oh man

I'm really impressed to see so many students' essays about media and advertising point out that big brands are fooling no one with their pro-feminist stances - what about their company employees? Are they performatively feminist for sales or really progressive?
#AcademicSky

🔥 As chips grow more powerful, they also grow hotter. In the #IEEESpectrum November issue, explore the thermal challenges shaping the future of #computing + 4 big ideas to cool things down. @spectrum.ieee.org

Read the special report: 🔗 https://loom.ly/aa9gKHU

Wow, well done.

Sweet, managed to write a blog post tonight about Minotaur and start a new chapter in Someone Else's Life. It's not about the amount I write, but the act of writing that matters. It took me a long time to realize that. Better late than never! #writing

That is sweet.

An illustration of the new Bluesky app icon for dark mode.

In v1.110, Bluesky now has a dark-mode app icon — for anyone who thinks light mode should require a content warning.

Apologies for showing a bum on here 🤭
BUT how bonkers is this? Bumble bee on our winter flowering honeysuckle just now, there are 2 around as well! 😲🤗🐝 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild

Dark #blueskymonday #EastCoastKin #sunset #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#ArtYear #moon
#MobilePhotography

A bright, greeny–white splotch in the centre of the image is the nucleus and coma of comet 3I/ATLAS. To the upper right streams the major dust tail. The background comprises distant stars against a black background, with the NGC 4691 galaxy at upper left.

This is an incredible image of comet 3I/ATLAS, taken by Satoru Murata ICQ Comet Observations group on 16 November 2025 from western New Mexico.

Structure within the major dust tail from the comet is clearly visible, together with two smaller jets trailing the nucleus and maybe even an anti-tail.

At 83, Paul McCartney takes Hamilton crowd through longest list of greatest hits any artist ever had | CBC News In Hamilton Friday night, McCartney led a grateful, sold-out crowd on a magical history tour starting in Liverpool with the Beatles' first number one hit single, From Me To You. His show opened the ne...

🇨🇦 Hamilton -At 83, Paul McCartney takes Hamilton crowd through longest list of greatest hits any artist ever had.
#CanadaSky🇨🇦

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#Starvinity #scifi #SciFiAdventure #scififantasy #spaceopera

Andromeda post processed

Andromeda straight off scope

For those asking post processed image on the left, image on the right is straight off the scope for comparison and this was only 30 mins of 10 sec subs. 🧪 🔭

A pink rose glows in the morning grey light among rain-spattered leaves.

After a few sparkling sunny and blue sky mornings, we have a damp and grey start here in south-east England - but we still have roses blooming to cheer us up.

#RoseWednesday
#Bloomscrolling
#Gardening
#England #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

There‘s something so beyond disconcerting to me that school teachers now let ChatGPT come up with exercises and lesson plans for them, even if they still edit it after.

Good luck out there all

keyboard with the Ctrl key broken off

i lost control

Sony a6400, Sigma 18-50mm lens, f/8, 1/30s, ISO-200, 18mm. I had to kneel on the ground to get this shot, and at 73, that ain't easy. A guy was strolling by behind me with his dog and saw me struggle upright, and I laughed and said, "Gets harder every year." He smiled; he was older too. :)

#scape #landscape #fallscape #october #photography #woods
This path leads down to the river. It's long and steep, but one day soon I'll follow it! The pretty leaves on the ground were on the trees just a couple or three days ago. That's how quickly they fell where I live.