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☄ #CometC2023A3 is coming! soon to be visible from northern skies
#October #comet #TsuchinshanATLAS #CometWatching #Astronomy #Stargazing #NightSky #C2023A3
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is Now the Brightest Comet in 13 Years!
This incredible comet has overtaken NEOWISE from 2020 in brightness, with current estimates of 0.4 magnitude! The tail is stretching a whopping 15 degrees across the sky—that's equal to the width of 30 Full Moons! 🌕
💥 The forward scattering effect on the comet's dust is kicking in, which is expected to boost its brightness even more in the coming 2-3 weeks. Predictions for this comet to become the brightest of the Northern Hemisphere in the 21st century are looking more and more likely.
📅 Key Dates:
Oct 9: The comet could reach a magnitude of -5, making it bright enough for daytime observations!
Oct 11/12: Northern Hemisphere stargazers will finally get a view in the evening sky with a magnitude of -3. The best visibility will last from October 12 to October 30, just after sunset.
✨ The Brightest Comets in the Last 60 Years:
- 1965: Comet Ikeya-Seki, -10 mag
- 1975: Comet West, -3 mag
- 1997: Comet Hale-Bopp, -1 mag
- 2003: Comet NEAT, -1 mag
- 2007: Comet McNaught, -5 mag*
- 2011: Comet Lovejoy, -3 mag*
- 2020: Comet NEOWISE, +1 mag
(* = visible only in the Southern Hemisphere)
Don't miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime spectacle! Keep your eyes on the sky! 👀✨
1st image: © Yuri Beletsky
2nd image: © Gerald Rhemann
3rd image: © Jose Santivañez
4th image: © Gergő Tóth
#CometC2023A3 #TsuchinshanATLAS #CometWatching #Astronomy #Stargazing #NightSky #C2023A3 #StarWalk #c2023a3_daily
#SwiftAwarenessWeek
Bollington's FIRST #Swift Walk ⛅
led by Swifts Over Macclesfield
Monday 8th July 6pm starting Pool Bank Car Park with an introductory talk and then FREE guided walk uphill c.1km finishing around 7.30pm
#Bollington #Macclesfield #Cheshire #RSPB
Bollington Festival is 60 years old and tomorrow is the final day of a rather short and small version of what it has been in the past.
🦡 Badger culling is unproven, financially unsustainable and it’s not helping farmers as it won’t stop herd breakdowns.
#StopTheCull
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION
#BadgerCull
environmentalpetitions.co.uk…
Ah the winter celebrations...
☀ solstice
🕯 candles
🥳 party times, feasts
⭕ wreaths on doors
⭐ finding a coin in the pudding
🎄 decorating homes with greenery
🎁 giving gifts
📆 time off work
Happy #Saturnalia!! This Roman festival honoured #Saturn & is now called #Christmas
#Bollington's Christmas Market and Lights Switch On has come round again. This Sunday 3rd December 12-4 down on the Rec if you're into that sort of thing.
#CheshireEast #Yule #ShopLocal #WalkingDistance #PubsEnRoute
PRESERVE POYNTON POOL - stop the needless destruction of trees that form the backbone of support on the banks of a shallow pool needlessly categorised as a 'reservoir'...
Sign the Petition! chng.it/CKw4sDqd via @UKChange
#CheshireEast #Poynton #PoyntonPool #ecocide
💸 PETITION 🚗
Tell @CheshireEast where they can stick their #Bollington car park charges. Pool Bank car park is needed by residents of the old terraces where there's no street parking. Charges will kill local business that knits the community together.
chng.it/T6b7jRphGz
🚄 Looks like the #HS2 NATURE LOSS sums done by, yes those responsible for forcing HS2 on us all, may be WRONG - *seriously* wrong.
CALL FOR A MORATORIUM while someone does the math and #ReThinkHS2.
This is what happens when people mark their own homework.
wildlifetrusts.org/hs2-sign-…
🌚 Dark Moon is upon us!
Never a good time to be undergoing transformations, operations or attempting to negotiate. With the Moon in Scorpio it’s all about the desire for emotional dialogue right now, but hold your horses til First Light, then think about it. 😉
💚 One of the rarest habitats on the planet, and it's right HERE in #Macclesfield #Cheshire @DanesMoss - AT RISK from the numbnuttery of @CheshireEast council @CECEcoDev
Save Danes Moss! Legal and restoration fund
gofund.me/dbd4136c
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The saddest of days.
What an amazing lady 💙
What an amazing life 💙
RIP Queen Elizabeth II
70 years of reign will never be forgotten or achieved again.
Condolences to all the royal family 💙
✨ Mind Body Spirit #Stockport #cheshire
Don’t miss the last day of the @rosemarydouglas Mind Body Spirit Event!
Loads of workshops talks demos all day included in entrance fee ✨ #holistic
Free parking
Nav to Masonic Guildhall SK1 3UA
Just what your mind body & spirit needs! ✨
EnjoyHolistic - STOCKPORT MIND BODY SPIRIT WEEKEND EVENT - 3rd to 4th Sep 22 enjoyholistic.com/event/deta…
🌱 Wilmslow's Festival of Nature starts this weekend! Founded by Transition Wilmslow, one of over 300 transition communities across the UK.
festivalofnature.co.uk/
#Wilmslow #Cheshire #transitiontowns #SustainableSeptember
A Feast of Flowers - 26th April. A morning walk along the Biddulph Valley Way and through Dane-in-Shaw Pasture SSSI looking for spring wildflowers and hearing of some of their uses and folklore. Booking essential. eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-feast-o…
Love Bollington Market is BAAAACCCKKKK!!!
Tomorrow - Sunday 10th April from 11am to 3pm at High Street (recent film location for 'Kate & Alex'). And who knows, local hero Fritz may honour us with a visit.
#LoveBollingtonMarket #Bollington #macclesfield #cheshire #communitymarket
