Astro guy from Kendal, now in London
East London
Joined February 2009
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Philip Stobbart retweeted
Congratulations Philippe Moussette for this superb composite of August’s total eclipse of the Sun and partial eclipse of the Moon – our November issue Picture of the Month 👏
Details 🧵👇
Philip Stobbart retweeted
Unbelievably bad service from @dpd___uk - TWO failed deliveries in three days, drivers went to totally wrong addresses, ignoring photo and v detailed delivery instructions on the App. Two hours on App live chat waiting for a human being. Absolute garbage. Do not use them.
Philip Stobbart retweeted
With all the horrible stories and updates coming from Kent, it’s worth sharing my Meningitis story.
Know the symptoms, be vigilant and trust your instinct. 💙
meningitisnow.org/meningitis…
The rather difficult to see 'planetary parade' is much easier with a few telescopes and multiple pairs of eyes watching out. The Baker Street Irregulars will be meeting on Primrose Hill to help with that tonight from 5:30 pm. All welcome and the weather looks good for once... – at Stratford, London
Philip Stobbart retweeted
Peering almost 25 million light-years deep, I snapped the stunning Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) last night…nearly twice the span of our Milky Way Galaxy, it packs atleast 1 trillion stars. Looking down from afar, our Galaxy would look something like this spiral pattern #galaxy #m101
Just took a similar image. Looks lovely in H-alpha too, with flaring, one large prominence on the opposite limb and a giant filament in between.
Our star is putting on a fab show today…just snapped of the biggest sunspot groups of the past decade. The set stretches about 180,000 km! #sun #sunspots #solarcycle #aurorae
Philip Stobbart retweeted
Processed my images of interstellar comet 3i taken from Kendal early this morning using my Seestar S50. No trees, streetlights or Moon in the way so much better than yesterday's! Just look at that... a comet from another solar system... that's a heck of a thing, isn't it?
Philip Stobbart retweeted
This is pure insanity!! Ship 38 during ascend phase!
Here's the 11" telescope view after the refractor view of @SpaceX Starship Flight 11 from Florida.
Also previewed a couple of faint comets, with little to nothing much showing... They're set to improve a little before the winter.
Been running the SeeSrarS50 a bit whilst out in France, including trying the mosaic mode, mainly in Cygnus and Andromeda. 1/3
Didn't get a chance to post yesterday, but whilst running a school astro soc, there was a lovely line of loops heading across the surface of the Sun and heading out into a prominence on the edge just after 4pm. Looked like a drawing of the Loch Ness Monster.
Philip Stobbart retweeted
Maybe I’m dreaming but I’d love to see the scicomm voices speak out about the impending cuts more. A Huberman episode on NIH cuts. A kurzgesagt
episode on NASA cuts. A veritasium episode on NSF cuts. We have many hugely influential scicomm voices that could make a difference!
Philip Stobbart retweeted
“Yippee ki-yay…”
We are excited to tell everyone that Westminster Council decided on May 1st that the Prince Charles Cinema would be included in the list of Assets of Community Value maintained by the Council under section 87 of the Localism Act 2011.
Philip Stobbart retweeted
🚀 Astronaut incoming! We’re over the moon to welcome @astro_meganne Dr. Meganne Christian back to #YurisNightLondon 2025
👩🚀 ESA astronaut reserve
🛰️ Senior Exploration Manager at UKSA @spacegovuk
❄️ 2 Antarctica missions incl. winter-over
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These recent solar H-alpha views give an indication of what can be seen through even a small solar scope, although seeing it with your own eyes adds a lot - gong2.nso.edu/products/table…