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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 13h

☄️ A meteor streaked through Cygnus at 01:14 BST this morning! A sporadic meteor travelling at ~72 km/s, producing a ~64 km atmospheric trail. Captured by our meteor camera - another little piece of the Solar System caught in the act! 🔭🧪 archive.ukmeteors.co.uk/reports/2026... #Meteor #Cygnus

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 19h

☀️ A closer look at our smiling Sun! This video was captured from Billingborough Observatory with the Seestar S50 and Baader AstroSolar safety filter. Those dark patches are sunspots — regions of intense magnetic activity. 🔭🧪 #Sunspots #SolarAstronomy #Astronomy

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 23h

☀️ The Sun is smiling down on Billingborough today! 😊 Blue skies here, while SOHO (ESA & NASA) gives us this lovely view of our star, complete with a few happy-looking sunspots. Not our image this time, but too good not to share! 🔭🧪 #SolarAstronomy #Astronomy #TheSun

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 23/09/2026

🍂🌌 Happy Autumnal Equinox! At 00:06 UTC today, the Sun crossed the celestial equator, marking astronomical autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. The nights are getting longer — which means more time under the stars! 🔭🧪 #Astronomy #AutumnEquinox #Stargazing

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 22/09/2026

🌌 Want to try stargazing? From 1–4 October, join **100 Hours Under One Sky**! Four simple challenges, badges to earn and a shared UK & Ireland map. No telescope needed, just go outside and look up! 🔭🧪 100hours.online #Astronomy #Stargazing #NightSky

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 20/09/2026

🌙 Tonight’s Moon over Billingborough Observatory, captured with nothing more than my mobile phone. 📱 No telescope needed, just look up! ✨ Although having a telescope nearby never hurts… 🔭🧪 #Moon #Astronomy #NightSky

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 12/09/2026

☄️ **Fireball over North Wales!** At 02:30 BST this morning, a sporadic meteor reached magnitude −6.0, travelling at ~23.5 km/s. Its calculated atmospheric track was an incredible 93 km, from ~112 km altitude over the Irish Sea to ~45 km over North Wales. 🔭 🧪 #Fireball #Meteor #Astronomy

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 10/09/2026

☄️ Fireball over Lincolnshire this morning! At 04:14 BST, a September ε-Perseid meteor flashed through the atmosphere at ~65 km/s, reaching magnitude −5.2. Its ~8 km-long luminous track was recorded by two UK Meteor Network stations. 🔭 #Meteor #Fireball #Astronomy

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 08/09/2026

☄️ **NEW: Meteor Radio at Billingborough Observatory!** 📻 We're now listening for the radio echoes produced by meteors entering Earth's atmosphere, day or night, through cloud or sunny skies! See our hourly activity and individual detections: meteor-radio.billingboroughobservatory.space 🔭

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 05/09/2026

☄️ A bright fireball crossed the UK sky at around 05:03 BST this morning! Travelling at ~67 km/s, it reached an estimated magnitude of −4.2 and produced a ~13.8 km atmospheric track. A spectacular piece of cosmic debris meeting Earth! 🔭 #Meteor #Fireball #Astronomy

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 04/09/2026

🌌 Stars are visible tonight, but those wispy high clouds are enough to spoil astrophotography. They scatter starlight, reduce contrast and create a hazy background, even when the sky looks clear! Sometimes “starry” doesn't mean “imaging conditions”! 🔭 #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Stargazing

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 02/09/2026

🌅 Red sky in the morning… shepherd's warning! ☔ A spectacular sunrise over Billingborough Observatory, but rain is heading our way from the west. Beautiful sky. Questionable forecast. 😂 #Sunrise #Weather #Astronomy 🔭

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 30/08/2026

🌌 Star trails over Billingborough, captured on 12 August 2025. The stars appear to circle around Polaris, the North Star, as Earth rotates beneath them. A beautiful way to make the motion of the Earth visible. ✨ #StarTrails #Astronomy #Astrophotography 🔭

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 27/08/2026

🌕🌑 Lunar eclipse alert! From Billingborough, the partial eclipse begins at **03:33 BST Friday**, reaches maximum at **05:12 BST**, with ~93% of the Moon in Earth's shadow. The Moon will be low in the west and set around 06:15. Clear skies required! 🔭 #LunarEclipse #Astronomy #Stargazing

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 27/08/2026

🌧️ Astronomy cancelled! 🔭 The rain gauge at Billingborough Observatory is currently showing **54 mm/hour**, with 14.9 mm already today. The telescopes are staying indoors today. The stars can wait! 😂☔ #Astronomy #Stargazing #Weather

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 26/08/2026

Jupiter and all four of its Galilean moons captured on 26 October 2025 through the 305 mm Dobsonian at Billingborough Observatory. From left to right: Ganymede, Io, Europa and Callisto. First observed by Galileo over 400 years ago.. 🔭 #Jupiter #Astronomy #Astrophotography

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 23/08/2026

🌠 Another sporadic meteor captured by Billingborough Observatory at 23:54:55 UTC on 22 August. Saturn, the Pleiades, and the Andromeda Galaxy are all visible in the same frame. The meteor was travelling at 46.8 km/s, with a calculated orbit of about 44 years 🔭 #Astronomy #Meteor #Andromeda

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 22/08/2026

🌠 A bright sporadic meteor captured by our UK0032 camera at 00:32:34 UTC on 22 August. The event was detected by multiple cameras, giving a calculated atmospheric track of 66.8 km. Its absolute magnitude was −5.0 — a very bright meteor! 🌠🔭 #Meteor #Astronomy

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billingboroughobservatory.bsky.social @billingboroughobservatory.space · 21/08/2026

🌌 The Perseids over Billingborough — 12/13 August 2026 UK0026 recorded 425 Perseids and UK0032 recorded 224. The cameras have overlapping fields of view, so the figures shouldn't be added together. The stacks show the meteors; the radiant plots show their distribution. 🔭 #Perseids #Astronomy

Stacked image from Billingborough Observatory meteor camera UK0026 showing numerous bright meteor trails crossing a dark night sky, recorded during the Perseid meteor shower on 12 August 2026.

Stacked image from Billingborough Observatory meteor camera UK0032 showing numerous bright meteor trails crossing a dark night sky, recorded during the Perseid meteor shower on 12 August 2026.

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