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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 7h

I caught some pretty cool #IridescentVapourTrails from #UnitedAirlines #Boeing777, reg: #N78013 flight: #UAL933 travelling from Frankfurt to Washington, 5 Oct '27. Photographed from Oxfordshire, UK with a Canon 1100D + 300mm zoom lens. This is caused by diffraction of sunlight by water droplets

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 12h

New peak #Skyvan unlocked!!! I drove over to Oxford Airport yesterday with my camera and was chuffed to bits when Skyvan C-FARA came in to land! One of my all time favourites that I've photographed more times than any other aircraft. This is the closest I've been to him😊

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 20h

Quick reminder that my talk for Tackley WI is TONIGHT! It's an open meeting so everyone is welcome to attend - £5 for non-members :)

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🥳 New Observatory alert! (Yes, she cuts ribbons!) Huge congratulations to Dr Charles Wang and all the wonderful #Aberdeen University team who have built the brand new Anne Cruickshank Observatory! 🔭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ℹ️: www.abdn.ac.uk/news/26204/ 🎥: Dave Galloway NorthSound1

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Tues 6 Oct I'm doing my #Astrophotography Highlights talk for Tackley WI. This is an open meeting so everyone is welcome to attend - visitors £5, includes refreshments. Tackley Village Memorial Hall, 7:30pm for a 7:45pm start. Hope to see some of you there!

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If you want to see how I made these adorable #vintage #FolkArt #Halloween inspired dudes from scratch, here's the video: youtu.be/HLek4VukJd4?...

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Amazing results from my #LunarSketching workshops at the #WolverhamptonAstronomicalSociety 75th Anniversary celebration today! Lots of amazing artists of all ages came along and produced some awesome #LunarSketches :-D Huge thanks for having me there for your special day

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Really looking forward to the Wolverhampton AS 75th Anniversary celebration at Wolverhampton Science Park on Saturday. It's free of charge, there are talks plus I'm running a couple of lunar sketching workshops. Hope to see some of you there!

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

2 months today I will be boarding Fred Olsen 'Borealis' as Go Stargazing on-board astronomer. It's very fitting that my polo shirts, gilet and beanie hat arrived this morning! So excited to share my love of stargazing with guests as we travel around The Canaries 😊

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tomorrow (Sat 19 Sept) at 12:30pm UK time, I'm doing a talk about astronomy sketching and art for the Photonica festival. It's being streamed live for free on YouTube so if you'd like to watch live or catch up afterwards, here's the link: youtu.be/7eJu5EpIOKA?...

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This week I created another pastel drawing of #M42 the #OrionNebula using our our Dwarf Mini photo as my reference. #Stabilo #CarbOthello pastel pencils on black paper, Posca white paint pen for the stars #SpaceArt #AstronomySketching

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I sat in a field in the rain until after 3am to get these shots of the #NetworkRail #NewMeasurementTrain AKA #TheFlyingBanana AKA #BlueLaserTrain. Here's the timelapse of the train passing #SonyA7iii #Samyang 14mm lens

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I sat in a field in the rain until after 3am to get these shots of the #NetworkRail #NewMeasurementTrain AKA #TheFlyingBanana AKA #BlueLaserTrain. Totally worth it as the low cloud created some dramatic shots! #SonyA7iii #Samyang 14mm lens

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Last night I was imaging #Saturn with our #WilliamOptics 70mm refractor, #ZWO #ASI120MC camera and #Televue #Powermate 5x. Refractors can be so versatile when you put decent barlows on them! Best 50% of a 1,000 frame video. #Oxfordshire, UK

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I had a very enjoyable evening with the lovely ladies at Shipton Under Wychwood WI and came home with two big bunches of dahlias cut from somebody's garden. They're absolutely gorgeous 😍

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Congratulations to Catherine Heymans on the publication day of her new book! Please go and check it out :D

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I had such a warm welcome last night from the lovely people at Buckingham Camera Club; thank you so much! Tonight I'm off to Shipton Under Wychwood to do part 1 of my History of Women in Astronomy talk. Tomorrow night is a Zoom talk for Plymouth AS 😀

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just a reminder about tonight's talk!

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#ExtragalacticNova #AT2026aabo in #M31 the #AndromedaGalaxy 08/09/26 #SonyA7iii on an Untracked Dobsonian telescope. 100 x 0.4sec at ISO-64000. At mag +15 it's just on the edge of resolution! Thanks to my husband for helping me to find this faint blob in my image

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

65 minute #MilkyWay timelapse from #MawganPorth, #Cornwall 11 Aug '26. #SonyA7iii + 24mm lens, 352 x 10sec shots, ISO-4000. I batch processed the images in Lightroom before turning them into a video

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

65 minute #MilkyWay timelapse from #MawganPorth, #Cornwall 11 Aug '26. #SonyA7iii + 24mm lens, 352 x 10sec shots, ISO-4000. I batch processed the images in Lightroom before turning them into a video

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#MilkyWay over our holiday flat in #MawganPorth, #Cornwall 11 Aug '26. #SonyA7iii + 24mm lens. Smaller FOV than the Milky Way photo I shared last week. 36 x 10 seconds at ISO-4000 f/4. I would usually take longer exposures but I was trying to catch meteors as well. Stacked using #Sequator

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I’m delighted to be part of #Photonica2026, a FOC 6 day event in Ayr 15-20 Sept. On 19 Sept I’ll be sharing my favourite #AstronomySketches & #SpaceArt. My talk is virtual & streamed live! I'll share the viewing links nearer the time. More info on the #Photonica website!

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#MilkyWay from Mawgan Porth, Cornwall 12 Aug 2026. #SonyA7iii + #Samyang 14mm lens. 26 x 20 sec, ISO-3200, stacked with #Sequator. It was a challenge balancing the very dark sky higher up with the light pollution looking towards Newquay

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

0.3% Waxing Crescent #Moon #PastelDrawing timelapse. Most of the drawing is representing earthshine + a tiny bit of illumination on the right side, Music is by Dave Simpson. There is a more leisurely paced version over on my YT channel #SpaceArt #MoonArt #LunarArt

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My latest #Moon drawing was a challenge! This is a 40th birthday gift; the Moon on the day they were born. At moonset there was just 0.3% illumination. The majority of this drawing is representing #earthshine, with just a tiny bit of illumination on the right side! #SpaceArt #LunarArt #PastelArt

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

On Wed 9th September I'm visiting Buckingham Camera Club to talk about astrophotography without a telescope. 8pm at Padbury Village Hall (MK18 2AN). Non-members can attend a couple of meetings for free so if you're in the area I'm sure you'd be very welcome to come along :-)

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

One day, two #Ibanez basses! I had another awesome bass lesson this afternoon using my electric bass, and this evening my band 'Asterism' played at an open mic night, where my weapon of choice is my trusty acoustic bass. I absolutely love both of them 🥰

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

All-sky track-stack image from our 4 #meteorcameras for the 2026 #Perseids peak. Just over 2,000 meteors captured overnight! The black strip is the bit of sky not covered. Aircraft/satellites are not counted #PerseidMeteorShower #Perseids2026

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A new batch of Starlink satellites was launched on 22nd August. I saw the train on 23rd and photographed it on 24th. About 30 vomited out in this train. Both nights they were easily brighter than the stars in The Plough (seen at the top of the video frame)

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Our VLOG capturing the partial solar eclipse from Mawgan Porth in Cornwall is now live on my channel! Watch here: youtu.be/v6gookSkwKc

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Oh no, not another #PartialEclipse video! #Canon1100D #Sigma 400mm zoom lens, home-made solar filter, static tripod. Cornwall, UK. I had to run the images through PIPP twice to get a stable video, but it struggled during maximum & the end #SolarEclipse #PartialSolarEclipse

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We had clear skies in Cornwall for the #eclipse + a clear night for meteor hunting. I have over 5,000 images to go through but here is a quick and dirty processing of the beginning, maximum and end of the eclipse. #Canon1100D #Sigma400mm lens + homemade solar filter #PartialSolarEclipse

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Track-Stacks from our #GMN/#UKMON #MeteorCameras in #Oxfordshire, UK overnight 12-13 August '26. Crazy numbers of #Perseids and quite a few #KappaCygnids! Sadly a lot of satellite intrusion :( There were 54,500 detections + nearly 4,000 matched events across the UK #MeteorShower #Perseids2026

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Just a quick reminder of the timings of tonight's partial eclipse. These times and percentage of the Sun covered is for Oxford but the exact details will vary a bit from different parts of the UK. Times given are UK time/BST

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

We're getting plenty of #meteors on the #UKMON/#GMN #meteorcameras this week, with over 1,000 matched events across the UK most nights! These are the stacks from our 4 cameras in #Oxfordshire overnight 9th/10th August. The counts don't include aircraft/satellites #Perseids #PerseidMeteorShower

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

So many #HummingbirdHawkMoths in our garden in #Oxfordshire this year. Today I finally got some proper photos of them sipping nectar from our buddlea bush, despite challenging light levels. I love seeing these little moths so much :) #Canon1100D #Sigma 400mm zoom lens #Moth

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Last week on my craft YT channel I published a video of me making the wrap palazzo trousers that had their viral moment about 4yrs ago. It was harder than it looked! Watch here: youtu.be/11zqpefPP4Y?...

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This week I've been making crocheted #pumpkins. This set of three was a gift for my friend and she absolutely loves them :-) #AutumDecor #FallDecor #Crochet #Halloween

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

2 wks ago I met up with my very long time Twitter friend, Nathanial. He was moving and wanted me to have his Moon globe. It was produced using LRO imagery and has a 3D relief across the surface. I I absolutely LOVE it and I'm so incredibly grateful; the #MoonJoy is real!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

English stained glass artist Tamsin Abbott, who is inspired by #folklore and nature #WomensArt

Stained glass artwork with image of a rural scene with a hare running in the foreground, a woodpecker on a tree and house in the background on a hill, all against a golden sunset

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

#Iridescent #VapourTrails from an #Easyjet #AirbusA321, reg: G-ZXIA travelling from Edinburgh to Barcelona at 37,000 feet. Photographed from Oxfordshire, UK with a #Canon1100D + #Sigma 400mm zoom lens #IridescentContrails are caused by diffraction of light through water droplets #AtmosphericOptics

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I've just published a detailed video covering how to observe and photograph the deep #PartialsolarEclipse and the #Perseids #MeteorShower on 12th August 2026. Timestamps for each part are in the description box. Watch here: youtu.be/ZTwRaAbYvag

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Yesterday I shared a couple of videos showing some awesome mirages on the runway at #OxfordAirport. Almost no views on the video, but here are some photos of a #DiamondDA42 reg: #GOATB after landing. It was so weird seeing its reflection then watching it disappear into the haze! #Aviation #Aircraft

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Today I caught these awesome aircraft #mirages at #OxfordAirport! Both #aircraft were #DiamondDA42 #TwinStar, 1st was reg: G-OATB, 2nd was G-LHXD. Photos were taken with a #Canon1100D + #Sigma 400mm zoom lens, hand-held hence the video being a bit wobbly! #HeatHaze #Aviaton

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The #LunarX and #LunarV at 21:50 BST 21 July 2026. The #Moon was very low and covered in a layer of thin cloud so I used our #DwarfMini smartscope to capture this stack of 100 images. Oxfordshire, UK

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