South Cheshire Astro

South Cheshire Astronomical Society (SCASTRO) has moved to Bluesky. This account is now archive only.

[South Cheshire Astro @SC_Astro]

South Cheshire Astronomical Society has now moved to Bluesky. This account will not longer be active, please follow us at our new home.
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[South Cheshire Astro @SC_Astro]

@JuliaSurvive Stop being selfish and irresponsible. Only a post- hiatus era Army would even think this could be true. Listen to more experienced Armies who actually have heard them talk about tjis before. The reason Taehyung doesn't ask us to stay home is because he doesn't trust us to listen

[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

Unbelievable footage of the aurora captured from the space station as it passed between Australia and Antarctica today...😍

📹 astro_Pettit

[Dr. Ryan French @RyanJFrench]

The full evolution of today’s mesmerising #SolarFlare, which continued for over 12 hours! This is a very long duration event, as most flares are over well within an hour of onset. Just look at those flare loops grow! Awe-some stuff. #spaceweather #astronomy

[Julio Maiz @maiz_julio]

M45 Pleiades Star Cluster by Space time (369) (BuGs) https://t.co/rm2ItZ2Ykz

[South Cheshire Astro @SC_Astro]

See the 2024/25 programme on our website: https://t.co/spf81uEgEE

[South Cheshire Astro @SC_Astro]

Our 2024/2025 season begins today with our first Observation evening. (Surprise, its cloudy 🙃)

Our first Public Talk is on Thursday 19th September at The Holiday Inn Express Crewe starting at 19.30. Topic: Big Bang to Big Rip. Speaker: @Astronomy_Matt from Cambridge University.

[Coops @no_thyself]

@SC_Astro tonight should be a good clear warm night to see the Perseids!

[Deb @DontCallMeDebby]

On Monday, June 3rd, a rare event known as the Parade of Planets will occur, where six planets of the solar system will align in a straight line. They will be visible just before sunrise here in the northern hemisphere.

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

Watch a timelapse of the current solar activity, filmed from my backyard observatory this morning.

The sun is still insanely active, this is all unrelated to the show last week.

[South Cheshire Astro @SC_Astro]

Tonight is the final meeting for the 2023-24 season and our AGM. New committee uploading, and planning begins for 2024-25 season! Read more on our website. https://t.co/spf81uDIP6

[SPACE.com @SPACEdotcom]

We may have just witnessed some of the strongest auroras in 500 years https://t.co/yOSv8lkNvr

[NASA Webb Telescope @NASAWebb]

Our earliest, most distant look yet at a black hole merger 👀

Webb detected evidence of a collision between two galaxies and their massive black holes, so far away that we're seeing it as it was when the universe was 740 million years old. More via @ESA: https://t.co/zOrFH80DIZ

[NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day @apod]

Take this simulated plunge and dive into the upper atmosphere of Jupiter, the Solar System's ruling gas giant. The awesome animation is based on image data from JunoCam, and the microwave radiometer on board the Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft. Your view will start about 3,000 kilometers above the southern Jovian cloud tops, and you can track your progress on the display at the left. As altitude decreases, temperature increases while you dive deeper at the location of Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot. In fact, Juno data indicates the Great Red Spot, the Solar System's largest storm system, penetrates some 300 kilometers into the giant planet's atmosphere. For comparison, the deepest point for planet Earth's oceans is just under 11 kilometers down. Don't worry though, you'll fly back out again.

Animated Video Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, SwRI, MSSS, Gerald Eichstadt, Justin Cowart

[WI Astronomy @WIAstronomy]

JWST Spots Most Distant Black Hole Merger Ever - ScienceAlert https://t.co/r0Vb8dfXcB

[CERN @CERN]

Here we see a prototype of MADMAX, placed in a big, cylindrical magnet at CERN’s largest experimental area, the North Area.

In February and March this year, the two new prototypes of MADMAX came into action to collect physics data at room temperature and, for the first time, at close to liquid helium temperature.

MADMAX stands for Magnetized Disk and Mirror Axion experiment. Once built, the experiment will search for axions, a leading candidate for #darkmatter. Their discovery could provide a direct explanation for the nature of this elusive substance that makes up a significant portion of the Universe.

Find out more: https://t.co/M0Gv873idM

[WI Astronomy @WIAstronomy]

New evidence for Planet 9 at the fringes of our solar system. Earth Sky. https://t.co/i5c0ninPWL

[CERN @CERN]

On this #WorldQuantumDay, we feature CERN theorist John Bell who, 60 years ago, formulated a theorem known as Bell's inequalities. It allowed #quantum entanglement to be tested, which is at the root of promising technologies including quantum computing and cryptography.

Bell’s inequalities and their pivotal role in the birth of #quantum information technologies will be one of the topics of the third #CERN70 event “The virtuous circle of knowledge and innovation”.

Join us on 18 April, 19:30 CEST, at CERN Science Gateway as we dive deep into the dynamic relationship between #particlephysics research and technological innovation.

The event will be live-streamed: https://t.co/RNTOfif7nB

[WI Astronomy @WIAstronomy]

World’s top cosmologists convene to question conventional view of the universe - The Guardian https://t.co/JHVFU469PD

[WI Astronomy @WIAstronomy]

New Horizons finds evidence for 2nd Kuiper Belt. Earth Sky. https://t.co/i5c0ninPWL