Klaas Wiersema

Dad, Husband, Scientist, Dutch, Tired. Astronomer at University of Hertfordshire. I ❤️ telescopes and weird transients. Views are my own. 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇬🇧

[Jonathan McDowell @planet4589]

Well, big news. I am planning to move the Space Library to a new home. And I need some help - in 35 years I've never asked for funding or subscriptions for my Space Report, to keep it independent, but now I need to raise additional funds. https://t.co/UyzEdJzXKw

[Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester @PhysicsUoL]

Prof Martin Barstow has paid tribute to a pioneering space telescope that has spent over a decade mapping our sky, as it ends its observations of the Milky Way https://t.co/pvjGn3pEwA

[University of Hertfordshire @UniofHerts]

Want to see the magic of the planetary parade? 🪐✨

🌌 Explore upcoming Bayfordbury open events and plan your visit: https://t.co/9AnuZizvzR

#PlanetaryParade #SpaceExploration #Astronomy #SolarSystem

[Klaas Wiersema @TelescopicViews]

Disastrous plan by AES Andes

[ESO @ESO]

The skies above Paranal are at risk from a proposed industrial megaproject. 

This would be located in the vicinity of ESO's Observatory. If constructed, it would irreparably impact astronomical observations.

Read more: https://t.co/gDmT0D3OLB

📷 ESO/P. Horálek

[Dwingeloo Telescoop @radiotelescoop]

Op zondag 22 december geven we rondleidingen in de radiotelescoop! Reserveer een plekje via https://t.co/OhaCE3An2i en kom overdag sterrenkijken. Bijvoorbeeld een pulsar of een quasar. Extra leuk in de winter: het centrum van de Melkweg is overdag waar te nemen.

[Anish Giri @anishgiri]

Beautiful speech!

Take a listen.👏

[Klaas Wiersema @TelescopicViews]

Celebrating 20 years of Swift!

[Physics & Astronomy, University of Leicester @PhysicsUoL]

Photos from our celebration

[Space Park Leicester @SpaceParkLeic]

Leading experts from @uniofleicester are marking two decades of ground-breaking cosmic exploration as the Swift Observatory celebrates its 20th anniversary.

Launched Nov, 2004, Swift has become a cornerstone of modern astronomy.

Read the full story ⤵
https://t.co/Ip4n8xIYGo

[Klaas Wiersema @TelescopicViews]

So sad that this was stolen - please everyone keep their eyes open for this

[Klaas Wiersema @TelescopicViews]

Went to see Skindred with my son, they were awesome

[Klaas Wiersema @TelescopicViews]

Saw Craig David at St pancras station yesterday, he did a short performance at the station piano.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Musician and artist Yohei Kisanuki creates some trippy zoetropic art using a whiteboard and marker atop a spinning potter’s wheel.

[📹 limbatrip]
https://t.co/rfKv3YTKu2

[Klaas Wiersema @TelescopicViews]

Rippling curtains everywhere, stunning display

[Klaas Wiersema @TelescopicViews]

Lovely northern lights

[Klaas Wiersema @TelescopicViews]

Passionflower in the garden producing some late flowers

[Stuart Atkinson @mars_stu]

Want to know where to look for the comet when it moves up into the northern evening sky at the end of next week but know *nothing* about astronomy? These are the charts for you. 1. Find west. 2. Use the Big Dipper/Plough to find the star Arcturus. 3. Look to its left...

[Klaas Wiersema @TelescopicViews]

Had a great time tonight

[The Y Theatre @TheYTheatre]

🎸This Saturday we welcome back the ever-popular The Darkside Of Pink Floyd for their new tour celebrating Pink Floyd's 1994 P.U.L.S.E. tour

🎟️https://t.co/g8YDn4lXdI

https://t.co/EbBA1yJw14

[Klaas Wiersema @TelescopicViews]

Features my son doing a solo piece on euphonium

[Leicester Grammar School @LGS_Senior]

You are warmly invited to a concert at Billesdon Church this Sat 21 Sept (St John the Baptist Church LE7 9AE)
Coffee served at 10:30am for an 11am concert, comprising chamber & soloist musicians. The concert will last approx 40 mins. Tickets free & no need to book. All welcome.

[RadioNet @RadioNet_EU]

Observations with @LOFAR : Second-Generation Starlink Satellites Leak 30 Times More Radio Interference, Threatening Astronomical Observations https://t.co/Ec1IENlcSO A&A https://t.co/sppGSy5lzF @ASTRON_NL @jivevlbi @ORP_Astro @Starlink @MPIfR_Bonn #radioastronomy @aandaJournal

[Klaas Wiersema @TelescopicViews]

Impact with Earth's atmosphere around 16:46 UTC.

[Catalina Sky Survey @catalina_sky]

BIG NEWS! CSS observer Jacqueline Fazekas has just discovered a small meteoroid that will harmlessly impact with Earth's atmosphere in about 8 hours over the Western Pacific. The object (called CAQTDL2) is small, a few feet in diameter. Attached are the discovery images.