Comet Chasers 🔭☄️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Cipio comedau yn y dosbarth! Catching comets in the classroom!

[Helen Usher @tyseren]

More great observations of Comet 12P by our worldwide @comet_chasers @mar_ele (Greece) @stmarysbridgend (Wales) this morning. Here's an example of what we're seeing #MilleniumFalcon @faulkestel @LCO_Global @OU_SPS @OUCymru @senoj_draddots @SpaceAmbassador

[European Space Agency @esa]

Well done @NASA for safely returning #OSIRISREx! 👏

Our Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre #NEOCC managed to spot the spacecraft just after separation. Check it out 👇

[NASA @NASA]

After a journey of nearly 3.9 billion miles, the #OSIRISREx asteroid sample return capsule is back on Earth. Teams perform the initial safety assessment—the first persons to come into contact with this hardware since it was on the other side of the solar system.

[European Space Agency @esa]

Tomorrow, @NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will drop off a sample from ancient asteroid #Bennu.

🔭Here is the first image of OSIRIS-REx when it was 4.66 million km from Earth on 16 September as seen by ESA’s Optical Ground Station telescope in Tenerife.

🔗https://t.co/VkAfcqodsj

[Paul Roche 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🔭🤿 @SpaceAmbassador]

I’ll be on @RealLynnBowles on @BBCRadioWales Sunday from 16.15ish talking asteroids and exploding stars. Look out for some great ISS passes over the UK in the next week! #OSIRISREx #Psyche #JWST @CP2TC_CPIDd @cardiffPHYSX

[Helen Usher @tyseren]

@comet_chasers has spotted another outburst for 12P (a bit smaller than the last one, but then 5 magnitude outbursts don't happen very often!) Thanks to our international observers, and Richard Miles for the analysis. More details in our (first) ATel 😁 https://t.co/WkDzz8E3ry

[Comet Chasers 🔭☄️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @comet_chasers]

Dewch draw i’r pentre gwyddoniaeth yn #steddfod2023 i defnyddio camerau is-goch a gwneud cais am luniau o gomedau! @cardiffPHYSX @GwyddCCC @colegcymraeg @eisteddfod

[Comet Chasers 🔭☄️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @comet_chasers]

Eisteddfodwyr! Cofiwch dod draw i weld Cipwyr Comedau (lleoliad tbd!) yfory, dydd Mawrth a Mercher. Bydd cyfle i chi cymryd lluniau eich hunain! #steddfod2023
@eisteddfod @cardiffPHYSX @colegcymraeg @GwyddCCC

[Helen Usher @tyseren]

Latest images from our #12P Campaign - great teamwork!
Now we're using 2m @faulkstel to try to determine the nucleus rotation period.
I'm sure setting up observations of the Millenium Falcon will be very popular when @senoj_draddots takes @comet_chasers to @eisteddfod next week!

[Helen Usher @tyseren]

@faulkestel @comet_chasers are gathering lots of fantastic data on the Comet 12P outburst whichlooks like the Millennium Falcon!
Here are today's observations - the second one is the same data processed to reveal the detail close to the nucleus of the comet #Comet12P

[Paul Roche 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🔭🤿 @SpaceAmbassador]

I’ll be on @RealLynnBowles on @BBCRadioWales on Sunday (16th) 3.15 talking about the #NAM2023 mtg and our amazing #SpaceAcademyCardiff programme run with @CdfCommitment @cardiffcouncil and @cardiffPHYSX @cardiffuni plus the #NASA Euclid mission and a new grav waves discovery 😊

[Paul Roche 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🔭🤿 @SpaceAmbassador]

A prime location here @Techniquest and all set up to demo the Rotato and infrared cameras as part of our @comet_chasers @D_2_E projects @cardiffPHYSX @cardiffuni

[Helen Usher @tyseren]

@ZJAyres I did some education outreach yesterday at @stmarysbridgend with @comet_chasers and @FLO_UK and the children took this photo of a sunspot. They used remotely a telescope in Spain which has a special Hydrogen Alpha filter to make it safe and to see detail.

[Helen Usher @tyseren]

All set up in @NMMGreenwich ready for the @comet_chasers talk at the @BritAstro Comet section meeting #ChuryOnTour

[Paul Roche 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🔭🤿 @SpaceAmbassador]

It’s a busy final day here @CULTVRLAB for our Space Cadets - we’re running @D_2_E & @comet_chasers workshops with @tyseren @senoj_draddots using our meteorite loan boxes, talking planets, asteroids & comets 😊 @cardiffPHYSX @cardiffuni @RAS_Outreach @STFC_Matters

[Thompson STEM Engagement @ThompsonSTEM]

The TSE team helping out with @comet_chasers station at #CardiffSpaceAcademy!

@cardiffPHYSX @CULTVRLAB @CdfCuric @CdfCommitment
#STEM #Science #scicomm

[Helen Usher @tyseren]

Fantastic talk by @asrivkin on the DART Mission - and thanks for the @comet_chasers shout out! We've loved being involved 🤩 #NAM2023 @RoyalAstroSoc @faulkestel

[Paul Roche 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🔭🤿 @SpaceAmbassador]

Space Academy day 4. Today is all about robots - @SeismoAnna talking about @NASAInSight on Mars and @CatTryfona covering the use of technology in society (and her robot army!). @cardiffPHYSX @CdfCommitment @cardiffuni #STEM #STEMeducation

[Thompson STEM Engagement @ThompsonSTEM]

The TSE team pre-launch @CardiffUniSport ready for @cardiffPHYSX #CardiffSpaceAcademy

#STEM #STEMeducation #scicomm #Rockets

[Paul Roche 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🔭🤿 @SpaceAmbassador]

It’s a lovely sunny start to day 3 of Space Academy Cardiff, and we’re at the @cardiffunisport grounds in Llanrumney to launch the @EstesRockets that were built yesterday with @ThompsonSpace @CdfCommitment @cardiffPHYSX @Merryse235 @CP2TC_CPIDd