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Author, 11, sells 700 copies of space book bbc.in/42PX5z0

Comet 12P /Pons-Brooks taken last night.

Why did it take 69 years after Newton for Émilie du Châtelet to publish the French translation of the Principia? It was due to the L’Académie des Sciences and specifically French priest and experimenter Edme Mariotte.

When Newton first demonstrated that red light did not…

December 1671, 28 year old Isaac Newton speaks at the Royal Society for the first time. He presents the prototype of the Newtonian reflector telescope. As others look on and laugh, Robert Hooke lambasted the young Newton, commenting that his invention was “valueless and inferior…

Look at this scope, spotted at AstroFest 2024, it is a thing of beauty!
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Bobbing along through the cosmic seas of our universe, the stunning Jellyfish Nebula is one of the jewels of Gemini…I took this image with my remote telescope in southern Spain…🔭📸 #Astrophotography #Space #ThePhotoHour First Light Optics

Trying to land a Jellyfish in deep space tonight…🔭📸🪼😉 #Astrophotography #Space First Light Optics BBC Sky at Night Magazine BBC The Sky at Night

Here’s my latest image hot off my remote imaging rig in southern Spain…first go at the Rosette in mono…🔭📸 #Astrophotography #Space #ThePhotoHour First Light Optics

We got ours from First Light Optics and they have been great to deal with 🙂

We imaged the Sun today using the SeeStar S50! A fab bit of kit. Simple to use too. Y11 enjoyed seeing the sunspots 🌞

This doesn't replace all of our astronomy scopes, if anything it is making us use them more. This is definitely a great gateway for enthusing students. Low demand for quick photos, then onto the scopes to develop skills and precision. Alexandra Park School APS Science

We will be purchasing a second from First Light Optics next week so we can leave one doing long exposures to capture more elusive nebula, and the other doing quicker photos of the planets/moon. Best thing so far - the wireless connection can allow you to keep warm in the lab!

Chat Physics and any Physics department here! We've played with the SeeStar S50 we bought from First Light Optics for a couple weeks now and I honestly think every department in the UK should have one. Phenomenal for outreach/introduction to astronomy and so user friendly! #chatphysics

The Horsehead Nebula - IC434, taken from my back garden in usually cloudy Dundee

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Bath Astronomers will be atop Bath Abbey on the evening of Friday 9th Feb for stargazing for late night visitors. Get your tickets at eventbrite.co.uk/e/bath-abbey-s…

A year ago Bordeaux, France, began turning off 57% of the city's street lights between 1 -5 a.m. as an energy-saving measure. Despite public alarm, and rising feelings of 'insecurity', the data suggest that no significant increase in crime resulted.

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Huge thanks to First Light Optics for phenomenal speed, we only purchased it yesterday and here we are looking at sun spots the size of the Earth today!

The Ghost of Cassiopeia in H-alpha, taken with a StellaMira 90ED Triplet and ZWO 2600MM Pro, through an Antlia 3nm 36mm Ha filter…🔭📸👻 #Astrophotography #Space #Telescope First Light Optics Antlia Astronomy filter @zwoasi

First pass and one night’s data results on my latest project encapsulating the Bubble and Lobster Nebulae…final results coming soon…🫧🦞🔭📸 #Astrophotography #Space #Telescope First Light Optics