Living in NW Europe is nice if you like cheese, but it is cloud-hell for amateur astronomy. I get one or two good imaging nights per month, so spectacular nights like 1 March 2023 are a rare treat.

Mighty Clavius (⌀ 225 km). 180MCT @ 2700mm. ASI 224MC. AS(3xD)/RS6/GIMP.

Last #solar image from 30th April.
Huge filament in the SE quadrant.
Imaged with an Esprit 100 and Quark Chromosphere.
Shown in inverted-disk view

#astrophotography

The Space Station last night as it flew over the UK, photographed with my 16' scope. SpaceX Crew-8 isn't visible having relocated to the space-facing zenith port ahead of Boeing Space Starliner's arrival.

#ISS #telescope #astrophotography

Anti-Israel protester at MIT: 'Respectfully, we do not trust your intentions.'

Jewish student: 'Respectfully, f*** off!'

Watch a Jewish student fight to enter MIT's anti-Israel encampment. Police eventually agree to give him an escort.

Happy Thursday -
M31 - Our nearest neighbour galaxy - 2.5 Million light years away containing 1 billion stars. Data from 2020 - Esprit 100ED ASI294 MC Pro. #astrophotography

You mean Hamas continues to do anything it can to cause humanitarian suffering in Gaza and not improve it? Shocking. Or like people have been reporting for the last 6 months.

'Gordhan admitted that a large part of these bailouts was necessary because of corruption and mismanagement at these companies.'

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 I think it's more the legacy of apartheid, don't you?
dailyinvestor.com/south-africa/5…

House Judiciary GOP Weaponization Committee 👀“While the Biden White House's pressure campaign largely succeeded, its effects were devastating. By suppressing free speech and intentionally distorting public debate in the modern town square, ideas and policies were no longer fairly tested and debated on their merits.”

YOU HAVE TO SEE THE INSANE TRUTH

These pro-Palestine kids are just Nazis, fascists, bullies and stasi

They are the most un-American tyrants

They have more in common with North Korea

They’ve learned well from Hamas who are repressive dictators

They are creepy as hell

BREAKING🚨: Using a drone I was able to get EXCLUSIVE UCLA Pro Palestine encampment footage. They are TRAINING protestors in hand to hand combat as LAPD expected to tear down the encampment as soon as tonight, and potential fights with police expected.

The school has deemed the…

In a sane society, this would have ended his career.

The Triangulum galaxy, M33, -2.7 million lightyears far- will collide with our galaxy in the next 5000 million years…
This amazing image was taken by Jaume Zapata & Xavier Bros @AstroSabadell from the remote operated Anysllum Observatory. Processed by Jaume Zapata!!

We have to take these guys at their word. They were always open about their objectives.
we are sleepwalking into something really nasty.

So appeasement resulted in acceleration.

Go figure.

'First the man takes the drink, then the drink takes the man.' Sculpture created based off an old Irish saying.

A study has found that the entire retail hardware industry has been taken over in South Africa by Pakistani nationals many of them illegally in the country. Besides a handful of national chains owned by South AfricansX the Pakistanis control this very lucrative trade. A study…

Hope to paint a much larger Milky Way next time. Keep thinking how cool it would look if it was 13ft wide

Here's 7 minutes of footage from Columbia University University showing:
➡️ Threats against Jews
➡️ Harassment and demonization of Zionists (we know they mean Jews)
➡️ Calls for violence, including genocide against Jews
➡️ Actual violence against an Israeli

I'll remind you that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez…

Pro-Palestinian mob shatter the glasses of Columbia University's main building and occupy it 👇

Churchill said: “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”

The 🇵🇸 crocodile is now eating Columbia University too.

Shai Davidai Columbia University 1938 all over again. This is insane.

They were literally blocking a Jewish man wearing a Star of David.