Caught the news at lunch time about Nige having a hard time in Brussels. With Su-ell standing behind a big notice that says 'national conservatism'.
I hope this isn't the new version of 'national socialism', cos that didn't end well did it?!🤔😮

Mmmm, maybe that should be ...ye cannae change the laws of 'quantum' physics... It is a 'forbidden' state after all.🤔😉

Nice to see the observers at UKMON got a good orbit! archive.ukmeteors.co.uk/reports/2024/o…
My raw pic showed the end of a faintish 557.7nm O line, indicating speedy, but not at the upper limit. Meteor measured at 56km/sec. To paraphrase 'Ye cannae change the laws o' physics'. Brilliant!

The perils of working tired... After a careful wavelength calibration, the line I identified as Fe in my pic is actually Ionised Mg. Here is a instrument corrected spectrum plot and synthetic spectrum. BritAstro Royal Astronomical Society Astronomy Now #fireball IMO Meteor Org. Astronomy Magazine

HIREMS II has just caught a spectacular fireball spectrum through some thick cirrus! Barely see Arcturus through it! Type A (+Ca), VERY strong Ca+ with the strongest Si+ lines I've ever seen. ~ 0.3nm/pix Fabulous! Royal Astronomical Society BritAstro IMO Meteor Org. #fireball

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A clear night at last! A peek at Comet Pons Brooks, very low in sky just before disappearing behind a neighbours roof. Moonlight washing it out. 3 x 45 secs with 600mm f4 lens, iso800. No hint of the tail in binoculars. #astronomy #comet #comet ponsbrooks

I see the rip off charges Glasgow Airport ✈️ are going up again to 'improve services' Funny how the pedestrian exit point had double yellow lines appear recently. Total scam with local aurhority complicity! What happened to the train link?!

Decided to do an impromtu #IOTA activation on Great Cumbrae, EU123. Not my best idea. Blowing a gale, peeing of rain. Conditions were remarkable on 10m, but my 50W/ 1/4 wave vertical just couldn't cut it. Managed 3 QSO's in 1 hour 10mins.🙁 Still quite entertaining though...😉😁

It was great fun having the pupils in our labs, looking forward to seeing the new pupils next year!

Various stations are receiving signals so 小型月着陸実証機SLIM is down and intact. However I reckon its either on its side or back after tipping over as it touched down. REALLY unlucky if so... we'll soon know.
Still a success as its working on the lunar surface! Congratulations JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

Oh no... ' checking status' is never a good sign. I hope its only a glitch. Landing telemetry looked perfect.

Watching 小型月着陸実証機SLIM on youtube. Absolutely fantastic. Good luck SLIM!!!
JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

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There must be a tonne of stations on FT8 tonight, the number of meteor pings for a non shower night is astonishing... unless there is some strange outburst going on...! 💻📡☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️

After a poor spell a REALLY interesting spectrum. Thanks to Jamie and the UKMON database this looks like a Coma Berenicid. Very unusual composition! Weak Na emission and very weak Fe, however other metals including W and V. BritAstro Royal Astronomical Society Popular Astronomy Europlanet 🇪🇺 ☄️

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Typical...a lovely clear night ...after the peak🙄
But first clear night and first spectrum!🙂 Nice type A, with very strong 557.7nm line so a particularly speedy meteor.

Very disappointing end of 2023 and start of 2024. Geminids, Ursids and now Quadrantids have been a washout. No visual or video observations at all.🙁 Upside is, had time to make a few qso's on 6m and 2m via meteor scatter.