This morning, I'm working on an exciting new article for Fifth Star Labs Sky Guide. With the recent #LaPalmaeruption, we pose the question: why do we built telescopes on or near active volcanoes? Surely the ash, earthquakes, and lava can't be worth it? 🤔 What do you think?

Spectacular dragon aurora above Norway. Oxygen atoms are spitting out photons after being hit by particles from the Sun. Credit: Marco Bastoni apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180410.… Download #SkyGuide, now free and with auroras! #astronomy appstore.com/fifthstarlabsl…

Vous avez aperçu la planète #Mars dans le ciel récemment ? Non ? C’est normal : elle sera en conjonction avec le Soleil le 8 octobre, et est d’ores et déjà trop proche de notre étoile pour être observable. (illustration : Sky Guide - Fifth Star Labs)

100 miles into space. This rare red #aurora is located in space, it’s above the Kármán line, the official boundary between Earth and space. Credit: Chul Kwon #astronomy #skyguide

Are you in the UK and saw something triangular and bright in the sky around 10:15pm and are wondering what the hell it was? That was the Atlas V rocket rentering the atmosphere after launching the #Landsat9 satellite!

This is what sunset looks like from space. Credit: ESA/NASA

An unbelievably huge horse’s head in space. The Horsehead #Nebula is a thick cloud of dust blocking light from the surrounding nebula. #astronomy #skyguide

Did you know Fifth Star Labs SkyGuide app has an AR mode so you can double check you chopped the right tree down and show people how bad your view of certain targets are so they can play you the worlds tiniest violins? 🎻

Leo looking extra fabulous today. Sky Guide is the App Store App of the Day in the US, UK and Italy! Very cool! An honor we’ve not had until now. 😊 🙏

Exclamation Point Galaxy Two #galaxies colliding, the top one contains a rapidly growing supermassive black hole Credit: Chandra/ Hubble

The next episode of AWESOME ASTRONOMY is out now! But the Motley Crew is down to two, as Paul was called away on family business. Our main news story is Lucy Mission, which should be launching tomorrow! The trajectory of this mission is INSANE, so come hear all about it 🎉

Helix Nebula. When sun-like stars go into retirement they cast off their outer layers into intricate and beautiful patterns, which are lit by the remains of the dying star Image: Ignacio Diaz Bobillo #SkyGuide #astronomy

California Nebula. Using the Hubble color palette: Red = sulphur Green = hydrogen Blue = oxygen Image: Terry Hancock flickr.com/photos/terryha… #SkyGuide #astronomy

Lucy in the sky with diamond 💎 The Lucy spacecraft blasted off on a journey to visit 8 asteroids, and has a 20 carat diamond at the heart of its spectrometer! Image: @JohnKrausPhotos Info: #SkyGuide / Dr. Jenifer Millard 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦 Title: John Lennon #astronomy

Can you ask for a better full-circle story? Download for FREE to read my article all about Lucy Mission 🎉

Mike Gerald Gibbs🏳️‍🌈🍁 🇺🇦 (He/Him) I use the Sky Guide app from Fifth Star Labs. It’s fantastic!

Wooo, what a buzz! Absolutely loved chatting space on BBC Breakfast this morning! Absolutely blown over to see so many new followers - thanks for joining me! Check out my podcast AWESOME ASTRONOMY and Fifth Star Labs Sky Guide articles (both free) for more spacey goodness 🎉❤️

The planets align over Starbase 🤩 (Overlay by Fifth Star Labs) - NSF - NASASpaceflight.com