Take a look at this bright, dazzling display! ✨ The #NOAA20 satellite captured an image of an aurora borealis over Canada and northern U.S. at 2:58 a.m. EDT on May 11, 2024, after a strong geomagnetic storm. For a ground-level color perspective, see the next post! ⬇️

Diane Abbott is the first Black woman elected to Parliament and the longest-serving Black MP Starmer’s Labour embrace Natalie Elphicke but has no place for Diane Abbot Diane has been bullied and humiliated by Starmer and his supporters Solidarity Diane Labour is finished.

Impressed by the new Nottingham Forest museum and stadium tour. Lots of history on display, well worth a visit.

Tonight, we made history. This is just the beginning.

Video during appearance (egress). Saturn occultation from Kuala Lumpur. I tried to adjust the video as close to real-time as possible. UTC timestamp on upper left

Sad news for UK astronomy history, as the Observatory Science Centre, custodians of the 1950-1990 site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, are being evicted by landowners in 2026. I've put together a survey to collect objections from the UK astro community SaveTheOSC.com

Demonstrating the JBA Trust wave tank today at the Science Museum with Environment Agency youtu.be/3yNoy4H2Z-o?si…

Lunar #Occultation of #Saturn from #Nottingham at 4:30 this morning. #Astrophotography Royal Astronomical Society @BritAstro

☔️ September 2024 has been the wettest September on record for some counties, according to provisional Met Office statistics. Get the details in the Press Release below, or read this short thread 👇🧵

18:13 on Wednesday October 2nd, over the South Pacific Ocean

Another fantastic display of #Aurora

#Aurora last night from the Nottingham Astro Soc Observatory Sky Camera nottinghamastro.org.uk/sky-camera/

Brilliant to see 300 visitors last night Southwell Minster for the preview night of Luke Jerram museum of the moon enjoying views through our telescopes. The exhibition is on until 22nd October. southwellminster.org/events/event/m…

Image of Mercury's sodium tail taken at the NAS Observatory. Stack of two over-exposed 30 second images, stacked in DSS using the comet setting. Mercury was 4 degree 28 arcminutes above the horizon when imaged and the Sun 10 degrees 32 arcminutes below the horizon.

ISS Solar transit imaged with a Lunt solar scope in Ha. Video sequence just over 1.5 seconds long! Some thin cloud moving across the image and some nice sunspots. National Astronomy Week

#BlueGhost got her first diamond ring! Captured at our landing site in the Moon’s Mare Crisium around 3:30 am CDT, the photo shows the sun about to emerge from totality behind Earth. Hope to have more shots to share soon! #BGM1

CHAMPIONS! 🏆

Our observatory camera caught this view of a Falcon 9 over Nottingham last night.

Before the golden era of Clough and Taylor, Nottingham Forest's greatest success came in the 1959 FA Cup. Forest had won the trophy once, back in the late 19th century. They repeated the feat in the post-war era with a 2-1 win over Luton Town.

𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 On Tuesday, the England senior mens team will return to the City Ground for the first time in 84 years. It will be the fourth time the Three Lions have appeared in Nottingham, the first way back in 1897 at Trent Bridge. Cont…