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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans Nov 16

Want to make a wish on a shooting star? #DoLookUp! The #Leonids meteor shower is peaking, courtesy of the Earth ploughing through the debris left by Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. 🔭🧪 1 Get away from streetlights 2 Take blanket ☕ 3 Lie back - 10 mins 👁️ dark adapt 4 🌠Wow www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/me...

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Look Up to See the Leonids Light Up the Night Skies

Check out our meteor shower animation to find out how, where, and when to see these shooting stars.

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans Oct 7

I love it that everyone loves a #supermoon. Tonight is the night so #DoLookUp! Fine print: this astronomical event comes with a expectation-management disclaimer: *The Supermoon is only 15% brighter than a normal full moon and I personally can not tell the difference 🤔 *Every moon is SUPER🔭🥳

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans Jun 11, 2025

The amazingly talented photographer @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social and I turned my #StrawberryMoon skeet-thread into a piece for the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Edinburgh Reporter. Check out Tom's many superb photos and don't forget, #DoLookUp tonight! 🔭 🗞️: theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/06/look...

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans Jun 11, 2025

The rare lunar standstill happens around the solstice when the moon at its most extreme point in its 5° tilted orbit. This only happens every 18.6 years and the further North you are, the better. #DoLookUp tonight! 🧵/end 🧪🔭 ℹ️: www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/strawbe...

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aBe Apr 29, 2025

Cable art installation in a shopping center in #Ruoholahti, next to #Helsinki #art #messy #chaos #dolookup

Benjamin Knispel Mar 18, 2025

Kleiner Astro-Tipp für Deutschland: heute Abend könnt ihr nicht nur die ISS sehen (gegen 20:15 Uhr), sondern auch noch den Transporter, mit dem die Astronaut*innen heute zurückkommen (gegen 19:58 Uhr).

Genaue Sichtbarkeiten für euren Standort könnt ihr z.B. hier finden: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/view.cfm?country=Germany&region=None&city=Celle

#ISS #Crew9 #Deutschland #Astronomie ##DoLookUp

Spot The Station

See the International Space Station! As the third brightest object in the sky the space station is easy to see if you know when to look up.

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans Mar 1, 2025

🔊It's gravity assist day! Today Mars will bend the #EuropaClipper trajectory towards Jupiter. At 17:57(UK)/12:57(EST) 🛰️Clipper will be just 550 miles above Mars’ surface, testing its thermal imager & radar. So #DoLookUp to Mars and give Clipper a little wave 👋🥳 ℹ️ www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-e... 🔭🧪

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