Tony Horton πŸŒŒπŸ”­βœ¨πŸŒŒβ˜„οΈπŸͺ

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Ali, cycling, astronomy, allotment, most things outdoors and DIY keep me occupied. Blog www.astromadness.co.uk Job in IT earns the pennies to pay for it all.
The one and only @KevQ delivering his talk @AwesomeAstronomy Astrocamp today about his recent book called A Decade in Stargazing. Available from Amazon UK! A very personal take on his experience in Stargazing aided by his notes and memories about the hobby. An awesome read!
Having an awesome time at @AwesomeAstronomy Astrocamp in Cwmdu. Talk, quiz, panel q and a. It's all happening. Plus some signs of clear skies for observing and imaging tonight. #astronomy #starparty #astrophotography

New interview is available for download

Creating the Impossible- Manufacturing in Orbit

Jeni talks to Space Forge CEO Joshua Western about making materials in orbit, reusable satellites, Mary Poppins in Space, and that Virgin Orbit failure...

#podcast #interview #space #astrodon

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Our new episode 'An Exfoliating Spa on a far off World' is free to download and is packed with space-ified goodness.

Adivce on buying a telescope, #Exoplanet atmospheres, the latest on #Oumuamua, Vigin Orbits woes, Relativity's 3D success, the oldest orbiting #satellite, your emails, and our monthly sky guide.

#astrodon #space #astronomy #podcast

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Lovely couple of nights down on the south coast. Unfortunately the tides were wrong for some decent fossil hunting but we still found a few and bought some tiny ones home.
Hopefully a working link this time: https://www.amazon.co.uk/~/e/B0BSMPD474
Kevin Quinn

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Morning πŸ™‚. FYI Amazon’s running a promotion on the #Kindle editions of my books this week … check it out: amazon.co.uk/~/e/B0BSMPD474 … Oh, and if you do buy/have bought any, please do leave a (ideally good) review … on Amazon, @goodreads , or even here on #mastodon
Stargazing with Kevin Quinn

Join self-confessed geek and stargazer Kevin Quinn for a night of star gazing on Portland…

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My most recent image, IC 1805, the Heart Nebula. Taken from my back yard in Herefordshire using mostly Altair kit and Sharpcap and then processed in PixInsight. #astronomy #astrophotography #nebula #alwayslearning
I like to share my images and most of them I'm quite proud of. But this one, not so. For some reason, I've struggled with this set of data. This is the 2nd or 3rd version of IC443 that's I've tried but I just can't seem to get it as I'd like. One to come back to at some point πŸŒŒπŸ”­ #astronomy #astrophotography #nebula