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Nice. I never quite git around to visiting when I had half a chance...

Wow! What takes you there?

That's insane

Work. Not doing any observing unfortunately, just working on the software.

It was really cold last night so I didn't take many pictures, hopefully we'll get a nice night soon though. I knew I should have brought my tripod

So envious! I was talking to someone the other week about whether a trip to the Atacama would be worth it, but to visit the VLT and stay at the ESO hotel must be ace.

Anyone see a meteorite this evening? Saw a fast, almost vertical, red streak in the south western sky.

No, but the moon is amazing!

Another amazing moon and peak perseid meteors tonight- seen 4 so far

Moon + Nelson monument on Carlton hill in Edinburgh this evening. Really wanted to get the national monument in silhouette but couldn't find a good angle. TAL 100-RS + Nikon D800.

Edit: just watched the Sky at Night prior to this—they discussed the "green flash" seen at sunset (wiki), and talked about how you can see it with the moon too. I think you can see the green upper rim and red lower rim here!

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Superb image, thanks for sharing.

The air seems really clear today.
This is a bit crap but still amazing that you can see the rings.

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Wow, what gear did you need for that pic?

It's insane that we can now be amateur photographers and can photo Saturn like that.

I want to see it with my own eyes soon.

I used a 600mm lens on a Sony A7 III. With a smaller sensor with higher pixel density you could see a lot more.

£250 and away from street lights and Saturn is a straight forward target...

I was able to see it with a 130mm dobsonian hanging out of my flat window in Peckham (definitely attracted some attention if I was doing that back in Belfast that's for sure...), so it's definitely achievable! Even managed to see the stripes & red spot on Jupiter with the same telescope from Crystal Palace

I was lying down on the sofa when I noticed a bright light in the sky with a dimmer one next to it. Aimed the camera at it and it's Jupiter and moons!! Clearly visible in London!

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Awesome

Wow!

Superb!

Amazing

Wow!

This is so cool!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62641866

Amazing