Chris Rolland FRAS
@celtuk
Sepsis survivor/CKD/disabilities/Neurodiverse OU Student/STEM Ambassador taking Astronomy and Space (esp. meteorites) to the next generation of potential scientists. Tries to lighten stuff up where possible. Just.Look.Up.UK!
Lots of nice pictures of the sun and moon taken through the telescopes but the wife wins with the perfect diamond ring taken on her iPhone. Maybe she should publish that one!
My new toy Just arrived so I'll be taking three solar capable smart scopes and my big Celestron Powertank!
And at the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland unveils its plan for a combined Lunar Lander, and when you've eaten the Marshmallow Core, a useful habitation module: 🔭 🧪
@specsaversuk.bsky.social appear to be letting their BlueSky account go to rot but elsewhere on social media . . .
Testing the DWARF LAB 3 with a low sun in advance of the trip to Spain for the total eclipse. Fast stack of 20 frames. Not bad for a slightly polluted sky in Milton Keynes.
Will probably decide precise location on the day depending on weather, but we are staying in a hotel to the north west of Madrid so we have the whole of Northwest Spain as an option.
I've been unwell so had precious little time, added to sucky weather, so here is a shot from last year and was the first image taken on my Celestron Origin
OMG! A family member who is a brilliant artist has immortalised me and it's brilliant because I actually live in Springfield!!!!
One thing we all missed yesterday is Apple launching the Trump phone. Seriously that is the colour they have chosen alongside the usual monotones!!
If you see this, post a video game that transports you to your childhood. (Thanks to PC Mag, as mine is a Teletype game)
Found a great little tripod to set up my lipstick camera for use in my STEM sessions with pupils. Tried it out with a school in Northern Ireland today and it worked brilliantly. Much better than me trying to do it handheld.
"We're Not Here Because We're Free. We're Here Because We're NOT Free." static1.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp...
Live images from the Vatican as the cardinals prepare for the Papal Conclave.
Interesting lesson and at last night's stargazing party with the primary school kids. the Celestron Origin will not initialise until the skies are *really* dark but we still got some wonderful images.
*Sniff* Always been great as a UK STEM Ambassador to get feedback from schools and the pupils but one local school, who I have put a lot of time into, just sent me this - filled with individual message from all the pupils. Stiff upper lip failing. I don't do it for this but it's gratifying.