Chris Pattison
@cosmochris.bsky.social
Astrophysicist and YouTuber
https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisPattisonCosmo
https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisPattisonCosmo
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Check out this amazing video from Chris Pattison (@cosmochris.bsky.social) describing 4MOST and our First Light observations!
#4MOST #astronomy #astrophysics #telescope #observatory
#4MOST #astronomy #astrophysics #telescope #observatory
The Telescope That Sees 18,000 Colours
YouTube video by Chris Pattison
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Check out this amazing video from Chris Pattison (@cosmochris.bsky.social) describing 4MOST and our First Light observations!
#4MOST #astronomy #astrophysics #telescope #observatory
#4MOST #astronomy #astrophysics #telescope #observatory
Perseid Meteor Shower PEAKS TONIGHT!
There should be quite a few shooting stars that are quite easy to spot, and it will be even if you can find a nice dark spot!
Stay safe team, and clear skies to you all!
youtu.be/J9b8cdsBZIs #perseids2025 #perseidmeteorshower
There should be quite a few shooting stars that are quite easy to spot, and it will be even if you can find a nice dark spot!
Stay safe team, and clear skies to you all!
youtu.be/J9b8cdsBZIs #perseids2025 #perseidmeteorshower
How to Actually See the Perseid Meteor Shower!
YouTube video by Chris Pattison
youtu.be
August 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Perseid Meteor Shower PEAKS TONIGHT!
There should be quite a few shooting stars that are quite easy to spot, and it will be even if you can find a nice dark spot!
Stay safe team, and clear skies to you all!
youtu.be/J9b8cdsBZIs #perseids2025 #perseidmeteorshower
There should be quite a few shooting stars that are quite easy to spot, and it will be even if you can find a nice dark spot!
Stay safe team, and clear skies to you all!
youtu.be/J9b8cdsBZIs #perseids2025 #perseidmeteorshower
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Introducing...your sneak peek at the cosmos captured by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory!
Can you guess these regions of sky?
This is just a small peek...join us at 11am US EDT for your full First Look at how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos! 🔭🧪
#RubinFirstLook
ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream
Can you guess these regions of sky?
This is just a small peek...join us at 11am US EDT for your full First Look at how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos! 🔭🧪
#RubinFirstLook
ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream
June 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Introducing...your sneak peek at the cosmos captured by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory!
Can you guess these regions of sky?
This is just a small peek...join us at 11am US EDT for your full First Look at how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos! 🔭🧪
#RubinFirstLook
ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream
Can you guess these regions of sky?
This is just a small peek...join us at 11am US EDT for your full First Look at how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos! 🔭🧪
#RubinFirstLook
ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream
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🚨 SAVE THE DATE: The world's First Look at images from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is coming June 23, 2025! 🔭🧪
Get ready for a preview of how Rubin will soon #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🌌
More details soon—stay up to date at rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look
Get ready for a preview of how Rubin will soon #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🌌
More details soon—stay up to date at rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look
May 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🚨 SAVE THE DATE: The world's First Look at images from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory is coming June 23, 2025! 🔭🧪
Get ready for a preview of how Rubin will soon #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🌌
More details soon—stay up to date at rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look
Get ready for a preview of how Rubin will soon #CaptureTheCosmos in its decade-long survey 🌌
More details soon—stay up to date at rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look
Do you love space and hot drinks? Or know someone who does? Well, we're selling some merch for the first time, including mugs!
The art is all done by my friend Elena, and it's AMAZING!
Check out all the products here (they ship to most places!): chris-pattison-shop.fourthwall.com/collections/...
The art is all done by my friend Elena, and it's AMAZING!
Check out all the products here (they ship to most places!): chris-pattison-shop.fourthwall.com/collections/...
May 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Do you love space and hot drinks? Or know someone who does? Well, we're selling some merch for the first time, including mugs!
The art is all done by my friend Elena, and it's AMAZING!
Check out all the products here (they ship to most places!): chris-pattison-shop.fourthwall.com/collections/...
The art is all done by my friend Elena, and it's AMAZING!
Check out all the products here (they ship to most places!): chris-pattison-shop.fourthwall.com/collections/...
Does anyone know how fast the Earth moves relative to JWST?
Specifically, in theory, could JWST track Earth, or would it be moving too fast?
Thanks!
Specifically, in theory, could JWST track Earth, or would it be moving too fast?
Thanks!
April 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Does anyone know how fast the Earth moves relative to JWST?
Specifically, in theory, could JWST track Earth, or would it be moving too fast?
Thanks!
Specifically, in theory, could JWST track Earth, or would it be moving too fast?
Thanks!
Reposted by Chris Pattison
Astrophysicist, YouTuber and UK #HumanOfEuclid @cosmochris.bsky.social has made a great explainer video talking through today’s new Deep Field images.
Check it out here. ⬇️
Check it out here. ⬇️
FIRST SURVEY FROM EUCLID SPACE TELESCOPE RELEASED! | Incredible New Deep Field Images!
YouTube video by Chris Pattison
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March 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Astrophysicist, YouTuber and UK #HumanOfEuclid @cosmochris.bsky.social has made a great explainer video talking through today’s new Deep Field images.
Check it out here. ⬇️
Check it out here. ⬇️
🌌 FRIDAY SPACE🌌
Hubble hits a cosmic bullseye!🎯
This enormous galaxy is called LEDA 1313424. It features a stunning 9 star-filled rings and an arrow through the centre! Beautiful! �¤©
Read more: buff.ly/4hsXm1t
February 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🌌 FRIDAY SPACE🌌
Hubble hits a cosmic bullseye!🎯
This enormous galaxy is called LEDA 1313424. It features a stunning 9 star-filled rings and an arrow through the centre! Beautiful! �¤©
Read more: buff.ly/4hsXm1t
🌌 Monday Space!⭐
A quasar imaged by Hubble!🤩
In the centre we have a supermassive black hole with a bright disk around it, and a newborn jet blasting out from it!
Read more: https://buff.ly/42tNek9
A quasar imaged by Hubble!🤩
In the centre we have a supermassive black hole with a bright disk around it, and a newborn jet blasting out from it!
Read more: https://buff.ly/42tNek9
February 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🌌 Monday Space!⭐
A quasar imaged by Hubble!🤩
In the centre we have a supermassive black hole with a bright disk around it, and a newborn jet blasting out from it!
Read more: https://buff.ly/42tNek9
A quasar imaged by Hubble!🤩
In the centre we have a supermassive black hole with a bright disk around it, and a newborn jet blasting out from it!
Read more: https://buff.ly/42tNek9
🌌Friday Space! 🌌
A bright double star cluster inside the Large Magellanic Cloud (a satellite dwarf galaxy just outside the Milky Way).
This is NGC 1850, and it's contents include a black hole that has a mass 11 times larger than our Sun!
Also, it's beautiful! 😍
A bright double star cluster inside the Large Magellanic Cloud (a satellite dwarf galaxy just outside the Milky Way).
This is NGC 1850, and it's contents include a black hole that has a mass 11 times larger than our Sun!
Also, it's beautiful! 😍
February 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🌌Friday Space! 🌌
A bright double star cluster inside the Large Magellanic Cloud (a satellite dwarf galaxy just outside the Milky Way).
This is NGC 1850, and it's contents include a black hole that has a mass 11 times larger than our Sun!
Also, it's beautiful! 😍
A bright double star cluster inside the Large Magellanic Cloud (a satellite dwarf galaxy just outside the Milky Way).
This is NGC 1850, and it's contents include a black hole that has a mass 11 times larger than our Sun!
Also, it's beautiful! 😍
🌌 Monday Space⭐
Hubble image of a galaxy with a bright heart!
Check out the beautiful dust lanes and stunning structure in the unbarred spiral galaxy NGC 5033.
This is a wonderful image of an amazing galaxy!
Read moreL https://buff.ly/4aAcasb
Hubble image of a galaxy with a bright heart!
Check out the beautiful dust lanes and stunning structure in the unbarred spiral galaxy NGC 5033.
This is a wonderful image of an amazing galaxy!
Read moreL https://buff.ly/4aAcasb
Hubble Sets Sights on a Galaxy with a Bright Heart - NASA Science
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the unbarred spiral galaxy NGC 5033, located about 40 million light-years away in the constellation of Canes Venatici
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February 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🌌 Monday Space⭐
Hubble image of a galaxy with a bright heart!
Check out the beautiful dust lanes and stunning structure in the unbarred spiral galaxy NGC 5033.
This is a wonderful image of an amazing galaxy!
Read moreL https://buff.ly/4aAcasb
Hubble image of a galaxy with a bright heart!
Check out the beautiful dust lanes and stunning structure in the unbarred spiral galaxy NGC 5033.
This is a wonderful image of an amazing galaxy!
Read moreL https://buff.ly/4aAcasb
🌌 Friday Space⭐
This is one of my favourite images from JWST😍
This is NGC 602, and I adore the colours and textures we can see in this JWST image!
This is a young star cluster in the outskirt of the Small Magellanic Cloud, just 200,000 ly away.
Read more: https://buff.ly/3PSqZNo
This is one of my favourite images from JWST😍
This is NGC 602, and I adore the colours and textures we can see in this JWST image!
This is a young star cluster in the outskirt of the Small Magellanic Cloud, just 200,000 ly away.
Read more: https://buff.ly/3PSqZNo
February 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🌌 Friday Space⭐
This is one of my favourite images from JWST😍
This is NGC 602, and I adore the colours and textures we can see in this JWST image!
This is a young star cluster in the outskirt of the Small Magellanic Cloud, just 200,000 ly away.
Read more: https://buff.ly/3PSqZNo
This is one of my favourite images from JWST😍
This is NGC 602, and I adore the colours and textures we can see in this JWST image!
This is a young star cluster in the outskirt of the Small Magellanic Cloud, just 200,000 ly away.
Read more: https://buff.ly/3PSqZNo
Reposted by Chris Pattison
How’s this for a Monday morning? 🤩 A team of #HumansOfEuclid discovered an Einstein ring 💍 in nearby galaxy, NGC 6505. Only possible with the unique capabilities of this wonderful telescope!
February 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
How’s this for a Monday morning? 🤩 A team of #HumansOfEuclid discovered an Einstein ring 💍 in nearby galaxy, NGC 6505. Only possible with the unique capabilities of this wonderful telescope!
Reposted by Chris Pattison
New panorama from the Mars Perseverance Rover showing the terrain beyond Jezero Crater. Taken using MastCam-Z on Sol 1412.
White balanced (below): flic.kr/p/2qL33db
Natural Color: flic.kr/p/2qL33cE
White balanced (below): flic.kr/p/2qL33db
Natural Color: flic.kr/p/2qL33cE
February 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
New panorama from the Mars Perseverance Rover showing the terrain beyond Jezero Crater. Taken using MastCam-Z on Sol 1412.
White balanced (below): flic.kr/p/2qL33db
Natural Color: flic.kr/p/2qL33cE
White balanced (below): flic.kr/p/2qL33db
Natural Color: flic.kr/p/2qL33cE
Reposted by Chris Pattison
Need something to watch on your commute home? @cosmochris.bsky.social breaks down today’s #Euclid discovery ⬇️ 💍
If you want to know all about this image, here's a handy video!: youtu.be/BeHzkHkN424
February 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Need something to watch on your commute home? @cosmochris.bsky.social breaks down today’s #Euclid discovery ⬇️ 💍
If you want to know all about this image, here's a handy video!: youtu.be/BeHzkHkN424
February 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If you want to know all about this image, here's a handy video!: youtu.be/BeHzkHkN424
🌌 BRAND NEW SPACE MONDAY🔭
The Euclid Space Telescope has released an image of a nearby galaxy called NGC 6505. In it, they discovered an Einstein Ring, the first one ever seen in an NGC object!
Even more exciting because I work with a lot of the people involved in this discovery! 🤩
Stunning 🌌 😍
The Euclid Space Telescope has released an image of a nearby galaxy called NGC 6505. In it, they discovered an Einstein Ring, the first one ever seen in an NGC object!
Even more exciting because I work with a lot of the people involved in this discovery! 🤩
Stunning 🌌 😍
February 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🌌 BRAND NEW SPACE MONDAY🔭
The Euclid Space Telescope has released an image of a nearby galaxy called NGC 6505. In it, they discovered an Einstein Ring, the first one ever seen in an NGC object!
Even more exciting because I work with a lot of the people involved in this discovery! 🤩
Stunning 🌌 😍
The Euclid Space Telescope has released an image of a nearby galaxy called NGC 6505. In it, they discovered an Einstein Ring, the first one ever seen in an NGC object!
Even more exciting because I work with a lot of the people involved in this discovery! 🤩
Stunning 🌌 😍
Reposted by Chris Pattison
Scientists with #ESAEuclid have discovered an Einstein Ring gravitational lens in a nearby NGC galaxies - something very rare, unexpected, and beautiful. NGC 6505 bends space, turning the image of a background galaxy into a ring.
Read more: www.euclid-ec.org/einstein-rin...
🔭 #space #science
Read more: www.euclid-ec.org/einstein-rin...
🔭 #space #science
Euclid finds complete Einstein Ring in NGC galaxy
A space mission to map the Dark Universe
www.euclid-ec.org
February 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Scientists with #ESAEuclid have discovered an Einstein Ring gravitational lens in a nearby NGC galaxies - something very rare, unexpected, and beautiful. NGC 6505 bends space, turning the image of a background galaxy into a ring.
Read more: www.euclid-ec.org/einstein-rin...
🔭 #space #science
Read more: www.euclid-ec.org/einstein-rin...
🔭 #space #science
🌌 Friday Space⭐
This is a beautiful galaxy full of pulsing cepheid variable stars, and home to a supernova seen in 2011.
This is NGC 3972 imaged by Hubble, and it's incrediblly pretty😍
Read more:
This is a beautiful galaxy full of pulsing cepheid variable stars, and home to a supernova seen in 2011.
This is NGC 3972 imaged by Hubble, and it's incrediblly pretty😍
Read more:
Hubble's Galaxy Full of Cosmic Lighthouses - NASA Science
This enchanting spiral galaxy can be found in the constellation of Ursa Major (the Great Bear). Star-studded NGC 3972 lies about 65 million light-years away
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February 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🌌 Friday Space⭐
This is a beautiful galaxy full of pulsing cepheid variable stars, and home to a supernova seen in 2011.
This is NGC 3972 imaged by Hubble, and it's incrediblly pretty😍
Read more:
This is a beautiful galaxy full of pulsing cepheid variable stars, and home to a supernova seen in 2011.
This is NGC 3972 imaged by Hubble, and it's incrediblly pretty😍
Read more:
Tonight we're hosting Stargazing at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard!
I'll try and live-post as many of the awesome space-themed activities we have on offer as I can!
Follow along to see them all! #PompeyStargazing #Stargazing
I'll try and live-post as many of the awesome space-themed activities we have on offer as I can!
Follow along to see them all! #PompeyStargazing #Stargazing
February 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Tonight we're hosting Stargazing at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard!
I'll try and live-post as many of the awesome space-themed activities we have on offer as I can!
Follow along to see them all! #PompeyStargazing #Stargazing
I'll try and live-post as many of the awesome space-themed activities we have on offer as I can!
Follow along to see them all! #PompeyStargazing #Stargazing
🌌 Monday Space⭐
Start your week by checking out these beautiful, shimmering cosmic curtains!
This is a "light-echo", glowing gas that was heated up by a supernova called Cassiopeia A.
Read more:
Start your week by checking out these beautiful, shimmering cosmic curtains!
This is a "light-echo", glowing gas that was heated up by a supernova called Cassiopeia A.
Read more:
Light echoes near Cassiopeia A
Light echoes near Cassiopeia A
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February 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🌌 Monday Space⭐
Start your week by checking out these beautiful, shimmering cosmic curtains!
This is a "light-echo", glowing gas that was heated up by a supernova called Cassiopeia A.
Read more:
Start your week by checking out these beautiful, shimmering cosmic curtains!
This is a "light-echo", glowing gas that was heated up by a supernova called Cassiopeia A.
Read more:
🌌 Friday Space! ⭐
This is a Hubble image of the dusty Orion Nebula.
It's just 1,300 light-years away, and the nebula is visible with the naked eye, below the three stars in Orion's belt.
It won't look like this though, we need Hubble to see it so clearly!
Read more: https://buff.ly/3PNldN7
This is a Hubble image of the dusty Orion Nebula.
It's just 1,300 light-years away, and the nebula is visible with the naked eye, below the three stars in Orion's belt.
It won't look like this though, we need Hubble to see it so clearly!
Read more: https://buff.ly/3PNldN7
January 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🌌 Friday Space! ⭐
This is a Hubble image of the dusty Orion Nebula.
It's just 1,300 light-years away, and the nebula is visible with the naked eye, below the three stars in Orion's belt.
It won't look like this though, we need Hubble to see it so clearly!
Read more: https://buff.ly/3PNldN7
This is a Hubble image of the dusty Orion Nebula.
It's just 1,300 light-years away, and the nebula is visible with the naked eye, below the three stars in Orion's belt.
It won't look like this though, we need Hubble to see it so clearly!
Read more: https://buff.ly/3PNldN7
The first Monday Space picture 😍
This is the Leo P dwarf galaxy, imaged by JWST!
It's a star-forming galaxy, 5 million light years away, part of which is shown in blue in the lower right!
The colours, structures and shapes here are stunning, I love it!
Read more here: https://buff.ly/40YbVEt
This is the Leo P dwarf galaxy, imaged by JWST!
It's a star-forming galaxy, 5 million light years away, part of which is shown in blue in the lower right!
The colours, structures and shapes here are stunning, I love it!
Read more here: https://buff.ly/40YbVEt
January 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The first Monday Space picture 😍
This is the Leo P dwarf galaxy, imaged by JWST!
It's a star-forming galaxy, 5 million light years away, part of which is shown in blue in the lower right!
The colours, structures and shapes here are stunning, I love it!
Read more here: https://buff.ly/40YbVEt
This is the Leo P dwarf galaxy, imaged by JWST!
It's a star-forming galaxy, 5 million light years away, part of which is shown in blue in the lower right!
The colours, structures and shapes here are stunning, I love it!
Read more here: https://buff.ly/40YbVEt
I want to start using BlueSky more!
To this end, I'll be using this channel to post space pictures I love or that are new every week, on Mondays and Fridays! Start and end you week with a beautiful view of the cosmos!
Follow along to see the best pictures of the universe that I can find! 🔭 🌌 🤩
To this end, I'll be using this channel to post space pictures I love or that are new every week, on Mondays and Fridays! Start and end you week with a beautiful view of the cosmos!
Follow along to see the best pictures of the universe that I can find! 🔭 🌌 🤩
January 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I want to start using BlueSky more!
To this end, I'll be using this channel to post space pictures I love or that are new every week, on Mondays and Fridays! Start and end you week with a beautiful view of the cosmos!
Follow along to see the best pictures of the universe that I can find! 🔭 🌌 🤩
To this end, I'll be using this channel to post space pictures I love or that are new every week, on Mondays and Fridays! Start and end you week with a beautiful view of the cosmos!
Follow along to see the best pictures of the universe that I can find! 🔭 🌌 🤩