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Mary McIntyre

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Astronomy communicator/writer, Star Diary podcast co-host, astrophotographer, space artist, 4 GMN meteor cameras, microscopy, bass player, lover of cats and cakes. Co-author of the Collin's Stargazer's Bible. Website: marymcintyreastronomy.co.uk

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · Nov 14

The Collin's Stargazer's Bible by Mary McIntyre, Ian Ridpath & Rachel Federman was published in October '24 and is available in all bookshops now!

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 15h

I had such a fun time doing a double session in a school today, covering astrophotography tips + astronomy coursework stuff. The students were impeccably behaved (especially given the fact this was a two hour session in total!) and my day was made brighter by seeing my lovely friend Kat 😊

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 1d

On 6 Oct the almost full #Perigee #Moon produced some spectacular #lunar #AtmosphericOptics. Very bright right side #paraselene (#moondog) with long #ParaselenicCircle fragment, very prominent lunar #CircumzenithalArc, #UpperTangentArc. Our Auroracam also caught a 120deg paraselene Oxfordshire, UK!

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 2d

Trio of #galaxies; #M81, #M82 and #NGC3077 taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a 70mm refractor and Canon 1100D. 45x60sec at ISO-1600, stacked with 25 darks.

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 6d

From 3 years ago, #IC1805 The #HeartNebula, an emission #nebula in #Cassiopeia. Taken from Oxfordshire, UK with a 70mm refractor, astro-modded Canon 1100D + Altair Quad Band filter. 70 x 3 minutes at ISO-3200 + 30 darks, total integration time 3hr 30min.

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 7d

#Messier33 the #TriangulumGalaxy. Taken from #Oxfordshire, UK with a small refractor & standard #Canon1100D, 45 x 60 seconds at ISO-1600, total integration time 45 minutes #M33 #Galaxy #Astrophotography

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you so much :)

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 8d

#VeilNebula complex, taken from Oxfordshire, UK. 70mm refractor, 0.8x focal reducer, #AltairQuadband filter + astro-modded #Canon1100D. Shot during summer, 45x120sec ISO-1600. I removed the stars before processing & merged back in at the end, but I need far more practice at that!

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you Mandy. I actually used the NASA Visualisation Studio images for this one. I use it to accurately check the Moon phase and libration for the date in question for all my Moon drawings, but I sometimes use photos as well.

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 9d

This afternoon I had a lovely session in a local school, teaching a lesson on the Moon and how to create a simple lunar Crater sketch. The class was so well behaved, they produced some fantastic drawings and they had lots of brilliant general astronomy questions at the end 🥰

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 14d

4 years ago I created this pastel drawing of the lunar crater named for #CarolineHerschel. From Earth it's a small crater with little detail visible so I used an #LRO photo as my reference.
#AstronomySketching #SpaceArt #LunarCraterSketch #CraterDrawing

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Susan Snow @susansnowy.bsky.social · 14d

A little #moonrise time lapse from 8th September🌝 #Moon

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 14d

My latest video on my craft channel was all about autumn leaves. I made two different resin leaf trinket trays and lots of smaller leaves in a variety of colours, finished with a bit of gold gilding wax. Watch the video here: youtu.be/GYx25Ihvmus?...

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 15d

That's a rock fact! My DVD player is warming up ready for my annual Over the Garden Wall-a-thon!

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 16d

That's a beautiful piece of the mosaic. A few years ago they uncovered a large Roman mosaic floor among the remains of a villa in our village in Oxfordshire. It was lifted and currently in storage but I hope we can display it here at some point.

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 16d

This is what a newly launched batch of Starlink satellites looks like on our #MeteorCameras. All night stacked images are from 21 Sept '25, Oxfordshire, UK. Behind the crud the cameras captured 127 & 160 meteors respectively. Fortunately RMS software is good at filtering out junk

star trails, numerous aircraft trails and a wide smear across the sky caused by newly launched satellites. Behind those trails lie over a hundred meteors

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 17d

I absolutely love making #autumn / #fall themed stuff so a couple of weeks ago I made #PineCones two ways, the 1st were made from a felt kit, the 2nd with epoxy resin. Such different results but I love both! Here's the creation video: youtu.be/pFfLZ73jdTs?...

Collage of photos showing yellow and orange felt pine cones staged with a couple of bunches of autumn coloured flowers. In the centre sitting on a wooden log slice is a variety of different sizes of brown pine cones that have been embellished with a bit of gold wax. A pair of small ones has been turned into a pair of earrings.

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 18d

Happy #WorldIridiumFlareDay! I took 234 #IridiumFlare photos prior to the final flaring satellite deorbit in Dec 2019. I have fond memories of tracking them down. Share your Iridium Flare photos below! #Flarewell #iridiumComm #IridiumBoss My longer video: tinyurl.com/3ruwjwsn

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 21d

Several hours of work condensed into a minute! Here is a timelapse of me creating the 1% #WaningCrescent #Moon #PastelDrawing I shared yesterday. Pastels + Posca paint pen on black paper #AstronomySketching #SpaceArt #MoonArt #MoonDrawing

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 21d

Happy 1st Birthday to the USA/Canada edition of the Stargazer's Bible, which was launched on 17th September 2024 (the UK version came out a couple of weeks later). I can't believe it's already been a year. I have loved hearing how much people are enjoying the book 🥰

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 22d

#PastelDrawing of a 1% #WaningCrescent #Moon with #Earthshine. This is the slimmest crescent moon I've ever drawn! I was asked to create it for a ten year wedding anniversary gift as it shows the #Moon on the couple's wedding day #SpaceArt #MoonArt #MoonDrawing #AstronomyDrawing #PastelArt

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 22d

I'm sorry that you can't get out much at night yourself, but glad you enjoyed seeing this on screen :)

Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 23d

2hr 15min #CelestialEquator #StarTrails #timelapse, 16 Aug '25. My camera was pointing south at the celestial equator. I stacked the images in StarStaX, saving the cumulative files to create this timelapse. 315 x 25 sec, #Canon1100D +10mm lens. Music by Doctor Turtle

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 23d

2hr 15min #StarTrails, pointing south at the #CelestialEquator + the #MilkyWay. Images taken on 16 Aug '25 from my garden in #Oxfordshire, UK. #Canon1100D + 10mm lens, 315 x 25 sec, stacked using #StarStaX

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 27d

#MilkyWay from North #Oxfordshire, taken mid-August. 50x25sec ISO-1600 f/4.5. #Canon1100D + #Canon 10-18mm lens, stacked using #Sequator making use of the freeze foreground tool. The light pollution removal also helped to bring out lots more Milky Way detail

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Mary McIntyre @marymcintyreastro.bsky.social · 27d

#MilkyWay #timelapse from North #Oxfordshire, 16 Aug '25. Video created with 317x25sec shots, ISO-1600 f/4.5, #Canon1100D + #Canon 10-18mm lens. Music is 'Sleep' by Dave Simpson

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