Procyon
@procyon.bsky.social
A small raccoon in a big universe! I study exploding stars in distant galaxies by night and explore our home planet by day. 🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧, ♠️, 43, he/him/etc
Hello MFFers! I will be there this year and will be arriving tonight... but not until quite late! Get the party started for me and I'll join when I can!
December 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Hello MFFers! I will be there this year and will be arriving tonight... but not until quite late! Get the party started for me and I'll join when I can!
I'm in a place with a very different climate for a few days!
December 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I'm in a place with a very different climate for a few days!
On my way to the next stop in my travels! Connecting at Denver Airport - flying over Colorado is really pretty as always...
December 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
On my way to the next stop in my travels! Connecting at Denver Airport - flying over Colorado is really pretty as always...
Nice views from a short hike in the nearby mountains
November 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Nice views from a short hike in the nearby mountains
Happy Thanksgiving! I am back visiting my family in New Mexico for the holiday - will be making a stop in upstate New York next week, and then onto MFF next weekend. (Hoping to see many of you there!)
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! I am back visiting my family in New Mexico for the holiday - will be making a stop in upstate New York next week, and then onto MFF next weekend. (Hoping to see many of you there!)
Finished with lecturing for another semester! Which means it's time to travel again! *airplane zooming noises*
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Finished with lecturing for another semester! Which means it's time to travel again! *airplane zooming noises*
Experiencing the finest of British cuisine
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Experiencing the finest of British cuisine
Feeling affectionate, do not have (and never will have) an acceptable way of dealing with such emotions...
October 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Feeling affectionate, do not have (and never will have) an acceptable way of dealing with such emotions...
Spent the whole weekend writing an ultra-fast-track paper on a really interesting astronomical object one of the students in my group found earlier this month - but despite working nonstop for three days it was a lot of fun getting it together! (Vague preview below...)
October 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Spent the whole weekend writing an ultra-fast-track paper on a really interesting astronomical object one of the students in my group found earlier this month - but despite working nonstop for three days it was a lot of fun getting it together! (Vague preview below...)
Yesterday a visiting speaker gave a talk to our department about his work developing an AI system to write (bad) scientific papers, and the only thing our PhD students are talking about today is how AI is terrible and must be razed to the ground. The kids are alright
October 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Yesterday a visiting speaker gave a talk to our department about his work developing an AI system to write (bad) scientific papers, and the only thing our PhD students are talking about today is how AI is terrible and must be razed to the ground. The kids are alright
The sadness is never far away
September 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The sadness is never far away
Back home again. Straight into the teaching whirlwind - the semester starts tomorrow!
September 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Back home again. Straight into the teaching whirlwind - the semester starts tomorrow!
We really lost out on something when we stopped putting gargoyles on observatory domes
September 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We really lost out on something when we stopped putting gargoyles on observatory domes
Reposted by Procyon
Finished illustration for @Procyon of their raccoon character waiting out the storm as it passes overhead!
http://wolf-ink.co.uk
http://wolf-ink.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Finished illustration for @Procyon of their raccoon character waiting out the storm as it passes overhead!
http://wolf-ink.co.uk
http://wolf-ink.co.uk
Time for another trans-Atlantic trip! This time I'm going to... Wisconsin. (Somewhere different, at least?)
September 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Time for another trans-Atlantic trip! This time I'm going to... Wisconsin. (Somewhere different, at least?)
Cheers to S. D., our recently confirmed Associate Professor in Engagement for Biofouling and Environmentally Friendly Antifouling
September 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Cheers to S. D., our recently confirmed Associate Professor in Engagement for Biofouling and Environmentally Friendly Antifouling
On the plus side, walking your lambanana on a pride leash still seems to be allowed
September 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
On the plus side, walking your lambanana on a pride leash still seems to be allowed
Liverpool City Council getting ready to... ban fursuiting in the city centre (where I live)?!?
September 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Liverpool City Council getting ready to... ban fursuiting in the city centre (where I live)?!?
Had a great time this weekend, hope to be back next year!
September 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Had a great time this weekend, hope to be back next year!
I am visiting an Official Fancypants College™ for a few days
September 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I am visiting an Official Fancypants College™ for a few days
Ben Nevis was too easy so now we are doing... this
August 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Ben Nevis was too easy so now we are doing... this
Ben Nevis, highest point in the UK
August 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Ben Nevis, highest point in the UK