Martin McKenna (Nightskyhunter)
@martinastro2005
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Photography, Storm chasing, Aurora, Comets, NLCs & drones are my true passion in life. I showcase my images on https://t.co/2oQjhiF7wP
Cookstown, N. Ireland
Joined May 2012
Complex sunspots to the E & SE now moving into view and they have a history of big CMEs when on the far side. They will be geoeffective for the next week, will they flare or will they not, that is the question. If they do then possible aurora prospects in future. Credit: SOHO
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Drone shot of the leading edge of the shelf/guster which passed near Cookstown and over Slieve Gallion this evening. Tops were too warm for thunder but the sky sure did look mean and dark leading up to this.
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New website write up covering late summer, nature scenes, the big cell which flooded Moneymore and our Perseid meteor shower watch.
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Precip shaft pretending to be a vortex, Cookstown/Moneymore this evening.
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Nice little shelf cloud on those red cores near Cookstown a while ago.
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Drone still image from Myroe - sunset harvest near the shores of Lough Foyle.
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224m cruise ship Seven Seas Grandeur sailing outbound from Lough Foyle to open sea on Thursday afternoon with pilot vessel for scale. @FoylePort @regentcruises
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Harvesting at sunset between Myroe and Bellarena near the shores of Lough Foyle,
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Seven Seas Grandeur (224m) sailing outbound from Lough Foyle this afternoon during her first ever visit to these waters with two blasts from her horn as she went underway to next port of call in Belfast. @FoylePort
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Small passenger vessel Island Sky sailing outbound on Lough Foyle this evening for her next port of call at Killybegs. 90.6m in length and a flag from Bahamas. (video frames here).
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RT @SkyandTelescope: How a determined amateur astronomer may have hit on the identity of a Cepheid variable double star described by a belo….
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Lough Fea before dawn on August 13th during our Perseid meteor watch. Planets Venus and Jupiter in close conjunction in morning twilight over a calm lough with Charis house on the hills.
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The big cell over Moneymore today which caused flash flooding, view of flanking region at 15mm wide on full frame as it moved E. A very potent cell despite the warm cloud tops.
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The Moneymore cell with white core, had there been cold cloud tops and shear that would have been a great storm.
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Impressive cell perched over moneymore area, place was flooded. I was shocked how big the updraughts were on it, literally solid and boiling across the zenith. Tops seem too warm for thunder still, but it was def surface based.
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RT @NickJF75: THUNDERSTORM WATCH - THURS 14 AUG 2025 ⚡️⚠️. Issued 2025-08-14 07:01:49.Valid: 14/08/2025 0700 to 15/08/2025 0600. Forecast D….
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Paul Martin and I before dawn at Lough Fea taking a selfie of the Venus-Jupiter conjunction when this bright Perseid appeared in the same frame reflecting on the water just as dawn was about to break. #perseids
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A mention today at OM Dark Sky Park Observatory about the Perseids. .
Hundreds of meteors flew over Northern Ireland as the Perseids returned over the night. While a full moon obscured visibility, some lucky observers got a dazzling view.
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RT @ConvectiveUK: Wednesday 13th August 2025:. T-storm are expected to develop across SW of Ireland, NE of Ireland into N Ireland with more….
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Perseid meteor watch last night 23.00 to 05.00. 62 Perseids observed. One borderline fireball. Don't know if I got any on camera yet, however I got a nice time lapse of the Jupiter-Venus conjunction which was beautiful. Home 05.30. #perseids.
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