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I'm so pleased to see that a book I was a tiny part of 'Stars of Orion' featured in Astronomy Now magazine's This Year in Books section.

My short story 'In Person' is featured in the BSFA's anthology Fission #2 — now available to buy!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fission-Stories-British-Science-Association/dp/...

It's been announced that my short story 'In Person' will feature in this year's British Science Fiction Association's anthology. I am over the Moon! Watch this space.

FISSION #2 UPDATE

An overwhelming response and a very high standard of entry.

With over 230 submissions, there were too many excellent stories to fit into one single edition, so there will two Fission #2 volumes this year!

Vol. 1 (coming in May) will include: pic.twitter.com/MOk9pKGPRO

— BSFA (@BSFA) April 25, 2022

This is it. This is the final entry of the Messier Catalogue and so the last #MessierMonday. Thank you to everyone who's joined me on this journey.

M110 is known as Edward Young Star—but it’s not a star, it’s a dwarf elliptical galaxy.
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We’re looking towards the Greater Bear again today ...

This week’s #MessierMonday is M109, it's designated NGC 3992 in the New General Catalogue, but has no special name. Any suggestions?
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Image: Wikisky pic.twitter.com/lR8NNxZ2nF

This week’s #MessierMonday is M108, also known as the Surfboard Galaxy!
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It's a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major.

Image: Wikimedia Commons/Hewholooks pic.twitter.com/8kCgKNkJfk

‘An audience of stellar flashbulbs’ is how https://t.co/dwNivsCLxR describe it. Since 1947, when Helen Sawyer Hogg added it to Messier’s catalogue, it’s been known as M107.

It’s time for #MessierMonday.
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This week’s #MessierMonday is a spiral galaxy known as M106. It's found in the constellation Canes Venatici.

Take a look at its arms—do you notice anything unusual about them?
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Image credits: NASA, ESA, & R. Gendler

Welcome to the first #MessierMonday of 2022!

This glowing orb is actually an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Leo, known as M105.
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Image credits: NASA, ESA, STScI & C. Sarazin pic.twitter.com/NqdynFbten

This week we’re looking at M104—and it’s the last #MessierMonday of 2021! We are ending the year on a stunner.

The dust lane and the incredibly bright bulge give it the impression of a Sombrero, hence it’s more common name: the Sombrero Galaxy.
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