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20.1K
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
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Known for
471 views
Did I travel all the way to #JodrellBank this morning for a 5min TV interview? Yes reader, I did.
Did I then persuade the fab e-MERLIN Director Simon Garrington to let me climb inside the Lovell Telescope?
Well, if you can't flex a Royal title occasionally, then what is the point of having it? 😇🔭🧪
107 views
Scientists do love turning accidents into discovery!
Wed 5th Aug 06:34UTC: 4 tonnes of Space-X debris will crash into the moon 😮 This sim shows what will happen, if we understand the moon as well as we think we do. If we see something different, we learn something new! 👏 🧪🔭🛰️
🎥 William Jo/UT Austin
📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Jul 27latest
166
Avg engagement / post
64–198
Typical post (engagement)
0.8%
Engagement vs followers
58/100
Consistent reach
Jul 2023
On Bluesky since
Half of recent posts land between 64 and 198 likes + reposts (median 107) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: Sadly it's not just #JodrellBank losing funding, with deep cuts · 513 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
18.3 / week
Posts daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 6 text · 4 image · 2 video.
Follower / following
23×
Follows 864 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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"There are shades of the departed Starmer government in this saga: @ukri.org wants to tell a big story about science funding going up, but instead is mired in a row over a fairly minor sum.... One does not have to be an astronomer to know …
"Will I be able to see the crash?" Probably not, but that doesn't mean friends in the Americas shouldn't try (daylight for those in Europe): look to the eastern limb of the Einstein crater. The @eso.org VLT will observe it & NASA’s Lunar R…
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Scientists do love turning accidents into discovery!
Wed 5th Aug 06:34UTC: 4 tonnes of Space-X debris will crash into the moon 😮 This sim shows what will happen, if we understand the moon as well as we think we do. If we see something dif…
Had a dream last night that a Mama Bear was calmly giving birth in the corner of our kitchen while my two cats were her midwifes 🤷♀️.... they seem quite exhausted this morning from the weight of all that responsibility. #Caturday
The new UkGov "may be more willing to hold UKRI to account for its specific prioritisation decisions based on the reality that they are political choices with political consequences". 🤞 #SaveUKAstronomy #SaveJodrellBank
Every monarch will soon be wanting their own shining ethereal lunar crown 🤩 #BuckMoon
As ever - top photography @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social
Chuckle o'clock: over on stargazers lounge (ace place for 🔭chat) someone got v confused about the whole 🇬🇧Astronomer Royal vs 🏴Astronomer Royal thing, accusing me of closing #JodrellBank to undermine the UK for Scottish supremacy (pa…
Meet the team of interviewees, fighting to #SaveJodrellBank on BBC Breakfast this morning.💪
L:Dr David Williams-Baldwin @davidw-b.bsky.social top black hole expert, linking the smallest to the supermassive
C:Simon Garrington - Prof Boss!
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Did I travel all the way to #JodrellBank this morning for a 5min TV interview? Yes reader, I did.
Did I then persuade the fab e-MERLIN Director Simon Garrington to let me climb inside the Lovell Telescope?
Well, if you can't flex a Royal t…
A busy morning filming with BBC Breakfast at Jodrell Bank! Photos/vids to follow, but in the meantime enjoy me locked inside @philbull.bsky.social's RHINO cage: a brand new radio telescope designed to detect the light emitted by neutral hy…
Think of all the awesome science-ing we could do with an extra £20M......🧪
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Scientists do love turning accidents into discovery!
Wed 5th Aug 06:34UTC: 4 tonnes of Space-X debris will crash into the moon 😮 This sim shows what will happen, if we understand the moon as well as we think we do. If we see something dif…
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Did I travel all the way to #JodrellBank this morning for a 5min TV interview? Yes reader, I did.
Did I then persuade the fab e-MERLIN Director Simon Garrington to let me climb inside the Lovell Telescope?
Well, if you can't flex a Royal t…
🦋 Handle & authenticity
Bluesky handle
@astroroyalscot.bsky.social
A default .bsky.social handle — genuine, but not domain-verified. Confirm identity before a high-value deal.
On Bluesky since
Jul 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 166 views per post.
📤Posts about 18.3× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
📍Based in United Kingdom.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated95/100
Excellent
Credibility score
99%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~0.8% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Professor of Astrophysics, Edinburgh University. Author of How to Design a Universe. @astronomerroyal on insta (She/her)
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