Curiosity said Alice!

 

The Martian Vista captured by the mast-cam of the Curiosity Rover.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

" When you make something well it does last, even in the most extreme of environments. This image taken by the Curiosity Rover on Mars at its highest elevation to date, really underlines the extreme nature of the Martian Environment. 

In a timescale of one million years the Sun will have begun to heat up as part of its ageing process. Life on Earth will eventually become impossible. In the meantime, rather than prioritising humanity's escape to Mars, we might be better to invest resources in protecting our environment and defending the one 'Million Years', which is an enormous amount of time and represents at least 100,000 future generations". - Joel Cairo CEO of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.

"I was surprised to see our sponsor's image of the Andromeda Galaxy, captured with the Seestar S30, in the September issue of Astronomy Now. Who knew the 'old boy' would get to be astronomically popular?" - Kurt Thrust current Director of Jodrell Plank Observatory.

Mars and Uranus widefield

Widefield image from the Jodrell Plank Observatory captures the planet Uranus along with Mars. Credit; Pip Stakkert

"Pip realised that if he processed the data differently he would be able to show the visibly faint and distant planet Uranus. Uranus is so far away that it took the reflected sunlight we captured over four hours to reach us. As light travels at approximately 300,000 km per second, you might consider how big the Solar System actually is and in terms of  our galaxy the Solar System is a tiny locality!" - Kurt Thrust current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory

Made in Slough

Mars at opposition in 2014 - 127mm. Meade Apo- refractor - Credit George Roberts and Pip Stakkert.

" This year and for the past few years, the major planets have been quite low in the sky as viewed from the Jodrell Plank Observatory. Whilst archiving some old images taken by our sponsor from the Observatory in 2014, I came across this image of Mars with Syrtis Major on display. Pip Stakkert has spent some time reworking the data to create the above dramatic image. Both polar caps are clearly visible and white cloud sits upon the limb". - Kurt Thrust acting CEO and current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.