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Michael Merrifield
@astromikemerri.bsky.social
5.1K followers 570 following 2.5K posts
Emeritus professor of astronomy at the University of Nottingham. Too frequent appearances on YouTube. All my own views.
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 4h
I don’t know, either. I just expressed my opinion that assigning a probability of 40% is both self-serving and stupid.
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 6h
Good old Avi Loeb. covering his posterior by Inventing a figure of 40% probability that 3I/ATLAS is an interstellar spacecraft, so, in the tiny likelihood that it isn’t natural, he can take credit, and when it turns out to be just a comet he can claim to have said so all along. 🔭
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 1d
The OGH Guernsey really is lovely. A hand-written welcome and a tasty treat whenever we check in.
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 2d
I could watch and listen to this for hours.
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 2d
I am glad you two yutes enjoyed it.
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 2d
Just maxed out “night mode” to 10s exposure.
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 2d
Milky Way above Belvoir by iPhone. 🔭
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 2d
A little iPhone astronomy (and astrometry) before bed. If you have never tried it, give nova.astrometry.net a go with a night sky image. 🔭
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 3d
Always been here in July before; in October the Sun sets over totally the wrong part of Guernsey!
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 3d
Oyster catcher siesta time. 🪶
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 3d
More autumnal butterflies.
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 3d
Still a few butterflies on a sunny morning.
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 3d
The view from my coffee table this morning.
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 3d
Through simple empathy, I will always respect whatever pronouns people ask me to use.

Please show similar empathy by accepting that the reasons I have for not specifying my own pronouns are none of your business.
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 3d
A quick night stroll to check out the bright lights of St Peter Port.
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 4d
It’s all gourmet cuisine around here, I can tell you.
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 4d
Update: hotel very sorry; attribution to be attached.
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 4d
Two countries equally annoyed by a common language!
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 4d
If you want lunch at the beach on Herm at this time of year, you have to bring your own. (Happily, our self-catering cottage is only yards away).
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 4d
A tad miffed that one of my photos has been used without even the courtesy of an attribution
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 4d
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 4d
The north end of Herm Island entirely to ourselves this morning, apart from quite a few birds. 🪶
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 5d
All sorts of free speech issues if they tried to make it.
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 5d
A very different experience on Herm at this time of year.
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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 5d
I am not aware of my alma mater ever depriving tenure on the grounds that a professor is promoting idiotic conspiracy theories.
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