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Epiphany @epiphanyappleseed.bsky.social · 3d

Saturday night's funky gibbous rising in SW London, 70.7% illuminated
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#astronomy #photography #astrophotography 🌖

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 7h

Tomorrow morning the Waning Crescent Moon appears close to the Beehive Cluster (M44). 🔭 🧪

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 7h

Starts with the season ticket holders with their allocation, then members like me enter a ballot, in the end a general sale first come first served. Match is televised but must pay to see it.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 8h

Yes been like that for hundreds of years. A bit daft.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 9h

Logarithmic.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 9h

Astronomy fact: Brightness of astronomical objects are given as a magnitude. The lower the magnitude number the brighter the object. For example, star Sirius magnitude -1.4 is brighter than Uranus average magnitude around +6.0. Naked eye is roughly +6 from a dark sky location. 🔭 🧪

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 10h

I'd wait until the 28th Alice 😉

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 12h

Failed to get one. So hard.

David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 13h

I've just joined an online queue to buy a ticket for Newcastle's European Cup match against Athletic Bilbao. 13,003 people in front of me. Will need a miracle to get one.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 13h

I've just joined an online queue to buy a ticket for Newcastle's European Cup match against Athletic Bilbao. 13,003 people in front of me. Will need a miracle to get one.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 13h

I like classics like David Copperfield, The Three Musketeers etc...

David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 14h

I've got a few books where I've made marks and notes, although I try to keep them in good condition had a few fall to bits because of multiple reads.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 17h

Royal Observatory Greenwich begins £77m renovation. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Greenwich's Royal Observatory begins £77m renovation works

A lift tower will be built to the Great Equatorial Telescope as part of the renovation project.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 17h

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) now has an observed brightness of magnitude 5.0. Its brightest so far. A week away from closest approach to Earth. By coincidence also a week away from the peak of the Orionids meteor shower. 🔭 🧪

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 17h

One of the world’s longest dinosaur trackways uncovered in Oxfordshire quarry. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

In the footsteps of giants - BBC News

One of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quary near Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 1d

I've just had some Birthday Chocolate Cake. Tasty it was.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 1d

Toys?

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight the Last (Third) Quarter Moon appears close to Jupiter with Castor and Pollux nearby. A great visual and photographic opportunity. 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography

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Stuart Atkinson @stuartatkinson.bsky.social · 1d

Took more pics of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) this morning, and despite Kendal's ghastly light pollution, the bright moonlight & banks of proper Jack the Ripper fog rolling over Kendal again and again I guess this one isn't too bad... Seestar S50, October 13th 2025.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 1d

Yes!

David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 1d

Just bought a ticket for Newcastle's League Cup game against Tottenham Hotspur. Different from usual. There was an extra layer of security before I could buy.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 1d

Your nose gets colder when you're stressed. These thermal images show the change. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thermal cameras read stress on my face

Psychologists subjected a BBC reporter to a carefully designed thermal camera stress test.

www.bbc.co.uk

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tonioche.bsky.social @tonioche.bsky.social · 1d

Comet C/2025 A6(Lemmon) is now starting to be visible at dusk in the northern hemisphere. This shot was taken on october 12th from Valberg, France at 18:30UTC. Sony A7III 85mm F1.8 (Comet 20x30 sec tracked and foreground 10x30sec)

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Astro Attorney ⚖️ @astroattorney.com · 1d

40 minutes on M33, the Triangulum/Pinwheel Galaxy, using the Apertura Carbonstar 150, Starizona Nexus reducer/corrector and QHY Mini Cam8 mono RGB last night.

Messier 33 (NGC 598) is commonly known as the Triangulum Galaxy. Barely visible to the naked eye, this nearby spiral is the third-largest galaxy in the Local Group, after the nearby Andromeda Galaxy (M 31) and our own Milky Way. M 33 is approaching our Solar System at 182 km/s. Corrected for our motion around the Milky Way's galactic center, M 33 is approaching our galaxy at 24 km/sec, which means that M 33 is moving towards M 31. In fact, the Triangulum galaxy may be a remote but gravitationally bound companion of Andromeda. The Pisces Dwarf galaxy (LGS 3), one of the Local Group's small member galaxies, is possibly a satellite of Triangulum.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Early Birthday!

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