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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 4h

The clouds have arrived. Time to stop the exposures. Will head to bed afterwards. Have a good night and morning everyone. 🔭 🧪

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 4h

I'll say one thing, Comet A6 Lemmon was easy to spot in my test exposures. Even at 75mm focal length. 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 4h

It's 4.29am. I've started some Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) exposures. This time using 300mm focal length. Theres a lot of aeroplanes flying over this morning. Streaks appearing on my pics. 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 5h

Newcastle upon Tyne in UK.

David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 5h

The latest observed magnitude for Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is 5.6. In theory naked eye. Not from a light polluted area. Still I'm waiting for it to clear a big tree here. 🔭 🧪

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 5h

It's 3.46am. I've started some Great Orion Nebula exposures. 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 6h

Fossil found on Dorset coast is unique 'sword dragon' species. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fossil found on UK coast is unique 'sword dragon' species

Scientists say the newly discovered species of marine reptile probably met a grizzly end.

www.bbc.co.uk

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

Tomorrow I'm hoping to have another go capturing Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). My first images today weren't great but a relief to finally get something. 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 11h

Naked mole rats' DNA could hold key to long life. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Naked mole rats reveal genetic secret to long life

The bald, subterranean rats are the world's longest-lived rodent.

www.bbc.co.uk

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

Very temporarily.

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

'VR took away my son's fear of cancer treatment.' 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Virtual reality helped take away my son's cancer treatment fear'

Coby is one of 27 children who are using virtual reality headsets as part of a two-year trial.

www.bbc.co.uk

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

Will look like a faint green 'smudge.'

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Reposted by David Blanchflower BSc

Martin Bracken - FRAS -CitySpaceAstro @cityspaceastro.bsky.social · 13h

The Moon 8-10-2025. It won't let me image any DSO's so I thought I would image it instead.

C6
ASI585MC
HEQ5 - Pro

#astronomy #astrophotography

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

Need at least binoculars.

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

Tonight the Waning Gibbous Moon appears close to the Pleiades. Culminating in an occultation of the seven sisters around dawn from the UK. 🔭 🧪

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

Still 21 and a bit!

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

Tesla investigated over self-driving cars on wrong side of road. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tesla investigated over self-driving cars on wrong side of road

The US government said approximately 2.9 million cars could be impacted by the investigation.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 15h

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is now 12 days away from closest approach to Earth. 🔭 🧪

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 16h

I still haven't verified my age here.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 16h

Interesting.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 16h

Fascinating.

Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 17h

So, yeah, a mind-vaporizingly huge explosion in space *may have been from a white dwarf ripped to shreds by a black hole*.

yeGADS

badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-white-dw...

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A white dwarf may have been torn to shreds by a black hole

Just writing that sentence made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up

badastronomy.beehiiv.com

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 16h

A couple of images of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). One on left taken using my 50mm lens, on right at 130mm focal length. Both Cropped. 9 October 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

Green comet at centre. Many other star dots.

Green comet withy faint tail at centre. Some star dots.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 19h

Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel Literature Prize. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel Prize for Literature

He was recognised “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 20h

A struggle to get. The usual cloudy reason.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 20h

Good luck!

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