Freddy
@fredle.bsky.social
Foodie, astrophotography, politics, history,
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Had my last Chandra senior staff meeting this morning; filled in my Smithsonian timesheet for the last time today. Last day in the office is Friday. I'll miss my colleagues but I won't miss the management and admin chores. On to full-time spacenerdery!
January 21, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Had my last Chandra senior staff meeting this morning; filled in my Smithsonian timesheet for the last time today. Last day in the office is Friday. I'll miss my colleagues but I won't miss the management and admin chores. On to full-time spacenerdery!
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Crazy #AuroraBorealis last night at latitude <52° N, even hitting Orion in the southern sky above the Harz mountains. What a night! #astrophotography 🔭
January 20, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Crazy #AuroraBorealis last night at latitude <52° N, even hitting Orion in the southern sky above the Harz mountains. What a night! #astrophotography 🔭
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Ich stehe hier und kann mein Glück nicht fassen…. #polarlichter
January 19, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Ich stehe hier und kann mein Glück nicht fassen…. #polarlichter
Im Moment gibt es starke Polarlichter über Deutschland. Hier Stendal in der Altmark
January 19, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Im Moment gibt es starke Polarlichter über Deutschland. Hier Stendal in der Altmark
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Finally, here is my composite image of the #Geminids peak on 13/14 December 2025. It was by far my most successful observation of a #MeteorShower, with over 260 meteors within 5 hours - what a night! The image is a composite of 61 individual shots of 15s and contains 65 Geminids. #Astrophotography 🔭
January 12, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Finally, here is my composite image of the #Geminids peak on 13/14 December 2025. It was by far my most successful observation of a #MeteorShower, with over 260 meteors within 5 hours - what a night! The image is a composite of 61 individual shots of 15s and contains 65 Geminids. #Astrophotography 🔭
Ich glaube es fehlt Macha
Also wenn sich das nicht verkauft, dann weiß ich auch nicht mehr
January 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Ich glaube es fehlt Macha
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Show before but now in BW to emphasize detail. The Milky Way and Come Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in the sck together from Oct 24. #Scape #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #nightskyphotography #MilkyWay #CometTsuchinshanAtlas #TsuchinhanAtlas
January 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Show before but now in BW to emphasize detail. The Milky Way and Come Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in the sck together from Oct 24. #Scape #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #nightskyphotography #MilkyWay #CometTsuchinshanAtlas #TsuchinhanAtlas
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Flying into Orion’s Belt at 0.001c 🌌
The hunter isn’t flat. It’s a real 3D region of space. (Upgraded animation!) #astronomy 🔭
The hunter isn’t flat. It’s a real 3D region of space. (Upgraded animation!) #astronomy 🔭
January 6, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Flying into Orion’s Belt at 0.001c 🌌
The hunter isn’t flat. It’s a real 3D region of space. (Upgraded animation!) #astronomy 🔭
The hunter isn’t flat. It’s a real 3D region of space. (Upgraded animation!) #astronomy 🔭
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Happy new year! My all sky camera imaged the sky every 15 seconds and this picture shows what happened in the sky in 2025. It shows the length of the night and day with the hourglass shape, the monthly lunar cycle with the diagonal bands, the elevation of the Sun at local noon, and lots of clouds.
January 1, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Happy new year! My all sky camera imaged the sky every 15 seconds and this picture shows what happened in the sky in 2025. It shows the length of the night and day with the hourglass shape, the monthly lunar cycle with the diagonal bands, the elevation of the Sun at local noon, and lots of clouds.
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If you want to impress friends, family & foes and subtly and secretly spread propaganda for the Netherlands... go make them oliebollen this new year's eve!
(Painting is from the 1650s and was made by Aelbert Cuyp.)
(Painting is from the 1650s and was made by Aelbert Cuyp.)
December 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
If you want to impress friends, family & foes and subtly and secretly spread propaganda for the Netherlands... go make them oliebollen this new year's eve!
(Painting is from the 1650s and was made by Aelbert Cuyp.)
(Painting is from the 1650s and was made by Aelbert Cuyp.)
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This GIF shows the movement of 3I/ATLAS over the course of just under an hour (58 min 30 s). #astrophotography
December 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This GIF shows the movement of 3I/ATLAS over the course of just under an hour (58 min 30 s). #astrophotography
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67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - Rosetta - From Aster Cowart (terrasabaea.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/RmwTum
December 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - Rosetta - From Aster Cowart (terrasabaea.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/RmwTum
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To all my followers!
December 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
To all my followers!
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#Andromeda Galaxy:
Finally, the full-frame Andromeda photo I set out to capture this year.
▼ Baader Apo 95 CaF₂ | SkyEye62AM, Canon EOS R(a) ’25
© Thomas Hanrath '25 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
astrocamp.eu/en/andromeda...
#astrophotography #astronomy #nature #deepsky #astroimaging #nightsky
Finally, the full-frame Andromeda photo I set out to capture this year.
▼ Baader Apo 95 CaF₂ | SkyEye62AM, Canon EOS R(a) ’25
© Thomas Hanrath '25 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
astrocamp.eu/en/andromeda...
#astrophotography #astronomy #nature #deepsky #astroimaging #nightsky
December 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
#Andromeda Galaxy:
Finally, the full-frame Andromeda photo I set out to capture this year.
▼ Baader Apo 95 CaF₂ | SkyEye62AM, Canon EOS R(a) ’25
© Thomas Hanrath '25 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
astrocamp.eu/en/andromeda...
#astrophotography #astronomy #nature #deepsky #astroimaging #nightsky
Finally, the full-frame Andromeda photo I set out to capture this year.
▼ Baader Apo 95 CaF₂ | SkyEye62AM, Canon EOS R(a) ’25
© Thomas Hanrath '25 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
astrocamp.eu/en/andromeda...
#astrophotography #astronomy #nature #deepsky #astroimaging #nightsky
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Star trails shot centred on Polaris from 16-17 December. Just over 3 hours of star movement. 😀 #Astronomy #Astrophotography
December 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Star trails shot centred on Polaris from 16-17 December. Just over 3 hours of star movement. 😀 #Astronomy #Astrophotography
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Europe's nighttime glow from space 🌍
This first colour mosaic of the continent at night was created from 7000+ pictures taken by astronauts on the International Space Station.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
This first colour mosaic of the continent at night was created from 7000+ pictures taken by astronauts on the International Space Station.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
December 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Europe's nighttime glow from space 🌍
This first colour mosaic of the continent at night was created from 7000+ pictures taken by astronauts on the International Space Station.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
This first colour mosaic of the continent at night was created from 7000+ pictures taken by astronauts on the International Space Station.
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
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This is #comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) from 11 December with two distinct nucleus fragments. It has changed significantly compared to my image from 22 November - and it has clearly reduced its relative speed, as I was able to expose for a little longer this time... #astrophotography 🔭
December 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is #comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) from 11 December with two distinct nucleus fragments. It has changed significantly compared to my image from 22 November - and it has clearly reduced its relative speed, as I was able to expose for a little longer this time... #astrophotography 🔭
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The Andromeda Galaxy from earlier this week. 11 December 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
December 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The Andromeda Galaxy from earlier this week. 11 December 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
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Flooded Jetty - Coniston
I was stood shin deep in very, very cold water for this one as I'd forgotten my wellies.
#photography #landscapephotography #landscape #eastCoastKin #longexposure #lakeDistrict #shareMondays2025
I was stood shin deep in very, very cold water for this one as I'd forgotten my wellies.
#photography #landscapephotography #landscape #eastCoastKin #longexposure #lakeDistrict #shareMondays2025
December 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Flooded Jetty - Coniston
I was stood shin deep in very, very cold water for this one as I'd forgotten my wellies.
#photography #landscapephotography #landscape #eastCoastKin #longexposure #lakeDistrict #shareMondays2025
I was stood shin deep in very, very cold water for this one as I'd forgotten my wellies.
#photography #landscapephotography #landscape #eastCoastKin #longexposure #lakeDistrict #shareMondays2025
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An Bahnhöfen gibt es so viele Bäcker, damit Bahnreisende bei Zugausfâllen einen Kaputtschieno trinken können.
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 AM
An Bahnhöfen gibt es so viele Bäcker, damit Bahnreisende bei Zugausfâllen einen Kaputtschieno trinken können.
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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In Chemnitz wurde neulich diese schöne Fahrradbrücke eröffnet. Jetzt kam raus: Der Radverkehr ist seit Einweihung im Vergleich zum Vorjahr um 32% gestiegen. Von 777 Fahrradfahrern pro Tag auf 1027/Tag. Der alte Satz: „Build it and they will come“ wurde also erneut eindrucksvoll bewiesen😊
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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