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Ad Astra Tabernamque
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The Andromeda Galaxy (M31). 30 November 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
November 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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A stunning late #Roman glass goblet

Probably made in Egypt around AD 400

Found buried as a grave good at Highdown hillfort West #Sussex and now in Worthing @wtm.uk

📷 May 2024

An inscription around the vessel in Greek reads *use me and good health to you* 🥂

#FindsFriday #FridayFeeling
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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I don't know if @dieworkwear.bsky.social knows who on earth Morcambe & Wise are (legendary in the UK) but you gotta say those suits are a delight.
Genuinely had no idea this record existed until two minutes ago but now... I covet.
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Meet the destroyer HMS Glowworm. In April 1940 she was forced to fight the German Heavy Cruiser Admiral Hipper, ten times her size, and Hipper's destroyer escorts.

Her extraordinary last stand earned her captain the first Victoria Cross of WW2. In part because THE GERMANS nominated him for one /1 🧵
January 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Aurora visible to the naked eye near Cambridge, as a pale red / purple glow across the northern horizon. An 8 second camera exposure reveals more detail of the structure. First time I've seen this, an amazing sight.
October 11, 2024 at 12:09 AM
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Today I was introduced to what was described as the Worst Plot In Exoplanet Science, and frankly, it is a work of art
April 26, 2024 at 12:33 AM