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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

When my telescope is trying to sleep during the day I occasionally point it at a hole in a nearby tree. Caught this Eastern Rosella showing off today. @davidbflower.bsky.social

Eastern Rosella taking off in the upside down position.

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#krakatau eruption 4/5 Sept 2029 upper troposphere SO2 from Himawari-9. @simoncarn.bsky.social @simonsat.bsky.social

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The Moon and Venus from our garden tonight. Mt Eliza, Victoria, Australia @davidbflower.bsky.social @astroroyalscot.bsky.social

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Crescent Moon and Venus this evening with wispy clouds.

Sony A7iv ISO400 f/6.3 1/15s f=156 mm 17-July-2026 18:30 AEST

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

In our First Nations traditions (the first astronomers) Venus is the sister of the Sun and wife to Jupiter. Lovely to see them so close. @davidbflower.bsky.social @astroroyalscot.bsky.social

Jupiter, Venus and Mercury in the evening light over Port Philip Bay. Sony A7iv zoom lens.

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Venus, Jupiter and Mercury (below and left of Jupiter) over Narrm this evening. @davidbflower.bsky.social @astroroyalscot.bsky.social (I’m hoping for some clear skies during the World Cup half-times - some 2am and 5am starts)

Venus, Jupiter and Mercury over Port Philip Bay (Narrm). Taken with a Sony A7iv and Tamron 20 mm f/2.8 lens on 11-June-2026

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The Tarantula nebula located in the LMC (sorry you northerners can’t see this). Taken with the Celestron Origin Mark II smart scope. 5 April 2026. @davidbflower.bsky.social @astroroyalscot.bsky.social

Tarantula nebula (30 Doradus/NGC2070) -home to Wolf-Rayet stars. Celestron Origin MII f=335 mm F/2.2. 191 x 10s stack. Processed in Pixinsight.

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Travelling to Lightning Ridge and stopped overnight near Coonabarabran to enjoy the night sky. LMC and SMC on show @davidbflower.bsky.social

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Caught a nice “crab” last night. Waiting for the gold to arrive. @davidbflower.bsky.social (shame Newcastle could quite score more over City)

Crab Nebula (Messier 1). The remnants of a supernova explosion in 1054CE. Details: William Optics 81/QhyMiniCam8. HSO (20 mins each). Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop.

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The Victorian bush fire smoke drifted over my home today. I was able to photograph Sunspots without the aid of a filter. @davidbflower.bsky.social @loreguerrieri.bsky.social @simoncarn.bsky.social

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

#HayliGubbi SO2 (UTLS only) retrievals using Himawari-8 IR channels. (1 day’s worth at 30 min intervals). @simoncarn.bsky.social @davidmpyle.bsky.social

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

The tree in my garden that hides the stars… but my wife loves it.

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Made a video of C/2025 R2(SWAN) 15-10-2025, 5-min intervals (75 min duration) - note the small tail pointing away from the Sun and in the direction of travel. It’s leaving the Solar system - back in -700 years (my ashes will be waiting …🙄) @davidbflower.bsky.social @astroroyalscot.bsky.social

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Totality. Merged exposures with light painting using an iPhone torch and Sony A7iii +77 mm focal length. @dylanodonnell.bsky.social @davidbflower.bsky.social

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Currently sailing in the Whitsundays. Caught a morning Venus.

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Jupiter and Venus. You can just about make out Ganymede.

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Jupiter and Venus with some background laughing - a typical Australian early morning chorus. @davidbflower.bsky.social (thanks for the heads-up!)

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

The Lagoon nebula (M8). Can you see the Bok globules? I’ve rotated the image 90 degrees and you can make out a monster cradling the massive star Herschel 36. @davidbflower.bsky.social @astroroyalscot.bsky.social

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

#lewotobi eruption rate small but quite rapid westward movement. Data courtesy: JMA/JAXA @simoncarn.bsky.social @simonsat.bsky.social @mparrington.bsky.social

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

#lewotobi eruption 7/7/25. True colour Himawari-9. Ashy eruption but not “big”. Data courtesy: JMA/JAXA (processed by me). @simoncarn.bsky.social @simonsat.bsky.social @mparrington.bsky.social

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Moderate VEI~2-3 Lewotobi eruption. Dissipating after a couple of hours (but maybe more to come?) #volcano #indonesia @geophotographer.org @simoncarn.bsky.social @simonsat.bsky.social

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The “mineral moon” from last night (10 April 2025) @davidbflower.bsky.social

Mineral moon. Astrotech RC8/Sony A7iv/CEM70 1200 frames stacked. Processed in PS using layers and hue/saturation stretching. Colour fringing removed around the edges.

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

To all the aliens out there: you’ve escaped the tariffs so far …

The Gabriel Mistral nebula and the Gem cluster - ASKAR 400 mm / Uranus-c / CEM 70 90x20 s stack.

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The Moon from ~36800 km. Every so often the moon, planets and stars cross the field of view of the camera on board the Himawari-9 geostationary satellite. Here’s a nice sequence taken during 20 mins.

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Last night’s full moon. No eclipse for us (Victoria, Australia).

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

My favourite nebulae - Gabriela Mistral and Gem cluster. PixInsight allows grids and annotation and my scientific leanings make it irresistible not to include them.

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Crescent 🌙 and Venus over Port Phillip Bay tonight.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

"Kanye, Elon, Trump, and the Psyche of the American Right" A phenomenal #mustread of a piece for Zeteo, from Peter Rothpletz, on the id, ego, and superego of the MAGA movement. Read/share/subscribe:

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Kanye, Elon, Trump, and the Psyche of the American Right

The id, ego, and superego of the MAGA movement.

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Took this last night with my Matsukov. Somewhere in the photo is the Apollo 11 landing site - we really did land on the Moon!!!! @davidbflower.bsky.social

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Thunderstorms over Melbourne tonight.

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Saturn, the Moon and Venus, tonight (1 Feb’25) over Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne. (Neptune is in there too for those with good eye-sight). @davidbflower.bsky.social

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

For my volcanology followers and anyone with an interest in science. My new paper on volcanic umbrella clouds just published: www.jvolcanica.org/ojs/index.ph...

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The radial spreading of volcanic umbrella clouds deduced from satellite measurements | Volcanica

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I’m not American but I worry what’s happening there will come here (Australia). Please repost if you agree with my adapted satirical prose.

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Hold on - C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is in some of my photos! I could not see it naked eye or in the glasses. (I’ve circled the location) @davidbflower.bsky.social

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Went comet spotting (no luck) but caught a nice reflection of Venus on Port Phillip Bay (Saturn above) @davidbflower.bsky.social

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

A scary monster in space. This is Thor’s Helmet (NGC2359) captured with my 8” RASA, processed in PI and then smoothed to death using the Super Focus feature of Topaz AI. (PI removed the stars for me). It’s upside down for you northerners.

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Captured three more nebulae last night: NGC 2359 (Thor’s Helmet), the Crab (M1) and Gum 1 (near the Seagull).

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I usually don’t photograph people but I could not resist this as a comment on modern culture. Taken in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Do you think the “ancients” approve?

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

The Rosette nebula from my RASA 8. This is my best so far and still a long way from what @dylanodonnell.bsky.social can do. But that means I still have many dark skies ahead of me …

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Upper troposphere/lower stratosphere SO2 emission from Kanlaon volcano, Philippines 9 Dec 2024 18:48 UT as seen by NASAs AIRS instrument in polar orbit. Not climatically significant.

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🇺🇦 @aireseo.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Large phytoplankton bloom in the Great Australian Bight off the coast of Victoria. 4 December 2024. Himawari-9 data courtesy JMA/JAXA.

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