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Russell Smith

@astrorjs.bsky.social
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Astronomer at Durham University

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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 10h
yeah it's hard to imagine why you got no response from my end
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I feel the picture choice adds to the bathos here
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Is it really so much to ask one (1) British clothes shop to cater for the non-lardarse community?
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just had my first "it's just a tiny cup ya knaa", asking for espresso at Newcastle airport Greggs
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
ah okay so it is not in fact cliff michelmore
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thinking about putting my revenge jumper up for auction
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Anonymized proposals are so dumb
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We are hiring! Faculty positions in observational and computational group (one each). aas.org/jobregister/...
aas.org
Assistant or Associate Professor in Observational Astronomy | American Astronomical Society
The Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy (CEA), part of Durham University Department of Physics, invites applications for a permanent faculty member at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor.
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Also, telescopes.
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Also, telescopes.
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
people do have some opinions on a variety of topics don't they
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A handy searchable map that tells you whether your eclipse vantage point tomorrow will already be eclipsed by buildings shademap.app/@51.50738,-0...
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This is the third separate fire I have seen reported as being of this very specific size. Is it the official threshold for being newsworthy?
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Fun title; interesting result
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
New signage. Oof.
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We are hiring! Faculty positions in observational and computational group (one each). aas.org/jobregister/...
aas.org
Assistant or Associate Professor in Observational Astronomy | American Astronomical Society
The Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy (CEA), part of Durham University Department of Physics, invites applications for a permanent faculty member at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor.
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Last day in Oxford for a little while
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The timeline
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 19/07/2026
Rejoice! Rejoice at that news!
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 15/07/2026
Nearly there!
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I'm finding it hard to keep up with the Bagpuss extended universe
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Manyaid
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
arxiv.org/abs/2605.21588
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
New paper out on the arxiv today. arxiv.org/abs/2605.21588 Here's figure 1, showing the ERIS fields we observed in NGC5128 as an example (mostly) old population, and NGC5102, a post-starburst galaxy.
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
And ... paper accepted
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Spent too long today trying to figure out the weird sky lines in some WEAVE spectra
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Still some imperfections with this but I've updated my local elections explorer to have (a) all county level wards, (b) bloc politics as an option, (c) more demographics, and (d) ability to control for other variables on the scatterplot. And the new URL is below. 1/n benwansell.github.io/le2026/
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Did the compass survey thing. Apparently there's a chance that I might not be American.
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Something seems to have grown in OCW
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
It's Berwick-upon-X now
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
SIDM, a lot of them
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Wait, you're using the VLT to look at...
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
As an astronomer, I notice that people are generally formed with early-type names, like Josh or Ellie. As they evolve into late-type people, they develop new names like Christine or Stephen.
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
On the other hand, good to be mentally prepared for meeting the astronomical magnitude system.
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Since everyone seems to be posting their Sunday walk pictures today
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
All these years an Economist subscriber and you don't know me at all.
Nope.
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Have tried this line a couple of times during the HARMONI consortium meeting. Not sure I'm getting anywhere.
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Clearing out some old boxes
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Hmmm, how curious...
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Let's go, MK
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I have one about the Cauchy, but the moment's not right
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Or maybe just one kind -- but at different phase? Wonderful, perhaps...
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Let's go! / allons-y!
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Almost an incident when I saw some of these loose in the cupboard and thought they might be tasmine tea
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Finally... Let's go
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Change of scene for today
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Mark A. Norris @markanorris.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Well that’s a first. My only mildly sarcastic answer to a question about how we know 3I/ATLAS is a comet made it onto Have I Got News For You. 😂😂😂
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Oof
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Datacubes are stupid
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Russell Smith @astrorjs.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Oh come on, "winer's gala" was right there
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