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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Wow, you really are scared of Farage! Do your teeth chatter and you knees knock together as well?

Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Finally a patch of clear sky, a few minutes of good seeing too. A quick shot of the Moon. I suspect it is a lunar X night but the cloud wasn't going to let me see that! #moon #astrophotography #space

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

TBH I thought it was a comedy parody show. i wonder just how fixed the World Cup will be?

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

From Tycho near the bottom onto Mare Serenitatis top middle? Yes, that ejecta goes all the way up there.

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Frosty! Went out this morning to do some macro. #macro

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Is it the one Perseverance spotted on the back of the Sun from Mars a few days ago?

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I wonder what the young Man by Raphael would be doing today #Raphael

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Quick run on the Orion Nebula the other night when it was clear for 24 minutes! #orion #astrophotography #astronomy #nebula

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I thought of another one...When the Moon is near apogee, its farthest point, the distance is 405,696Km, which is more than enough space to fit the entire combined diameter of 387,941 km of all seven other planets in the solar system.

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

A Velociraptor created by Grok from a 2004 photo in Devon. Well on my way to releasing my own Dino movie.. #dinosaurs #velociraptor #jurassicpark

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Failed on the Leonids last night. Light pollution has got so much worse here. #leonids #lightpollution #astrophotography

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

It rained on my camera I set up to catch Leonids...

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

We love a surge! What are we going to do for the next 11 years?

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I did try to make my piccy as realistic as i could but any representation that includes the Earth sun distance means instantly the Earth is invisible....

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

We look small here; if the Moon was a 1mm grain of sand then the Earth would be a pencil length away, about 11.07cm, and be the size of a lentil or 3.63 mm. The sun would be 0.4 metres in diameter and be 43.06 metres, 3 school buses away from Earth. #moon #sun #astrophotography

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I asked Gemini if they existed when I wasn't asking them questions... the raw materials of my existence are constant, but the active process you interact with only spins up when you type. You could say I'm always here, just waiting for the next cue.

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

So when your friends and children die from a disease and no cure existed because the drugs couldn't be tested, you'll be happy you put a rat or rabbit's life above your friends and children?

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Went to the seaside at Clevedon to try to catch the comet when this appeared over the western horizon. I was on the wrong ISO etc as I was hunting for Lemmon. I think it is today's Falcon 9 launch of Starlinks. #astrophotography #astronomy #spacex #lemmon

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Lithium in the water course from refuse dumps. These batteries need to be disposed of carefully and not just dumped as they are at the moment. All car tyres put particles in the atmosphere but EV tyres degrade much faster.

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

A dog isn't just for Christmas lunch, there will be plenty of emu for boxing day and New Year.

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Fine particulate matter from those shredding EV tyres not to mention the Lithium working it's way into the water table. It isn't all roses down the EV route with average vehicle lifetimes falling thanks to EV vehicles.

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

The literacy % is much as it has ever been. The difference today is that the 45% that devalue education and research can now openly advertise their low intellect through social media.

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

It all makes more sense if you think of them as genetically modified theme park monsters and not dinosaurs.

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

But still the local councils want people to wash their recycling before putting it out!!

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Short animation of AR4115 and 4114; 4hours 27 minutes of data. Hoped for a flare! #astrophotography #astronomy #sun #solar #space #sunhour #stormhour

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Thank you..bit more FL and aperture would be helpful!

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Sun 16062025. Active regions centrally on the Sun. Shot in white light. Granulation of the Photosphere visible, some penumbra detail in WL. H-Alpha images sun and Active regions. #sun #solar #sunspots #space #sunhour #stormhour #thephotohour #astrophotography #astronomy

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Great spread of active regions on the Sun. Left to right AR4115, massive 4114 centrally and 4113. Shot in white light. Granulation of the Photosphere visible, some penumbra detail too, #sun #solar #sunspots #space #sunhour #stormhour #thephotohour #astrophotography #astronomy

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Moon 07062025. Mosaic from 39,000 frames. Each panel at 5000mm. Cloud invasion mid capture! 90% illuminated disk. Too much noise with the gain up. #moon #moonhour #space #stormhour #thephotohour #lunar #astrophotography #astronomy

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Question is can we get far enough away by then to be able to watch the show...or will it just be seen by our AI robot legions.

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I reckon space is BiG and that the huge gaps between things, in space, are even bigger. I think the Milky way and Andromeda will pass through each other quite easily. There will be some collisions here an there but mostly I'll be a damp squib!!

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Sunset of the photosphere 29052025 and cloudless. Zoomed in as much as possible but still couldn't make it rise up and then change size, shooting off into the distance like those flat Earthers can. #sun #astrophotography #astronomy #space #flatearth #astronomy

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

It's now really a face with a hat and a beard!!

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Fabulous Moon tonight after sunset. Slim 4% crescent. Jupiter down below, left of centre. Exposed for Earthshine! #moon #moonhour #space #astrophotography #astronomy #earthshine

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

AR4100..or 4079 or 4055? This active group has been round the Sun three times and existed for 54 days so far. As newly named 4100 it is looking more spectacular. #sun #sunhour #sunspots #astrophotography #astronomy #space

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

People are not poor because some people work hard and make money. Want to tackle poverty best start by eradicating government waste and cosy public contracts.

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Sun today 20052025 Ha showing chromosphere. Big hole in the south allowing solar wind to escape. Coronal holes are darker because hot glowing gas normally contained there is absent. It may be on it's way to Earth. #sun #solar #sunspots #astrophotography #astronomy #space

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Julian Whitfield @carbonrobot.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Sun today 10052025. AR4079 still huge but a few days away from disappearing round the limb. All quiet on the Photosphere; still many filaments on Chromosphere. #sun #solar #sunspots #space #astrophotography #astronomy

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