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David Blanchflower BSc

@davidbflower.bsky.social
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Astronomer and Astrophotographer. Pictures of space appearing in posts, magazines and on the telly.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 56m
That's the plan. Problem is will be seriously low on the horizon. Probably go to the coast for a better view.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 1h
You're welcome Alik 🙂
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Angel Brise @angelbrise.bsky.social · 1h
Timeline Cleanse #Aurora #Alaska I lived in remote Alaska for 3 years in a dry cabin, carrying our water in, cutting wood daily to keep the fire going, and shoveling record snow while living in the most beautiful place in the world and experiencing the Northern Lights out my window. My last shot.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 1h
This week last year I was capturing Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
Green comet Lemmon with tail  and star dots around it.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 1h
World's largest penguin colony hit by 'alarming' decline in numbers. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
World's largest penguin colony hit by climate-driven decline
Climate change is blamed for dramatic decline of chinstrap penguins living on a remote volcanic island.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 1h
Will be a Hilton in 2135.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 3h
Tomorrow morning Mars will appear outside the outer edge of the Beehive Cluster. Binoculars needed to see the bees' dots. Saturday morning, until Monday, Mars will be a temporary drone. 🔭 🧪
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Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies @palomarskies.bsky.social · 3h
I was at work for 13 hours yesterday and not home until after 10 pm, so naturally I am up before sunrise this morning. Anyway, the first image shows Mars (top), Jupiter (middle), and the star Regulus above the waning crescent moon. 🔭
A wide view of the sky showing Mars at top, and Jupiter in the center. Beneath Jupiter is the star Regulus and below that is this morning’s waning crescent moon. An iPhone image of the waning crescent moon showing earthshine.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 4h
Felt a bit warmish today in Newcastle.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 4h
Chemistry Nobel awarded for solving mystery of life's asymmetry. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Kagan and Soai
The prize was given to the French and Japanese scientists for solving the mystery of life's asymmetry.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 7h
Rainmakers: The drones used to seed clouds. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Rainmakers: Will drones make cloud seeding more effective?
Cloud seeding is gaining attention as countries look to boost rainfall - will drones help?
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 10h
Bat with broken wing treated with laser therapy. 🧪 🦇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Bat with broken wing treated with laser therapy in Haddenham
The animal was found injured in the street and vets hope to have it home by Halloween.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 10h
Metal detectorist finds second Bronze Age hoard in Scottish Borders. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Metal detectorist finds second Bronze Age hoard seven miles from first near Peebles
Dubbed the Blyth Hoard, the artefacts dating from between 1150BC to 850BC were found seven miles from the Peebles Hoard.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 10h
The usual😉
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 10h
It is exactly 109 years until the start of the next Total Solar Eclipse over Newcastle upon Tyne. 🔭 🧪
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 15h
Horrible Elizabeth. Hope you're alright. Had that happen to me a few years ago. When I got my new phone this year I made sure I bought a case at the same time.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 16h
2.12am and I've just looked outside. Horrible it is. As Mars gets closer to the Beehive my sky gets worse. Need a bit of luck from 10-12th of this month. 🔭 🧪
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 20h
I can resist everything except temptation 😉
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 22h
Raining rain so a night of choccy and football on the telly.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 22h
Tomorrow morning the very thin Waning Crescent Moon appears close to Regulus (Alpha Leonis). Also Mars is now seriously close to the Beehive Cluster. One for the binoculars. 🔭 🧪
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Possibly a thick book.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm trying to avoid mentioning it🤣😉
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
They got found not guilty last year.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just answered the front door. Received a mysterious parcel. Possibly from my niece. Weighty it is. Not tempted to open it just in case I need to do it on a certain day next week.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I just watched a video of it. Horrible.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks Ross!
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
40,000 ETs!
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I've just entered a competition to win two tickets to Newcastle's match against Aston Villa. Also the possibility of winning a trip to Las Vegas. By coincidence the winner will be informed on my Birthday next Monday.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The night of the 15th November, Mars and Jupiter appear very close together. Just over a degree apart. Look east just before midnight. 🔭 🧪
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Carbon tracking tower put on Scotland's largest saltmarsh. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Carbon tracking tower put on Caerlaverock saltmarsh
It will track how much carbon is being taken out of the atmosphere by the saltmarsh on the Solway Firth.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What I find interesting about this is how its a single person win. Seems usual to see more than one person winning. 🔭 🧪
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'Ghost particles' from space telescope wins physics Nobel. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
'Ghost particles' from space telescope wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics
Belgian physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I would just like to mention I have not won the Nobel Prize for Physics, despite my continuing and never ending observations of clouds every night. 🔭 🧪
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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wow. You can see the cloud bands of Jupiter as it is covered by the moon! #jupiter #moon #occultation
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Europe is pouring billions into space. Can Glasgow's satellite industry keep up? 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Europe is pouring billions into space. Can Glasgow's satellite industry keep up?
The city's space boom raises questions about the role of the state in backing important industries.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's 3.08am. My sky is absolutely horrible. It's been raining. Obvious I won't be capturing anything this morning. Perhaps better luck tomorrow. 🔭 🧪
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SkyGuyInVA @skyguyinva.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.whatsupthespaceplace.com/2026/10/pre-...
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PRE-DAWN TUESDAY LUNAR OCCULTATION OF JUPITER!!!!
Hey, Space Placers! MUST SEE SKY EVENT. Got binoculars? A telescope? If you do, haul them out early Tuesday morning to observe the old wani...
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I've read 7 of those.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sunday morning will see Mars right in the centre of the Beehive Cluster (M44, Praesepe). 🔭 🧪
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
US 'watching closely' after plague researcher dies in Russia, Rubio says. Everybody should be watching closely. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
US 'watching closely' after plague researcher dies in Russia, Rubio says
The US says it is monitoring the case of a lab technician who died at a plague research centre in Siberia.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be lead.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The less we know the more we learn😉
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It can takes months of analysis to fully understand an astronomical image. But it's pretty amazing what you can tell about it in literally seconds. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/what-can-y... 🔭 🧪
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
What can you tell about an astronomical image at a glance?
There’s a lot of cool info just sitting there in a gorgeous shot of a galaxy.
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Victoria aka Blaze @burrddoh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#BirdOfTheDay #BlueSkies #ECK
A bird in silhouette against blue skies with a rising moon
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tomorrow I'll be up at my usual 3am. Hoping to capture the Moon with Jupiter. 🔭 🧪
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'll say one for this month, so far, it's been consistently warm every evening.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
For once it didn't.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
All this seems eerily familiar.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I turned it down in 1963. I thought they were bit early seeing as I hadn't been born yet.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Plaque honours Mars mission scientist. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Plaque to honour Bristol scientist who led Beagle 2 Mars mission
The tribute recognises Colin Pillinger who led the 2003 probe mission to Mars.
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