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David Blanchflower BSc
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David Blanchflower BSc
@DavidBflower
Astrophysicist and Astrophotographer. No longer Twitter active (10th February 2026). BlueSky active @davidbflower.bsky.social
- Sad to hear about this underachieving. I became ruler of the Universe one minute after waking this morning.
- Make eyes at Messier 64, the Black Eye Galaxy. @AstronomyNow article by Mark Armstrong. Image Adam Block. astronomynow.com/2023/05/15/mak…
- Since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon in 1969 its distance from Earth has increased by 2 metres.
- Fascinating.No idea on the physics of this but the shadow of the plane was encircled by a rainbow!
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- On this day in 1972 Pioneer 10 was launched. First probe to Jupiter. NASA image from the Jupiter flyby.
- Astronomy fact: Planet Uranus has the coldest Planetary atmosphere in the Solar System. - 224°C; - 371°F, 49K. NASA Voyager 2 picture.
- Replying to @wesleymallin and @paulcoxonI once went for a job interview. They had all the candidates put into groups calling each person's name. I completely forgot my name. Had to ask what group I was in. I didn't get the job.
- My father died this morning.
- #totallunareclipse #LunarEclipse #lunareclipse2019 Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 0442UT 21 January 2019. @RoyalAstroSoc #Stormhour #ThePhotoHour
