Preparation : 2 birds 1 stone - Support RNLI by purchasing Xmas cards now - Cost Reform with “Freepost” When is it too early to start this on a daily basis?🤔 Any suggestions on polite messages that I can use to vary in my posting? 😉
Chris Lemin
@chrislemin.bsky.social
Ex Soldier, Firefigher, Teacher and most recently Plumber. Now just taking the slow way round. Interested in climate campaigning, space/science nerd, rugby, cricket, music, playing ukulele down the pub, making things. Glad to meet you here.
Two articles, side by side on the Guardian website this morning.
Tough luck for Goldsmiths tonight who got out-buzzed by a Glasgow team who have set a marker for the series. A good knowledge of bicycle frame metallurgy from me for a series-so-far high score of 150. Happy with that :-) #UniversityChallenge
Evening all Bluesky Klaxoners, my choices this week are:- 1. Robert Schumann 2. Paul Gauguin 3. Emmy Noether Bonus: North Korea Good luck everyone :-) #UniversityChallengeKlaxon
The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star) in the night sky. It is named because its shape resembles North America. #Astrowizard #Stackingwizard
![The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star) in the night sky. It is named because its shape resembles North America.
The North America Nebula covers a region more than ten times the area of the full moon, but its surface brightness is low, so normally it cannot be seen with the unaided eye. Binoculars and telescopes with large fields of view (approximately 3°) will show it as a foggy patch of light under sufficiently dark skies. However, using a UHC filter, which filters out some unwanted wavelengths of light, it can be seen without magnification under dark skies. Its shape and reddish color (from the hydrogen Hα emission line) show up only in photographs of the area.[7]
The portion of the nebula resembling Mexico and Central America is known as the Cygnus Wall. This region exhibits the most concentrated star formation.[9]
At optical wavelengths, the North America Nebula and the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) appear distinct as they are separated by the silhouette of the dark band of interstellar dust L935. The dark cloud is however transparent to radio waves and infrared radiation, and these wavelengths reveal the central regions of Sh 2-117 that are not visible to an ordinary telescope, including many highly luminous stars.[10]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jezoyitv3etobv53g7osgdp4/bafkreiblkkw4n5uwlrjvytpoq76r227vlarlvvwc4nk2dfh5rna4u6oxvi)
![The Pleiades, also known as Seven Sisters and Messier 45 (M45), is an asterism of an open star cluster containing young B-type stars in the northwest of the constellation Taurus. At a distance of about 444 light-years, it is among the star clusters nearest to Earth and is the Messier object nearest to Earth, being the star cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky. It contains over 1,000 stars, with the brightest six or seven being easily visible to the naked eye.
The Pleiades cluster contains the reflection nebulae NGC 1432, an HII region,[12] and NGC 1435, known as the Merope Nebula. Around 2330 BC the Pleiades marked the vernal point. Due to the brightness of its stars, the Pleiades is viewable from most areas on Earth, even in locations with significant light pollution.[13]
After Atlas was forced to carry the heavens on his shoulders, Orion began to pursue all of the Pleiades, and Zeus transformed them first into doves, and then into stars to comfort their father. The constellation of Orion is said to still pursue them across the night sky.
One of the most memorable myths involving the Pleiades is the story of how these sisters literally became stars, their catasterism. According to some versions of the tale, all seven sisters killed themselves because they were so saddened by either the fate of their father, Atlas, or the loss of their siblings, the Hyades. In turn, Zeus, the ruler of the Greek gods, immortalized the sisters by placing them in the sky. There these seven stars formed the star cluster known thereafter as the Pleiades.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jezoyitv3etobv53g7osgdp4/bafkreigcxray72k53j5vxzxqkoj4226pvsra3xpqxmhtubz2hdilnlpihi)
I just watched the awesome documentary by @davidolusoga.bsky.social about the the history of the slave trade. I am glad to no longer be on "Xshitter.com" as they must be losing their shit. Here is the people of Bristol "doing their own research" and acting acordingly. youtu.be/04NXGb1pA6g?...
British protesters topple Edward Colston statue
YouTube video by Washington Post
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Not such a good week for me. Most of my guesses were a swing and a miss. Still, I got Liszt in the klaxon for the win. 70 Happy with that :-) #UniversityChallenge
Evening all Bluesky Klaxoners, my choices this week are:- 1. John Everett Millais 2. Franz Liszt 3. Hungary Bonus: Zero Good luck everyone :-) #UniversityChallengeKlaxon
It was a bit too cloudy last night and #Stackingwizard binned 2/3 of my frames. Still, #Astrowizard made a good job of what was left. The Cocoon Nebula
![IC 5146 (also Caldwell 19, Sh 2-125, Barnard 168, and the Cocoon Nebula) is a reflection[2]/emission[3] nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cygnus. The NGC description refers to IC 5146 as a cluster of 9.5 mag stars involved in a bright and dark nebula. The cluster is also known as Collinder 470.[4] It shines at magnitude +10.0[5]/+9.3[3]/+7.2.[6] Its celestial coordinates are RA 21h 53.5m , dec +47° 16′. It is located near the naked-eye star Pi Cygni, the open cluster NGC 7209 in Lacerta, and the bright open cluster M39.[2][5] The cluster is about 4,000 ly away, and the central star that lights it formed about 100,000 years ago;[7] the nebula is about 12 arcmins across, which is equivalent to a span of 15 light years.[6]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jezoyitv3etobv53g7osgdp4/bafkreibqurd2fon7hkpbpdxse4eivu362bsuhhevdd5i5zeovju4fwkkbi)
The terrorists had infiltrated the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool. Thankfully, steadfast police officers discovered old ladies with deadly weapons such as signs with unapproved words. They have been dragged off to cells and now face up to 14 years in prison. Isn't this brilliant?
When you are watching TV and a Fox strolls in and tries to steal your slippers.
5 Hrs of data in this image of the Pacman Nebula (I know!) Processed with #StackingWizard and #AstroWizard
Wow. That was a great round. Big up to Queens who could have had a magnificent comeback and played fast to the end. I am not sure they are my favourites to win, but they are my favourite team this year. 120 for me tonight, happy with that. #UniversityChallenge
Evening all Bluesky Klaxoners, my choices this week are:- 1. Berthe Morisot 2. Johannes Brahms 3. Finland Bonus: One Good luck everyone :-) #UniversityChallengeKlaxon
I woke up this morning to find my telescope on the floor and my tripod leaning against the curtains, upside down. I was very squiffy when I went to bed and can't remember how that happened. Still, 2 Hrs on the Pelican Nebula turned out OK. Processed with #StackingWizard and #AstroWizard
on #ObserveTheMoon night I have total cloud cover. However I do have a moon capture from the past which I would like to share.
Still a legend, still doing it.
Janis Ian - At Seventeen | Unplugged
YouTube video by Top 2000 a gogo
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There was a couple of hours cloud-free last night and I managed to get 1Hr 45 on the Dumbbell Nebula. Processed with Astro Wizard.
![The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as the Apple Core Nebula, Messier 27, and NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula (nebulosity surrounding a white dwarf) in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1360 light-years.[1] It was the first such nebula to be discovered, by Charles Messier in 1764. At its brightness of visual magnitude 7.5 and diameter of about 8 arcminutes, it is easily visible in binoculars[4] and is a popular observing target in amateur telescopes.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jezoyitv3etobv53g7osgdp4/bafkreid43kaywgmf35w3q3hi7j7d6nwxcwqs46o3ytbp2upo3rdz5rwoiu)
A pretty solid split of starters and bonuses for me tonight. 120, Happy with that. #UniversityChallenge
A pretty even split of starters and bonus for me tonight. 120 Happy with that :-) #UnivrtsityChallenge
Evening all Bluesky Klaxoners, my choices this week are:- 1. Renoir 2. Irving Berlin 3. Iraq Bonus: The Hundred Years War Good luck everyone :-) #UniversityChallengeKlaxon
This is "Stormtroops & Freikorps Again!" - our parody of "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture Show, taking on the topic of the emergence of #PatriotPlatform last week & putting it in an outrageous and glam 👠European context. One of us may have made a mistake towards the end 🤨 youtu.be/R0DGY3iH9ao
"Stormtroops & Freikorps Again" - Marsh Family parody of "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture Show
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Protesters at the Irish Open. shitler’s international golf links and hotel Doonbeg, Ireland. Thank you, Doonbeg!
It never does. But the apology from @thetimes.com to @mothinali.bsky.social should travel as far as the original article.
I just signed this open letter to RNLI volunteers saying that Britain values their service. In case anyone else wants to sign 38d.gs/jpcf
An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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A good set of starters for me tonight including two the contestants didn't get. My best score this season 140. Happy with that :-) #UniversityChallenge
Evening all Bluesky Klaxoners, my choices this week are:- 1. Diego Velázquez 2. Janis Joplin 3. Bolivia Bonus: Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck Good luck everyone :-) #UniversityChallengeKlaxon