Another idea is to use this cheap solar to run uranium enrichment facilities which have high electricity requirements. Cheap electricity combined with high efficiency enrichment technology like Silex, rather than centrifuges, and Australia’s large U reserves equals low cost enrichment services.

Comet C/2025 R2 SWAN from the suburban backyard observatory in #Canberra on 14 October 2025. 30x60sec with a Takahashi TOA 130; ZWO ASI533MC; processed in #Siril #astrophotography #astronomy #comet #C/2025R2SWAN

The only ironing I ever do now is when I’m prepping to do flats. You seem to have forgone that step 😆

Beautiful 😍

Thanks 🙏 😀

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The Helix Nebula - NGC 7293 - a planetary nebula formed by an exploding star similar to The Sun. It’s one of the closer planetary nebulae at a mere 650 light years from Earth. 2h40m of data collected with a Takahashi TSA 120 at f5.8. #astrophotography #astronomy #nebula #eyeinthesky

Eastern rosella in Wee Jasper Grevillea in the #Canberra front yard. #birds #parrots #australianbirds

Crimson rosella in Wee Jasper Grevillea in the #Canberra front yard. #birds #parrots #australianbirds

Thanks for circulating this. Signed someone living in Bortle 6 and soon to be Bortle 7 😕

No worries mate.

Red wattlebird on a Wee Jasper grevillea in our #Canberra front yard this morning. #birds #Australianbirds

A very happy rock orchid - Dendrobium speciosum - blooming in the greenhouse. #orchid #flowers #Dendrobium @orchidfever.bsky.social

This Rock Orchid is Dendrobium speciosum grandiflorum “Golden Cascades”. It’s very happy in the greenhouse and it looks like it will bloom before most of the other Dendrobiums. #orchids #orchids #Dendrobium @orchidfever.bsky.social

When I come across a jumping spider I often transfer it to the greenhouse. They’re thriving and doing a good job of pest management! Here’s one consuming an intruder on a Dendrobium speciosum flower spike. #orchid #orchids @orchidfever.bsky.social

The Rock Orchid - this one is Dendrobium speciosum grandiflorum “Golden Cascades” - is putting out some big flower spikes this year! #orchids #orchid #flowers #Dendrobium

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The spiral galaxy NGC 6744 lies some 30 million light-years away from our home galaxy, the Milky Way. This beautiful galaxy can be found in the southern Pavo constellation. Photographed from our suburban #Canberra backyard. 5h 30 m of data. #astronomy #astrophotography #galaxy #space #deepsky

NGC 6744 from our #Canberra backyard on a bright moonlit night. This galaxy is one of the most similar to the Milky Way, but NGC 6744 is about 75% larger. The light from the galaxy is 30 million years old. 2h25m of data. #astrophotography #astrophoto #astronomy #galaxy

NGC 6357 - War and Peace or Lobster Nebula imaged with a dual narrowband filter, #Optolong L-Extreme filter from our suburban #Canberra backyard. 5 hours total integration time. #astronomy #astrophotography #deepsky #nebula #astrophoto

The Lagoon Nebula - Messier 8 - from our suburban #Canberra backyard observatory. Total integration time = 4h10m with a #Takahashi TOA 130 and #ZWO ASI533MC. #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophoto #nebula #messier #deepsky #siril #graxpert #gimp

The Fighting Dragons of Ara - NGC 6188 from our suburban #Canberra backyard observatory.

Omega Centauri - 10 million stars, 10. -12 billion years old and the largest globular cluster in the #MilkyWay imaged from the backyard #observatory with a 130mm 1000mm FL refractor and a ZWO ASI533MC camera. 1h42m total integration time. #astrophotography #astronomy #deepsky #night #nighttime

Southern Pinwheel Galaxy M83 from the #Canberra backyard observatory last night. 7h30m of data collected on cold moonless nights with a Takahashi TOA 130 refractor + ZWO ASI533MC camera. Processed in #Siril and #GIMP. #astrophotography #astronomy #galaxy #deepsky #stars

Trifid Nebula M20 from our suburban backyard. 5 hours of data collected with a Takahashi TOA 130 refractor + ZWO ASI533MC camera + UV/IR filter. Processed in #Siril #GraXpert and #GIMP. #astrophotography #astronomy #nebula #deepsky #stars

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Great clip! Thanks for posting. What’s the estimated magnitude? I’d like to try and image it in the near future with my puny 130mm 1000mm FL refractor.

Sombrero Galaxy M104 from our suburban backyard. Data collected with a Takahashi TOA 130 refractor + ZWO ASI533MC camera + UV/IR filter. Processed in #Siril and #GIMP. #astrophotography #astronomy #galaxy #deepsky #stars

Here’s just 50 minutes of data on the Trifid Nebula from last night with my 130mm backyard telescope (left image) vs the same object from the 8400mm, $US800million Vera Rubin Observatory. Rubin is not designed for high resolution imaging of small objects. #astronomy #astrophotography #VeraRubin

One 5 minute image of the Trifid Nebula from last night. Many more to come before stacking and processing. #astronomy #astrophotography #nebula #deepspace