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Russell Smith

@astrorjs.bsky.social

Astronomer at Durham University

23 Followers  |  47 Following  |  80 Posts  |  Joined: 16.11.2024  |  2.3789

Latest posts by astrorjs.bsky.social on Bluesky

This one's seen every ranking quartile I think, but finally paid off

02.02.2026 12:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Finally... Let's go

02.02.2026 12:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

And all those big buildings at centre near the observatory are the old Radcliffe Infirmary... which explains a geographical puzzle we had when we watched an old episode of Morse at recently...

28.01.2026 13:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Not so many colleges, I think, but an interesting view of the buildings around the observatory and science area. Can't see much of the DWB physics building, but the van de graaf generator building is in there...

28.01.2026 13:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

It goes without saying, James

26.01.2026 17:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Is there any clue for the date of the card?

14.01.2026 09:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Wor lad's place

14.01.2026 08:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Nothing says "holidays" better than

15.12.2025 22:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Local group pushes to preserve historic Corpus Christi barge - Cherwell The Oxford College Barges Preservation Trust are fighting to save the Corpus Christi barge, one of Oxford University’s last remaining barges, from falling into disrepair.

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08.12.2025 08:22 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Can't believe they didn't call it Jo-Racers dot com

05.12.2025 00:02 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Change of scene for today

28.11.2025 11:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

With some of the reviewers in step 5 having been authors in step 2, presumably...

14.11.2025 16:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Well that’s a first. My only mildly sarcastic answer to a question about how we know 3I/ATLAS is a comet made it onto Have I Got News For You.

😂😂😂

07.11.2025 22:00 — 👍 69    🔁 8    💬 3    📌 2
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Oof

04.11.2025 08:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And that was Thought For The Day, with Russell Smith, a member of the Durham IFU community

03.11.2025 10:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Datacubes are stupid

03.11.2025 10:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I do them all on new year's eve each year, as a special treat

31.10.2025 12:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

U wiv da Angles now

19.10.2025 15:41 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Oh come on, "winer's gala" was right there

08.10.2025 23:12 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Oh come on, "winer's gala" was right there

08.10.2025 23:12 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Had not until now recognised how sinister "The Apparatus" sounds

08.10.2025 09:01 — 👍 27    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

They've not even put anything under "alternative name" despite, um, several helpful suggestions...

01.10.2025 14:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And boom, got double the number of reviews I hoped I'd have to do this round.

28.09.2025 20:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Never mind, we had it over cooking tonight and all joined in with the speech extracts @ppfideas.bsky.social @robertsaunders.bsky.social

28.09.2025 20:53 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Too bad the university run isn't for another week. No way I'll be able to save it long enough to inflict on the whole family down the M1

28.09.2025 14:50 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Happy Thursday to those who celebrate

23.09.2025 07:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm here for it when we get to "R Party"

19.09.2025 16:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Admittedly it's a blank sky frame without the associated science object that was expected. But still.

18.09.2025 13:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Amazing things are happening. I've just seen actual WEAVE data for my Open Time project.

18.09.2025 12:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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