Gordon Hundley
@drgoon.bsky.social
Old school hacker, security strategist, psych and prog rock fan, science fiction nut, ancient DM, amateur astronomer and photographer. I mostly post deep sky images that I take from light polluted Tampa, Florida. Resident Alien. Scottish. Ally.
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Gordon Hundley
@drgoon.bsky.social
· Oct 19
If you repost AI slop, I'll block you. I don't care if you think it is newsworthy. Describe it and let us decide if we wish to view it.
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The Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters, is an open star cluster in Taurus, 410 ly from Earth, reaching its annual culmination at astronomical midnight in November.
▼ Vixen ED80sf | Canon EOS M100(a) '21
© Thomas Hanrath '25 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
#astrophotography #astronomy #nature #deepsky
▼ Vixen ED80sf | Canon EOS M100(a) '21
© Thomas Hanrath '25 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
#astrophotography #astronomy #nature #deepsky
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters, is an open star cluster in Taurus, 410 ly from Earth, reaching its annual culmination at astronomical midnight in November.
▼ Vixen ED80sf | Canon EOS M100(a) '21
© Thomas Hanrath '25 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
#astrophotography #astronomy #nature #deepsky
▼ Vixen ED80sf | Canon EOS M100(a) '21
© Thomas Hanrath '25 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
#astrophotography #astronomy #nature #deepsky
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I messed around with masks in Pixinsight a bit today and brought out some more color. #astrophotography
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I messed around with masks in Pixinsight a bit today and brought out some more color. #astrophotography
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As promised in my last post - here’s M45/The #Pleiades (~444 ly) captured last night from my garden in Rochdale 🌠
One of these stars shares my daughter’s name… which one do you think it is? 👀
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social @popastro.astrodon.social.ap.brid.gy
#astrophotography #M45 #SeestarS50 🧪🔭
One of these stars shares my daughter’s name… which one do you think it is? 👀
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social @popastro.astrodon.social.ap.brid.gy
#astrophotography #M45 #SeestarS50 🧪🔭
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
As promised in my last post - here’s M45/The #Pleiades (~444 ly) captured last night from my garden in Rochdale 🌠
One of these stars shares my daughter’s name… which one do you think it is? 👀
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social @popastro.astrodon.social.ap.brid.gy
#astrophotography #M45 #SeestarS50 🧪🔭
One of these stars shares my daughter’s name… which one do you think it is? 👀
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social @popastro.astrodon.social.ap.brid.gy
#astrophotography #M45 #SeestarS50 🧪🔭
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This is an unusual one. It's the irregular galaxy IC 1613 in Cetus. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is an unusual one. It's the irregular galaxy IC 1613 in Cetus. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
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This is Copelands Lost Galaxy (NGC4535) and represents a 5-hour total exposure (see equipment list in my bio) taken last May. It was first observed by William Herschel in 1785 and is about 55 million light years distant.
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is Copelands Lost Galaxy (NGC4535) and represents a 5-hour total exposure (see equipment list in my bio) taken last May. It was first observed by William Herschel in 1785 and is about 55 million light years distant.
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Stealing away for a moment to snap a quick pic of my favorite subject.
#moonoverhermitage
#crescentmoon
#moonshot🌛
#astrophotography
#moonoverhermitage
#crescentmoon
#moonshot🌛
#astrophotography
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Stealing away for a moment to snap a quick pic of my favorite subject.
#moonoverhermitage
#crescentmoon
#moonshot🌛
#astrophotography
#moonoverhermitage
#crescentmoon
#moonshot🌛
#astrophotography
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This is my next project. This is the Heart Nebula, nearby to the Soul Nebula which was my last project. This one is going to take a while. So far this is only 3 panels. I'm not sure how many panels it'll take to cover the whole thing. #astrophotography
November 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This is my next project. This is the Heart Nebula, nearby to the Soul Nebula which was my last project. This one is going to take a while. So far this is only 3 panels. I'm not sure how many panels it'll take to cover the whole thing. #astrophotography
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At about 49 million light years from Earth, NGC 7331 and friends are wishing you all a great Thanksgiving. This was an 18 hour LRGB capture taken from my yard, under Bortle 5 skies in central MA using an 8” SCT at 1422mm focal length. Happy Thanksgiving! 🔭 #Astrophotography
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
At about 49 million light years from Earth, NGC 7331 and friends are wishing you all a great Thanksgiving. This was an 18 hour LRGB capture taken from my yard, under Bortle 5 skies in central MA using an 8” SCT at 1422mm focal length. Happy Thanksgiving! 🔭 #Astrophotography
Having evolved eight legs arranged as a wheel along with a gryoscope in their bums, the people of Tanstafl IV were mercilessly preyed upon by intergalactic shoe salesmen.
19th century wooden “walking” doll with a wheel of eight legs ~ when costumed, the doll’s long dress would cover most of the leg mechanism, allowing the doll to “walk” when moving, while appearing to have only two legs at any one time www.theriaults.com/events/listi...
November 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Having evolved eight legs arranged as a wheel along with a gryoscope in their bums, the people of Tanstafl IV were mercilessly preyed upon by intergalactic shoe salesmen.
When I was a young boy, I lived in Jakarta for a few years. That was fifty years ago at the start of this graph. I can't imagine four times the population density there. It must be so different now.
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
When I was a young boy, I lived in Jakarta for a few years. That was fifty years ago at the start of this graph. I can't imagine four times the population density there. It must be so different now.
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The California Nebula. It's around 5.5 hours taken with my ZWO 294MM camera and the new SVBONY dual narrowband 3nm filter. Color was added using my single emission line Ha and OIII filters (also around 5 hours each filter). #astrophotography @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The California Nebula. It's around 5.5 hours taken with my ZWO 294MM camera and the new SVBONY dual narrowband 3nm filter. Color was added using my single emission line Ha and OIII filters (also around 5 hours each filter). #astrophotography @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social
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Yankee (laudatory) is a category that exists, but it's reserved for New Englanders with a ramrod-straight moral compass who would rather break the world than compromise. Exemplars are William Lloyd Garrison, John Brown and Pete Seeger.
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Yankee (laudatory) is a category that exists, but it's reserved for New Englanders with a ramrod-straight moral compass who would rather break the world than compromise. Exemplars are William Lloyd Garrison, John Brown and Pete Seeger.
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The majority of books published lose money and the majority of authors do not earn out their advances if they were lucky enough to get one. If you do the math on an hourly wage, writing is frankly bonkers as any kind of career.
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The majority of books published lose money and the majority of authors do not earn out their advances if they were lucky enough to get one. If you do the math on an hourly wage, writing is frankly bonkers as any kind of career.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Go to that gig. listen to that song, dust off that record player, learn to play that guitar.
Music helps us through. Life can be overwhelming at times. Music can help, I promise you that
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Music helps us through. Life can be overwhelming at times. Music can help, I promise you that
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November 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Go to that gig. listen to that song, dust off that record player, learn to play that guitar.
Music helps us through. Life can be overwhelming at times. Music can help, I promise you that
x
Music helps us through. Life can be overwhelming at times. Music can help, I promise you that
x
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November 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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This jellyfish galaxy in Abell 68 could have a transient above it? Could also belong to one of the galaxies right next to it? The #JWST observation is from 2025-11-21, so only a few days ago. 🔭
RA 9.2888996 Dec 9.1747687
Left: SURVEY 5594 (F150W2+F322W2)
Right: GO 6882 (F277W+F356W+F444W)
RA 9.2888996 Dec 9.1747687
Left: SURVEY 5594 (F150W2+F322W2)
Right: GO 6882 (F277W+F356W+F444W)
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
This jellyfish galaxy in Abell 68 could have a transient above it? Could also belong to one of the galaxies right next to it? The #JWST observation is from 2025-11-21, so only a few days ago. 🔭
RA 9.2888996 Dec 9.1747687
Left: SURVEY 5594 (F150W2+F322W2)
Right: GO 6882 (F277W+F356W+F444W)
RA 9.2888996 Dec 9.1747687
Left: SURVEY 5594 (F150W2+F322W2)
Right: GO 6882 (F277W+F356W+F444W)
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The Horrors Of Socialism
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Horrors Of Socialism
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They condemned socialism before fascism
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
They condemned socialism before fascism
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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(1/n) Image thread about the LHA 120-N 159 (or just N159) region with #JWST NIRCam. Here the filters F300M (blue), F335M (red) and F460M (green) 🔭
I made F335M red because this is PAH, otherwise the entire image would be green.
Full resolution: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LH...
I made F335M red because this is PAH, otherwise the entire image would be green.
Full resolution: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LH...
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
(1/n) Image thread about the LHA 120-N 159 (or just N159) region with #JWST NIRCam. Here the filters F300M (blue), F335M (red) and F460M (green) 🔭
I made F335M red because this is PAH, otherwise the entire image would be green.
Full resolution: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LH...
I made F335M red because this is PAH, otherwise the entire image would be green.
Full resolution: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LH...
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Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka: Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka are the bright bluish stars from east to west along the diagonal in this cosmic vista. Otherwise known as the Belt of Orion, these 3 blue supergiant stars are hotter and much more massive than the Sun. They lie from 700 to 2,000 lys away
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka: Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka are the bright bluish stars from east to west along the diagonal in this cosmic vista. Otherwise known as the Belt of Orion, these 3 blue supergiant stars are hotter and much more massive than the Sun. They lie from 700 to 2,000 lys away