Schmootles 🇦🇺
@schmootles.bsky.social
Old science guy working as physicist well past retirement age. Love the process of design and construction.
Socially progressive lefty. Woke AF.
Married. Kids, grandkids, large dogs, and everything’s a bit chaotic.
Socially progressive lefty. Woke AF.
Married. Kids, grandkids, large dogs, and everything’s a bit chaotic.
Mid afternoon and my guard poodle is off duty.
#standardpoodle.
#standardpoodle.
October 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Mid afternoon and my guard poodle is off duty.
#standardpoodle.
#standardpoodle.
You’re allowed to be a bit condescending when you have great hair.
Archie, the standard poodle
Archie, the standard poodle
August 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
You’re allowed to be a bit condescending when you have great hair.
Archie, the standard poodle
Archie, the standard poodle
USA shares Israel’s status as a rogue state.
August 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
USA shares Israel’s status as a rogue state.
I’ve let Archie’s hair grow longer. He doesn’t look happy about it.
Standard poodle.
Standard poodle.
August 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I’ve let Archie’s hair grow longer. He doesn’t look happy about it.
Standard poodle.
Standard poodle.
Now take a look at my recently completed electrostatic loudspeaker. Most people find them sufficiently weird!
August 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Now take a look at my recently completed electrostatic loudspeaker. Most people find them sufficiently weird!
And, not wasting a clear night in Melbourne, here’s tonight’s nebula stacking quietly on the iPad. .
August 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
And, not wasting a clear night in Melbourne, here’s tonight’s nebula stacking quietly on the iPad. .
My best guess is the tray on the Ute is too small for this guy.
Now doesn’t that say something about how useless these giant Utes really are?
Now doesn’t that say something about how useless these giant Utes really are?
August 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
My best guess is the tray on the Ute is too small for this guy.
Now doesn’t that say something about how useless these giant Utes really are?
Now doesn’t that say something about how useless these giant Utes really are?
July 22, 2025 at 5:11 AM
And here’s the finished mosaic.
July 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
And here’s the finished mosaic.
Taken the Seestar S50 off to a dark site where it’s faithfully putting together a mosaic of the Carina nebula.
Such gorgeous velvety black sky after my milky white city nights at home.
Such gorgeous velvety black sky after my milky white city nights at home.
July 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Taken the Seestar S50 off to a dark site where it’s faithfully putting together a mosaic of the Carina nebula.
Such gorgeous velvety black sky after my milky white city nights at home.
Such gorgeous velvety black sky after my milky white city nights at home.
Meantime, have a photo of a nebula. Taken in my backyard last night.
I’ve been working on image quality and I’m quite pleased with this one.
I’ve been working on image quality and I’m quite pleased with this one.
June 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Meantime, have a photo of a nebula. Taken in my backyard last night.
I’ve been working on image quality and I’m quite pleased with this one.
I’ve been working on image quality and I’m quite pleased with this one.
Israel now has to hand the Holocaust Sympathy Card over to the Palestinians.
June 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Israel now has to hand the Holocaust Sympathy Card over to the Palestinians.
Set up for a night’s Astro fun. And not a bad result.
May 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Set up for a night’s Astro fun. And not a bad result.
My slightly-too-large electrostatic speaker panels are making some nice noises now. Still need to adjust the sound balances. A bit too much mid I think.
May 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
My slightly-too-large electrostatic speaker panels are making some nice noises now. Still need to adjust the sound balances. A bit too much mid I think.
Love the HAZARD style warning on this decaf.
May 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Love the HAZARD style warning on this decaf.
Working on the grilles for the electrostatic loudspeakers.
Do they make this room look a little small?
Do they make this room look a little small?
April 21, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Working on the grilles for the electrostatic loudspeakers.
Do they make this room look a little small?
Do they make this room look a little small?
Archie prepped for the walk. Standard poodle.
April 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Archie prepped for the walk. Standard poodle.
Have a gratuitous photo of the Orion Nebula taken with my new Seestar S50. That’s one of those new smart scopes you just drop on a table outside and leave to do the hard work.
April 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Have a gratuitous photo of the Orion Nebula taken with my new Seestar S50. That’s one of those new smart scopes you just drop on a table outside and leave to do the hard work.
First image from my new seestar s50 that I bought today.
Amazing that you can pull it out of the box, turn it on and get a decent image in a light polluted suburb.
Amazing that you can pull it out of the box, turn it on and get a decent image in a light polluted suburb.
April 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
First image from my new seestar s50 that I bought today.
Amazing that you can pull it out of the box, turn it on and get a decent image in a light polluted suburb.
Amazing that you can pull it out of the box, turn it on and get a decent image in a light polluted suburb.
Nice little glasshouse!
I have one similar and love it.
I have one similar and love it.
April 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Nice little glasshouse!
I have one similar and love it.
I have one similar and love it.
How’s all that rich man jive going Trumpers? Loving all that money?
March 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
How’s all that rich man jive going Trumpers? Loving all that money?