iangriffin

iangriffin, 1 day ago to NewZealand

So yes, I know the satellite trails can be processed out of the comet image I shared earlier. Here's a fully processed version showing Comet Pons Brooks on the evening of 4th May. The comet was very low in the sky from New Zealand at the time the images from which this composite has been assembled. #comet #ponsbrooks #NewZealand

iangriffin, 2 days ago to random

Just for fun. I added together all of the images I took of Comet Pons Brooks a few weeks ago. The session was just after astronomical twilight and every single frame I took (68) had at least one satellite trail. To really piss me off, a whole train of freshly launched Starlink satellites joined the "party". This, friends, is the price we pay for "progress". #notostarlink #savethesky

iangriffin, 2 days ago to random

That moment you realise you aren’t British any more. I literally don’t recognise any of the “celebrities” in Bake Off! #imakiwinow

iangriffin, 3 days ago to random

Shows how out of touch I am. One of my internet pals told me today they managed to snag one of these at their local chemist. literally a rat test for Flu, Covid and RSV... all in one. The world is amazing that we can do this!

iangriffin, 5 days ago to random

Present location? the famous Koru cage in Christchurch #korucage

iangriffin, 5 days ago to worldwithoutus

Things you probably don't know about me. #1 I love antarctic science and stories. So much that I have pretty much every book written about the heroic age. I also have this. It's a picture drawn by Dr. Edward Wilson, who accompanied Scott on both his polar expeditions. This is a picture drawn by Wilson as a gift to his sister on her birthday in around 1880. I love it! #antarctica #captainscott

iangriffin, 6 days ago to random

Here’s the team in the banquet hall 2/n

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iangriffin, 6 days ago to random

Hello Welly! just had quite a “hot” flight up from Dunedin! #geigercounter #radiation

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iangriffin, 7 days ago to random

This came across my timeline tonight.. 4 years ago we were coming out of lockdown and saying thank you

iangriffin, 9 days ago to NewZealand

Here’s my astronomy column in today’s Otago Daiky Times. https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/amazing-auroral-display-stirs-soul #aurora #beauty #newzealand

iangriffin, 9 days ago to random

I'm slowly going through aurora images from last Saturday night. Here's an image I thought I would never see. An auroral arc low in the NORTHERN sky in front of the SAR Arc!

iangriffin, 10 days ago to NewZealand

No 2.5 hour road trip to witness an aurora last night. I slummed it in my back garden! #aurora #auroraaustralis #NewZealand

iangriffin, 10 days ago to random

things I will NEVER use. 1. Starlink. 2. Uber. #shitcompanies

iangriffin, 11 days ago to random

Yeeeeehaw! Aurora Australis exploding right now! #aurora #auroraaustralis

iangriffin, 10 days ago to random

Aurora over my house this evening. Epic! #aurora #beauty

iangriffin, 11 days ago to NewZealand

This is quite interesting. (no... really!) I recently persuaded a colleague to take my pet Geiger counter from Dunedin to Apia via Auckland. The latitude dependency of the radiation exposure is fascinating! #radiation #NewZealand #physics

iangriffin, 11 days ago to random

Another day another aurora here in New Zealand’s Deep South

iangriffin, 11 days ago to Astronomy

i also managed to image this afternoon's ISS solar transit using my Hydrogen Alpha Telescope. The detail on the solar disk is fascinating! #ISS #spacestation #astronomy

iangriffin, 11 days ago to NewZealand

Just because I am taking a day off today, and am waiting to watch the Space Station cross the sun, here's a comparison between radiation levels you get when flying on an ATR 72 and an A320 Airbus. #radiation #NewZealand

iangriffin, 12 days ago to Arsenal

May I say at this point in time, Tottenham Hotspur are an entirely useless football team. #useless #Arsenal

iangriffin, 13 days ago to NewZealand

One of the truly remarkable things about "The Mother's Day Aurora" was that, here in New Zealand, we tend to see the aurora low in the southern sky. Not this time! This was the view looking NORTH at 7:58pm! The whole sky was green! #aurora #NewZealand #beauty

iangriffin, 14 days ago to NewZealand

I have just found another image from last weekend's auroral display. This was taken at 20:51:58 from Lake Aviemore, New Zealand. It shows one of the lovely aurora corona's seen on the night. #aurora #corona #NewZealand

iangriffin, 14 days ago to NewZealand

Coronal Aurora, as seen from Lake Aviemore, 00:34 on 12/5/2024. In a coronal aurora, lines converge at the magnetic zenith in a stunning "crown" shape It's beautiful #aurora #auroraaustralis #NewZealand

iangriffin, 15 days ago to NewZealand

There are moments when you have to say, Mother nature is awesome. One such moment occurred at Lake Aviemore last night at 02:25:45. This is three five second exposures combined to make a panorama. WOW! #aurora #auroraaustralis #beauty #NewZealand

iangriffin, 15 days ago to Astronomy

i just realised I took 15,000 images during last night's auroral display. Here's another one, this taken at 00:27 with an exposure of 2.5 seconds. #Beauty #aurora #astronomy #newzealand