Psychologist @DrChrisBarnes, amateur #Astro photographer (HEQ5 and WO ZS61 APO) • IDA Advocate • Nature • Hiking • Metal • 🇩🇪🇬🇧 Insta : astro_barnacle
Joined June 2021
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30 Nov 2023
Our new research paper is out if you are interested! 😀 "Development & testing of the #NightSky Connectedness Index (NSCI)". With some preliminary insights into the human-nightsky relationship. #lightpollution #wellbeing #nature ⭐️🪐💫🔭
Free OpenAccess - sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Astro Barnacle (Chris) retweeted
13 Nov 2023
Get the dates in your diary! ✨
Welsh Dark Sky Week will be back in 2024 to bring as many people out under our beautiful night skies as we possibly can 🌌🤩🔭
All events will be released in the New Year to banish those January blues 💙
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13 Nov 2023
Should access to an unpolluted night sky be a human right? I’m really looking forward to being part of this amazing panel discussion in a few days! #CommonsInSpace #darksky #protectthenight #nightskyconnectedness #nature
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Astro Barnacle (Chris) retweeted
27 Oct 2023
I was delighted to write a blog on insects and light pollution for @Buzz_dont_tweet which you can read here 🐝🦋🐞💡
P.S We really need more species specific emojis
@HarperNorthUK
26 Oct 2023
🔥𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞…
💡...Or a Glow-worm to a streetlight?
Join us as we join author & Dark Sky Officer for #SnowdoniaNationalPark, @DaniDarkSkies
Let's discover more about #LightPollution, impacts & solutions
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buglife.org.uk/blog/like-a-m…
🧵/1 DarkSky
ALT Glow-worm, Malltraeth ©️ Dani Robertson
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Astro Barnacle (Chris) retweeted
8 Aug 2023
Another edit on my Elephant’s Trunk as no chance of imaging tonight 🌧️ #Astrophotography #astronomy
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Astro Barnacle (Chris) retweeted
24 Jul 2023
Here are my favourites so far this summer :).
Show me yours!
#astrophotography #space
ALT Western Veil
ALT North America Nebula & Pelican Nebula
ALT The Moon
ALT You guessed it… The Sun
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Astro Barnacle (Chris) retweeted
20 Jul 2023
Comparison post!
Left image was taken in June 2022, the right was taken July 2023!
#astrophotography
ALT Zenithstar 61II L-eXtreme
ALT Zenithstar 73II L-Ultimate
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24 May 2023
First bird of the day (a new one for me) - a beautiful female Blackcap hopping from fern to fern in my garden - How to identify a Blackcap (bto.org) bto.org/our-science/projects…
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Astro Barnacle (Chris) retweeted
15 May 2023
M31，two style
my skills are stronger than last year😎
(Canon6d,sharpstar61edph,eq3d with喵牌onstep)
#astronomy #astrophotography
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Astro Barnacle (Chris) retweeted
4 May 2023
Sakurajima Volcano, Japan ☄️
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Astro Barnacle (Chris) retweeted
6 Apr 2023
Astronomers have discovered a pair of blazing black hole objects known as quasars on a collision course with one another in the early Universe.
🎆 ➡️ ⬅️ 🎆
skyatnightmagazine.com/news/…
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Astro Barnacle (Chris) retweeted
4 Apr 2023
Not going to miss the winter weather, but I will miss Orion. Here’s a photo of Orion I captured with just a 135mm camera lens
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Astro Barnacle (Chris) retweeted
28 Mar 2023
2023/3/25,26 さそり座ペンタゴン＋ミッキー三ツ星
二晩でトータル6時間、GEM28/80PHQ/Z6改
モクモク部が真っ黒になってはいけない…†戒め†
ALT GEM28 80PHQ x0.76 (456mm f/5.7) Z6 mod ISO800 180sec x60 x2nights
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Astro Barnacle (Chris) retweeted
28 Mar 2023
2023/3/25,26 M51 (x2拡大クロップ)
AM5, 130PHQ, ASI2600MM LRGB
ガイドはFMA180＋174MM
二晩で180秒ｘ274枚＝13.7時間
わりと風有り＆シーイング2/5(Poor)なので、まだ130PHQは本気出してないはず…来月も撮り足したるか(´･ω･`)
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Astro Barnacle (Chris) retweeted
25 Mar 2023
My humble effort at the Andromeda galaxy. #andromeda #andromedagalaxy #galaxy #milkyway #milkywayphotography #milkywayastrophotography #astrophoto #ThePhotoHour #photography #astrophotography #astronomy #space #nightsky #skyatnight #night #skywatcher #canon #samyang #CapCut
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Astro Barnacle (Chris) retweeted
26 Mar 2023
This is what the Milky Way looks like from some of the darkest skies in America!
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Astro Barnacle (Chris) retweeted
25 Mar 2023
I love astrophotography!
#astrophotography #space
ALT Jelly Fish Nebula
ALT Double Cluster in Perseus
ALT Cone Nebula
ALT Sexy setup
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Astro Barnacle (Chris) retweeted
17 Mar 2023
How to attach a DSLR camera to a telescope:
skyatnightmagazine.com/astro…
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