TechTranslate The purpose of this account is to share my passion for explaining interesting technical and scientific facts that are not intuitive, often misunderstood, or simply odd. I'm always eager to learn, particularly when others provide context, correct me, or even prove me wrong. For unknown reasons, I have the urge to add the correct context to posts that state common misunderstandings or conspiracies. I primarily engage in this because conspiracy theorists are very active on social media and create a false sense of balance. Unfortunately, in recent years, I've encountered people in real life who were influenced by social media and believe in these theories, proving that this is becoming a real issue. This fact truly saddens me. I am realistic; I know I cannot convince the extremists or hardcore conspiracy theorists. However, I hope the context I provide will assist the undecided and vulnerable in making an informed decision. It's encouraging to receive so much positive feedback in recent weeks and to see that many people here are fed up with these conspiracy theorists. Happy Anti-Conspiracizing! 😉 Best regards ❤️ Geee from TechTranslate Technical and scientific facts explained step by step. 😃👍

Full Sun this afternoon. Wanted to get that big juicy prom seen on the right side here. Lunt 40. @isastroatelier

I shot the Hercules Star Cluster last night. Tech specs and story here: astrobin.com/1d3x40/

Two filament eruptions. The first produced a CME that could graze earth. The second one near the east limb shows gorgeous 'supra arcade downflows' a.k.a. SADpoles (image credits SDO AIA)

In case you needed an existential crisis today, here’s footage of the sun I captured using a modified telescope that shows flares erupting that are larger than our entire planet

The Sun’s chromosphere on Wednesday: Active region AR4465 Post-processing software comparison: Autostakkert! ImPPG (on the left) vs. Astrosurface (on the right) The top row shows the final results in both cases, colorized and fine-tuned with Pixelmator Pro. The images below show how they looked directly after post-processing with the respective programs. To my taste, the Astrosurface version shows a higher level of detail. This is not a scientific comparison. I simply tried to get the most satisfying result from both post-processing workflows, rather than making them look as similar as possible or using comparable settings. The stacking artifacts at the edges in the lower images are the result of improperly set up guiding, the software is not to blame for that. I had to hurry because of incoming clouds, and different images were used for stacking. In Autostakkert!, I manually selected the 15 best images. In Astrosurface, I used simply the best images above the 75% quality threshold. Astrosurface did a better job sorting the images by quality. With Autostakkert!, I had to reject many images that were still within the 75% quality range. This is not a final verdict, though. I’ll repeat the comparison as soon as possible under better conditions ... but unfortunately, the next few days look rainy and overcast. 😩

My photos this morning of our Sun at 6562.8 angstroms. Tech specs: astrobin.com/int0o2/

The Sun’s chromosphere yesterday: Active region AR4465 I only managed to capture this one shot through a gap in the clouds from my home office window. I didn’t get a second chance before it started raining. 😩 At first, the weather looked promising, but by the time the system was set up and the etalon filter had reached its operating temperature, the clouds had already started rolling in.

If the Earth is flat, why can't we draw it on a flat map without distorting the proportions? Not only do you have to ignore aircraft route times and distances, but you also have to deny the distances travelled by millions of people every day.

Yet another chance! Despite the most recent solar storm fizzle, 3 partially Earth directed solar storms launched in the last 24 hours and are on their way to Earth. All of these storms have a chance of at least grazing Earth, with impact starting likely mid to late day June 13. More analysis coming.

Dear Flat Earthers, by definition, there is no “beyond the vanishing point.” In projective geometry, a vanishing point is an ideal point at infinity where the projections of parallel straight lines meet, they can't go "beyond" it. These are straight lines, not curves bending downward or away.

Dear Flat Earthers, may I remind you that, according to your own narrative, magnification/zooming is supposed to “bring back” objects hidden below the horizon. But now, suddenly, it is the reason those same objects appear partially obstructed by the horizon? At least you now accept the existence of atmospheric refraction, which is caused by the density/pressure gradient in the atmosphere.

Dear Flat Earthers, As already mentioned, you might want to change your travel agency, or simply book the flight yourself online. You do not have to fly from Johannesburg to Perth via Dubai, book a nonstop flight. You will save both time and money.

My pictures of the Sun at 3913 mm, June 7th, 2026.

Here’s how easy it is to destroy your local sun. Nobody 100 miles away can see that cloud right. Yet they can see the sun by looking the same cardinal direction as you at the exact same time.

Dear Flat Earthers, could you please tell your fellow Flat Earther that a globe is a sphere? Or do you deny that Earth is spherical because you do not know what a sphere is? That would explain a lot…

How much curvature are you expecting to see from the surface of a sphere that curves at 1 degree per 69 miles?

This was captured with an 11” telescope in 2023. You can capture the ISS yourself if you know how!

My shots of the Sun doing its nifty nuclear fusion dance, June 4, 2026, (one is a nifty gif)

It’s #SunDay! Here’s your space weather report for the week of May 29 - June 4: • 1 X-class flare • 6 M-class flares • 47 coronal mass ejections • 0 geomagnetic storms This video from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) shows the week’s activity. This week’s main event was the X-class flare on June 3, appearing at 2:26 in the video. Though that flare was this week’s brightest event, a few seconds before at 2:20 in the video, an M7-class flare erupts that might appear to the human eye to be even more impressive. In part, that’s because of the nice view of the burst of solar plasma (ultimately producing a coronal mass ejection) that erupts from the region right after the flare. Wow! 🤩 Learn more about space weather: go.nasa.gov/4bLKwte

Dear Flat Earthers, look-alike science gets nowhere. Water looks like vodka, right? So it must be the same. That explains some of your posts. The sky appears blue because of Rayleigh scattering in the atmosphere (explained on the right). The blue light from an electric arc is emitted when previously excited electrons fall back to lower energy levels. In air, this emission mainly comes from nitrogen and oxygen. Air is mostly nitrogen and oxygen, noble gases make up only about 1%.