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The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

Last post by Nakedgun « Mon Mar 08, 2021 1:09 am
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by Juno16 » Wed Jul 03, 2019 1:22 pm
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I wanted to try to start this old thread here.
This thread was a cool place to see photos (other than AP) by the forum members.

Iphone pano from a...

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I think so.
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Mon Mar 08, 2021 1:09 am
ALL MEMBERS Please read....

Last post by Gordon « Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:35 pm

by Gordon » Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:35 pm

Please take a moment to read this and take it to heart……

We (the Admin, Co-Admins and Moderators re: TEAM) Take our jobs very seriously. Back just...

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Last post by Gordon
Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:35 pm
What have you been up to lately?

Last post by pakarinen « Mon Mar 08, 2021 7:48 am
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by Thefatkitty » Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:56 am
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I post this for two of my own reasons, and wonder if you've been doing the same...

I am sooo bored lately with all this, and have been doing things...

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I took the multiple smilies to be a Starlink train.
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Mon Mar 08, 2021 7:48 am
Eclectic Collections

Last post by John Donne « Mon Mar 08, 2021 6:34 am

by John Donne » Mon Mar 08, 2021 6:34 am

We are a diverse community of men, women, and non-binaries who have a unifying interest in astronomical observation and astrophotography.
I thought...

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Last post by John Donne
Mon Mar 08, 2021 6:34 am
What book are you reading, now?

Last post by John Donne « Mon Mar 08, 2021 3:55 am
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by Nakedgun » Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:29 am

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I'm about halfway through The Strange Death of Europe - Immigration, Identity, Islam by Douglas Murray, 2017, 337 pages.

A well-presented case...

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My kids enjoyed these books when they were youngsters.
I have been reading them to the grandchildren.
Resized_Contraband_.jpeg

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Last post by John Donne
Mon Mar 08, 2021 3:55 am
Recent SCI FI TV shows; Recommendations wanted

Last post by Thefatkitty « Mon Mar 08, 2021 1:38 am
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by Star Dad » Wed Dec 23, 2020 5:10 pm
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I did some searching and found a thread on SCIFI movies but not TV shows. I'm looking for fairly recent TV shows (excluding Star Trek ones as we've...

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Lucifer - been watching since it started on FOX - it is loosely based on the Lucifer character from the Neil Gaiman Sandman series.

I'll toss out...
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Last post by Thefatkitty
Mon Mar 08, 2021 1:38 am
A music thread

Last post by Nakedgun « Mon Mar 08, 2021 1:12 am
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by notFritzArgelander » Sun Sep 22, 2019 4:45 am
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I didn't find one here so here's to start one off.....

The Gypsy Devils

The cymbalom player is pretty impressive....
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Mon Mar 08, 2021 1:12 am
Clean, fun jokes... the tradition continues

Last post by turboscrew « Sun Mar 07, 2021 10:42 pm
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Last post by turboscrew
Sun Mar 07, 2021 10:42 pm
Astronomical Instruments in the Middle Ages

Last post by mikemarotta « Sun Mar 07, 2021 6:43 pm
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by GCoyote » Tue Mar 02, 2021 5:14 am

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While astronomical instruments could be as useful to the medieval person as Google Maps is to us today, you pretty much needed a whole degree in...

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While astronomical instruments could be as useful to the medieval person as Google Maps is to us today, you pretty much needed a whole degree in...

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Last post by mikemarotta
Sun Mar 07, 2021 6:43 pm
Back to work

Last post by turboscrew « Sun Mar 07, 2021 6:04 pm
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by Thefatkitty » Sun Mar 07, 2021 4:49 pm

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Happy Sunday everyone :D

After being off work since Dec 18th of last year, I returned to my job on Friday. No, I was not on vacation; far from it....

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Very nice article. I almost started getting envious. It's just that I don't like driving. :lol:

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Last post by turboscrew
Sun Mar 07, 2021 6:04 pm
Put Maria Mitchell on a US Quarter Dollar?

Last post by mikemarotta « Sun Mar 07, 2021 4:07 pm
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by mikemarotta » Wed Mar 03, 2021 2:17 pm

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(Annie Jump Cannon was honored on a 2019 issue US circulating commemorative quarter dollar. I just bought a bag of 100 to give out at our first...

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I could do a whole thread on these. I posted some to another board in response to a topic about Stamping Through Astronomy and philatelics. (I did...

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Last post by mikemarotta
Sun Mar 07, 2021 4:07 pm
New Observation post featuring Homo Rusticus.

Last post by Greenman « Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:59 pm

by Greenman » Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:59 pm

Sue (my Missus) sacrificed part if the part of the top tier of our country garden to a hard standing spot for me and scope. In keeping with most of...

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Last post by Greenman
Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:59 pm
Ordered hardware; bad weather already here!

Last post by StarBru « Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:53 pm
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by AntennaGuy » Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:25 pm
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Well, after excessive pondering and reflection, I've ordered some new astronomy gear to kick this hobby (visual only, for now) up to the next level!...

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Congrats on the new telescope and mount! Looking forward to seeing your post on First Light! And oh yeah, don't forget pics of the new setup!
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Last post by StarBru
Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:53 pm
Holmsley Inclosure, New Forest

Last post by turboscrew « Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:24 pm
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by Butterfly Maiden » Sun Mar 07, 2021 12:08 pm

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Sophia and I got up early today to go for a walk in the Forest.

We'd had an overnight ground frost, but not a hoar frost which we were hoping for....

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Sophia and I got up early today to go for a walk in the Forest.

We'd had an overnight ground frost, but not a hoar frost which we were hoping for....

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Last post by turboscrew
Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:24 pm
quote of the day, mostly related to astronomy.

Last post by messier 111 « Sun Mar 07, 2021 1:37 pm
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LET'S BEGIN ,

Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he...

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But when researchers at Bell Labs discovered that static tends to come from particular places in the sky, the whole field of radio astronomy opened...
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Sun Mar 07, 2021 1:37 pm
Weather

Last post by pakarinen « Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:23 am
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by Nakedgun » Tue Aug 04, 2020 2:51 am
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We were having a relatively mild summer, here, until last week.

I went to the high desert last Friday (el. 3000ft.) to ride my off-road motorcycle....

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Aside from Friday night, we’ve had a remarkable stretch of clear weather. I suppose I just cursed myself by saying that. Apologies to anybody in the...
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Last post by pakarinen
Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:23 am
My daily observing location

Last post by Makuser « Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:57 pm
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by John Baars » Fri Mar 05, 2021 10:35 am

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As you might know I live in the city. The city of Schiedam is build under the smoke of Rotterdam and its harbours. Originally a simple village of...

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Hello John. A very nice and descriptive report of your observing location. It was a great read and I enjoyed the accompanying photos too. Thanks for...

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Last post by Makuser
Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:57 pm
Earth from Space - Galapagos Islands

Last post by Butterfly Maiden « Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:51 am
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by Graeme1858 » Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:33 am

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The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission over the Galápagos Islands – a volcanic archipelago situated some 1000 km west of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean....

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The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission over the Galápagos Islands – a volcanic archipelago situated some 1000 km west of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean....

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Last post by Butterfly Maiden
Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:51 am
A Cephalopod Has Passed a Cognitive Test Designed For Human Children

Last post by Thefatkitty « Fri Mar 05, 2021 10:55 pm
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by GCoyote » Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:44 am

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This is about as off topic as I can think of, but still interesting.

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Well that's interesting for sure! It also makes cuttlefish more intelligent than a lot of people I've worked with... :lol:

Cool article, thanks!...

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Last post by Thefatkitty
Fri Mar 05, 2021 10:55 pm
Pet pics - Let's see em.

Last post by Don Alvarez « Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:38 pm
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by AstroBee » Tue Mar 02, 2021 1:59 am

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Seeing Jim's foster pup in another post made me come here to share mine.
Let's see everyone's pets.

Here's Sagan & Titan along with one of my toys...

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Dixie Rose:

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Last post by Don Alvarez
Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:38 pm
Happy Birthday Don Alvarez (Don)

Last post by Don Alvarez « Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:27 pm
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by Butterfly Maiden » Sun Feb 28, 2021 6:49 am

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:occasion-birthday: Don.

Have a lovely day.

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Thanks Everyone. Been spending some time with the fam for the last week and plum forgot about my own birthday. Thanks for all the wishes.

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Last post by Don Alvarez
Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:27 pm
Stromatolites all over my location

Last post by Groovy2 « Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:38 pm
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by Groovy2 » Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:52 pm

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I have been traveling for a while and the location im at outside Parker AZ has a bunch of different types of rocks -
way more types than any other...

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they are life form on earth - mars video just showed How Stromatolites changed earth making O2 -
I had been trying to figure out what these are -...

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Last post by Groovy2
Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:38 pm
nikon p500 Weird one time glitch with image stabilization getting stuck on?

Last post by realflow100 « Thu Mar 04, 2021 10:03 am

by realflow100 » Thu Mar 04, 2021 10:03 am

optical stabilization got stuck on somehow.
No idea what triggered it to get stuck on
it doesnt change stabilization amount with focal length. so it...

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Last post by realflow100
Thu Mar 04, 2021 10:03 am
Happy Birthday Ken_nneth (Ken)

Last post by Ken_nneth « Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:07 am
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by Butterfly Maiden » Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:57 am

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:occasion-birthday: Ken.

Have a lovely day.

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Thank you all, cloudy all day but tonight might give me a nice cloud free gift .
Clear Skies
Ken

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Last post by Ken_nneth
Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:07 am
Happy Birthday DozerBolt

Last post by DozerBolt « Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:20 am
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by Butterfly Maiden » Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:29 am

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:occasion-birthday: DozerBolt.

Have a lovely day.

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Thanks so much guys! Much appreciated, and I hope for many more SCOTSS (Successful Circumnavigations Of The Solar System!)

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Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:20 am

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