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T Coronae Borealis event

Last post by Gordon « Wed Jul 10, 2024 7:43 pm

by Gordon » Wed Jul 10, 2024 7:43 pm

As many of you know, there is an event coming soon. T Coronae Borealis, or the Blaze star, was last seen in 1946 and will be visible again some time...

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Member Tillibobs (Keith)

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by Gordon » Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:16 pm

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I just received more sad news.

Longtime member Tillibobs (Keith) passed away Jan 31st / Feb 1st and was laid to rest on 22nd Feb.

Keith was...

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Sorry to hear this. Haven't been on TSS much until a few weeks ago.. will miss him.

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Very sad news.

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by Gordon » Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:56 pm
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Long time member Makuser (Marshall) has past away.

He has been going through some recent (6 months) illness and as a result left our earth yesterday...

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This is a much belated post, but I thought I should comment - a very nice person, and I'm saddened to read this.
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ALL MEMBERS Please read....

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by Gordon » Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:35 pm

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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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We have made a few minor edits to our forum rules.

Please take a moment to re-read them.

Thanks
Gordon
(for the TSS TEAM)

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POPULAR AND FUN OFF TOPIC THREADS

Last post by Bigzmey « Sun Sep 12, 2021 8:58 pm

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Clean, fun jokes... the tradition continues

The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

What have you been up to lately?

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Re: quotes of the day, mostly related to astronomy.

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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.

— Rebecca West
As quoted in B....
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What have you been up to lately?

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Went to work Wednesday afternoon (I work a 3pm-midnight shift normally.) and felt fine when I got there. By the end of my shift I was feeling a...

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Tonight I'm running the Filter Offset Calculator in NINA several times and when that's complete I plan on setting up the Horizon Creator plugin so I...
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Happy Birthday dagadget!!!

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by helicon » Tue Sep 17, 2024 10:34 am

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Happy Birthday dagadget !!!

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Happy Birthday Dagadget, have a good one!

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The Music Thread 2024

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We are 5 days into the new year and hopefully everyone is well.
Here is something written and sung by the late great George Harrison

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RIP Tito Jackson.
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Happy Birthday Joseduddy (Jose)!!!

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by helicon » Mon Sep 16, 2024 12:25 pm

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Happy Birthday Joseduddy Jose!!!

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Happy Birthday, Jose!
Here's hoping for many more to come!
:occasion-birthday: :happy-wavemulticolor: :occasion-birthday:

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Formula 1 2024

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by Mike Q » Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:00 pm
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Anybody else ready for preseason testing?

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Way to go Oscar!

He definitely ran a great race. Making the pass for the lead which gave us 30 laps or so of fantastic racing. Best race of the...
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Happy Birthday Kanadalainen (Ian)!!!

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by helicon » Sat Sep 14, 2024 12:06 pm

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Happy Birthday Kanadalainen Ian!!!

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Happy birthday Ian

Hope you had a good one.

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Oh Dear!

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by Baurice » Thu Sep 12, 2024 8:41 pm

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Deer photographed near home with a phone camera.

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Happy Birthday Jeeper!!!

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by helicon » Thu Sep 12, 2024 12:20 pm

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Happy Birthday Jeeper !!!

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Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈

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James Earl Jones

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by Mike Q » Tue Sep 10, 2024 12:46 am

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The voice of Darth Vader has died at the age of 93.

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May he rest in peace amongst the stars.

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Happy Birthday Messier 111 (Jean-Yves)!!!

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by helicon » Mon Sep 09, 2024 12:39 pm
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Happy Birthday messier 111 Jean Yves!!!

Thanks for all you do here on the forum!!!

Your contributions are indeed invaluable, from moderating to...

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Happy Belated Birthday! Hope it was a great one!!

Dave

thx Dave .
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Revenge of the Street Lamps!

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by Ylem » Fri Aug 30, 2024 1:21 am

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Ugh, when we moved to this neighborhood just over a year ago the street lamps were on motion detection.
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Jeff, It's worse here in Seaside Heights where I am all summer. I can't image with the light pollution. You know our club (ASTRA) has permission to...

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Star Trek premiered in Canada 58 years ago

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Hard to believe it's been that long; I was almost a year old.

First released in Canada on CTV, then on the 8th in the US with NBC. Also this month...

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Happy Birthday Juno16 (Jim)!!!

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by helicon » Fri Aug 30, 2024 2:43 pm

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Happy Birthday Juno16 Jim!

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hello my friend,
I was out of the country the last few days.
I still wish you a happy year on your 69th birthday.

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What are you currently reading?

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Happy Birthday SolSysGuy!!!

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by helicon » Thu Sep 05, 2024 11:16 am

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Happy Birthday SolSysGuy !!!

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Happy Birthday !!!

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Eclipse reference in 6,000-year-old Hindu text

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Astronomers discover oldest known eclipse reference in 6,000-year-old Hindu text

The passages are flowery but fitting for an eclipse, describing...

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Here we are in September and the news about Meade / Orion got progressively worse over the summer. On a sidenote, I've taken over as head of design...
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Happy Birthday Sky !!!

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by helicon » Tue Sep 03, 2024 12:23 pm

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Happy Birthday Sky !!!

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Happy Birthday Indeed !!!

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Oh really?

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by kt4hx » Wed Aug 14, 2024 1:38 am

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Mary and I like to watch the 1% Club game show on FOX network. For those that haven't seen it, they poll across the US using a bunch of questions on...

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It was more of a critical thinking type of question, rather than a test of common facts . People who excel at rote memorization can be fooled by...

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Weather

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Today it looks like this. (Actually looked like this even yesterday.)
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Nice!
Don't you park your...

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This might just be the hottest day of the year in my part of Ohio
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Happy Birthday Mac !!!

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by helicon » Thu Aug 29, 2024 12:15 pm

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Happy Birthday Mac Mac!

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Best Wishes!!!

:occasion-cake: :occasion-birthdaymulticolor: :occasion-cake:

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Garden update: The tomato machine staggers to life.

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by Kanadalainen » Mon Aug 26, 2024 10:25 pm

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Our garden has been quite good this year, lots of hot days @ > 30*C and interspersed with plenty of rain.

Late August and we are pulling off about...

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There is nothing better than home grown. The varieties are most often ones that can't be grown commercially as those need to have a long shelf life...

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