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Member Tillibobs (Keith)
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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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Another star in the heavens. RIP...
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Last post by Altocumulus
Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:59 pm
Very sad news.
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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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Rest in peace Marshall.
I know you'll be missed.
Clear Skies,
Chris
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Last post by chris_g
Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:30 am
ALL MEMBERS Please read....
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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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Please take a moment to re-read them.
Thanks
Gordon
(for the TSS TEAM)
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Last post by Gordon
Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:03 pm
Happy Birthday Richard
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TSS TEAM »
Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:00 am
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Happy Birthday Richard
:occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-birthday: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons:
All the best for a...
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Happy Birthday Richard and I hope Pluto speeds up a bit there...
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Last post by helicon
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:31 pm
A bit of the Violet / Blues...
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StarHugger »
Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:08 am
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Some of you may know I have a liking for tinkering with coloured planetary wratten and other colour based bandpasses but I also collect the different...
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I look forward to seeing the results of your Orion #47.
And thanks for the link.
Graeme
Me too and you are welcome Graeme, the stack looked...
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Last post by StarHugger
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:59 am
Anza-Borrego desert bloom 2024
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Bigzmey »
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:20 pm
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This weekend me and my wife took our traditional spring desert trip to see the desert bloom. One of the best we have seen in years! And the weather...
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I was at Furnace Creek in Death Valley yesterday and noticed quite a few blooms there as well. Not a Super Bloom like they have occasionally but it...
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Last post by AstroBee
Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:54 am
Happy Birthday Pepper
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TSS TEAM »
Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:31 am
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Happy Birthday Pepper (Simon)
:occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-birthday: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons:
All the best...
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Hi all,
Thanks for my birthday wishes and apologies for taking so long to come back, I am still getting to grips with the additional forum!!...
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Last post by Graeme1858
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:46 pm
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Last post by OzEclipse
Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:00 am
Happy Birthday Michael131313
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Graeme1858 »
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:14 am
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Happy Birthday Michael131313
:occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-birthday: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons:
All the best...
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Thanks very much Jeff.
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Last post by Michael131313
Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:07 am
Happy Pi day!
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KingClinton »
Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:05 am
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Happy Pi day everyone!
Some info on why.
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Happy Pi day everyone!
Some info on why.
~
This is what I think of regarding Pi:
Darren Aronofsky's (Black Swan, Requiem For A Dream)...
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Last post by Nakedgun
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:35 pm
Happy Birthday johnyjf
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Graeme1858 »
Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:48 am
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Happy Birthday johnyjf
:occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-birthday: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons:
All the best for a...
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Happy birthday!
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Last post by JSBach1801
Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:22 am
Formula 1 2024
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Mike Q »
Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:00 pm
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Anybody else ready for preseason testing?
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Well two races in and the Max Verstappen show is under way. I have to give Oliver Bearman a big thumbs up for coming in at the last minute and...
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Last post by Mike Q
Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:42 pm
RAS Library
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Graeme1858 »
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:30 am
The oldest book in the Royal Astronomy Society Library.
Graeme
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Last post by Graeme1858
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:30 am
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Last post by helicon
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:21 am
Minnesota has a lot of helium
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AntennaGuy »
Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:01 am
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Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America
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Cow farts in Texas....
Oh dear.... will they interfere with the eclipse?
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Last post by gregl
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:39 am
March 5th rainbow
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Thefatkitty »
Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:33 pm
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Unseasonably warm again today (when isn't it lately?); my truck informed me it was 17C (62F) at 10AM this morning. I was heading north today a bit...
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nice speed shot , thx .
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Last post by messier 111
Tue Mar 05, 2024 11:37 pm
Focusing Aid
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Graeme1858 »
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:40 pm
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Vodaphone have kindly installed a guide camera daytime focusing aid for me. So that's very nice of them.
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That's helpful
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Last post by helicon
Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:34 pm
Lasers
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StarHugger »
Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:40 am
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A little more than a decade ago I purchased a few nice lasers for pointing during night astronomy observations and those lasers were also alot of fun...
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Sharks with frickin laser beams..
Austin Powers
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Last post by helicon
Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:20 pm
Begun, the Orca revolt has.
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AntennaGuy »
Sat May 20, 2023 4:04 pm
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Did anyone seriously expect that our status at the top of the food chain would forever go unchallenged?
:whale: :whale:
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A Lone Orca Killed a Great White Shark in First Documented Attack of Its Kind. For the first time, scientists observe a single killer whale killing a...
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Last post by AntennaGuy
Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:46 pm
Baking Saturn.
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KingClinton »
Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:16 am
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Seriously don't think my skills are up to this, but still pretty cool!
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That's pretty cool, my wife says he's pretty famous.
I don't think they are low in calories lol 😆
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Last post by Ylem
Sat Mar 02, 2024 2:25 am
Happy Birthday Marcelo F
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Graeme1858 »
Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:01 am
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Happy Birthday Marcelo F.
:occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-birthday: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons:
All the best for a...
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Happy Birthday .
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Last post by messier 111
Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:04 am
Happy Birthday GCoyote
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Graeme1858 »
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:10 am
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Happy Birthday GCoyote (Gary)
:occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-birthday: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons:
All the best...
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Thanks everyone. Sorry I wasn't here to get all these on the 28th. I'll try to do better!
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Last post by GCoyote
Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:23 pm
New record for South Africa, unwanted in my opinion.
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KingClinton »
Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:20 am
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I get nowhere near these numbers!
I try limit my screen time, these published numbers are bonkers, what are we doing online!
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Well on Line has many implications , TV, Radio , security smart house etc and off course the internet between them all I must be 100% on line all the...
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Last post by Richard
Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:02 pm
The Antikythera Mechanism
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Graeme1858 »
Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:15 pm
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More than 21 centuries ago, a mechanism of fabulous ingenuity was created in Greece, a device capable of indicating exactly how the sky would look...
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I saw a recent discussion where it was asked why only one was ever produced?
Surely something like this would have been duplicated for use by other...
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Last post by Gfamily
Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:12 pm
World ending soon. No more need for retirement planning!
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AntennaGuy »
Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:46 pm
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I've been pondering my retirement and living-into-old-age plans for years, but have never been really sure of the best way to handle this. Well, now...
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0530 is my default get-out-of-bed time, but I'm usually up earlier and observing if it's clear outside.
....
There are treatments for that....
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Last post by pakarinen
Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:49 pm
Happy Birthday Kenpresley
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Graeme1858 »
Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:01 am
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Happy Birthday Kenpresley
:occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-birthday: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons:
All the best for a...
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Happy Birthday!!
Dave
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Last post by Unitron48
Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:10 am
Spring in the Valley
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gregl »
Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:32 am
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Spring is the best time of year here in California’s Central Valley. The trees bloom in vast oceans of color, all the fields and foothills are green,...
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Well, it was 96° F (35.5 ° C). At least they are forecasting that it will cool back down in a few days but we’ve smashed a bunch of high temperature...
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Last post by The Wave Catcher
Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:04 am
Snooker
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Graeme1858 »
Sat Feb 24, 2024 12:20 am
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Any snooker fans here?
I've been watching the Players Championship this week. It's a battle between the top 16 of the 23/24 season so far, so it...
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It was the final of the Players Championship today. Zhang Anda got off to a good start leading 3-0. Mark Allen pulled it back to 4-4 by the session...
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Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:32 am
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