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We all started somewhere! We are a friendly bunch! Most of your questions can be posted here, but if you are interested in Astrophotography please use the new Beginner Astrophotography forum. The response time will be much better.
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POPULAR AND FUN OFF TOPIC THREADS

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

by Bigzmey » Sun Sep 12, 2021 8:58 pm

Clean, fun jokes... the tradition continues

The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

What have you been up to lately?

Quote of the day,...

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Sun Sep 12, 2021 8:58 pm
Welcome to the Articles and Reviews forum! (PLEASE READ)

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by Gordon » Mon Jul 15, 2019 6:24 pm

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TSS now has an area for members to post Articles and Reviews.

NOTE: DO NOT POST REVIEW or ARTICLES in this forum section!

There are a few...

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We have had a few instances of new topics being created in the Articles and Reviews forum without prior approval by the TSS team. Those topics have...

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Requesting Or Giving Tips And Tricks

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As a helpful reminder, we have several different board styles which are selectable in the Board Preferences tab in your user control panel. Some of...

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Beginner's Forum Must Reads!

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by Gordon » Sat Jun 01, 2019 9:34 pm

The links below contain threads that are considered 'stickies'.
They contain valuable information for beginners. Please feel free to post comments to...

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NEW MEMBERS: Welcome to TSS.com!

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by Gordon » Mon May 06, 2019 7:59 pm

We are the 'new kids on the block' and hope you will find your astronomy home here! We think you will find an extremely knowledgeable and friendly...

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Happy Birthday avid.astronomer (Tom)

Last post by Graeme1858 « Fri Jun 09, 2023 5:57 am
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by Butterfly Maiden » Tue May 02, 2023 5:37 am

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:occasion-birthday: avid.astronomer :occasion-birthday: Tom.

Have a lovely day.

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I'm mainly doing astronomy outreach and sidewalk astronomy right now. Last year, I had 2,400 people look through my telescope, and so far this year,...

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Fri Jun 09, 2023 5:57 am
Clean, fun jokes... the tradition continues

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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. — Hunter S. Thompson

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FINALLY, a View!

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by Frazman » Thu Jun 08, 2023 8:19 pm

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A few years ago (when I first discovered the old site) I was constantly cutting down trees in the back yard to get a decent view. Unfortunately, the...

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Looking good.
I took a few big ones out that were in danger of hitting the house, and it really opened up the southern sky :Astronomer1:

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Fri Jun 09, 2023 1:55 am
Happy Birthday sdbodin (Steve)

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by Butterfly Maiden » Wed Jun 07, 2023 5:43 am

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:occasion-birthday: sdbodin :occasion-birthday: Steve.

Have a lovely day.

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:occasion-birthday: STEVE! :occasion-birthday: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons:

Hope your day is a great one,

Many...

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Fri Jun 09, 2023 12:29 am
2023 nPAE Southern Hemisphere Astrophotography competition

Last post by Graeme1858 « Thu Jun 08, 2023 10:45 pm
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by nPAE » Sat Jun 03, 2023 5:55 pm

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It’s back! The nPAE Southern Hemisphere Astrophotography competition is again live. After an exciting Northern stage this is the chance for the...

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I hope you will be able to share some of the competition entries here on TSS.

Graeme

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Quote 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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Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing...
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Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:19 pm
I have a photo in S & T

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by KathyNS » Fri Apr 21, 2023 7:11 pm
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A photo of mine made it into the latest (June 2023) issue of Sky & Telescope. My image of globular cluster NGC 5634 appears on page 21....

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Congrats Kathy on both the S&T submission and the APOD. Well done.
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Thu Jun 08, 2023 3:32 am
A music thread

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Another blast from my past. This time it is The La De Das.

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RIP Tony McPhee

I saw the Groundhogs in 1975.
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Wed Jun 07, 2023 6:17 pm
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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We have a fire! :)

About 100ha and across the valley 4ish km away. There are crews, tankers and some heavy equipment on it. Pretty steep and rocky...
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Wed Jun 07, 2023 12:59 am
Happy Birthday jazzin (Scott)

Last post by Bigzmey « Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:49 pm
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by Butterfly Maiden » Wed May 31, 2023 5:36 am

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:occasion-birthday: jazzin :occasion-birthday: Scott.

Have a lovely day.

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Happy Birthday Scott and many more! :occasion-balloons: :occasion-birthday: :occasion-balloons:

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Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:49 pm
Hello!

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by TTMartin » Mon Jun 05, 2023 12:55 am

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I am a complete newbie.

I'm a retired Air Traffic Controller (SDM, O40, SCT Empire Area, CLE, ZOB (Area 1, Area 8, Area 7 Supervisor, Airspace and...

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Welcome to TSS. I also have a passion for nature photography of a kinds, landscapes, wildlife, macro, birding, and astrophotography. You will find a...

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Last post by jrkirkham
Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:23 am
New to astronomy

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by Revinvoss » Sun Jun 04, 2023 9:23 pm

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Hello to you all.
I have been interested in astronomy since I was a very young boy.
I even joined an astronomy chapter in NZ back a long time ago....

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Welcome aboard!

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Last post by JSBach1801
Tue Jun 06, 2023 1:54 am
You Know You're Getting Old When...

Last post by Ylem « Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:35 pm
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by JayTee » Fri Jun 02, 2023 8:16 pm
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You know you're getting old when -- you have to take Tylenol BEFORE you go out to observe. This helps in achieving those contorted positions that...

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You know you're really old when you want to get back into AP, but realized you sold your darkroom equipment many moons ago.
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Mon Jun 05, 2023 9:35 pm
New to C8 Astrophotography

Last post by Graeme1858 « Mon Jun 05, 2023 7:11 am
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by Jaspreet164 » Sun Jun 04, 2023 8:29 am

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Good day everyone. I have been in this hobby for about three years now. Recently upgraded to Celestron C8 XLT telescope. Really for galaxy imaging...

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Image train consist of 50mm Celestron adaptor 16.5 spacer and 21mm filter wheel attached directly to ZWO ASI294MM camera.

So if your filter...

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Last post by Graeme1858
Mon Jun 05, 2023 7:11 am
Health update

Last post by GCoyote « Sun Jun 04, 2023 4:15 am
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by KathyNS » Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:21 pm
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Some of you may remember that I had a really bad case of pneumonia last year. I recovered, but not to 100%, so today, I had an appointment with a...

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Sorry to hear you had such a close call Kathy. Good advice on staying fit and I really hope it helps.
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Sun Jun 04, 2023 4:15 am
New guy from Florida

Last post by Thefatkitty « Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:56 pm
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by bashbrook » Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:00 pm

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I am new to deep space astrophotography, but have been photographing the Milky Way for several years. We have a lot of light pollution in FL but we...

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Welcome to TSS Brad, nice intro and great pic as well!
Nice to have you here and all the best,

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Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:56 pm
Multi million dollar telescope auction

Last post by Nakedgun « Sat Jun 03, 2023 4:38 am
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by Ylem » Fri Jun 02, 2023 6:49 pm

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Is it possible Oceanside Photo and Telescope is closing, even warehouse equipment;

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From what I've read elsewhere, the two owners are gone, living in different states, re-inventing themselves as other people. It seems they had...

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Last post by Nakedgun
Sat Jun 03, 2023 4:38 am
Paid off mortgage. Finally!

Last post by Chich « Fri Jun 02, 2023 3:38 pm
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by Razz » Thu Jun 01, 2023 5:23 pm

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Today I made the LAST payment on my house. 30 year mortgage. Where did the time go? :o Maybe now I'll put some money aside and build myself a little...

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That is great news :) congrats.

We managed to get ours paid off a year or two before I retired. I was in to do a final renewal and asked how much to...

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Last post by Chich
Fri Jun 02, 2023 3:38 pm
Pet names (fun quiz)

Last post by Ylem « Thu Jun 01, 2023 7:25 pm
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by Butterfly Maiden » Sat May 27, 2023 6:10 am

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We don't have children, but we did name our horses.

My horse is called “ Atalanta ” (I love butterflies, so the name was chosen...

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Sagan is on the left. Hopefully, I don't need to tell anyone in this group who he's named after.
I can't leave Titan out on the right, named after...

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Thu Jun 01, 2023 7:25 pm
Happy Birthday Shelby (Shelby)

Last post by smp « Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:52 pm
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by Butterfly Maiden » Thu Jun 01, 2023 5:37 am

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:occasion-birthday: Shelby :occasion-birthday: Shelby.

Have a lovely day.

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Happy Birthday, Shelby!

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

smp

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