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Marshall's Night Sky This Week, 22-28 APRIL 2024

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Marshall's Night Sky This Week, 22-28 APRIL 2024

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How to make your own solar filter holder

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by OzEclipse » Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:26 am

Making a Solar Filter holder for your Telescope

It's very easy to make a filter holder perfectly suited to total solar eclipse observation. A...

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More advanced eclipse photography

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If you want to have a go at capturing more complex solar eclipse imagery, this article covers aspects of capturing high dynamic range imagery and...

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Eclipse Photography for Beginners

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Eclipse Photography for Beginners
By Joe Cali
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Warnings:
• Never look at the sun...

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POPULAR AND FUN OFF TOPIC THREADS

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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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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!

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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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The links below contain threads that are considered 'stickies'.
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NEW MEMBERS: Welcome to TSS.com!

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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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Hello from North West England

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by TerryMcK » Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:21 am

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Hi All,
Just a quick message to say I have just joined. I'm based in the north west of England under Bortle 7 skies. However with us being surrounded...

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welcome in .

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Eat a Python

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by AntennaGuy » Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:27 pm

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I find the article linked below to be somewhat difficult to believe. But then, alligator meat is sold in my local supermarket, so perhaps it's not...

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Haven't had python (that I know of), probably would try it. Its funny where people draw the line.
I lived in a Native village once and they had...

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View topics from new to old

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by JSTAR0057 » Sat Apr 27, 2024 12:47 pm

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This may sound trivial, but how do I view the topics in order by the date they are posted? They are in no set order that I can see. It may start off...

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This may sound trivial, but how do I view the topics in order by the date they are posted? They are in no set order that I can see. It may start off...

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nPAE Ruby Turret Review and Observing report

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Here’s a great observation report of the Moon, Castor and Gamma Leonis at up to 430x magnification, from the YouTube channel Refreshing Views....

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The Music Thread 2024

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Here is something written and sung by the late great George Harrison

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No monsoons here though!

It's just gone noon, half past monsoon
On the banks of the river Nile
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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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I … decided that the challenge of starting with a completely clean slate and mapping out a program that would influence astronomy for fifty years was...
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Observe Planets on a sunny day with a Telescope?

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by Flyhigh7 » Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:40 pm

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I have a 9.25 Celestron Telescope and I'm wondering if it is possible to see the planets on a clear bright sunny day if the planets are not close to...

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I can detect the phases of Venus quite clearly in 15x70 binoculars during daylight, Lunar details are almost as clear during the day as at night. but...

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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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A couple of friends and I went cycling. We covered a bit over 60 km and we looking like moving clumps of mud after :lol:
I will have to spend a few...
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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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Jeremiah Horrocks Memorial

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by Pikaia » Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:35 pm

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Liverpool astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks (1618 - 1641) was the first person to predict a transit of Venus, which he observed with a friend. This...

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A nice monument Pikaia and a great image Gfamily!
I was fortunate enough to see both the 2004 and 2012 transits.

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Happy Birthday ThinkerX

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Happy Birthday ThinkerX

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The Great Photography Thread - REVIVED!

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Happy Birthday The Sky Searchers Astronomy Forum!

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Happy Birthday The Sky Searchers Astronomy Forum!

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Quite the achievement, congratulations to Gordon for getting things established and to all that keep it running. :)

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Space Warfare

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by Graeme1858 » Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:44 am

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Pentagon eases cloak of secrecy around space warfare training

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Lt. Col. C. Gene Adams, commander of the 527th Space Aggressor Squadron, underscored the benefits of lowering classification. “We can share more with...

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Happy Birthday Carastro

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Happy Birthday Bigzmey

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