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Astrophysics
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Last post: Re: anti Dark Matter? by notFritzArgelander, Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:04 am

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Lunar
Discuss lunar topics.

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Last post: Re: Penumbral strawberry moon. by messier 111, Sun Jan 17, 2021 2:13 am

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Solar
Discuss solar related topics.

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Last post: Re: Lunt 40mm, thoughts? by David 28, Sun Jan 31, 2021 4:17 am

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Solar System
Discuss our solar system.

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Last post: Re: Comet Leonard May Blaze A… by helicon, Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:19 pm

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Deep sky
Discuss deep sky objects.

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Last post: Re: Virgo I Galaxy Cluster PDF by sdbodin, Sat Feb 27, 2021 9:09 pm

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Space Exploration
Discuss current topic regarding space exploration.

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Who's Out on the Telescope Tonight?

Last post by pakarinen « Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:34 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:18 pm
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Forecast was good tonight for the first time in ages. So I set up with great expectations. Just as I was ready to go, it started snowing! Just a...

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Nope. Totally overcast now. Maybe tomorrow morning.
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Last post by pakarinen
Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:34 pm
Virtual Winter Star Party

Last post by seigell « Sat Feb 06, 2021 1:25 am
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by nPAE » Fri Feb 05, 2021 7:47 pm

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The Winter Star Party is going down online this year! Check out this video...

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I hope they spend some time on Video with the Deep Southern DSO's - the Southern Cross and Eta Carina. These were the Special Targets for me the two...

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Sat Feb 06, 2021 1:25 am
Proposal - Live Virtual Star Party?

Last post by AstroBee « Fri Feb 05, 2021 7:56 pm
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by AstroBee » Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:09 pm
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I'm not sure where to post this or if the site mods can chime in and move this to a more appropriate location. Maybe site mods can take over this...

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We'd be interested in taking part!

Great! I'll let you know the next time we do a test. We are testing out a few different options before going...
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Last post by AstroBee
Fri Feb 05, 2021 7:56 pm
Plate Solving

Last post by KathyNS « Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:02 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:15 pm

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I'll go with this:

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Error distance 0° 0' 0 !

Regards

Graeme

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Close enough! :lol:

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Last post by KathyNS
Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:02 pm
LVAS Virtual Star Party.

Last post by AstroBee « Sun Jan 17, 2021 11:00 pm
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by AstroBee » Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:41 pm

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Our local club, like many other astronomy clubs, has been itching to get back out with the general public since the virus hit. Since then, starting...

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Yeah, our first one was a bit rough, getting the kinks worked out, but they go pretty smooth now.

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Sun Jan 17, 2021 11:00 pm
On-line Telescope store "Sale Telescopes"?

Last post by turboscrew « Sat Jan 16, 2021 7:43 pm
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by DeanD » Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:52 pm

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Hi all,

Just wondering whether anyone has had any experience with Sale Telescopes: ? They are apparently based in Singapore and Indonesia, and they...

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From what I read, I understood that the Sale Telescopes is not a company at all, but just some crooks. It said somewhere, that they only accept wire...

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Last post by turboscrew
Sat Jan 16, 2021 7:43 pm
Home observatory question.

Last post by SkyHiker « Wed Jan 06, 2021 5:47 am
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by AstroBee » Wed Jan 06, 2021 4:53 am

Is there a dedicated category here to discuss, share, and ask for ideas on home observatories? Looking through the list, I didn't see where such a...

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Wed Jan 06, 2021 5:47 am
Electron stage separation on November 20th, 2020

Last post by Chich « Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:22 pm

by Chich » Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:22 pm

Its shiny! and in more ways than one.

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Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:22 pm
Brown Dwarf Detected by Radio Telescope

Last post by Graeme1858 « Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:44 am

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Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:44 am
Venus & Orion are here!

Last post by Makuser « Sat Sep 26, 2020 5:45 pm
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by Big_Eight » Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:10 pm

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This morning before sun up when I went to take the trash out I looked east and saw Venus in all of it's bright glory it looked like a perfectly round...

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Hi Big_Eight. A very nice report from you on the great sights at this time of year. Orion, the hunter always stands out, and is the easiest to...

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Last post by Makuser
Sat Sep 26, 2020 5:45 pm
Developing tails on C/2020 F3 NEOWISE

Last post by SparWeb « Fri Jul 17, 2020 1:39 am
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by j.gardavsky » Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:57 pm

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Hello all,

finally a mosaic with the tails on the comet has been published in the forum astronomie.de , where I am also a member.
Enjoy the details...

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Spectacular!

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Last post by SparWeb
Fri Jul 17, 2020 1:39 am
Earliest (good) evidence of a death by meteorite

Last post by mikemarotta « Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:51 pm
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by Chich » Thu Jun 04, 2020 1:07 am

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I'm a bit of a history buff and while looking through one of my favourite blogs I came across this post on (the) Earliest (good) evidence of a death...

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... but as the article states, these were essentially bureaucratic reports with no sensationalism which only adds to their believably.

Things can...

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Last post by mikemarotta
Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:51 pm
Dark Matter Daggers?

Last post by AntennaGuy « Sun Apr 19, 2020 3:30 pm
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by AntennaGuy » Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:30 pm

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This seems odd:

Your thoughts?

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Heh. You know you've come quite a long way in terms of experimental particle physics when you find that you have to deal with a pesky flood of...

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Last post by AntennaGuy
Sun Apr 19, 2020 3:30 pm
Website Relaunch

Last post by The Happy Parrot « Sun Apr 12, 2020 2:03 am
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by Baurice » Sat Apr 11, 2020 11:48 pm

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I had problems with hosting, so I let my website lapse a while ago.

I have started a new one. As some of my old links are no longer relevant, the...

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Nice website Baurice. I like the sun images and the Pleiades with Venus.

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Last post by The Happy Parrot
Sun Apr 12, 2020 2:03 am
All Sky Camera

Last post by Altocumulus « Sun Feb 23, 2020 7:27 am
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by Altocumulus » Sat Feb 22, 2020 4:16 pm

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Mods - if there's a better place for this, please move pronto - ta muchly.

I have a ZWO 120MC-S in use as an allskycam. I am using AllSkEye...

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I had much the same response from both the supplier and ZWO.

Do you manage to get rid of any noise through darks or bpm?

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Last post by Altocumulus
Sun Feb 23, 2020 7:27 am
Bagged Neptune tonight.

Last post by Bigzmey « Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:09 pm
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by mlecaros86 » Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:03 am

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Hello all, just wanted to say I was able to find and see Neptune this evening prior to the clouds rolling in. Thanks to stellarium and Venus being...

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Nice catch, congrats!

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Last post by Bigzmey
Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:09 pm
In Support of the "Hobby KIller" Telescope

Last post by Bigzmey « Mon Jan 27, 2020 7:58 pm
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by mikemarotta » Sun Dec 15, 2019 6:55 pm

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We call them “hobby killers.” The facts are that (1) for a child interested in science, any telescope is better than no telescope and (2) not every...

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Hamster attention span is the hobby killer, but it is easier to blame on telescopes. My only telescope when I was a kid was the 60mm refractor I made...

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Mon Jan 27, 2020 7:58 pm

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