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Thank you Gordon, Bryan, and all you wonderful Moderators who had a part in standing this forum on its feet. I have been enjoying this more that I can say.
My activity on AF had been discouraged by circumstance there.
Here I have sorta gone nuts.
I am enjoying interacting with everyone.
The wonderful AP post, the observing reports, the general discussions and exchanges of information, and the many very helpfull posts that nFA puts up are my delight.
I have received many heloful and instructive PM .
I am spending most of my daylight hours caring for my declining mother and the forum is my friend.
This post will be my 1001th post since joining on May 11.
Well, you just gotta like that post I enjoy it all as well, especially seeing just how far I can wrap my head around nFA's posts Anything past a merger of two neutron stars and I'm so lost....
I as well enjoy reading your posts Mark, always fun to hear what you (and even Henry) are up to. I did almost have a stroke when I first saw your beardless avatar; I believe even JT made a post wondering what happened to Mark....
Funny, I just came in from shaping and welding the legs onto your forthcoming creation. I played hookey from work today, cough, cough... I'm sure the teenage daughter unit will be up soon (it's almost 2:30PM here!) and she can finish it off. I just needed a break from the noisy jackhammers down the street and came in and read this.
Sorry to hear about your mother; I was hoping things were going better. Good thing that she has you & Bonnie though.
All the best, and I bet it won't be long until post 2000!
Mark
"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
H/A - PST stage 2 mod with a Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters with a ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD with Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm and UV/IR filters with a Canon EOS 550D. Member of the RASC
Sorry to hear about the family situation Mark, my now limited time on forum does not leave a lot of time for long postings bu I am trying to catch up on things.
nFA is posting way to fast for me to keep up though! I have just started downloading links to read later
Gabrielle See Far Sticks: Elita 103/1575, AOM FLT 105/1000, Bresser 127/1200 BV, Nočný stopár 152/1200, Vyrobené doma 70/700, Stellarvue NHNG DX 80/552, TAL RS 100/1000, Vixen SD115s/885 EQ: TAL MT-1, Vixen SXP, SXP2, AXJ, AXD Az/Alt: AYO Digi II, Stellarvue M2C, Argo Navis encoders on both Tripods: Berlebach Planet (2), Uni 28 Astro, Report 372, TAL factory maple, Vixen ASG-CB90, Vixen AXD-TR102 Diagonals: Astro-Physics, Baader Amici, Baader Herschel, iStar Blue, Stellarvue DX, Tak prism, TAL, Vixen Eyepieces: Antares to Zeiss (1011110) The only culture I have is from yogurt
Glad that you are really enjoying the forum Mark. I have also been weaned from the other forum over the past few months - I used to post lots of stuff over there. Now we are growing at a steady pace here and the future looks pretty bright. Last year I also spent about 6 months looking after my father who was in the last stages of a battle with lung cancer, he passed away in November but that also left a lot of work related to the estate and finances which took up a lot of time until this June when everything was mostly squared away....now I have time to read NFA's posted articles in their entirety.
-Michael Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50 Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl Camera: ZWO ASI 120 Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs Latitude: 48.7229° N
Congrats on reaching the 1,000 post mark. Sorry to hear about your current responsibilities but I'm afraid it's something most of us go through. I am currently doing the very same thing for my 93 year-old mother.
On a heavier note, I'm basically a coward because I stay away from nFA's posts because I know they're going to cause my head pain!
Congrats on reaching the 1,000 post mark. Sorry to hear about your current responsibilities but I'm afraid it's something most of us go through. I am currently doing the very same thing for my 93 year-old mother.
On a heavier note, I'm basically a coward because I stay away from nFA's posts because I know they're going to cause my head pain!
Congrats again,
JT
Yes this is part of living. My mother is also 93 and I am hsppy to serve her in this way. It is the least I can do.
As to the nFA posts there have been many that speak to particular sky objects and I have found these to be very helpful to me. They are educational in a way that is reachable to my rather limited maths and physics knowledge. They have lead me to follow the subject to the result of my growing in understsnding if some of these objects.
I do not pretend to understand all of the fine astrophysics threads that are posted, but I wanted to remark on this because it HAS been helpful to me.
If you read this nFA, thank you.
I do not mean to put you on the spot, but I know that you put your knowledge and effort into this for our benefit.
Ylem wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2019 9:20 pm
I just noticed a thread about us on Cranky Nights bet the mods will shut it down.
Hmmm. We are doing much better in the search engine rankings because of various seo things going on in the background and folks finding out about TSS...It's interesting that CN would comment on us. Plus, many folks are heading over from AF.net.
-Michael Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50 Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl Camera: ZWO ASI 120 Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs Latitude: 48.7229° N
Ylem wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2019 9:48 pm
Yep, that's it, I'm thinking the mods might shut it down, they think they are the centre of the universe.
Well that certainly didn't take long.....
Gordon
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED80CF, Skywatcher 200 Quattro Imaging Newt, SeeStar S50 for EAA.
Mounts: Orion Atlas EQ-g mount & Skywatcher EQ5 Pro.
ZWO mini guider.
Image cameras: ZWO ASI1600 MM Cool, ZWO ASI533mc-Pro, ZWO ASI174mm-C (for use with my Quark chromosphere), ZWO ASI120MC
Filters: LRGB, Ha 7nm, O-III 7nm, S-II 7nm
Eyepieces: a few.
Primary software: Cartes du Ciel, N.I.N.A, StarTools V1.4.
Congratulations Mark on your 1001 posts. All the very best to you. Its great that you can give your time to your mum . We all know the cost of that commitment. Phill
Phill. Dreaming of Clear Skys ....
SCOPE : Skywatcher 120X600 ST Achromatic Refractor.
EP's : 25mm & 10mm Plossl , Celestron 8/24mm Zoom EP,
Filters : Solar filter, Badder Fringe Killer & Moon/Skyglow.
MOUNT : Skywatcher Star Discovery goto Mount.
CAMERAS : ZWO 120 asi MC. / Sony HX400V 50X Zoom.
Binoculars : Saxon 10x50
Congrats Mark, always enjoy your posts.Went thru the same thing with my Mom a couple years ago. She told me not to grieve. As she put it,"I have lived well beyond my three score and ten, I had a good run!" My prayers are with you, God bless your Mom. Bill