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Even though we were down for the last week, the bills have to be paid.
It's not a requirement, and no special favors if you do donate, but I personally thank everyone for your continued support!!!
You can just click on the "Donations" button at the top of the page. Credit cards are also accepted through PayPal
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.
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.
Indeed! It was the shortest run ever and reflection on the strength of the TSS community. We have a good thing going here. Thanks for your great effort Gordon!
"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
HA - PST stage 2 mod with 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
It all happened while I was sleeping. Rock on TSS!!
@Gordon
Did you get enough funds to cover the extra backup recovery charges that were incurred during the outage? If not, please open the button again and recover those fees as well. No reason for you to cover those charges.
Joe
Joe Cali (OzEclipse)
34 South - The Hilltops Observatory
Hilltops region, Young, New South Wales, Australia. [148E, 34S]
Amateur astronomer since 1978.....Web site :http://joe-cali.com/.....Total & Annular Eclipses Observed:18 Scopes: ATM 18" Dob, Vixen VC200L, Hand Made 6"f7, Stellarvue 102ED, Saxon ED80, WO M70 ED, Orion 102 Maksutov, Coronado PST Binoculars: Celestron Skymaster Pro 15x70, SV Bony SV202 10x42ED Mounts: Takahashi EM-200, iOptron iEQ45, Push Dobsonian with Nexus DSC, 3 ATM EQ mounts. ..............Losmandy Starlapse, Vixen Polarie and Skywatcher Star Adventurer compact trackers. Eyepieces: TV Naglers 31, 17, 12, 7; Denkmeier D21 & D14; Pentax XW10, XW5. Cameras : ZWO ASI2600MC, Pentax K1, K5, K01, K10D / VIDEO CAMS : TacosBD, Lihmsec. Cam/guider/controllers: Lacerta MGEN 3, SW Synguider, Simulation Curriculum SkyFi 3+Sky safari Memberships The Sky Searchers (moderator); Astronomical Association of Queensland; RASNZ Occultations Section.
I vote we re-open the Donation Button for Gordon for all the hard work getting us back up
I used to work in tech, I can only imagine the frustration
Clear Skies,
-Jeff
Member; ASTRA-NJ
Orion 80ED
Celestron C5, 6SE, Celestar 8
Celestron ST80
Celestron C90 Mak
Vixen Porta Mount ll
Coronado PST
Bunch of Binos
A big box of Plossls
Little box of filters
TSS is not a 'profit' venture, it's just a user-supported forum.
While I'm sure we could leave the donations button on, it wouldn't be fair to just have all the extra money sitting there doing nothing.
I wait for the bill to come so I know exactly how much we owe and then try to keep a small extra (50 or so USD) to cover any other expenses that come up during the quarter.
I realize that we have many members who would like to contribute monetarily, but trust me when I say that your "value" is the support you give by just being here!
This next pay period, I will try opening the donations button in the evening mountain standard time to give others a chance to donate.
Thanks again for all of your support!!
Gordon
(for the TSS TEAM)
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.
Member of the RASC
