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Member Tillibobs (Keith)

Last post by kt4hx « Sun May 12, 2024 3:43 pm
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by Gordon » Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:16 pm

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I just received more sad news.

Longtime member Tillibobs (Keith) passed away Jan 31st / Feb 1st and was laid to rest on 22nd Feb.

Keith was...

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Sorry to read about Keith. He was indeed a kind and guiding soul in our hobby. I hope he has found his own orbit around the Sun and reveling in its...

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Sun May 12, 2024 3:43 pm
Very sad news.

Last post by chris_g « Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:30 am
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by Gordon » Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:56 pm
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Long time member Makuser (Marshall) has past away.

He has been going through some recent (6 months) illness and as a result left our earth yesterday...

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Rest in peace Marshall.

I know you'll be missed.

Clear Skies,
Chris
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Last post by chris_g
Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:30 am
ALL MEMBERS Please read....

Last post by Gordon « Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:03 pm
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by Gordon » Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:35 pm

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Please take a moment to read this and take it to heart……

We (the Admin, Co-Admins and Moderators re: TEAM) Take our jobs very seriously. Back just...

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We have made a few minor edits to our forum rules.

Please take a moment to re-read them.

Thanks
Gordon
(for the TSS TEAM)

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Lasers

Last post by helicon « Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:20 pm
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by StarHugger » Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:40 am

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A little more than a decade ago I purchased a few nice lasers for pointing during night astronomy observations and those lasers were also alot of fun...

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Sharks with frickin laser beams..

Austin Powers

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Last post by helicon
Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:20 pm
Begun, the Orca revolt has.

Last post by AntennaGuy « Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:46 pm
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by AntennaGuy » Sat May 20, 2023 4:04 pm

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Did anyone seriously expect that our status at the top of the food chain would forever go unchallenged?

:whale: :whale:

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A Lone Orca Killed a Great White Shark in First Documented Attack of Its Kind. For the first time, scientists observe a single killer whale killing a...

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Last post by AntennaGuy
Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:46 pm
Baking Saturn.

Last post by Ylem « Sat Mar 02, 2024 2:25 am
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by KingClinton » Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:16 am

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Seriously don't think my skills are up to this, but still pretty cool!

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That's pretty cool, my wife says he's pretty famous.

I don't think they are low in calories lol 😆

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Last post by Ylem
Sat Mar 02, 2024 2:25 am
Happy Birthday Marcelo F

Last post by messier 111 « Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:04 am
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by Graeme1858 » Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:01 am

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Happy Birthday Marcelo F.

:occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-birthday: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons:

All the best for a...

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Happy Birthday .

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Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:04 am
Happy Birthday GCoyote

Last post by GCoyote « Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:23 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:10 am

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Happy Birthday GCoyote (Gary)

:occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-birthday: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons:

All the best...

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Thanks everyone. Sorry I wasn't here to get all these on the 28th. I'll try to do better!

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Last post by GCoyote
Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:23 pm
New record for South Africa, unwanted in my opinion.

Last post by Richard « Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:02 pm
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by KingClinton » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:20 am

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I get nowhere near these numbers!
I try limit my screen time, these published numbers are bonkers, what are we doing online!

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Well on Line has many implications , TV, Radio , security smart house etc and off course the internet between them all I must be 100% on line all the...

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Last post by Richard
Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:02 pm
The Antikythera Mechanism

Last post by Gfamily « Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:12 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:15 pm

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More than 21 centuries ago, a mechanism of fabulous ingenuity was created in Greece, a device capable of indicating exactly how the sky would look...

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I saw a recent discussion where it was asked why only one was ever produced?
Surely something like this would have been duplicated for use by other...

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Last post by Gfamily
Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:12 pm
World ending soon. No more need for retirement planning!

Last post by pakarinen « Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:49 pm
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by AntennaGuy » Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:46 pm

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I've been pondering my retirement and living-into-old-age plans for years, but have never been really sure of the best way to handle this. Well, now...

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0530 is my default get-out-of-bed time, but I'm usually up earlier and observing if it's clear outside.
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There are treatments for that....

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Last post by pakarinen
Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:49 pm
Happy Birthday Kenpresley

Last post by Unitron48 « Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:10 am
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by Graeme1858 » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:01 am

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Happy Birthday Kenpresley

:occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-birthday: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons:

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Happy Birthday!!

Dave

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Last post by Unitron48
Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:10 am
Spring in the Valley

Last post by The Wave Catcher « Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:04 am
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by gregl » Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:32 am

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Spring is the best time of year here in California’s Central Valley. The trees bloom in vast oceans of color, all the fields and foothills are green,...

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Well, it was 96° F (35.5 ° C). At least they are forecasting that it will cool back down in a few days but we’ve smashed a bunch of high temperature...

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Last post by The Wave Catcher
Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:04 am
Snooker

Last post by Graeme1858 « Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:32 am
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by Graeme1858 » Sat Feb 24, 2024 12:20 am

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Any snooker fans here?

I've been watching the Players Championship this week. It's a battle between the top 16 of the 23/24 season so far, so it...

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It was the final of the Players Championship today. Zhang Anda got off to a good start leading 3-0. Mark Allen pulled it back to 4-4 by the session...

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Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:32 am
What are you currently reading?

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by GCoyote » Sun Sep 06, 2020 12:35 am
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Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:31 pm
Blue LEDs

Last post by Graeme1858 « Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:20 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:31 am

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A fascinating story of history, science and corporate greed!

Graeme

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You can't see the electrons running around inside the wires, you have no idea what size they are,

There's a very good possibility that they are...

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Last post by Graeme1858
Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:20 pm
NEWS FLASH- 2 ton ERS2 Satellite crashing now

Last post by OzEclipse « Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:51 pm

by OzEclipse » Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:51 pm

The 2 ton ERS2 Satellite burn up is imminent.
Altitude as I write this at 21:48 UT on 21 Feb, Satellite is at 95km and dropping at about 10m every...

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Last post by OzEclipse
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:51 pm
MotoGP.

Last post by KingClinton « Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:31 am
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by KingClinton » Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:57 am
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Besides my astronomy passions I also love watching motorcycles go around in circles.
The MotoGP series season is so close to starting I can almost...

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Day 2 of the test at Losail international circuit in Qatar gets underway later today.
On day 1 we saw the usual suspects starting to get to the top...
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Last post by KingClinton
Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:31 am
Power tools on steroids!

Last post by Nakedgun « Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:34 pm
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by KingClinton » Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:44 am

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If you like a decent power tool,you will love this!

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~

Clever boy!

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Last post by Nakedgun
Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:34 pm
Under the Limelight..

Last post by Graeme1858 « Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:58 am
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by StarHugger » Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:39 pm

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In my quest of tinkering simple ultra cheap colour and basic astronomy filters into filter stacks capable of isolating Calcium h, Sodium d and H-beta...

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That really brings the solar details out into the limelight!

Graeme

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Last post by Graeme1858
Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:58 am
Discovery of vast deposits of rare earths in Wyoming.

Last post by helicon « Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:08 pm
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by AntennaGuy » Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:00 am

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For those who may not have seen this news yet:

Ideally, this will make lots of electronics products, powerful magnets, etc., much less expensive....

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In general it's a good idea to avoid gold mining stocks where the primary asset is an unexplored deposit. Investors can be left holding the bag. Not...

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Last post by helicon
Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:08 pm
Happy Birthday Unitron48 (Dave)

Last post by John Baars « Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:47 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:48 am

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Happy Birthday Unitron48 (Dave)

:occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-birthday: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons:

All the...

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Congratulations on your birthday.
Have a nice day!

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Last post by John Baars
Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:47 pm
Star crinoid stem fossil

Last post by RoelaMcD74 « Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:12 pm

by RoelaMcD74 » Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:12 pm

I worked in Snowflake, Az rebuilding a boiler system at a bio mass plant. During lunch I was standing in the parking lot and kicking around rocks, as...

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Last post by RoelaMcD74
Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:12 pm
My meteorite

Last post by messier 111 « Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:41 am
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by RoelaMcD74 » Fri Feb 09, 2024 12:27 am

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This is my ordinary chondrite. I found it while hiking in Columbia California between the natural Bridges caves. It's a really cool place that I...

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cool , thx .

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Last post by messier 111
Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:41 am
South Downs national park: astrophotography competition

Last post by Graeme1858 « Fri Feb 09, 2024 7:54 am

by Graeme1858 » Fri Feb 09, 2024 7:54 am

This year, photographers had the chance to win up to £100 for capturing a striking image of the night sky over South Downs national park, England, in...

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Last post by Graeme1858
Fri Feb 09, 2024 7:54 am
Happy Birthday JTW

Last post by Unitron48 « Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:57 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:25 am

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Happy Birthday JTW

:occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-birthday: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons:

All the best for a great...

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Happy Birthday and best wishes for a great day!

Dave

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Last post by Unitron48
Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:57 pm
Only in South Africa!

Last post by messier 111 « Mon Feb 05, 2024 3:16 pm
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by KingClinton » Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:09 am

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Normally it's the two legged upright animals that stop with cars and help 'unload' the cargo.
But this is way better, good on the elephants getting...

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love it .

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Last post by messier 111
Mon Feb 05, 2024 3:16 pm
Happy Birthday JayTee

Last post by messier 111 « Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:47 pm
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by Graeme1858 » Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:57 am

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Happy Birthday JayTee

:occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-birthday: :occasion-balloons: :occasion-balloons:

All the best for a...

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Happy Birthday JayTee .

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Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:47 pm

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