What have you been up to lately?
- Nakedgun
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 481
- Joined: Sat Aug 01, 2020 11:03 pm
- 3
- Location: southwest US
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Photo of the Day
TSS Awards Badges
Re: What have you been up to lately?
Looking at available evidence:
:
:
.
- Ylem
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 7646
- Joined: Sun May 12, 2019 2:54 am
- 5
- Location: Ocean County, New Jersey
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Photo of the Day
Re: What have you been up to lately?
With the arrival of the cold I have been exploring my new neighborhood that has walkable sidewalks, I have started walking them and put in about 10 miles a day.
Here is an odd find from today, a real working pay phone
-Jeff
Member; ASTRA-NJ
Orion 80ED
Celestron C5, 6SE, Celestar 8
Vixen Porta Mount ll
Coronado PST
A big box of Plossls
Little box of filters
- Nakedgun
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 481
- Joined: Sat Aug 01, 2020 11:03 pm
- 3
- Location: southwest US
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Photo of the Day
TSS Awards Badges
Re: What have you been up to lately?
~Ylem wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 5:23 am When the weather was warmer I spent a lot of time walking on the beach.
With the arrival of the cold I have been exploring my new neighborhood that has walkable sidewalks, I have started walking them and put in about 10 miles a day.
Here is an odd find from today, a real working pay phone
20231204_202554.jpg
They exist?!
.
- GCoyote
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 2709
- Joined: Mon May 13, 2019 2:53 am
- 5
- Location: Laurel, MD, USA
- Status:
Offline
Re: What have you been up to lately?
Gary C
Celestron Astro Master 130mm f5 Newtonian GEM
Meade 114-EQ-DH f7.9 Newtonian w/ manual GEM
Bushnell 90mm f13.9 Catadioptric
Gskyer 80mm f5 Alt/Az refractor
Jason 10x50 Binoculars
Celestron 7x50 Binoculars
Svbony 2.1x42 Binoculars
(And a bunch of stuff I'm still trying to fix or find parts for.)
- DeanD
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 667
- Joined: Fri May 17, 2019 7:27 am
- 5
- Location: Adelaide South Australia
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Awards Badges
Re: What have you been up to lately?
There is one 50m from my front door: but they are no longer "pay" phones here in Oz- it is free for calls to anywhere in Australia...Nakedgun wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:08 am~Ylem wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 5:23 am When the weather was warmer I spent a lot of time walking on the beach.
With the arrival of the cold I have been exploring my new neighborhood that has walkable sidewalks, I have started walking them and put in about 10 miles a day.
Here is an odd find from today, a real working pay phone
20231204_202554.jpg
They exist?!
.
Binos: Steiner Wildlife XP 10x26, Swarovski 8x30 Habicht, Zeiss SFL 8x40, Vanguard Endeavour 10.5x45, Fuji FMTR-SX 10x50, Tak 22x60, Orion Resolux 15x70
Eyepieces: way too many (is that possible?), but I do like my TV 32mm plossl, 13mm Nagler T6, 27mm Panoptic and 3-6mm Nagler zoom, plus Fujiyama 18mm and 25mm orthos and Tak 7.5mm LE
- GCoyote
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 2709
- Joined: Mon May 13, 2019 2:53 am
- 5
- Location: Laurel, MD, USA
- Status:
Offline
Re: What have you been up to lately?
We ended up with five. This is them ignoring about $40 worth of
...............
Gary C
Celestron Astro Master 130mm f5 Newtonian GEM
Meade 114-EQ-DH f7.9 Newtonian w/ manual GEM
Bushnell 90mm f13.9 Catadioptric
Gskyer 80mm f5 Alt/Az refractor
Jason 10x50 Binoculars
Celestron 7x50 Binoculars
Svbony 2.1x42 Binoculars
(And a bunch of stuff I'm still trying to fix or find parts for.)
- SkyHiker
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 2293
- Joined: Sat May 11, 2019 8:40 pm
- 5
- Location: Santa Barbara, CA
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Photo of the Day
TSS Awards Badges
Re: What have you been up to lately?
Needless to say, I punted on the pain killers and am downing the first one of the 3 beers. Or more, as needed. Or, perhaps not as needed. Clearly, I hit some good milestones and can celebrate a bit.
- pakarinen
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 4048
- Joined: Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:33 pm
- 4
- Location: NE Illinois
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Awards Badges
Re: What have you been up to lately?
I hope to get back out tonight or tomorrow morning, but the forecast is calling for intermittent cloud cover.
Man... That's some icky-tasting stuff!
=============================================================================
AT50, AT72EDII, ST80, ST102; Scopetech Zero, AZ-GTi, AZ Pronto; Innorel RT90C, Oberwerk 5000; Orion Giantview 15x70s, Vortex 8x42s, Navy surplus 7x50s, Nikon 10x50s
- helicon Online
- Co-Administrator
- Articles: 599
- Posts: 12444
- Joined: Mon May 06, 2019 1:35 pm
- 5
- Location: Washington
- Status:
Online
-
TSS Awards Badges
Re: What have you been up to lately?
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
- Nakedgun
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 481
- Joined: Sat Aug 01, 2020 11:03 pm
- 3
- Location: southwest US
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Photo of the Day
TSS Awards Badges
Re: What have you been up to lately?
~
They'll do it every time!
.
- OzEclipse Online
- Moderator
- Articles: 2
- Posts: 2439
- Joined: Sat May 11, 2019 8:11 am
- 5
- Location: Young, NSW, Australia, 34S, 148E
- Status:
Online
-
TSS Awards Badges
TSS Photo of the Day
Re: What have you been up to lately?
As I'm the only person using the mower, I have now locked the seat in place at the right position for me with a different bolting arrangement using lock washers. End of this problem but given the problems I've had in just 140 hrs, I'm expecting something major to fall off one day.
Joe
Amateur astronomer since 1978...................Web site : http://joe-cali.com/
Scopes: ATM 18" Dob, Vixen VC200L, ATM 6"f7, Stellarvue 102ED, Saxon ED80, WO M70 ED, Orion 102 Maksutov, ST80.
Mounts: Takahashi EM-200, iOptron iEQ45, Push dobsonian with Nexus DSC, three homemade EQ's.
Eyepieces: TV Naglers 31, 17, 12, 7; Denkmeier D21 & D14; Pentax XW10, XW5, Unitron 40mm Kellner, Meade Or 25,12
Cameras : Pentax K1, K5, K01, K10D / VIDEO CAMS : TacosBD, Lihmsec.
Cam/guider/controllers: Lacerta MGEN 3, SW Synguider, Simulation Curriculum SkyFi 3+Sky safari
Memberships Astronomical Association of Queensland; RASNZ Occultations Section; Single Exposure Milky Way Facebook Group (Moderator) (12k members), The Sky Searchers (moderator)
- Lady Fraktor
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 10074
- Joined: Mon Apr 29, 2019 9:14 pm
- 5
- Location: Slovakia
- Status:
Offline
Re: What have you been up to lately?
So far the Kubota equipment we use has been quite good.
Good luck with the future use.
The only culture I have is from yogurt
- pakarinen
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 4048
- Joined: Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:33 pm
- 4
- Location: NE Illinois
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Awards Badges
Re: What have you been up to lately?
Man... That's some icky-tasting stuff!
=============================================================================
AT50, AT72EDII, ST80, ST102; Scopetech Zero, AZ-GTi, AZ Pronto; Innorel RT90C, Oberwerk 5000; Orion Giantview 15x70s, Vortex 8x42s, Navy surplus 7x50s, Nikon 10x50s
- SkyHiker
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 2293
- Joined: Sat May 11, 2019 8:40 pm
- 5
- Location: Santa Barbara, CA
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Photo of the Day
TSS Awards Badges
Re: What have you been up to lately?
My observatory cannot see the Northern skies, that's why I am planning on using my AVX on the driveway, occasionally. I contemplated getting a 5x7' lean-to metal shed and turning it into another sliding roof observatory like the one I have but placing it on my driveway in front of my son's bedroom will not look good. I could put it on wheels to move it off to the side and get around potential permit issues. Getting permanent power to it is near-impossible though, so I would have to work with a battery or extension cord. Not ideal either way.
So, a screen that is easy to set up and does not blow over with the slightest wind is the best solution. I looked at room dividers first, but they are too light and usually have translucent panels. The price of this unit is unbeatable, so it's worth a shot. It may end up on Craigslist pretty soon, free for some local welder, we'll see!
- GCoyote
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 2709
- Joined: Mon May 13, 2019 2:53 am
- 5
- Location: Laurel, MD, USA
- Status:
Offline
Re: What have you been up to lately?
Gary C
Celestron Astro Master 130mm f5 Newtonian GEM
Meade 114-EQ-DH f7.9 Newtonian w/ manual GEM
Bushnell 90mm f13.9 Catadioptric
Gskyer 80mm f5 Alt/Az refractor
Jason 10x50 Binoculars
Celestron 7x50 Binoculars
Svbony 2.1x42 Binoculars
(And a bunch of stuff I'm still trying to fix or find parts for.)
- pakarinen
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 4048
- Joined: Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:33 pm
- 4
- Location: NE Illinois
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Awards Badges
Re: What have you been up to lately?
I'm thinking that even if the
Man... That's some icky-tasting stuff!
=============================================================================
AT50, AT72EDII, ST80, ST102; Scopetech Zero, AZ-GTi, AZ Pronto; Innorel RT90C, Oberwerk 5000; Orion Giantview 15x70s, Vortex 8x42s, Navy surplus 7x50s, Nikon 10x50s
- SkyHiker
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 2293
- Joined: Sat May 11, 2019 8:40 pm
- 5
- Location: Santa Barbara, CA
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Photo of the Day
TSS Awards Badges
Re: What have you been up to lately?
- helicon Online
- Co-Administrator
- Articles: 599
- Posts: 12444
- Joined: Mon May 06, 2019 1:35 pm
- 5
- Location: Washington
- Status:
Online
-
TSS Awards Badges
Re: What have you been up to lately?
I tried those solar powered rodent repellent noise things as well. My big problem in California was voles, they basically took over the backyard in 2018 and were impossible to get rid of. There was some kind of population explosion and the hawks and foxes couldn't keep the population in check.SkyHiker wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 6:29 pm Two days ago, I unburied the brick pathway leading to my observatory from the dirt thrown up by gophers over the past 15 years. It was a grand new sight after I was done. Next day, the resident gopher had burrowed underneath, moved the dirt through the burrow elsewhere, and I could start taking the bricks out and leveling again. But first I set 2 traps. Lo and behold, a few hours later the gopher was caught. One down. I ordered 16 solar powered noise makers that gophers don't seem to like, and will plant them all around the house. Hopefully they will stay away,
So the noise things were useless. I went to Berkeley Horticulture and asked them for advice and was told there wasn't any save for poison. Furthermore the guy said if there were a magic solution to get rid of them he'd be a millionaire.
I ordered some Vole Scram online in a 50 lb. bag and that repellent didn't work either. In fact more showed up.
I hope gophers, being a different species, repond to the audio repellent. Eventually we roto-tilled the backyard and that seemed to temporarily throw them for a loop, but now a year later I hope the owners aren't having the same problem. Good luck Henk.
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
- SkyHiker
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 2293
- Joined: Sat May 11, 2019 8:40 pm
- 5
- Location: Santa Barbara, CA
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Photo of the Day
TSS Awards Badges
Re: What have you been up to lately?
Thanks for that. After looking up gophers vs moles vs voles, I now realize that the critter was a vole. Dang, I was hoping the sound repellent would work. I will try them anyway, since they are already ordered.helicon wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 4:02 pm I tried those solar powered rodent repellent noise things as well. My big problem in California was voles, they basically took over the backyard in 2018 and were impossible to get rid of. There was some kind of population explosion and the hawks and foxes couldn't keep the population in check.
- DeanD
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 667
- Joined: Fri May 17, 2019 7:27 am
- 5
- Location: Adelaide South Australia
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Awards Badges
Re: What have you been up to lately?
Might be worth a try.
Binos: Steiner Wildlife XP 10x26, Swarovski 8x30 Habicht, Zeiss SFL 8x40, Vanguard Endeavour 10.5x45, Fuji FMTR-SX 10x50, Tak 22x60, Orion Resolux 15x70
Eyepieces: way too many (is that possible?), but I do like my TV 32mm plossl, 13mm Nagler T6, 27mm Panoptic and 3-6mm Nagler zoom, plus Fujiyama 18mm and 25mm orthos and Tak 7.5mm LE
Create an account or sign in to join the discussion
You need to be a member in order to post a reply
Create an account
Not a member? register to join our community
Members can start their own topics & subscribe to topics
It’s free and only takes a minute