Wed, 25. January 2012
Bigot Watch - 4
The lady wrote two similar but non-identical letters to our two local newspapers this week. Both were published just prior to Australia Day.
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22:09
What Cheeses Me Off - 6
Thu, 19. January 2012
Reject organised religion and stand proud
I promised myself I wouldn't keep on writing about religion - but this web link touched a nerve. Again.
When People Ask Why I Have a Problem With Religion, It's Hard To Come Up With a Single Answer......"
The linked page shows graphically what religion is doing to the world and gives so many, many reasons to be proud of totally rejecting organised religion.
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15:02
Wed, 4. January 2012
Astrophotography without a Telescope - 1
I've been a bit slack with serious astronomy recently, due to so many scheduled observing nights being cancelled by inclement weather and more recently by ill-health, so I motivated myself to take some images from the front verandah, which has a fairly reasonable Westerly aspect. These images were taken by camera on a tripod, no telescope involved.
Many of my best astro-images have come without the aid of my telescope and below are the ones I took last night. The images are of our Moon, Jupiter and it's moons.
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18:14
Solar Observing - 1
I bought myself a new Lunt LS60THaPT Solar telescope last month, complete with EQ3 german equatorial mount.
Whilst I need to learn how to use it properly through the eyepiece, before expecting too much from attaching my camera to it, I couldn't resist taking some images with it. The results, after processing are not as good as I hoped but I am posting them here anyway. Hopefully the images will improve with more experience of the Etalon tuning and better image processing.
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