Sun, 26. February 2012
Astrophotography without a Telescope - 2
The beautiful crescent moon setting shortly after the sun.
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16:26
Questions for the Vatican
I don't like rugby league but I have to credit the Canterbury Bulldogs for dumping a known paedophile from their club and stripping him of life membership. He was a trusted man who was given access to young people and he apparently used that to his advantage.
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13:01
Thu, 23. February 2012
Liquidation of Austin Australia
In January 2004, when it became clear that the company would not survive, my colleagues and I lived in hope that we we would receive a substantial proportion of our entitlements. None of us imagined we would have to wait more than eight years to get something from the Liquidator. It finally arrived this week, the "first and final priority dividend to former employees."
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01:04
Thu, 16. February 2012
Ghost Tours
I have always disliked scams which prey on vulnerable or gullible people.
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14:30
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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