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03-03-2019, 04:30 AM
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If I were allowed to swear here I would - weather
Wales typical
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03-03-2019, 04:42 PM
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Well you cant.
Leon
03-03-2019, 04:45 PM
Dark sky rules !
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Llandsyul ?
Is it a fictional or an Aboriginal name ?
03-03-2019, 05:41 PM
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You may have to shift home.
It could be worse though - we're currently 20km downwind of a large bushfire with lots of ash falling around the house.
03-03-2019, 05:58 PM
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I feel for you Tony, having been through a fire ourselves.
We are waiting to see if some friends place has survived. They were staying to defend, we know that the fire has gone across their place but that is it. We also have other friends where the husband has decided to stay and fight it alone while his wife has left. I hope he has made the right choice.
03-03-2019, 06:30 PM
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My backyard just now, does this help?
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03-03-2019, 06:39 PM
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I think people who stay to defend don't properly understand the potential ferocity of a fire. I'd only consider staying if there was a fire and smoke proof underground hidey hole of some sort.
03-03-2019, 07:23 PM
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I am similar, we abandoned ship as soon as it looked likely that the fire that ultimately went across our place would do that.
One lot of people we have heard from, they have saved all their livestock, shedding and house, the other we don't know if the fire will or has actually got there.
03-03-2019, 11:14 PM
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skysurfer
Llandsyul ?
Is it a fictional or an Aboriginal name ?
I don't think there are any aboriginal links in the UK ?
04-03-2019, 07:09 AM
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I don't think there are any aboriginal links in the UK ?
Actually, there are plenty of aboriginals in the UK - by strict definition - in fact anyone of Celtic descent would be within the definition.
Sorry - off topic.
Peter
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04-03-2019, 08:29 AM
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^Correct weight Peter
aboriginal = original inhabitant
You can see it from the Italian "abitante originale" or more correctly from the its Latin origin
And if it's any consolation Jeremy (UKAstro) the skies have been a little cloudy here too - the past few nights
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04-03-2019, 07:10 PM
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Actually, there are plenty of aboriginals in the UK - by strict definition - in fact anyone of Celtish descent would be within the definition.
Sorry - off topic.
Peter
who cares about off topic, this is a "forum"
04-03-2019, 07:11 PM
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^Correct weight Peter
aboriginal = original inhabitant
You can see it from the Italian "abitante originale" or more correctly from the its Latin origin
And if it's any consolation Jeremy (UKAstro) the skies have been a little cloudy here too - the past few nights
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JA
Just about to order this so I can use my Ha setup
bet it rains for a month
https://www.widescreen-centre.co.uk/...nt-tripod.html
04-03-2019, 07:50 PM
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who cares about off topic, this is a "forum"
Forums have rules Jeremy.
RB
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04-03-2019, 11:06 PM
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Forums have rules Jeremy.
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I appreciate that and I accept that one thing can lead to another but it is nice to be "nice"
05-03-2019, 10:26 AM
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You have your problems, I have mine...
Last night was stable, transparent, clear, perfect
Temperature -> -29C.
At this temperature, mounts groan as do my joints... so I sat indoors with a drink in front of the fire.
05-03-2019, 03:05 PM
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At this temperature, mounts groan as do my joints... so I sat indoors with a drink in front of the fire.
Here we just sit indoors with a drink in front of the air-con. I'm starting to see a pattern here with climate change and astrophotography.
10-03-2019, 04:58 PM
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Lucky OICURMT - no problems with camera noise!
12-03-2019, 11:48 AM
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Lucky OICURMT - no problems with camera noise!
LOL... yep , thought of that... -29C with a TEC to lower it by another 30-40 below ambient and your have... (drum roll) a frozen can!
Expecting a blizzard to pass through the area tomorrow afternoon, so no astro for me for a while (12"-18" of snow, 70kph wind gusts, -20C overnight).
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