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03-12-2020, 06:44 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Lake Macquarie
Posts: 7,051
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Your Astronomy Injuries?
As I contemplated moving a 30kg box up hill to my observatory, I wondered how many of us have been injured in pursuit of this hobby. I am pretty sure my hernia was, at least partially, due to the weight of my 16" Dob during my dark site days (an overweight Labrador being the other contributor).
So this is a survey of sorts:
Have you been injured in some form through astronomy (physically injured only)?
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03-12-2020, 07:02 AM
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Strictly Visual......
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Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Canberra
Posts: 582
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I got a nasty papercut once reading the Herald-Bobroff Atlas....
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03-12-2020, 08:37 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 17,901
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Most injuries have centred around financial injuries!
No physical ones though. But I suppose if I tried to lift my CDK17 by myself something might happen!
Greg.
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03-12-2020, 08:38 AM
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Dazed and confused
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 3,268
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Jammed the webbing of my hand between thumb and index finger placing the eq head onto the pier, Much sweating and cursing.
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03-12-2020, 09:14 AM
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Always gonna be a NOOB...
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Cairns, Qld
Posts: 1,285
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Does wife hurling something at my head after latest astronomy related purchase count?
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03-12-2020, 09:30 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 25,786
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Outcast
Does wife hurling something at my head after latest astronomy related purchase count?
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Only if she scored a direct hit Carlton.
Matt, that paper cut sounds savage.
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03-12-2020, 09:30 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Sydney and South Coast NSW
Posts: 6,054
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Bad lower back L5
Now use a trolley in Sydney to set up and building an Obs down the coast
Back trouble eliminated !!!!!
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03-12-2020, 09:49 AM
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Strictly Visual......
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Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Canberra
Posts: 582
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RB
Only if she scored a direct hit Carlton.
Matt, that paper cut sounds savage.
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It was worse, it was astronomical
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03-12-2020, 09:51 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 25,786
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rainmaker
It was worse, it was astronomical
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Ohhh, the worst kind....
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03-12-2020, 09:56 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 3,612
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My EQ6 mount seems to be getting heavier and heavier as I age.
I am worried that I'll do my back in as I set it up one day soon.
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03-12-2020, 10:03 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 558
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Built a new pergola area and whilst extending to make it a bigger area, it was raised about 1 Besa block height with paving. Telescope gets setup a few feet away from this on the grass. Before build, it was flat, can you see where I'm going.... Of course all lights are off whilst imaging, got up to stretch legs and strolled right into 1 Besa block height paving with shins and fell over onto paving. I swear, I only had 1 drink! I'm fine and only hurt a little, but more annoyed that I should of had at least 5 drinks to explain!
Perhaps I should have built an Obs instead of the pergola! (What's that I hear in the background...?)
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03-12-2020, 10:26 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Lake Macquarie
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Quote:
Originally Posted by redbeard
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Perhaps I should have built an Obs instead of the pergola! (What's that I hear in the background...?)
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Observatories have their own set of dangers!
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03-12-2020, 03:37 PM
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Gravity does not Suck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Tabulam
Posts: 16,929
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I had what could have been a nasty fall off the patio but lucky me the rose bush broke my fall...
Alex
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03-12-2020, 08:02 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Warrnambool
Posts: 12,453
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I did pretty much what you did Damien.
During the day I built a sand pit for my Grandson, about 300mm high and filled it with lovely sand.
That night i was at the Observatory in the back yard and was finished for the night carrying home my 50mm lens in my hand.
As you I had forgotten about the recent sandpit build and in the pitch black walked straight into it.
Well the lens left my hand and flew over the assembly and i landed in it, a few chosen words later and all was well other than feeling a bit stupid there were no injuries, oh, and the lens cleared the lot and landed on the soft lawn, it too was fine.
Can laugh about it now.
Leon
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03-12-2020, 09:15 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 3,612
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I just remembered-
I've seen someone walk into a telescope at night and knock it over.
The answer -
paint your telescopes white so they can be seen in the dark.
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03-12-2020, 10:13 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: maryland newcastle AUSTRALIA
Posts: 1,816
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Had a nasty fall from a ladder putting up shade cloth and plastic to stop the neighbour behind me shinning there light over my observatory still pay for it buggered my facet joints in the lower back iam haveing injections to ease the pain in fact iam having one in the morning
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04-12-2020, 12:15 AM
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Like to learn
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: melbourne
Posts: 4,835
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Severely bruised wallet.
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04-12-2020, 09:47 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: sydney
Posts: 1,832
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DavidU
Severely bruised wallet.
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Me to, I have the misfortune of living 5 minutes from Bintel
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04-12-2020, 10:16 AM
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A Friendly Nyctophiliac
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Toongabbie, NSW
Posts: 1,582
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This happened winter/spring 2017.
One night I had apparently neglected to tighten down a tripod leg correctly. On top of the tripod was an extension pier, HEQ5 pro and a new to me 150mm Mak-Cass getting its first light.
I could see my telescope slowly teetering and thought nothing of it. Darkness playing with my eyes - something like that. Then suddenly that lean gained some momentum and my rig resembled something similar to a tree falling down. Except the tree is made of steel and glass.
My first instinct was to put myself between the scope and the ground rather than attempting to pull on it. I essentially rugby tackled my tripod and scope. I saved the scope and mount. However, I heard a loud *click* in my left ear. I didn't know what that sound was ,I thought it might have been the mount or something. Running high on adrenaline that night, I didn't figure out what that *click* might have been until the next day.
I reckon I tore a tendon in my left shoulder. That *click* sound was a tendon snapping or stretching and letting go.
Took two years to heal my shoulder.
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04-12-2020, 02:23 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Warrnambool
Posts: 12,453
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I think maybe we should all give it up, we might live longer
Leon
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