In the beginning, Mike created Iceinspace

[davidpretorius]

started playing with http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=6 by putting in t=1, t=2, t=3 and seeing what the first real astro thread was.

I was also interested to see who the first guys were and how they first came to the forum......just wondering if there was a thread called "Hi I'm Paul, but you can call me 1ponders, i like dobs, but my mates tell me that SCT's are pretty good....."

I will keep browsing and reviewing the birth of IIS....

[davidpretorius]

a classic "who is it...."

who said this???

"G'day Iceman !

You know of me from your GA rtcw playing days. "

same person also said

"I have been into astronomy for about a year and half now, and having the luxury of not having someone to tell me how to spend my pay I have collected the following :

GSO 250mm f5 dobsonian ,just like yours iceman and with the following enhancements:"

any idea......................

"Other stuff:

Pentax smc XL 10.5mm eyepiece
Pentax smc XL 14mm eyepiece
Teleview Panoptic 27mm eyepiece"



.............starkler!

[davidpretorius]

a truly masterful first effort

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...1&d=1095194559

[davidpretorius]

and now he is one of the great planetary imagers......well done Mike

[davidpretorius]

"I was in the garden on Sunday, doing some gardening (as you do), and a branch flicked me in the eye "

[davidpretorius]

Went for a picnic with the family on the weekend at Brooklyn (Hawkesbury river), and was taking some happy snaps with the Sony DSCP100, and I left it on top of the stroller, un-beknowns to my wife who was pushing it...

Anyway 15 minutes later I asked where the camera was, it was gone..

[davidpretorius]

"Right handed, left eye'd ."....

[davidpretorius]

last one from New Zealand

" Hi all, and thanks for inviting me into this exalent site. I will opoligies just this once for my imaginative spelling. I wish to offer some advise to the biginer. As a senier member of the Ward Observatory's control board. Nothing is more pleasing than to see a young person viewing for the first time through a high quality teliscope. This sort of instroment is beond the budget of most of us. I would encorage you to join a local observatories club, and join in the splendour of the skies at reasonable cost to your self. But dont be put off by a bunch of stuffy old men. Be persistant and they will welcome you in... mark."

and from Mike in response
"hmm definitely interesting spelling "

[iceman (Mike)]

lol thanks for the memories Dave.

[Dennis]

But, you didn't answer the fundamental question Dave - was the website created or did it evolve?

Cheers

Dennis

[RB (Andrew)]

Give us more David, give us more.......

[danielsun]

Thats great stuff there Dave!!
It was only the other day i was thinking myself of looking up the very first post and thread ,well done !!
When you look at the site now it sure has come a long way, not to mention all the meetings and friendships it has also made along the way.

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Ah the nostalgia !

I too remember Mikes first images of Saturn What he is capable of now just goes to show what you can do with a lot of perseverence, curse words and lost sleep

[Starkler (Geoff)]

This one might be the first post by an american.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...79&postcount=9

"Polaris is the BEST star out there! Out of the billions of stars in the universe its THE most spectacular to view.

Oh wait you guys down there cant see it, how sad :p "

[ving (David)]

lol dave, looking at old stuf is pretty funny