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23-02-2012, 11:45 PM
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Bright the hawk's flight
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Mt Duneed Vic
Posts: 3,982
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I think this is my first post back in Nov 2008.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=37521
I had been observing for a while and was using an ASV loan scope. Took it to Vicsouth and had a great time, although I did get told of by Perry Vlahos for not using the atlas that came with the scope!
Malcolm
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24-02-2012, 08:43 AM
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Starcatcher
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Gerringong
Posts: 8,548
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That was fun to find.
First Post 02-12-2006, 12:57 AM
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Originally Posted by erick
Hi everyone.
How could I not be interested when my Dad got me up early one morning in 1965 and I saw this:-
http://www.daviddarling.info/images/Ikeya_Seki.jpg
It's taken many years before I could do something about my interest, but I'm going out to a darkish sky location outside Melbourne Sunday night with a newly arrived pair of 20x80s (and tripod) to see what I can see! I'm graduating from a pair of 12x60s I've had for a few months which have been a revelation - the moons of Jupiter, seen only a mere 400 years after Galileo!
I'm hunting M31, the Jewel Box, M42 etc. Wish me luck! |
Pleased to report that I have since found M32, the Jewel Box and M42! 
How about when you became brave and posted your first thread! (OK, I know the extraverts amongst us started with a big bold brash thread!! I came in with a whimper.) Here is mine 19-12-2006, 12:10 PM :-
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Originally Posted by erick
I'm admiring the photos being captured of Saturn and am on a mission to see what I can through my 20x bins. I've looked twice soon after Saturn has risen, and can make out the distinction between the rings and the disc - but I doubt conditions have been particularly good. I'll keep looking over the next few months (and just may invest in a set of 30x bins  ) as we approach opposition.
But, I'm confused  ?? As I see Saturn through my bins (within an hour or two of rising) - should the rings be passing above the equator (South pole tilted towards Earth) or vice versa (rings passing below equator and North pole tilted towards Earth)?
By the way, what is the convention for posting photographs - It seems to me I've seen photos with North up and some with North down? Or am I just confused - the photos are taken before and after Saturn reaches the zenith?
Everything is so simple with terrestrial photos - up is up and down is down! Well, usually!!  |
I'm still confused But I did see that gap with 30x binoculars fairly well!
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24-02-2012, 07:44 PM
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Country living & viewing
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Armidale
Posts: 2,790
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I found my first post. It was pretty boring. Just answering a beginners question.
One thing I didn't remember though was that I used forums very little then. I only posted about 6 times in the first year.
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24-02-2012, 07:56 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Warrnambool
Posts: 12,805
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OK, i have tried but cant seem to get back that far, some suggestions please.
Leon
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24-02-2012, 08:05 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Paralowie, South Australia
Posts: 4,367
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Okay found my first post way back at 26th-Feb-2005, 09:28 PM wow two days for my 7th yr.... Although I think I had a small break in between then....
My first Post... BTW Website does not work now...
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ead.php?t=1000
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24-02-2012, 08:46 PM
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Like to learn
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: melbourne
Posts: 4,835
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24-02-2012, 10:05 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Warrnambool
Posts: 12,805
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Hey guys tell me the trick, cant seem to go back that far.
Leon
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24-02-2012, 10:19 PM
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pro lumen
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: ballina
Posts: 3,265
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You have to whip the pony that was carting the mail way back then leon
and then the little sucker will tell where your post went  
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24-02-2012, 10:20 PM
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Country living & viewing
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Armidale
Posts: 2,790
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Quote:
Originally Posted by leon
Hey guys tell me the trick, cant seem to go back that far.
Leon
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Go into advanced search.
Put your user name in.
List all posts but change the order to ascending order. The first one in the list is your first post.
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25-02-2012, 01:54 PM
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IIS Member #671
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Canberra
Posts: 11,159
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25-02-2012, 04:31 PM
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The 'DRAGON MAN'
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In the Dark at Snake Valley, Victoria
Posts: 14,412
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Quote:
Originally Posted by leon
Hey guys tell me the trick, cant seem to go back that far.
Leon
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Here you go Leon
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...80&postcount=7
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25-02-2012, 04:44 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Launceston Tasmania
Posts: 9,021
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http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...11&postcount=1
The forum was a lot more relaxed then, like most of the "old timers" I was poached by an unscrupulous character called Iceman, who probably would have been better titled "black hole".
Mike managed to strip the "other forum" of it's entire membership in a very short period of time. 
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25-02-2012, 04:50 PM
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The 'DRAGON MAN'
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In the Dark at Snake Valley, Victoria
Posts: 14,412
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Quote:
Originally Posted by acropolite
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...11&postcount=1
The forum was a lot more relaxed then, like most of the "old timers" I was poached by an unscrupulous character called Iceman, who probably would have been better titled "black hole".
Mike managed to strip the "other forum" of it's entire membership in a very short period of time.
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Yes Phil, all of us originals were poached from another Astro Forum.
But that other Forum was also a shambles 
I went back in there a few weeks later after I joined here only to find that ALL previous posts had been deleted and they started the whole Forum from scratch again!
All the helpful tips, tricks, files, Images and helpful data was gone!
I think they spat the dummy not long after that and shut it all down anyway
It was run by an Astro Shop and I think they went out of business. 
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25-02-2012, 06:22 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Warrnambool
Posts: 12,805
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Thanks Ken, bloody hell that was a mouth full, I wonder if I knew what I was talking about in those days, as I have surly learnt heaps since that day.
Leon
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26-02-2012, 12:08 AM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Monto
Posts: 16,741
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Andrew Durick poached me from another forum. Haven't looked back.
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26-02-2012, 12:40 AM
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The 'DRAGON MAN'
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In the Dark at Snake Valley, Victoria
Posts: 14,412
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jjjnettie
Andrew Durick poached me from another forum. Haven't looked back. |
Speaking of other Forums, I notice that the other major Australian based Astro Forum has reached 58,615 members! Wow!
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26-02-2012, 01:42 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: all over the shop...
Posts: 2,098
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My first post was asking for opinions on buying a big Celestron SCT for my first scope. Everyone tried to put me off and recommended a Dob... but.... you guessed it... I didn't listen
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27-02-2012, 09:10 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Swan Hill
Posts: 7,102
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its nice reading the first posts woah we have all got different scopes and different ideas from those first posts/threads I even noticed one there from an early day that the Ice In Trade wasnt even in the forums yet hehehe
I wonder what Mikes first post or thread was 
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27-02-2012, 11:07 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 4,628
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