Another crappy night
May 14, 2017 02:07:47 #
May 14, 2017 03:08:51 #
Beautiful taken. At first I thought you were talking about fishing.
Jim
Jim
May 14, 2017 09:28:06 #
PeterDragon wrote:
Beautiful taken. At first I thought you were talking about fishing.
Jim
Jim
https://youtu.be/FdghRwWfaOQ
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Beautiful Picture Brian!
Lemonade...?
When you can't beat it, Shoot it!
Is that an observatory dome in there???
May 14, 2017 13:51:09 #
SonnyE wrote:
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Is that an observatory dome in there???
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Is that an observatory dome in there???
It is indeed. But it has been badly underutilized over the past year!
bwa
May 15, 2017 16:05:13 #
bwana wrote:
Enough said... but a reasonable sunset.
Beautiful shot Brian but like Sonny I'm interested in the observatory you have.
Craig
May 15, 2017 17:28:27 #
CraigFair wrote:
Beautiful shot Brian but like Sonny I'm interested in the observatory you have.
Craig
Craig
It is a SkyShed POD observatory. My only complaint regarding it is it should be about one foot wider...
I built a pier out of 5" drill pipe and cemented it 6' into the ground. Solid enough I only have to do a polar alignment about twice a year.
May 15, 2017 18:05:10 #
bwana wrote:
It is a SkyShed POD observatory. My only complaint regarding it is it should be about one foot wider...
I built a pier out of 5" drill pipe and cemented it 6' into the ground. Solid enough I only have to do a polar alignment about twice a year.
I built a pier out of 5" drill pipe and cemented it 6' into the ground. Solid enough I only have to do a polar alignment about twice a year.
WOW, I am so jealous.
Craig
May 15, 2017 19:28:52 #
CraigFair wrote:
WOW, I am so jealous.
Craig
Craig
Tomorrow, weather permitting, I'm adding another slide-out platform on the NE corner to allow easier StarSense alignment and better access to the southern sky. The existing platform is on the south side. I also have a much better platform design this time round to allow easier snow removal.
bwa
P.S.: I refer to this type of weather as my DSLR cooling system...
May 15, 2017 20:42:55 #
bwana wrote:
Tomorrow, weather permitting, I'm adding another slide-out platform on the NE corner to allow easier StarSense alignment and better access to the southern sky. The existing platform is on the south side. I also have a much better platform design this time round to allow easier snow removal.
bwa
P.S.: I refer to this type of weather as my DSLR cooling system...
bwa
P.S.: I refer to this type of weather as my DSLR cooling system...
Ahhh, Memories of Wyoming.
(Not the Observatory... that white stuff.)
May 15, 2017 21:46:25 #
SonnyE wrote:
Ahhh, Memories of Wyoming.
(Not the Observatory... that white stuff.)
(Not the Observatory... that white stuff.)
Not too sure why but I do believe Wyoming gets a lot more of the white stuff than we do!? I'm happy to let them have it.
bwa
May 16, 2017 01:19:34 #
bwana wrote:
Not too sure why but I do believe Wyoming gets a lot more of the white stuff than we do!? I'm happy to let them have it.
bwa
bwa
Sometimes probably.
But it is said, and I can verify it true, that the snow in Wyoming never melts.
It just wears out from blowing back and forth.
99% of Wyoming snow is powder snow.
The other 1% is Summer Thunderstorms and hail.
If you don't like the weather in Wyoming,
Wait 5 minutes...It'll change.
May 16, 2017 15:27:52 #
SonnyE wrote:
Sometimes probably.
But it is said, and I can verify it true, that the snow in Wyoming never melts.
It just wears out from blowing back and forth.
99% of Wyoming snow is powder snow.
The other 1% is Summer Thunderstorms and hail.
If you don't like the weather in Wyoming,
Wait 5 minutes...It'll change.
But it is said, and I can verify it true, that the snow in Wyoming never melts.
It just wears out from blowing back and forth.
99% of Wyoming snow is powder snow.
The other 1% is Summer Thunderstorms and hail.
If you don't like the weather in Wyoming,
Wait 5 minutes...It'll change.
Ah! Wyoming. I remember driving across and having to stop every so many miles to get out the Windex and paper towels to clean the bugs off the windshield since they had surpassed the ability of the windshield wipers to remove. Another time, going around a bend in the road and suddenly finding myself in the middle of a cattle drive with cowboys on horses herding them along. And then there is the wind! It never lets up. And the lack of fast food restaurants also. In Texas, every little town has one or two Dairy Queens, but in Wyoming, there is nothing - no McDonalds, no Burger King, just nothing. Then there was the time I was reading the map and a certain road looked like a good road to go over some mountains. Well, it started out good, but soon turned to gravel, then dirt, then tight switch backs for the next 40 miles. Even this might not have been so bad, but I was pulling a trailer at the time. That map! It showed this as a good highway. I hate to think what the bad highways are like.
May 16, 2017 15:30:00 #
bwana wrote:
It is indeed. But it has been badly underutilized over the past year!
bwa
bwa
I'm jealous! I could certainly have a dome like that in my yard. But having it under trees is probably not such a good idea!!!
May 17, 2017 00:05:25 #
JimH123 wrote:
I'm jealous! I could certainly have a dome like that in my yard. But having it under trees is probably not such a good idea!!!
I did a fair bit of tree removal (over my wife's subtle objections)...
bwa
May 17, 2017 03:49:13 #
bwana wrote:
I did a fair bit of tree removal (over my wife's subtle objections)...
bwa
bwa
As many trees as Mr T did in Lake Forest Illinois in 1987?
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/30/us/genteel-chicago-suburb-rages-over-mr-t-s-tree-massacre.html
https://chicago.curbed.com/2011/6/22/10460682/revisiting-mr-ts-1987-lake-forest-chainsaw-massacre
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