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From: http://www.sidewalkastronomers.us/ Wednesday, January 15, 2014 5:15 pm est In Memoriam: John Dobson (1915 - 2014) It is with heavy hearts that we must report the passing of John Dobson. He died peacefully this morning, Wednesday, January 15th, in Burbank, California. He was 98 years old. He le...

Omg orly, I haven't seen a double transit in all my life of observation. Thank you for the chance to see it in picture at least!

Is it ok if I re-share that picture in the Seattle astronomy forums?

Is the plane ferrying the Enterprise, or is the Enterprise pulling the plane along?

Been there a few times, even at night. The streetlamps are there as usual, but nothing worse than our Toa Payoh Library spot. Mosquitoes abound, it's a construction site the last time I went there in September just before I flew. Another thing to note is there isn't a carpark in the park itself, so ...

Oooh nice. But I wonder how much power it drains just to get that done. Probably not recommended for those with a mobile setup..

That's a lot of details! It was cloudy here on opposition night and I didn't get to see anything

Hmm, seems like a lot of people were using the Recent Topics mod on the old forum. Anyway, there's a similar (if not the same) feature already natively implemented into the forum. You can use the "View new posts" link on the top to the left of your PM inbox. This will list all threads that...

Just testing bbcodes for fun. You can now embed youtube videos in the forum by copying the youtube video ID in between youtube tags. Enjoy

Hi guys, the forum has been upgraded. Hopefully the new user registration system will deter spammer registrations. Yay! If anyone notices any problems with the new systems, please post them here in the thread so I can fix them. Also, we are starting fresh with the forum mods, so if you desperately w...

Heh sorry Elton, I thought with the F1 going on nobody was interested in coming early so I took my time going there :P Thanks to elton (shirox), kevin (cloud_cover), kelvin (cataclysm), clifford (clifford60), and remus (rcj) for coming! That was a fun last gathering. Sorry I forgot to bring enough m...