A reason to get up early

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 17:31 Wed 05 Feb 2014

Glenn E. wrote:Perhaps you just needed more Port before your performance?

DRT wrote:I didn't have any Port

Q.E.D.

Post by **jdaw1** » 17:42 Wed 05 Feb 2014

Charles Dodgson wrote:‘Take some more tea,’ the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.

‘I’ve had nothing yet,’ Alice replied in an offended tone, ‘so I can't take more.’

‘You mean you can’t take LESS,’ said the Hatter: ‘it’s very easy to take MORE than nothing.’

‘Nobody asked YOUR opinion,’ said Alice.

Post by **PhilW** » 07:30 Thu 06 Feb 2014

DRT wrote:I didn't have any Port

Not the most believable tale.

Post by **DRT** » 22:46 Fri 07 Feb 2014

Taken this evening at 311x magnification in fading daylight!

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The left side of the picture is in shadow (Moon night). The two bright white features about half way up in the shadow are sunlight striking the tops of hills/mountains high enough to clear the horizon.

Post by **DRT** » 22:11 Sun 09 Feb 2014

I finally figured out how to use my astro-webcam

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Post by **PhilW** » 23:38 Sun 09 Feb 2014

DRT wrote:Jupiter - 9 Feb 2014.jpg

deja vu

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 11:00 Tue 29 Apr 2014

Irish amateur astronomer discovers supernova using home-made telescope.

mpij · Post by **mpij** » 05:07 Fri 23 May 2014

New meteor shower the Camelopardalids predicted for tonight.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 19:37 Fri 23 May 2014

mpij wrote:New meteor shower the Camelopardalids predicted for tonight.

What time and whereabout in the sky?

Post by **DRT** » 19:50 Fri 23 May 2014

Camelopardalids is a constellation close to Polaris (the north star) so if you face north and look high in the sky you will be in the right area.

The problem is that you need to be standing in the USA when you look up. It will be daylight here in the UK before the earth passes through the debris that will cause the meteor shower. If there are some rocks the size of the one that crossed the sky and exploded over Russia a couple of years ago you might see it in Wokingham

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:57 Fri 23 May 2014

Yikes! Is it really true that a sufficiently large asteroid strike can shake the cellar so vigorously that the sediment might be disturbed? Is it really? How horrific. Is that why the dinosaurs all died of heart attacks? Nurse — the smelling salts!

Post by **DRT** » 20:39 Fri 23 May 2014

jdaw1 wrote:Yikes! Is it really true that a sufficiently large asteroid strike can shake the cellar so vigorously that the sediment might be disturbed? Is it really? How horrific. Is that why the dinosaurs all died of heart attacks? Nurse — the smelling salts!

Yes it's true. The dinosaurs died of TCA (Tyrannosaurus Cardiac Arrest) brought on by rapid consumption of their Port cellars.

Post by **DRT** » 22:04 Sun 13 Jul 2014

An unusually large near-full Moon a few minutes after Germany won the 2014 World Cup...

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Post by **DRT** » 02:38 Sat 26 Jul 2014

Gentlemen, I introduce you to Uranus…

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No sniggering, Jewesbury.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 15:23 Sat 26 Jul 2014

I wish I could think of an amusing double-entendre about this.

Post by **DRT** » 16:08 Sat 26 Jul 2014

LGTrotter wrote:I wish I could think of an amusing double-entendre about this.

If there isn't enough material in Uranus you could try to weave in something about my 12-incher that's coming tomorrow...

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PopulusTremula · Post by **PopulusTremula** » 18:18 Sat 26 Jul 2014

DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:I wish I could think of an amusing double-entendre about this.
If there isn't enough material in Uranus you could try to weave in something about my 12-incher that's coming tomorrow...

Skywatcher Skyliner 300p Flextube Dobsonian.png

With that behemoth; to Uranus and beyond!

(Paraphrasing Buzz Lightyear)

PopulusTremula · Post by **PopulusTremula** » 19:40 Sat 26 Jul 2014

DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:I wish I could think of an amusing double-entendre about this.
If there isn't enough material in Uranus you could try to weave in something about my 12-incher that's coming tomorrow...

Skywatcher Skyliner 300p Flextube Dobsonian.png

With that behemoth; to Uranus and beyond!

(Paraphrasing Buzz Lightyear)

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 21:42 Sat 26 Jul 2014

Right. I have just seen the namecheck a few posts above. Me?? You think I'M the immature one???

Post by **DRT** » 21:48 Sat 26 Jul 2014

djewesbury wrote:Right. I have just seen the namecheck a few posts above. Me?? You think I'M the immature one???

In a word, yes.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 21:48 Sat 26 Jul 2014

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 21:49 Sat 26 Jul 2014

I.. But..

Post by **DRT** » 21:53 Sat 26 Jul 2014

Stop stuttering boy. And sit up straight in class!

Post by **PhilW** » 22:23 Sat 26 Jul 2014

DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:I wish I could think of an amusing double-entendre about this.
If there isn't enough material in Uranus you could try to weave in something about my 12-incher that's coming tomorrow...

Did you decide to go for a 12-incher because Uranus wasn't big enough?

Post by **DRT** » 22:36 Sat 26 Jul 2014

PhilW wrote:
DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:I wish I could think of an amusing double-entendre about this.
If there isn't enough material in Uranus you could try to weave in something about my 12-incher that's coming tomorrow...
Did you decide to go for a 12-incher because Uranus wasn't big enough?

That's right, Phil. Uranus is definitely better with a big aperture.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:23 Sat 26 Jul 2014

PhilW wrote:
DRT wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:I wish I could think of an amusing double-entendre about this.
If there isn't enough material in Uranus you could try to weave in something about my 12-incher that's coming tomorrow...
Did you decide to go for a 12-incher because Uranus wasn't big enough?

I'm the immature one?!?

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 23:35 Sat 26 Jul 2014

DRT wrote:That's right, Phil. Uranus is definitely better with a big aperture.

Try saying this out loud to someone.

I thought it a very nice picture of a wobbly blob. Then you lot had to go and spoil it. I blame Daniel, lowering the tone.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:37 Sat 26 Jul 2014

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:38 Sat 26 Jul 2014

Derek's joke would have been ruder with one word replaced by a punctuation mark.

Post by **PhilW** » 09:59 Sun 27 Jul 2014

DJ wrote:I'm the immature one?!?

Apparently, you seem to see double-entendres in every innocent astronomy discussion, and then hide away from praising DRT on the size of his tool.

Post by **DRT** » 16:29 Sun 27 Jul 2014

The difference between 8 inches and 12 inches is quite significant…

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djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:24 Mon 28 Jul 2014

Do you mean to say you've never had a 12"-er pointed up to Uranus before?

Post by **DRT** » 06:25 Mon 28 Jul 2014

djewesbury wrote:Do you mean to say you've never had a 12"-er pointed up to Uranus before?

You just have to ruin it for everyone else by being rude, don't you?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 06:29 Mon 28 Jul 2014

Post by **DRT** » 09:14 Mon 28 Jul 2014

Just as I thought I had a big-un, someone posts this for sale...

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I feel quite inadequate

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 09:39 Mon 28 Jul 2014

Don't put that up etc etc etc

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 15:12 Mon 28 Jul 2014

That person is clearly compensating for something.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 23:09 Mon 28 Jul 2014

That car looks too small. "Darling, I can't get it all in", we've all heard it a hundred times.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 16:21 Tue 29 Jul 2014

LGTrotter wrote:That car looks too small. "Darling, I can't get it all in", we've all heard it a hundred times.

This is easily the filthiest thing written so far on this forum and yet it passes without comment or castigation. Unfair. That's what it is.

Post by **jdaw1** » 17:10 Tue 29 Jul 2014

Please post pictures of interesting asteroids. Surely some are in opposition.

Post by **DRT** » 23:13 Tue 29 Jul 2014

djewesbury wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:That car looks too small. "Darling, I can't get it all in", we've all heard it a hundred times.
This is easily the filthiest thing written so far on this forum and yet it passes without comment or castigation. Unfair. That's what it is.

Daniel, how many times do we have to warn you about turning perfectly innocent intellectual conversations about astronomy into smutty, inappropriate filth?

You have been warned.

Post by **DRT** » 23:15 Tue 29 Jul 2014

jdaw1 wrote:Please post pictures of interesting asteroids. Surely some are in opposition.

if I see one and can capture a picture it will be posted here.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:17 Tue 29 Jul 2014

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:That car looks too small. "Darling, I can't get it all in", we've all heard it a hundred times.
This is easily the filthiest thing written so far on this forum and yet it passes without comment or castigation. Unfair. That's what it is.
Daniel, how many times do we have to warn you about turning perfectly innocent intellectual conversations about astronomy into smutty, inappropriate filth?

You have been warned.

Is there an emoticon beyond

?

Post by **DRT** » 23:25 Tue 29 Jul 2014

djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:That car looks too small. "Darling, I can't get it all in", we've all heard it a hundred times.
This is easily the filthiest thing written so far on this forum and yet it passes without comment or castigation. Unfair. That's what it is.
Daniel, how many times do we have to warn you about turning perfectly innocent intellectual conversations about astronomy into smutty, inappropriate filth?

You have been warned.
Is there an emoticon beyond ?

if you are desperate we have one that looks like Uranus. Please let an admin know if you need one.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:36 Tue 29 Jul 2014

At what point did Dick Emery take over the Port Forum?

Post by **DRT** » 00:09 Wed 30 Jul 2014

Ooh… You Are Awful. But we like you.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 06:09 Wed 30 Jul 2014

I give up. Tell us more about your big tubes.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 13:26 Thu 31 Jul 2014

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:That car looks too small. "Darling, I can't get it all in", we've all heard it a hundred times.
This is easily the filthiest thing written so far on this forum and yet it passes without comment or castigation. Unfair. That's what it is.
Daniel, how many times do we have to warn you about turning perfectly innocent intellectual conversations about astronomy into smutty, inappropriate filth?

You have been warned.

And then;

djewesbury wrote:Are those matches in your pocket, Derek? Or are you just pleased to see me?

This man has to be stopped, for the sake of the innocence of all youth!

Post by **DRT** » 13:43 Thu 31 Jul 2014

LGTrotter wrote:This man has to be stopped, for the sake of the innocence of all youth!

I absolutely agree.

I arrived home today to find a number of packages waiting for me.

Gentlemen, may I introduce you to my new toy...

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Only 4.7 inches, but should give me a lovely wide-angled view of the Ring Nebula.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 13:52 Thu 31 Jul 2014

A bit of a rush of telescopes arriving round yours, is this the start of a bull run or are you stopping now?