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Fresh flooding in Nepal on October 11, 2026...

Something occurred to me the other day. If you [could] walk from a pole to the equator, not only would you have to do more work because...

More work than what? Walking in the other direction? If this were true, what do you think would happen to the oceans? Google "geoid",

Anthropic is banning cruel or abusive behavior toward its models after a project was set up to purposely torture them...

Catching up with the backlog... Currently my GM-8 mount is under repair- the quadrennial replacement of the declination gearbox- this...

I couldn't see the moon this morning- I don't have a clear sightline to the horizon and the moon is too close to the sun (new moon)...

This morning was also clear: Nikon Z7 + 800mm lens, 0.5s ISO 800. Lower ISO = less noise = :) ISO 64, 1/20s exposure. At 200%...

Yesterday morning's moon and Jupiter: Nikon Z7, 800mm lens, ISO 64, 1/15s (IIRC). I shot this RAW because I hoped I could pull out...

Congratulations! I had a look at the scope in your post in another thread, and I understand that it is controllable via smartphone and...

On a five year mission from God.

Star Trek Cross-over It's 45 lightyears to Chicago, it's dark and we are wearing sunglasses

I am absolutely wrapped ... I could never do that from home with any of my other scopes. yes, That's correct, I have a Samsung Z Fold4...

10 seconds exposures; total integration time 38 minutes for Pelican Nebula and 62 minutes for Fireworks Galaxy. In alt-az mode, from my...