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  1. Just celebrated 25 years with the University of Groningen

    1. Ruud

      Ruud

      25 jaar. Wow.

      Van harte gefeliciteerd!

    2. bingevader

      bingevader

      Congratulations!

      Well done Michael. :)

    3. Knight of Clear Skies

      Knight of Clear Skies

      Many congratulations, that's quite a landmark.

  2. Scope cooling outside

    1. Pig

      Pig

      It is looking very promising out Michael :-)

    2. Stargazer33
    3. HumptyMoo

      HumptyMoo

      Consider the bandwagon fully jumped on :)

  3. Feeling fitter after swimming 3 km this morning

    1. rowan46

      rowan46

      That's a fairly impressive distance

    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      Not back up to my usual speed, it took me 1 hour 14 minutes.

  4. Whoever said 13 was an unlucky number?

    1. Luke

      Luke

      The same guy that sang two out of three ain't bad? Steady seeing here but transparency was not the best. Still, clear is clear! :)

    2. Luke

      Luke

      Silly me, I am 2 out of 4. Hmmm! Anyway, congrats, Michael, can you get a whole rotation?!!

  5. 6 days of sun! In the running for a whole week of full disks in H-alpha!!

    1. Luke

      Luke

      Snap! :) Good luck for the full house.

    2. jetstream

      jetstream

      Congrats Michael!

  6. Fleeting sun here. Captured some data, processing them now.

    1. David Smith

      David Smith

      Look forward to seeing them later. I managed to grab some white light data this morning for the first time in a couple of days. Will process tonight after work.

    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      The data should be stacked when I get home from the boys' guitar lessons

  7. Our youngest (11) cooked today, and he ate 4 plates of mussels. Very proud dad

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      'Down Under' - Men at Work - "...Buying bread from a man in Brussels

      He was six foot-four and full of muscles." - 'Down Under' - Men at Work

    2. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      Should have been...

      "...Buying bread from a man in Brussels

      He was six foot-four and full of mussels." - damn auto spelling.

  8. Camera clicking away at Lovejoy

    1. JB80

      JB80

      Me too! :)

    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      Clouds drifting in now. Still got 4 times the data I got last time. Now doing darks

  9. Twelve jars of quince jelly cooling in the kitchen

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      I remember my late grandmother making quince jelly. I can not remember what quinces are!

    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      They are like large, yellow, rock-hard pears

  10. Televue TRF-2008 on its way

    1. Luke

      Luke

      Congrats, Michael. What scope's it going on?

    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      the APM 80mm F/6, yielding a nifty 384mm focal length at F/4.8

  11. Planning a BBQ + star party with colleagues and students for tomorrow

    1. Knight of Clear Skies

      Knight of Clear Skies

      Hope you all have a good time and that the weather co-operates.

    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      Looks good for now. Not warm, but clear and dry at least

  12. 12V 22Ah battery upgrade has arrived

    1. Luke

      Luke

      Enjoy! :) What are you powering off it?

    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      Revamp of 17Ah powertank

  13. Another 3 km under the belt (swimming): 1 h 10 m

    1. Daniel-K

      Daniel-K

      very good , i got back the gym yesterday after the house move not really had much time. i done 5K on the treadmill to break me in :)

    2. Pig

      Pig

      I have resorted to spin cycling instead of going out on the bike for the last couple of months :)

  14. Neat Denkmeier filter switch diagonal has arrived!

    1. kirkster501

      kirkster501

      Full report expected Michael.....

      :)

    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      I have a thread with some piccies already

  15. Working on a 33-pane lunar mosaic

    1. HumptyMoo

      HumptyMoo

      Out of interest, is that stitching together really high mag stills for a massive picture, or are you taking a bunch of photos and stitching together a lunar map made of the best quality images/parts of images?

    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      I stitched 33 1280x1024 shots taken with a planetary camera at f=2030

  16. bagged 10th comet and 400th galaxy tonight

  17. They promise clear skies, you get solid cloud :(

    1. Pig

      Pig

      Don't they just :)

    2. emadmoussa

      emadmoussa

      Im absolutely crossed tonight...and cheated...

  18. first batch of quince jelly done!

    1. Pete Presland

      Pete Presland

      i used to have one of those bushes near my front door, never thought of making jelly from the fruits!

    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      Very easy, and well worth the effort. We have about 25 kg of quinces this year

  19. The first batch of quince jelly is bubbling away nicely

    1. Qualia

      Qualia

      Great stuff, Michael. Typically here in Spain, it's sampled with cheeses and a tasty red wine; membrillo, quesos y vino tinto.

    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      I know the combination, very nice indeed. Mine isuch more concentrated than most, and much darker.

  20. down with a stomach bug :-(

    1. Stargazer33

      Stargazer33

      Lot of it going about at the moment!

    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      Yep, my son has it too

  21. Submitted a conference paper on automatic object detection in astronomy

    1. emadmoussa

      emadmoussa

      I'd like to read this if it becomes available for us - the commoners - :)

    2. michael.h.f.wilkinson

      michael.h.f.wilkinson

      I will post a version of the paper once it is accepted

  22. Spotted PANSTARRS finally

    1. nightfisher
    2. K3ny0n

      K3ny0n

      Nice one, What did you see it with?

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