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  1. Great suggestions. Thanks very much, I will look into these.
  2. Kriege's book is indeed a classic but, IIRC, it's also a little long in the tooth now. There are plenty of manufactures out there: take a look at their websites and collect design ideas from there.
  3. I have a car question, people. I would like to fit a large Dob and two passengers in a car to go camping. Trailer is not an option. Which car to go for? Background and details: I recently(ish) moved back to the UK and brought my 18" Dob. I used to transport it in a station wagon with the wheelbarrow handles still attached but, as you can see below, then only one passenger is possible. The OTA is in the gray bundle between the posts of the wheelbarrow handles and would not on top of the mirror box anyway due to ceiling height. A roof rack would not help here, therefore. Random things I have thought of: 0. My current ancient Fiat Punto will not do at all. 1. Previously I would use ramps to push the mirror box up into the car and get it over the lip of the boot. I could now make bolt-on handles and have two people lift the scope into the boot. This would work if there no lip to the boot and sliding the whole thing in was an option. 2. Might be helpful to have a car where removing or folding one rear passenger seat alone is possible. 3. Taller car so stacking the UTA on top of the mirror box is possible. 4. Rack for wheelbarrow handles and ramps. Any suggestions? I'm after second hand under 5k GBP ideally. ULEZ compliant.
  4. I reckon the cure is in two steps: 1) Buy the biggest telescope you can just about physically handle. You won't want to go bigger after that. 2) Go somewhere really, really, dark with whatever aperture telescope. After that you have dark-skies fever and you'll care less about the instrument. You can likely skip straight to step 2.
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    Microscopy

    Images I've taken of insect brains
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    Microscope

    From the album: Microscopy

    "homebuilt" 2-photon microscope
  7. things that don't work at work

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    fly brain II

    From the album: Microscopy

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    Fly brain

    From the album: Microscopy

  10. Learning Python

    1. Qualia

      Qualia

      Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for an operating system...

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