Apparently this is Estonia's answer to the Blue Man Group.

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I'm sure Ostrich will get a kick out of this :P

Finished! This thing is a punishing 6mb, but its done.

http://furtropolis.com/arcturax/astrophoto/2013/July/pantest3.jpg

Much much much smaller sample:
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So I'm 37 now, and I can retire in 30 years. Huzzah! Well looks like I got a birthday present from nature to boot. Last night it was supposed to cloud up and storm at worst and at best be hazy and worthless for photography. Weather man was absolutely wrong in my favor for once! Instead if was about as perfect as you can get on a warm night in ( Read more... )

In the keeping of time on Earth we are familiar with seconds, hours, days, centuries and millennium. But time goes deep on Earth, back to 4.5 billion years ago and geologists and paleontologists and those who study early life measure time in various periods. They live in a world measured by Eons, Eras, Periods and Epochs. Eons are the biggest ( Read more... )

So extrasolar planets are a big thing now. Funny thing was, not only was there a time they were not, but it was taboo to even look for them. Taboo? In science? Lets set the wayback machine to the late 80's and early 90's. Hubble space telescope is completed and launched (and would later need fixed). Giant telescopes like the monstrous Keck ( Read more... )

Keep seeing, mostly on twitter, people upset they didn't go and everyones gone for days, etc. Sheesh... its a couple of days people. And theres like 50 other furry cons to choose from. Many cheaper and some better than AC. I would like to have met a few people going, but in the end it wasn't worth the hassle of finding a room and the expense. ( Read more... )

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Well what do you know. 45-50 degrees. No bugs. Clear sky. Full moon. Well, no good for astrophotography of anything but the moon. So I decided it was high time to take the telescope out and point it at the moon and see what was what ( Read more... )

Just in case anyone was using IP directly ( Read more... )

For those of you living between 35N and 45N (basically Nashville through Toronto) this is a very special time of the year. Around 9-12 in late april/early May something neat happens in the sky. This happens later in the night from about late January onwards, but this is the time it is most accessible to those who want to keep a normal sleep ( Read more... )