On-the-spot fines for middle-lane hoggers?
Won't that be inherently dangerous in the middle of a busy carriageway?
Far better to pull the feckers onto the hard-shoulder and then apply the fine.
😉
Mind you, there is a more suitable sanction:
Archive for 2013
Observing Report 26th-27th May 2013 (The Great Eye)
It had been a while since I'd pointed the scope at the Moon.
These pics show my favourite phase - 2-3 days past full - when the terminator runs down the eastern limb and highlights a string of craters and maria.
Here's Mare Crisium - the Sea of Crises - looking like a huge lidless eye staring into the void:
Mare Crisium (27/05/2013).
DMK mono camera @ prime-focus on the 6" R-C.
And here's a poor effort at a clickable mosaic of the whole shebang:
Moon (27/05/2013).
28 panes stitched with iMerge. Each pane is 500/2000 stacked frames.
DMK mono CCD camera @ prime-focus on the GSRC6M.
The seeing was bad so the detail isn't as good as usual.
It isn’t a bird, it isn’t a plane…
I caught this thing on video while out shooting the Moon with my telescope this morning.
This clip is a 10fps cut from a 1-minute video, originally 60fps.
No post-processing apart from the addition of frame times and numbers in VirtualDub.
Telescope: 6" f/9 RC Astrograph - 152mm Aperture / 1370mm Focal Length.
Camera: DMK 21AU04.AS (Sony ICX098BL CCD chip 640 x 480 pixels @ 5.6 µm x 5.6 µm).
Calculated FOV: 6.7 x 9.0 arcmin.
FOV centre: Alt: 17 deg, Az: 178 deg, RA: 18h, Dec: -21 deg
I'm trying to work out if it's a satellite, a rock or just space-junk.
If I figure it out, I'll let you know.
You shall go to the ball
This is a Public Service Announcement...
Don't confuse these two currently-advertised campaigns:
Phew, that’s a relief!
I tell you, those boffins at Tesco think of everything!
And to think that, until I saw the label, I'd been worried sick about having to drive home while holding the stuff in cupped hands.
😉
