Archive for July 2019

Observing Report 20th-21st July 2019 (Fifty years on)

Posted by on July 22nd 2019 in Astrostuff, Observing Reports
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At 02:56:15 UTC on July 21st 1969 Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon.

It seemed fitting to get an image of the Moon at 02:56:15 UTC on July 21st 2019.

 

 

It's not the best lunar image I've ever made, but I was trying out a recently-acquired second-hand camera with a recently-acquired second-hand PC and a recently-acquired new SSD. Being able to record full-frame (1936 x 1216 px) raw .avi files at 160 FPS with no skipped frames and no write-lag is a real improvement which should be useful for capturing ISS Transits:

 

No shit, Sherlock!

Posted by on July 8th 2019 in A bit of a rant, Health, or lack thereof
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As per my recent conversation with the GP surgery's receptionist...

Yes, I know that the results show that I have health issues. When I made the appointment for the first test I told you that the results would be out-of-limits. I told the nurse the same when the samples for that first test were being taken. I know the cause and I'm undergoing the treatment. A further test isn't going to make it any better.

No, I won't be arranging a telephone appointment to discuss the results - I already know what's wrong with me, it's been going on for over three and a half years and is documented in both my GP patient record and my Haematology patient record at LRI.

 

Please RTFM!