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A Difference of Only 57-Years

Posted on July 25, 2026 by Greg Parker

A mere 57-years separates the era of the Pepper Ginders (the 3 Curta calculators) from the Trashcan (the 2013 Mac Pro).

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Comments no Longer Available

Posted on July 19, 2026 by Greg Parker

WordPress seem to have changed the spam detection options meaning that I now get hundreds of (mainly Russian) spam posts as comments on my posts – per day.

This extremely boring situation means that I now do not have a “Comments” option on my posts – sorry for that.

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Picture of the Week

Posted on July 19, 2026 by Greg Parker

A zoom in/zoom out of the Veil nebula in Cygnus.

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Picture of the Week

Posted on July 12, 2026 by Greg Parker

A zoom in/zoom out image of the M44 region.

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Summer Clean at the NFO

Posted on July 7, 2026 by Greg Parker

Bit late this year cleaning off all the dirt, grime and pollen from the domes. Usually complete this job April/May.

Here, sparkling in this blazing heat are the north dome (Micro-Dragonfly Array) with the side pods, and the south dome (Hyperstar on the Celestron Nexstar 11″ GPS SCT).

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