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- jfdolier, on 11/26/2008, -9/+100Taking pictures that rival NASA: Amazing
Naming your observatory Portaloo: Not so much - inactive, on 11/26/2008, -1/+85That observatory should come in handy when they sell their house. "The plumbing leaks, and termites are everywhere, but at least you can see the dawn of the universe from the back yard."
- mickstephenson, on 11/27/2008, -7/+61In Britain people have a concept called self deprecating humour because they don't take themselves as seriously as America, and don't like to call their Observatory "Manly Greg's Observatory of Machoness" or whatever.
- mojo8472, on 11/27/2008, -1/+30The ingenuity of men in sheds
- sternomastoid, on 11/26/2008, -0/+29His image library:
http://www.newforestobservatory.com/images/
And his APODs:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070104.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070809.html - slapded, on 11/27/2008, -0/+18wtf?
- jilliebo, on 11/27/2008, -1/+14That's right! You tell 'em. And besides, if anyone paid attention to the article it was his wife that nicknamed it the portaloo.
- boomchockalocka, on 11/27/2008, -2/+15Far out, man.
- positron, on 11/27/2008, -0/+11RTFA
If you do you will read about the 12 billion year old quasar he has photographed. On a universal scale, that is very near the beginning. Hence, "dawn of the universe". - Finalreminder, on 11/27/2008, -3/+14Stunning pics.
Why have people been dugg down for saying they're good pics. Digg has some real wankers for members - atomic811, on 11/27/2008, -1/+9SOLD!!
- jilliebo, on 11/27/2008, -0/+7Good for him. We should all be so passionate about something! Beautiful shots.
- Castarose, on 11/27/2008, -0/+7He then emailed each picture to Noel Carboni, an expert in astrophotography based in Florida, and co-author of the book, who processed them to bring out details such as the dust and gas clouds known as nebulae which initially appear feint.
-->Photoshopped - TheSeeker11, on 11/27/2008, -2/+9My God, it's full of stars!
- forceuser, on 11/27/2008, -0/+6Think you mean fourth picture.
- Rockkybox, on 11/27/2008, -0/+5***** off, no-one want to see your ***** site
- downwithwilco, on 11/27/2008, -0/+4I wonder if this is the guy I read about in "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson.
Either way, what a find. - zacbro, on 11/27/2008, -1/+5I heart your name. It made me laugh and I hadn't so much as smiled in the last 10 years.
- TonyLocNE, on 11/27/2008, -2/+6Because those kind of comments generally never add anything to the discussion, and are also quite unnecessary. If you think the pictures are neat and have nothing else to comment about, digg the article and move on.
- terryhuang, on 11/27/2008, -0/+4dude, chill
- csrster, on 11/27/2008, -2/+6Really terrible title (but blame the Telegraph, not Digg), which is a shame because his images are great.
- inactive, on 11/26/2008, -18/+22The second picture looks like one of those novelty trash cans made for fat pranksters. You know the kind where people throw something in the trash can and then the prankster then throws the trash back at them? Yeah just like that except only with this one a fat ***** will throw your garbage back at you.
- Proctor, on 11/27/2008, -0/+4I know many people that do this, why aren't they recognized?
- fiji5555, on 11/27/2008, -0/+3Because most people don't know that it's very common among amateur astronomers so it has a "Golly Gumdrops" effect for the average bumpkin that doesn't bother to pic up and read any astronomy magazines? Plus most also think after seeing the processed photos that if they buy a big telescope that that's exactly what they will be seeing by looking through the eyepiece and get disappointed and never bother with it again and sell the scope for next to nothing after a year.
- TonyLocNE, on 11/27/2008, -1/+4o.0
- LeadStripes, on 11/27/2008, -0/+3If I'm not mistaken, the person you're reffering to was a reverend from Australia.
- dadaguru, on 11/27/2008, -0/+3Great photos but the title is very inaccurate. I'd like to think that a newspaper editor would have a college education but maybe I'm asking to much. I guess selling newspapers is more important than actually dispensing accurate information.
- Selkies, on 11/27/2008, -0/+3crappy life you're living
- foreignwarren, on 11/27/2008, -0/+3"the 54-year-old engineering professor makes nightly visits to a small white dome-shaped observatory to gaze at the stars" -- Amateur my ass....that's dedication right there.....
- mickstephenson, on 11/27/2008, -2/+5This is a perfect example of my point, if this were a New York building, would you expect the people of New York to refer to it as the "Erotic Gherkin"? Nah I don't think so.
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/08/wow_top10/ ... - sohailstyle, on 11/27/2008, -0/+2Another "amateur" astronomer at it again!
- danny8522003, on 11/27/2008, -2/+4The observatory looks very similar to that used at my university in Exeter (UK). Stunning pictures, it must have taken absolutely ages to get shots of that quality.
Shame about the misleading title. Photographing the creation of the Universe is, in principle, impossible. - had3l, on 11/27/2008, -1/+3That's pretty far out, man.
Also, I'm constantly picking up those images on my LSD screen, so it's nothing amazing. - moxley, on 11/27/2008, -2/+4...On the page where your mother and I met?
- Napiertt, on 11/28/2008, -0/+2The stars, like dust.
Were you referencing Nightfall by Asimov btw? - Murdats, on 11/27/2008, -1/+3anywhere to do with non-professionals doing stuff?
- finalblue, on 11/27/2008, -1/+3I'd like to build one in my backyard too. Time to google up some plans.
- samus1225, on 11/27/2008, -0/+2anyone else expecting the big bang?
even still, this is quite amazing :) - metalnwood, on 11/27/2008, -0/+2You would be surprised how many of these are about
Heres mine http://www.mydiversions.com/Site/Observatory.html
And I know of three others within 10 minutes of me! - mickstephenson, on 11/27/2008, -0/+2I always find Clitheroe to be quite amusing, but most people don't seem to notice the funny side to it.
- statuescrumble, on 11/27/2008, -0/+2"William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 in Cockermouth in Cumberland "
- jakdracula, on 11/27/2008, -0/+2Ya outta see whats in my Portaloo.
- thrashbat, on 11/27/2008, -0/+2Wouldn't call him an amateur, more semi pro. Still, all abit heath robinson.
- Evolutuon, on 11/28/2008, -0/+1Odyssey 2010.
- inactive, on 11/27/2008, -3/+4any info on what kind of scope and ccd he uses?
- Kucher, on 11/27/2008, -2/+3I dugg you up for not leaving a MasterCard commercial comment, which is where I thought it was going.
- Intrexed, on 11/27/2008, -0/+1This is a misleading title. You can't witness the dawn of the Universe with any telescope. Quasars are the closest thing to it though, as they're the farthest visible objects from Earth, and thus the oldest.
- artofwar420, on 11/27/2008, -0/+1Wow, that's amazing.
- duffahtolla, on 11/27/2008, -0/+1http://www.newforestobservatory.com/observatory/eq ...
- gbhall, on 11/27/2008, -0/+1I feel guilty, I live in New Zealand, but have never really bothered to look at what "real dark skies are like without light pollution".
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