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by OLT
Sat Dec 07, 2013 1:38 am
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: How do you post pictures?
Replies: 26
Views: 33797

Re: How do you post pictures?

Ah, yes, this part: To post an image that is already online: Please click the "Post Reply" button that appears at the top or bottom of the thread. (The "Quick Reply" screen is not as friendly for posting images.) Use the img, img2, or img3 tag. (I usually use the img2 tag.) Click...
by OLT
Fri Dec 06, 2013 6:50 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2013 December
Replies: 227
Views: 156831

Re: Submissions: 2013 December

http://www.olt.net/Redding_Observatory/Occultation_Vehicle/Entries/2013/12/5_On_the_way_to_see_Comet_ISON_files/IMG_0506.jpg Following a steady learning curve. The image above was taken on my way to image comet IOSON. Planning and preparing for an astronomical event is often more than half the fun....
by OLT
Fri Dec 06, 2013 6:10 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2013 December
Replies: 227
Views: 156831

Re: Submissions: 2013 December

Hmm, I thought for sure this would be the place to submit an image for APOD but I still do not see a attachment tool.

Terry - W6LMJ
by OLT
Fri Dec 06, 2013 5:51 pm
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: Introductions: How did you become interested in astronomy?
Replies: 271
Views: 2033081

Re: Introductions: How did you become interested in astronom

How, indeed. At about age seven, as the stars were coming out on the Mohave Desert in Southern California, my father mentioned I might be able to see the moons of Jupiter. He gave me his binoculars, made sure I had the strap around my neck and I spent the next few hours looking at the moon, then Jup...
by OLT
Fri Dec 06, 2013 5:19 pm
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: How do you post pictures?
Replies: 26
Views: 33797

Re: How do you post pictures?

Hmm, I am reading this question and the answer. But when I select reply, I don't see an Upload Attachment link or tab next to Options. So I guess I will continue to read the manual - which seems to be a collection of emails. Pressing on. This is becoming quite the learning adventure. Terry - W6LMJ
by OLT
Fri Dec 06, 2013 5:06 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2013 December
Replies: 227
Views: 156831

Re: APOD Retrospective: December 7

My first time here. I did not know of Starship Asterisk. I found this site trying to figure out how to submit an APOD. So much candy for the mind. It is easy to loose minutes, hours, even days just looking around. Here is a link to a photo I took. Sort of appears unworldly. A planet rising in the mi...