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kaptain_zero

kaptain_zero

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@PhilPhilippines I think I'd want a skid plate on that Verdel!

@pilleway The array is not mine..... And as @tallpaul pointed out, it IS in the UK somewhere. I couldn't afford the imagining cameras on that setup, never mind the scopes or heck, even the mounting pier!

I came across a site where that picture was as I was trying to help an old friend in Norway find some information on telescope mounts. I just thought it looked so over the top for the average amateur astronomer. I've always been interested in the hobby, but sitting outside at -40c when the seeing is at it's best in Canada and spending all kinds of money, only wanting to spend more, is not for me.

So that leaves me with two questions.

Just how tall is @tallpaul and how the heck did he know that telescope array was in the UK?
 
tallpaul

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kaptain_zero said:
@PhilPhilippines I think I'd want a skid plate on that Verdel!

@pilleway The array is not mine..... And as @tallpaul pointed out, it IS in the UK somewhere. I couldn't afford the imagining cameras on that setup, never mind the scopes or heck, even the mounting pier!

I came across a site where that picture was as I was trying to help an old friend in Norway find some information on telescope mounts. I just thought it looked so over the top for the average amateur astronomer. I've always been interested in the hobby, but sitting outside at -40c when the seeing is at it's best in Canada and spending all kinds of money, only wanting to spend more, is not for me.

So that leaves me with two questions.

Just how tall is @tallpaul and how the heck did he know that telescope array was in the UK?
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I'm rather tall (6'7" on a good day) and the extension cable in the background has the UK socket pattern. Sherlock Holmes would be proud...
 
PhilPhilippines

PhilPhilippines

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Sierra1 said:
No, it's the old, I see London, I see France, I see Johnny's underpants. Or whoever's name underpants.
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Never heard that saying before lol

There was that old song "Hang Out the Washing On the Siegfried Line" from WW2.Dunno if it was popular in the US....

I think all of England was drunk at the time of recording by the sounds of it...
 
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