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Since Hogwarts is my home, staying home for Christmas seems to be not so bad ...
I always liked this time of the year, the snowy silence full of expectations, the soft tinking of bells, occasionally interrupted by singing armours or suddenly swooping snowballs.
Although there is still much homework to do, I'm really looking forward to one of our pleasurable Christmas traditions and the best sport ever : Base-jumping in the restricted section!
But first we have to get our portkey to Stonehenge to celebrate the Solstice and the Christmas Star in the Great Conjunction 🌠 - oh, what a night!
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Happy Solstice & Merry Christmas!
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I did have help from Google and Youtube...........so here you have a 65mm Cube, Blood Sweat and Tears !
Solving puzzles is a hobby, addiction or compulsiveness? This is not as easy as it seems the maze pass is just barely big enough for the BB to fall through and really easy to come back out LOL. It is a close up, the puzzle is right at 3 inch across. I thought it was too big so quartered the puzzle to a 1-1/2 inch square frame to make it macro.
Problems to be solved. Entering the creative space where problems swirl and answers form.
Pose is from Animosity pose: Animosity – 129-1
The Desk is from EVAH.
Max is wearing.
[Deadwool] Hart vest chain
[Deadwool] Hart vest
730 Cowboy Boots
[Deadwool] Sean trousers -
Lelutka Eon Head with Facelight
Jake Belleza body
Location: In the mainland home Cheeky and I share.
Taken at Schulman Grove, high on White Mountain. Made from 23 light frames (75 sec each) by Starry Sky Stacker 1.3.1. Algorithm: Mean
"You did the right thing, yeah
When you went and looked my way
I know, I know what you wanna say
You wrote it all on your face
(On, on, your)
Just beam me up, beam me up, leave me, don't bring me down
You've been fighting from the gallows
The shadows just come on out
(But you know)
It's all good when it's all bad
Be hurting all day but it's all math
You're losing your brain
And falling right back
It's all good when it's all bad
Been looking all day but it's all math
Just solve the equation
Get it all back." - QUIÑ ♫
Parque, Playa de las Américas, Tenerife
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The Nanday Parakeet (Aratinga nenday), often called the Nanday Conure or Black-hooded Parakeet, is a medium-small Neotropical parrot known for its striking appearance and boisterous personality.
Physical Appearance
Distinctive Hood:
Its most defining feature is a jet-black facial mask and beak.
Vibrant Plumage:
The body is primarily green, with a bluish-green upper chest and red feathers covering its thighs (often called "red stockings").
Wing and Tail Details:
It features black trailing flight feathers and a long tail tipped with blue.
Size:
They typically measure about 11–12 inches (27–30 cm) in length and weigh around 5 ounces (140 g).
Habitat and Distribution
Native Range:
Originally from central South America, specifically the Pantanal region spanning southeast Bolivia, southwest Brazil, central Paraguay, and northern Argentina.
Feral Populations:
Due to escaped or released pets, self-sustaining wild colonies have established themselves in several urban areas, most notably in Florida, California, Texas, and Israel.
Ecology:
In the wild, they frequent open savannahs, grasslands, and scrub forests.
Behavior and Personality
Loud and Social:
They are highly gregarious, often traveling in noisy flocks of 10 to 20 birds. They are known for high-pitched, screeching calls that can be heard from a distance.
Intelligence:
Nandays are exceptionally smart and can learn to mimic human speech, perform tricks, and solve simple puzzles.
Playful Nature:
They are often described as "clowns" and have a unique habit of sleeping on their backs with their feet in the air, which can sometimes startle owners into thinking they are "playing dead".
Care and Lifespan
Diet:
In the wild, they eat seeds, fruit, palm nuts, berries, and flowers. As pets, they require a balanced diet of high-quality pellets, fresh vegetables, and fruits.
Lifespan:
They typically live 18 to 25 years, though some captive individuals have been reported to live up to 30–45 years with optimal care.
Space Requirements:
They are high-energy birds that need a large cage (at least 3 feet tall) and several hours of daily interaction and flight time outside the cage.
Mystery solved. Now we see why all of the crazy colours on a starling. This bird looks perfectly matched with the blackberry bushes that it is feeding from. It's white spots even match the light reflecting on the berry facets. The only reason I noticed the bird at all was because he wasn't being particularly quiet...
There were many questions with my last post of the red bellied woodpeckers but this solves the problem everyone had. Such a wonderful pair and delight to photograph !
Wishing everyone a memorable Memorial Day and a Day we give thanks to the men who fought and gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom . We think of their families and friends and pray for them today and always !! Thank you !
.. children always want to learn and it's so wonderful to see how they do it when they are curious .. you can't stop them anymore :))
So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.
Franz Kafka
Timmy’s biggest problem right now is getting enough cuddles. With this heat, I hardly ever see him except at 7:30 a.m. for breakfast and at 9:30 p.m. for dinner. If I’m lucky, like now, he hears me when I go out to the garden in the early evening. He comes out, still half-asleep, and climbs up his ladder. I have to go down two steps on the little staircase to the garden. Then our heads are at the same height, and we can relax and cuddle to our hearts’ content.
Happy Caturday 11.7.2026 "Solving our cat's problems"
NGC 1333 is a reflection nebula located in the constellation of Perseus. It belongs to the Perseus molecular cloud and is one of the closest star forming regions to us at around 1000 light years. One I must re-visit with one of my refractors as there is so much more detail to be found in this region. Found this one challenging to process. Imaged over 2 nights the 2nd and 26th of October 2019.
EQ6-R-PRO
190mm MN DS-PRO
QHY183M Gain 11 Offset 76 -20C
Baader 2" LRGB filter set
Lum: 110 x 120sec subs
RGB: 30 X 180sec subs each channel.
Total integration time 8hrs10mins.
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop.
Wisconsin Northern L2 spots tanks and plastic hoppers next to the faded C&NW station sign in Bloomer, Wisconsin with an ex-Reserve Mining SD38-2 for power.
I had only recently purchased some narrow-band filters and was keen to give them a test run; for this, I chose NGC281. The aim was initially to capture data in LRGB along with Ha, OIII, and SII; the telescope and weather had other plans. I hadn’t looked at the data since the initial night, and using a process in Pixinsight inspired by Cuiv’s recent mastering Pixinsight YouTube video, I was able to bring together this HOO image of the nebula; it is a target that I plan to revisit this winter to capture more Ha and OIII, along with LRGB and SII data.
NGC 281, IC 11 or Sh2-184 is a bright emission nebula and part of an HII region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia and is part of the Milky Way’s Perseus arm. This 20×30 -sized nebulosity is also associated with open cluster IC 1590, several Bok globules and the multiple star B 1. It collectively forms Sh2-184,[3]spanning over a larger area of 40 arcmin.[4] A recent distance from radio parallaxes of water masers at 22Ghz in 2014 is estimated to be 2.82±0.20 kpc. (9200 ly.) from us.[5] Colloquially, NGC 281 is also known as the Pacman Nebula for its resemblance to the video game character. Source: Wikipedia
Imaging session: December 1st, 2023
Sky quality: Bortle 5 (approx.)
Mount: iOptron CEM40G
OTA Imaging: Skywatcher 120ED with x0.85 flattener, f6.35, 768mm
Camera: ZWO ASI533MM Pro, Cooled to -10 deg C
Filter Wheel: ZWO EFW
Focuser: Primaluce Lab ESATTO
Rotator: Primaluce Lab ARCO
Guiding: iOptron iGuide, 120mm: 2.9um
Computer: Primaluce Lab Eagle Pro 2 + ECCO2 (Environment)
Light Exposures:
Luminescence .. 10 x 90s
Ha........... 9 x 300s
OIII......... 9 x 300s
Calibration files:
BIAS .......... 25
Dark .......... 25
Flat .......... 25
Dark flat ..... 25
Total integration time: 1.75 hours
Processing
Pixinsight -> Topaz Denoise -> Photoshop
Center (RA, Dec): (12.999, 56.667)
Center (RA, hms): +56° 40' 01.687"
Center (Dec, dms): 00h 51m 59.764s
Size: 47.8 x 47.7 arcmin
Radius: 0.563 deg
Pixel scale: 2.02 arcsec/pixel
Plate solved at nova.astrometry.net
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Sometimes these cute, flightless birds look like they very much would want to fly. Not sure they would be so cute if they could fly though. Their waddle and clumsy demeanor would be lost if they could just solve so many of their problems by flying.
They're always entertaining. When they're alone, and somewhere you might not expect them to be, it's curious. When they're traveling with 2 or 3 fellow waddlers, it can be quite a treat to watch. When they're in a larger pack and you see them jump into the ocean one after another, again - a certain form of delight. Porpoising through the water? The fun never ends.
Blogged: www.aisleseatplease.com/blog/2016/5/31/a-bird-on-a-berg
Shotdate: 26-11-2016
Camera: Nikon D4s
Optics: Celestron 9.25" EdgeHD
Mount: SkyWatcher NEQ6 pro
Exposure: 300 sec
ISO-speed: ISO3200
Lights: 56 frames
Bias: 134 frames exposure: 1/8000 s
Dark: 75 frames exposure: 5 min
Flat: 30 frames exposure: 1 s
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker v3.3.4 post-processing in PixInsight v1.8
-Setup:
Telescope: Omegon 126/880 f/7 Triplet APO
Mount: Losmandy G11
Camera: Canon EOS 6D Astrodon mod.
-Imaging Data:
32x300" ISO400
2.67h
This Cluedo game came out of a box a Christmas crackers a few years ago...there's nothing like solving a good old murder mystery over Christmas dinner! :-)
Merry Christmas everybody! :-)
Here I used stroboscopic (multi) flash mode while spinning the Rubik's cube to emphasise the process of solving it.
Taken in September 2016 from Surrey. 19 Hours 10 Minutes total!
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-85ED
Camera: Atik 383L+ cooled to -20
Mount: Belt modded NEQ6
Frames: 115 stacked HA, Oiii and Sii subs @ 10 minutes each.
Object: Sh2-101 – The Tulip Nebula HST - 2017
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Sharpless 101 is a Hydrogen II region, emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. It is called the Tulip Nebula by astrophotographers because it resembles the outline of a tulip.
- Magnitude: 9
- Constellation: Cygnus
- Apparent dimensions (V): 16' x 9'
- Designations: Sharpless 101, Sh2-101, Cygnus Star Cloud, The Tulip Nebula
- Apparent magnitude (V): 9
- Distance: 6,000 ly (1,800 pc)
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This image was done using the HST or Hubble Space Telescope Palette which is accomplished by combining sub frames using three narrowband filters that capture light produced by glowing hydrogen (Ha), oxygen (OIII) and sulfur (SII) present in the nebula. Green is assigned to hydrogen, blue to oxygen and red to the sulfur.
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Acquisition Date: 08/20/2017 – 08/27/2017
Location: Western Massachusetts
Camera: SBIG STF8300M @ -10°C
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106EDX-III
Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100
Guide scope: Off Axis Guiding
Guide Camera: Starlight Express Lodestar 2
Filters:
-Astrodon 3 nm Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 12 x 30min. (360min) bin 1x1
-Astrodon 3nm Oxygen III (OIII):13 x 30min. (3900min) bin 1x1
-Astrodon 5nm Sulfur II (SII):13 x 30min. (390min) bin 1x1
Total Exposure:1140min. (19hr)
Limiting Magnitude: 5.1