AI6YR BenMar 3

LOL true Mastodon verification:

YOU MUST VERIFY YOURSELF ON MASTODON BY:

- Posting a picture of a cat in your lap
- Random photos of flowers
- Wax poetic about your favorite episode of Star Trek TNG (or your hate of the series)
- Random, undecipherable technical blabbering about ham radio electronics
- Mention something about your favorite Linux command line
- Say hello to your many LGBTQ followers/friends here, just because you're glad they're here
- Toot a picture of some mushroom you ran into while walking in the forst
- Something something astronomy
- Random gadget/device/bicycle post
- Post a random picture of a tree or window
- Photo of your sewing/mending project!
- Hand drawn art post

Show threadW6KMEMar 3
@ai6yr You forgot ham radio and sewing machines
Show threadPaul_IPv6Mar 3

@W6KME @ai6yr

i think any hardware/toys you can geek about count. i follow folks talking about musical instruments, fiber crafts, jewelry, woodworking, calligraphy/fountain pens. you just have to be well beyond sanely interested in whatever it is and overly willing to share technical details. ;)

Show threadDavid NashMar 3

@paul_ipv6 @W6KME @ai6yr Hardware/toy geekery pairs nicely with "Something something astronomy".

Current bit of precision-ground glass in a tube: 12.5"/320mm f/5 Dobsonian reflector on a cart for easy transport. It breaks down into smaller components so it's possible to take it on a road trip to darker skies.

Show threadAI6YR BenMar 3
@dpnash @paul_ipv6 @W6KME Oooh, did you build that yourself?!?!
Show threadDavid NashMar 3

@ai6yr @paul_ipv6 @W6KME

Regrettably, no. I’m not that dexterous. I bought it a while back from someone who was a woodworker first, astronomer second. He put a good mirror into some seriously gorgeous wood work. This scope was also slightly cheaper than the comparable commercial options at the time (right around the start of the 2000s).

Show threadIris Young (he/they/she) (PhD)
@dpnash @ai6yr @paul_ipv6 @W6KME half a point for knowing sbdy who can build a telescope from scratch, and half a point for the photo and technical details. I say you qualify.
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