Nonlaser things that I think GFers will find interesting

Me, too! lol I saw it posted on FB that I thought was awesome.

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It’s impressive, but I like to think that my current system limits how many spools I can have to the space available under the counter. (I know that’s a lie, they’d just overflow… but I like to think that)

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The little lies we tell ourselves are important!

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Simulated view of the 3.3.26 lunar eclipse as seen near Boulder, Colorado. :innocent:

Not only that, but I have a new scope being delivered on Thursday, just in time for the first snow in over a month… :thinking:

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Looks like he made an update to the web version:

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Huh. I think someone’s forking someone here. Same template names between the two systems we’ve mentioned.

I thought they were similar but now I’m thinking they’re the same underlying engine.

Aha! From the acknowledgements:

This project is a JavaScript reimplementation inspired by the original MapToPoster originalankur/maptoposter by Ankur Gupta (MIT license). My app is built using Bun, React, and TypeScript. It allows users to create custom city map posters with various styling options, leveraging OpenStreetMap data rendered via MapLibre and OpenFreeMap vector tiles.

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It was cloudy here, so we couldn’t see it at all. :slightly_frowning_face:

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:woozy_face: I got up at o’dark-thirty to watch it in NC. No go :slightly_frowning_face: Full cloud cover without a hint of the moon. I even walked down to the dock in my jammies to see if maybe the moon was further south or north in the sky. Of course this morning it showed up bright & shiny due west (the back wall of our house faces due west). And it’s projected to be clear for the rest of the week :joy:

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Clear as a bell this morning. I have a new telescope being delivered tomorrow, so naturally the forecast is for our first measurable snow in two months.

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Same here, way to many clouds to see the eclipse :frowning:

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First light on the new scope:


…at least the snow has stopped.

:rofl:

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It was cloudy here but browner light than usual. Like an incandescent light, I wondered if that was the effect of the eclipse.

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This is awesome!! Tap to pay… with magic! :rofl:

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Not bad for night 2:

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