Very well put, Brian. I think that's a great argument.

Mike, what’s the petty cash looking like? Looks like we spent it all on biscuits for the committee meeting.

Thanks for highlighting this one, Andy. It had completely passed me by, given that it's not visible in the UK. Should be an amazing sight... seleneli...

The middle one gives a very strong 3-dimensional perspective to the image. I like that one, personally.

...we can expect there to be more planets added Absolutely. This isn't an argument about "let's make Pluto a planet again". It's an argument about ex...

OK, so the current IAU definition of a planet states: (1) A planet is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass fo...

The HDR idea was really a carry over from daytime images. I've never been a big fan of HDR photography. They always look slightly fake... too much co...

Fabulous. Like the idea of using a negative image to bring out the detail in the prominences. Intrigued at the HDR idea... what were you trying to a...

.... oh, and forgot to mention... if you're using IR remotes, you have to stand in front of the camera! That might be your foreground image sorted ;)

It’s a Nikon D40X Damn... Triggertrap won't work then. This uses an IR remote as far as I know. Shame. I think you can get some pretty cheap IR remo...

I can see there’s quite a bit of noise there. Any tips on reducing that and still getting plenty of stars visible? I can't see your EXIF details on t...

What camera do you have, out of interest? Is a Triggertrap an option?

Any ideas/tips on improvement I presume this is your StarStaX version? There really is no point using Photoshop for stacking star trails, as it takes...

For Macs, I'd recommend the following: Nebulosity: Not free, unfortunately (costs $80 currently), but is a very powerful software package for contro...

APOTY needs more photos of water hazard warning signs. :) Only sheltered spot I could find... blowing a gale here this evening, so the tripod wouldn...