Recent content by Gromit

Is that a black hole or just a new neutron star? It's probably just a neutron star that has been playing hide-n-seek for 37 years. There is evidence in the 1987A Super Nova of what looks like a neutron star. Evidently, there is a slight possibility it could also be a recently deceased star.

Now that's very cool!!

I was out with my camera today and shot a few photos of the Sun. Not as cool as the photo of the black hole, but if you zoom in you can see some sun spots.

Since the very first time I heard and read about Black Holes I have been enthralled by them. Many times I envisioned what they may look like until finally, in 2017 the first, a supermassive black hole, was imaged called M87* located in the Messier 87 galaxy. Two years later in 2019 the second...

It was more difficult, but well worth every minute spent playing.

I received an email about this from GOG. I played these in 1981, 1982, 1983 . . . okay, I played all of the Wizardry that ran on the Apple II. I have to have it when it's out of early access. ;)

Does anyone here have a telescope or do any astrophotography? I have a 10" Skywatcher newtonian and I would love to chat about best targets to view (I'm in the Northern Hemisphere) and best targets to image.

Hello, I'm new here. I too am an old-school gamer. I played Wizardry on an Apple II+ when it first came out way back when. (Yikes, that really dates me). I'm currently playing The Bard's Tale Trilogy (I'm on the first one now); I was so glad to see it on GOG. If you're wondering, yes, I...