Lunar Photo of the Day ... now running!

Dear Friends,

First and foremost I would like to wish everyone all the best
for a safe New Year's celebration and a new year filled with health and
prosperity ... oh yeah, clear skies and lots of great astrophotos too!

I would like to draw your attention to something similar to
NASA's APOD (Astrophoto of the Day), namely LPOD (Lunar Photo of the
Day), which is now up and running at http://www.lpod.org and is geared
to those who have a special affection for the first celestial body
conquered by humanity. Each day will feature a new photo surrounding our
beloved moon and will include a wide variety of topics and issues
related to our only natural satellite.

Just to make things interesting, he/she first able to correctly
identify the names at the bottom of the home page will win an AP155 mm
air-spaced triplet refractor and matching AP1200 GOTO mount (latest
production run for both items) donated by the infamous and well-known
refractor enthusiast Shawn Grant (personal delivery by Shawn included
anywhere in the world including central Baghdad).

Best wishes and happy surfing.

Anthony.

PS. Remember to submit your favorite image(s) for consideration as
possible LPOD's!

Hello, Anthony,
Thanks for the tip about this url. It seems a good way to learn to
be an accomplished lunar observer. I have bookmarked it and made a
shortcut, so I will be consulting it often.
A happy and prosperous New Year to you,
Bill Meyers

Anthony Ayiomamitis wrote:

Dear Friends,

First and foremost I would like to wish everyone all the best
for a safe New Year's celebration and a new year filled with health
and prosperity ... oh yeah, clear skies and lots of great astrophotos
too!

I would like to draw your attention to something similar to
NASA's APOD (Astrophoto of the Day), namely LPOD (Lunar Photo of the
Day), which is now up and running at http://www.lpod.org and is geared
to those who have a special affection for the first celestial body
conquered by humanity. Each day will feature a new photo surrounding
our beloved moon and will include a wide variety of topics and issues
related to our only natural satellite.

Just to make things interesting, he/she first able to
correctly identify the names at the bottom of the home page will win
an AP155 mm air-spaced triplet refractor and matching AP1200 GOTO
mount (latest production run for both items) donated by the infamous
and well-known refractor enthusiast Shawn Grant (personal delivery by
Shawn included anywhere in the world including central Baghdad).

Best wishes and happy surfing.

Anthony.

PS. Remember to submit your favorite image(s) for consideration as
possible LPOD's!

Nice work, Anthony! That's a keeper -- into the bookmarks.

I was going to try to win that AP unti I read that Shawn would come to
my house to deliver it.

Best wishes for a great new year.

Mike Simmons

Chuck,

Thanks for the kind words. Please feel free to make suggestions
as to how to make improvements and anything else you feel may be of
interest. Of course, submissions are also welcome and encouraged!

Best wishes for 2004 to you as well!

Anthony.

Bill Meyers wrote:

Hello, Anthony,
Thanks for the tip about this url. It seems a good way to learn to
be an accomplished lunar observer. I have bookmarked it and made a
shortcut, so I will be consulting it often.
A happy and prosperous New Year to you,
Bill Meyers

Anthony Ayiomamitis wrote:



Dear Friends,

First and foremost I would like to wish everyone all the best
for a safe New Year's celebration and a new year filled with health
and prosperity ... oh yeah, clear skies and lots of great astrophotos
too!

I would like to draw your attention to something similar to
NASA's APOD (Astrophoto of the Day), namely LPOD (Lunar Photo of the
Day), which is now up and running at http://www.lpod.org and is geared
to those who have a special affection for the first celestial body
conquered by humanity. Each day will feature a new photo surrounding
our beloved moon and will include a wide variety of topics and issues
related to our only natural satellite.

Just to make things interesting, he/she first able to
correctly identify the names at the bottom of the home page will win
an AP155 mm air-spaced triplet refractor and matching AP1200 GOTO
mount (latest production run for both items) donated by the infamous
and well-known refractor enthusiast Shawn Grant (personal delivery by
Shawn included anywhere in the world including central Baghdad).

Best wishes and happy surfing.

Anthony.

PS. Remember to submit your favorite image(s) for consideration as
possible LPOD's!

Hi Mike,

We have lots of plans to cover a lot of material so as to have
something for everyone's taste. Please feel free to make suggestions and
provide submissions.

Best wishes for the New Year!

Anthony.

Mike Simmons wrote:

Nice work, Anthony! That's a keeper -- into the bookmarks.

I was going to try to win that AP unti I read that Shawn would come to
my house to deliver it.

Best wishes for a great new year.

Mike Simmons

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 21:07:09 +0200, Anthony Ayiomamitis
wrote:

First and foremost I would like to wish everyone all the best
for a safe New Year's celebration and a new year filled with health and
prosperity ... oh yeah, clear skies and lots of great astrophotos too!

Same to you too Anthony - I hope 2004 is a good one for you.

I would like to draw your attention to something similar to
NASA's APOD (Astrophoto of the Day), namely LPOD (Lunar Photo of the
Day), which is now up and running at http://www.lpod.org and is geared
to those who have a special affection for the first celestial body
conquered by humanity. Each day will feature a new photo surrounding our
beloved moon and will include a wide variety of topics and issues
related to our only natural satellite.

Very nicely executed website. A great way to focus some of the
excellent lunar images out there. Well done to all concerned.

--
Pete Lawrence
http://www.pbl33.co.uk
Lunar Parallax Demonstration Project - Release date 08/12/2003

It looks great!

Clear Skies

Chuck Taylor
Do you observe the moon?
Try the Lunar Observing Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/
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"Anthony Ayiomamitis" wrote in message
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Dear Friends,

First and foremost I would like to wish everyone all the best
for a safe New Year's celebration and a new year filled with health and
prosperity ... oh yeah, clear skies and lots of great astrophotos too!

I would like to draw your attention to something similar to
NASA's APOD (Astrophoto of the Day), namely LPOD (Lunar Photo of the
Day), which is now up and running at http://www.lpod.org and is geared
to those who have a special affection for the first celestial body
conquered by humanity. Each day will feature a new photo surrounding our
beloved moon and will include a wide variety of topics and issues
related to our only natural satellite.

Just to make things interesting, he/she first able to correctly
identify the names at the bottom of the home page will win an AP155 mm
air-spaced triplet refractor and matching AP1200 GOTO mount (latest
production run for both items) donated by the infamous and well-known
refractor enthusiast Shawn Grant (personal delivery by Shawn included
anywhere in the world including central Baghdad).

Best wishes and happy surfing.

Anthony.

PS. Remember to submit your favorite image(s) for consideration as
possible LPOD's!

Graham,

I just went into the Preferences tab of NS7.1 and hopefully
corrected the problem. I guess this response will prove either way.

Thanks for the heads-up.

Anthony.

Graham W wrote:

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Thanks for your good wishes and may I, too, echo those sentiments!

It would be a good idea if you would configure your news client to
compose news messages in 'Plain Text' in these days of active
viruses and other malignant worms and Trojans being hidden in
email and news posts. It is also mentioned in the FAQ.

Have a good 2004 everyone.

--
Graham W http://www.gcw.org.uk/ XP1800+ Page added, Graphics Tutorial
WIMBORNE http://www.wessex-astro-society.freeserve.co.uk/ Wessex
Dorset UK Astro Society's Web pages, Info, Meeting Dates, Sites & Maps
Change 'news' to 'sewn' in my Reply address to avoid my spam filter.

Anthony Ayiomamitis wrote:
"Anthony Ayiomamitis" wrote in message
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Graham,

I just went into the Preferences tab of NS7.1 and hopefully
corrected the problem. I guess this response will prove either way.

Thanks for the heads-up.


Well actually it won't prove the point until you make a brand new post
since your NS7.1 has been following the 'Reply to posts in the same
format'
option. So when you rerplied to a plain text one it came out in plain
text,
but when another HTML or your own was replied to then it came out
in HTML. So perhaps you can twiddle that option too!

Now all we need to do is to get you to stop top posting and post
underneath instead!

ATB4 2004

--
Graham W http://www.gcw.org.uk/ XP1800+ Page added, Graphics Tutorial
WIMBORNE http://www.wessex-astro-society.freeserve.co.uk/ Wessex
Dorset UK Astro Society's Web pages, Info, Meeting Dates, Sites & Maps
Change 'news' to 'sewn' in my Reply address to avoid my spam filter.

Thank you Anthony , Looks like I'll enjoy this site . The best to
you and yours in the comming year !
Leonard



Anthony Ayiomamitis wrote in message ...
Dear Friends,

First and foremost I would like to wish everyone all the best
for a safe New Year's celebration and a new year filled with health and
prosperity ... oh yeah, clear skies and lots of great astrophotos too!

I would like to draw your attention to something similar to
NASA's APOD (Astrophoto of the Day), namely LPOD (Lunar Photo of the
Day), which is now up and running at http://www.lpod.org and is geared
to those who have a special affection for the first celestial body
conquered by humanity. Each day will feature a new photo surrounding our
beloved moon and will include a wide variety of topics and issues
related to our only natural satellite.

Just to make things interesting, he/she first able to correctly
identify the names at the bottom of the home page will win an AP155 mm
air-spaced triplet refractor and matching AP1200 GOTO mount (latest
production run for both items) donated by the infamous and well-known
refractor enthusiast Shawn Grant (personal delivery by Shawn included
anywhere in the world including central Baghdad).

Best wishes and happy surfing.

Anthony.

PS. Remember to submit your favorite image(s) for consideration as
possible LPOD's!



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