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Peter
I don’t know what others could see but as I recall, I could see everyone’s full details. I’ll have another look the next time it flips.
AlanI recently found my full name displayed on my member album and changed it back to the less formal version by editing my profile. But a few weeks later, I found it had reverted to the full monty. Changed it back again – but today I found it had reverted again!
Is there any way of stopping ‘the System’ from overriding a user’s wishes? Or is it me?
A minor irritation – but still an irritation!
AlanYou can find more information about Ottways in my article here:
British Astronomical Association, Historical Section Newsletter No. 23 Spring 2021
W. Ottway & Co., Ltd, Optical & Scientific Instrument Makers
AlanPaul
I am in touch with Dr Michael Ottway, the last member of the family to have worked for the company. If you like, I could ask him if he can provide any further information on the instrument.
AlanPaul
Does it have any maker’s marks? Presumably not. W.Ottway & Co were major manufacturers of gunsights for the military, so it could be one of them.
AlanWhen posting in the Gallery, my full name etc is now displayed. Can I go back to the old, and less formal, first name and surname?
Alan Thomas
Paul
Ah, now I understand your predicament. To have escaped British skies for a more promising location and then find them wanting, fully justifies a whine! Maybe just have to console yourself with a nice glass of of the other-
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AlanI sympathise, Paul. A non-astronomer friend of mine recently expressed surprise, and not a little dismay,that I intended to go out in the middle of the night and stand in sub-zero temperatures for a few hours observing the night sky.
I explained to him that to be an astronomer in Britain you have to be a masochist!I didn’t know Ron but he was kind enough to ‘like’ one or two of my images. An honour indeed.
The video of his appeareance on the Sky at Night with Patrick is fascinating. How on earth did he manage to move that telescope from one end of his garden and back again? Clearly he was one of the greats of amateur astronomy.There does seem to be a problem loggin in by phone. I get a login page which offers both a Sheep login and a big login button. No matter which is used it brings up a ‘BAA wishes access to profile’. Approve this and then go to main pages and cannot access forum to post nor to comment on images because ‘not logged in’. Then we go round again . . .
I don’t know if he can be regarded as ‘Person of the Year’, but he is certainly an interesting, innovative guy. Anyone who can shoot a Tesla car into space has to have something going for him. If only there were more like him – though I’d rather he didn’t clutter up near space with hundreds of pesky little satellites.
