Carastro Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Has Astronomy Shed Forum finally closed? Not been able to get in the last couple of days. We knew it was coming and at least you have a new home here and won’t lose touch with each other. Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 According to who.is the domain astronomyshed.co.uk and www.astronomyshed.co.uk have expired. So the domain and website is no more in that case unless somebody (the original owner) pays for renewal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 I noticed it had gone a few days ago. I'm getting 'unknown status' on WHOIS as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carastro Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 Thanks Terry, yes, Dion said he would keep it open until the expiry date, but he never indicated when that would be, unless he said recently when i hadn't logged in. It was a great site and many of the members have migrated here so not losing touch with friends they had made on the Shed. End of an Era. Carole 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Definitely the end of an era. 😢 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galileo Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Looks like it's gone 😕. Happy days spent on the shed, it's what really got me going in astrophotography and I'll miss it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scopeman Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 (edited) Yeah, me too, sad any idea why it closed down, was Dion ill? Lost my mojo a bit atm, need some inspiration to kickstart and get me going again! Edited October 11, 2022 by Scopeman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelsaurus Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Pity it has gone. It was my goto forum. RIP. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carastro Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 2 hours ago, Scopeman said: Yeah, me too, sad any idea why it closed down, was Dion ill? Lost my mojo a bit atm, need some inspiration to kickstart and get me going again! Yes, Dion lost his Mojo a while back. Then he and his wife had Covid badly, so he announced some months ago he wouldn’t renew the website licence when his yearly contract ran out, but didn’t indicate when that would be. Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 I remember when Dion sold all his gear as he'd lost a lot of interest in astronomy. Although I often feel the same about a lot of my Gary Numan CD's (not the early stuff obviously lol). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smerral Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Yes, definitely the end of an era. I was there almost from the beginning. I bought one of Dion's modified SPC900 webcams and used it to image some deep sky stuff using a Startravel 102 refractor. Nothing since has equalled the delight of seeing that first image of the Orion nebula appear on the screen. I believe I had the distinction of having most posts on the Shed next to Dion. Ah well, all things must come to an end. Happy days!! 🙂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamplighter05 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 (edited) Wondering if a full archive has been made of the site - as Waybackmachine only does 2 levels down snapshots over time. With over 20 thousand postings it would be a shame for all of those contributions to just be lost to time! Edited October 17, 2022 by Lamplighter05 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitsmoor Col Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Will all the tuition vids be saved some place ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelsaurus Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 27 minutes ago, Pitsmoor Col said: Will all the tuition vids be saved some place ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carastro Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 I do hope so, many of them are on You Tube. Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Pitsmoor Col said: Will all the tuition vids be saved some place ? There's this Edited November 24, 2022 by Nightspore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitsmoor Col Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Many Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 You're welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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