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I took this pic- got a T adapter so my telescope became my cheap camera's lens. No tracking, quick snap, no stacking software to build up the image. Even though it's not up to the standards you see a lot, I'm chuffed I caught the fact that Jupiter is striped! No moons visible- had to stop it right down...

I suppose then, that you finally got it in the end.........

What do you think of the new design of the now available Queen Victoria. I am Not a fan and will pass on it. With a limited mintage of 75 for the £5 gold proof and with a price of £5,395 - it is an easy pass for me.

Or the Queen Mum down at the dogs cheering on hers while necking a bottle of Worthington....

Maybe their should have been a princess Margaret coin should have had a fag in her mouth and be doing a Hilda ogden

I am no longer allowed to "Edit" a post - is this intentional ? Ah, it's hidden behind the 3 dots !!!!

I've always thrown them in the copper scrap. Demonetized, so legal to weigh in.

..and in the top pic you can just make out the yellowing fronds of a very old, very small jacaranda. Like most tropical flowering trees, they should only be grown for their lovely foliage here in the UK- they just will not flower in a pot. In the spring I am going to plant a Caesalpinia Gilliesii and a Citrus Australasica outside, against the shiny fence in the sheltered corner, where I can give them their own little greenhouse for the winter.