#nye2024 — Public Fediverse posts
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Last night we (myself, @leece , and her mum) saw in the New Year with a star party for family and friends.
To make it as accessible as possible, we found a park in Como that is almost completely dark, despite being only a couple of kilometres from the CBD. Adjacent to this park is the Como Croquet Club, so we hired their clubhouse as a base of operations.
Two days before, we got a panicked message from the club, asking if their members could have a gathering of their own - which was fine with us, as long as they did not want to turn on the field lights. So we had twenty odd people turn up, along with about the same number of Croquet Club members. As it turns out, the son of one of my workmates played in high school, and got his family into playing a game, much to the delight of the rather elderly club members.
We started proceedings with a couple of shots of the sun and the current sunspots (Me: "This is what it looks like right now!" 16yo daughter of a work mate: "Well, actually it's what it looked like 18 minutes ago." Me: Applause), and then ate dinner while waiting for the sky to go dark. At 8pm, we got our Dwarf3s aligned, and synchronised their schedules for the night. Then we fired up the DwarfIIs, got them running on some ad-hoc targets, and called everyone out, including many of the Croquet Club members, who were also interested.
We opened with some spectacular views of the Orion Nebula, the Sculptor Galaxy, and the Horsehead Nebula. We also started on a shot the Helix Nebula. Most targets we scheduled 30 minutes for, before the Dwarf3s would move on to new targets.
Aiding us in our explanation of what was on display was @ariaflame , a physicist from Murdoch Uni, and a good friend. We talked about the way clusters and nebulae are formed, how stars aged, and just how far everything is.
Around 8:30, the last of our guests arrived - workmate and Perth Observatory volunteer (and former professional astronomer) Steve Ewing, who had with him a 10" traditional telescope. By about 9pm he had it up and running, and was showing off Saturn and Jupiter, which are too small for our smart telescopes to resolve meaningfully. Steve's enthusiastic explanations of planetary dynamics were a highlight of the evening.
Sadly, as 10pm rolled around the sprinkler systems on the oval started up, and we had to rapidly tear everything down before they reached us. As Leece said - "Rain stopped play."
Despite this, it seems that everyone enjoyed themselves, and we got some great images to share with everyone after.
And that is how we saw in 2025.
#astronomy #StarParty #Astrodon #NYE2024 #Astrophotography #2025 #dwarf3 #dwarfII #SmartTelescope
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CW: Picture of food
Picture a Day: Dec 31 https://cjs-wunderkammer.ghost.io/picture-a-day-dec-31/
#photography #blog #Fuji #GFX50s #food #HappyNewYear #NYE2024
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Let’s end 2024 on a fine note - #pryesBrewing 2024 Lost Moon bourbon barrel aged Russian imperial #stout
Fabulous BA magic with chocolate, vanilla, and toffee/caramel notes and a bourbon finish. Smooth end to a bumpy annum!
#itsAlwaysStoutSeason #craftBeer #drinkLocal #nye2024 @beersofmastodon
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Just sittin by the fireplace watchin Kiki’s Delivery Service for the 800th time whilst eatin chocolate kisses and banana pudding.
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Another favorite of the year looking down on Cascade River Park in Minnesota. Love the north shore! Happy New Years everyone 🥳 https://dansproul.com/featured/cascade-river-state-park-dan-sproul.html #photography #nature #newyear #nye #nye2024 #photojourney
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Big stouts gonna make it a rocky road to midnight!
Another #alesmith special, it’s Speedway Grand Prix MMXXIV Rocky Road Edition!
A sweet vanilla almond nose, nutty body with cocoa, chocolate, and coffee with a sweet almost cherry finish. Tasty!
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Never done NYE in New Orleans, so we’ll bring the Big Easy to us.
#aleSmith New Orleans Café Speedway Stout with coffee and chicory
Nutty coffee lead with a chocolate bitter finish. My wife says her Dad loved the chicory coffee at White Castle back in the day!
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Good evening.
When I woke up this morning, I was mentally singing Europe's "Final Countdown." Which is very fitting for today https://song.link/us/i/196480329
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Ding dong ding dong! It's new years somewhere!
But here it's still new years eve!
Come hang out for shenanigans for the next twelve hours!
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Welcome to ‘25 all you wonderful assholes.
It’s not so much the blurst of times but either the best or worst, time will tell.
All I know is I’m gonna try to live a few minutes each day like my mentor, cat Benatar does, enjoying every. single. moment . we spend with those we love, cause that all that matters, ALL of our collective clans… and kitty floof 🙂↔️
#2025 #nye2024 #cats #catsofmastodon
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Happy New Year from the Hilton Niseko Village! It's 2025!
#NewYearsEve #NewYearsEve2024 #NYE #NYE2024 #HiltonNisekoVillage #NisekoVillage #Niseko #Hokkaido #Japan
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I was planning on making myself be a little bit social tonight and head down to town to see the fireworks, but they’ve just been cancelled because of the storm. Well I tried 😉
I’m usually not one for a big #NYE - we tend to just stay at home, have some party food/snacks and play Mario Party. Enjoy the night, however you choose to spend it. 🎉 #nye2024
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HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone!
In truth 2024 was pretty good for me overall, barring the odd health glitch - hoping for more good things in 2025. Hope things go well for you too.
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Almost there! Crazy to think it's been a full quarter century since that big New Year's Eve in 1999. We stayed out all night that time and had breakfast at a Richmond hotel by the Yarra, the only place we could find. Fun times.
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Brilliant choice from R Williams Esq. and team to finish his #nye2024 set at the Sydney Opera House with “you’re the voice”. Top marks, no notes.
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Where are you for New Year's Eve? We're at our friends' place; just had a barbecue on the back deck (haven't had a barbie for ages, that was great), and now we're watching the traditionally dire NYE concert on the ABC. Happy times.
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Heading out for NYE tonight?
With public transport running all night and free for all, there's no reason to drink and drive.
And unlike Uber, if you get shitfaced and throw up on the train, we won't charge you a cleaning fee.
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Have I written a story or scene about New Year’s Eve or created some traditions?
I haven't, but I'm coming to understand more and more that things like holiday traditions are the little chinks of world building that really make things come alive.
#Writephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #WritersofMastodon #NYE2024 #NYE
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Q4: Have you written a story or scene about New Year’s Eve? Have you created some New Year’s Eve traditions or shared some from personal experiences?
Alternatively, have you read (or seen ) a year’s end scene in someone else’s work that stuck with you . . . ?
#Writephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #WritersofMastodon #NYE2024 #NYE
