{"id":24995,"date":"2018-12-30T01:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=24995"},"modified":"2019-09-15T12:53:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T22:53:56","slug":"top-posts-of-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=24995","title":{"rendered":"Top Posts of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Examining the most popular posts for the year shows trends we have seen in the past. Certain subjects have a very long lifetime, with steady interest and thus search engine hits. The backyard telescope pier plans continue to be one of my all time most popular posts, it has been in the top spot for a <a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=23038\">few years running<\/a>. In general a number of amateur astronomy how-to articles are represented on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other articles reflect what was popular this year. Getting to the lava may now be obsolete, but the eruptions and the news boosted this post into my top rankings. Canon mirrorless cameras also garner a lot of news this year, and thus more hits on DarkerView.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=2719\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Backyard Telescope Pier<\/a><\/td><td>2,358<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=8276\">Repairing a Wii Balance Board<\/a><\/td><td>1,085<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=6573\">Astrophotography with the EOS-M<\/a><\/td><td>889<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=18253\">Restoring an Orange Tube Celestron C8<\/a><\/td><td>644<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=18381\">Viewing the ISS<\/a><\/td><td>599<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=6127\">Rewiring a Celestron NexStar Telescope<\/a><\/td><td>595<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=12770\">Starscape Photography<\/a><\/td><td>568<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=6476\">Visiting the Summit of Mauna Kea<\/a><\/td><td>529<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=6248\">Light-years, Light-minutes and Light-seconds<\/a><\/td><td>524<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=21405\">Old School Drive Corrector<\/a><\/td><td>503<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=20821\">Shooting the Canon EOS M5<\/a><\/td><td>487<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=23945\">Emergency Alert Fatigue<\/a><\/td><td>397<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=21350\">Tragedy on Mauna Kea<\/a><\/td><td>380<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=2345\">End-of-Road Puak\u014d<\/a><\/td><td>374<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=19095\">Getting to the Lava<\/a><\/td><td>374<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>The message is clear, while the new articles on DarkerView are popular, it is the old articles that form a legacy here.  People continue to search for and read a lot of the old material on the blog, a result that gives me some satisfaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Examining the most popular posts for the year shows trends we have seen in the past. Certain subjects have a very long lifetime, with steady interest and thus search engine hits. 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