Re: how was the carp star party?
I got there (sans scope) about 9:00, and there was quite a large selection of scopes set up. The number of public attendees was quite large as well. Sky was clear and steady, and the night ended with
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Richard Harding
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#34606
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how was the carp star party?
see title
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Attilla Danko
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#34605
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Re: Diefenbunker Saturday
Richard et al. – I would not worry about spritzing the telescope with anything. The virus transmission is almost completely airborne. The most important thing is not to breathe the same air as
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Michael W
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#34604
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Re: Diefenbunker Saturday
The public star party at the Diefenbunker in early June was not excessively busy. I didn’t end up taking special precautions with my eyepieces. I like the idea of short gamma ray bursts to sanitize
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Gordon Dewis
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#34603
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Diefenbunker Saturday
Weather looks like it may be Ok for July 2.
I somehow missed the last star party. ?For people who went, what, if anything, did people do about sanitizing scopes? ?I'm thinking about either having a
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Richard McDonald
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#34602
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Local Astronomy Service Announcement
Tristan Young, who worked at Focus Scientific serving the astronomical community here in Ottawa for many years, is currently doing an apprenticeship as an electrician.
He will now be supplementing
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James Sofia
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#34601
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Re: starfest registration is now open
https://riverplacecampground.com/images/CampgroundMap/RiverPlaceMap_2019.pdf
[email protected]> wrote:
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Mike Wirths
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#34600
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Re: starfest registration is now open
I seem to remember that I added a preference as to the row closest to the
field due to the length of our trailer. If you go to River Places' website
you can get a site map so that you can ask for a
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Mike Wirths
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#34599
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Re: starfest registration is now open
The starfest info page said that trailer sites would be assigned 2
weeks before the star party. And that they would be assigned in the
order that people registered.
The implication is that we only
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Attilla Danko
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#34598
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Re: starfest registration is now open
Well I am registered for Starfest, arriving the Sunday before and staying 7 nights! The only problem is not finding a place to pick my trailer site! Am I missing something ?
Richard Harding
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Richard Harding
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#34597
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Re: starfest registration is now open
Whoo hoo!!!
Starry Knight
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Richard Harding
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#34596
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starfest registration is now open
<https://www.nyaa.ca/index.php?page=sf.sfregistration>
If you don't know, it's canada's largest starparty and going their
every year is a pilgrimage for some of us. (In particular one
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Attilla Danko
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#34595
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Re: Carp Star Party
Salamat!Garry Fancy
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cherokee1970
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#34594
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Re: Carp Star Party
The carp star parties are held by the ottawa rasc. see the star party
dates here:
https://ottawa.rasc.ca/free-public-star-parties-rasc-ottawa-centre
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Attilla Danko
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#34593
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Carp Star Party
I missed the notice for this latest star party. Perhaps I missed the email?
Am I still connected?
Thanks
Garry Fancy
cherokee1970@...
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cherokee1970
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#34592
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Re: carp star party?
Glad it was a success. Great call to decalre it a go!
Stephen J McIntyre
mailto:mcintyre_sj@...
https://flickr.com/mcintyre_sj
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Stephen J McIntyre
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#34591
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Re: carp star party?
My kids and I had fun.? It was great seeing familiar faces' silhouettes again (LOL).. Missed seeing you Attilla.
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Tristan Young <tryoung@...>
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#34590
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Re: carp star party?
It was fun, with a fair turnout. Since it’s been over two years since I used my equipment, I forgot several things, including my Telrad making alignment difficult! My battery was caput dieing after
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Richard Harding
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#34589
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carp star party?
How was it?
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Attilla Danko
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#34588
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Re: Tau Herculids first report...
Thanks Pierre. I was wondering if you traveled for the event and how good
it was.
Cheers,
Albert.
wrote:
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ALbert
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#34587
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