tonight
Although the conditions are iffy, I will be taking my scope over to
the Kanata Chapters for 7:30. Roland and Janice will be joining me,
for at least a Latte at Chapters (however, Roland will bring
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Richard Harding <rharding@...>
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6:30pm Sidewalk Update - STILL UNSURE
The skies seem fairly covered at this point in time. Janice and I
called the weather guy who stated that Kanata would not be clear at
8pm but that things will probably clear by 11 or 12pm. There's
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Re: Tuesday Weather - Stay Tuned!
Given that Chris has a french class tonight (you'd think with a last
name of Vadeboncoeur she wouldn't need those, but she grew up in B.C.)
so I get to practice my solo parenting skills (tonight we
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Rob Robotham <rob.robotham@...>
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#221
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Tuesday Weather - Stay Tuned!
Orleans: 100% cloud cover for the last hour and then a bit of a
clearing. Not sure how it'll turn out for tonite. Janice expressed
an interest in sidewalk, if it were to be clear. Some OAF should
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Re: Sidewalk Kanata Chapters Tonight (Tuesday)?
Great, I'm going to try to attend this one too.
Since passers-by have been asking about seeing statellites,
i have posted a few satellite events for this evening.
Have a look at:
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attilla.danko@...
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Sidewalk Kanata Chapters Tonight (Tuesday)?
In response to the call for a session tonight (April 3rd). Count me
in, assuming the weather co-operates. So far, the weather's looking
good for a potential repeat sidewalk session at Kanata
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Re: Sidewalk Session Report (Monday)
Nice report. It was alot of fun. We should try to get a few
more in before Jupiter and Saturn become daytime objects and
all we have to offer is the the moon.
If would be nice if we could find an
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attilla.danko@...
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Re: Sidewalk Session Report (Monday)
Hi Attilla (et al):
I will be approaching the local (Kanata) Boy Scout / Girl Guide troops, and the Air Cadets that meet at A. Y. Jackson High School, to outline what we do. I believe that all of
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Richard Harding <rharding@...>
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First Light...
Attilla Danko, Roland Prevost and myself met under the wonderful
sodium glow of the sidewalk in front of the Kanata "Chapters" for a
spot of sidewalk astronomy. Despite dire predictions of cloud
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Richard Harding <rharding@...>
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#215
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Jupiter Double Shadow Transit Tonite !
This evening there will be a short double shadow transit on Jupiter.
The OAFs home page has the following information (extracted from the
calendar, I guess):
The double shadow portion of the
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Re: Dinner before RASC - both Janice and I IN!
The brew pub works for me....I may be easy, but I'm not cheap! :o)
It's not much of a cheese shop really, is it?
Finest in the district Sir!!
And what leads you to that conclusion?
Well its so
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Richard Harding <rharding@...>
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#213
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Sidewalk Session Report (Monday)
Sess.# 281 7:30-10:30 Kanata Chapter's Variable Clouds
Sidewalk astronomy session this evening at Kanata Chapter's. Skies
cleared unexpectedly, and so Richard Harding and myself decided to
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Re: YES - Sidewalk in Kanata tonite (Monday)!!
I just got back from Ottawa Little Theatre. When I got out, I looked
up and everything was clear (grumble). And my brother (who also goes
to OLT) was in agreement (I gave his family a Stargazer
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rob.robotham@...
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YES - Sidewalk in Kanata tonite (Monday)!!
Just got off the phone with Richard and things look fairly clear after
all in Kanata. I will be joining him in Kanata at the Chapter's
there (off the Terry Fox exit) for some sidewalk astronomy
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MAYBE - Sidewalk in Kanata tonite (Monday)?
Hi Richard!
Unsure conditions, eh? If the weather at 6:30pm looks at all hopeful,
I'd be game for a sidewalk session in Kanata at 7:00 or so. Here is
Orleans, it looks 90% covered at this point
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Re: MAYBE - Sidewalk in Kanata tonite (Monday)?
Unfortunately it is now cloudy here and the prognosis for tonight is poor...Crap!! Oh well, maybe tomorrow night? The forcast is not too bad.
Richard
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Richard Harding <rharding@...>
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Re: Dinner before RASC - both Janice and I IN!
Richard Harding wrote:
One last comment (again a bit farther from the museum), there is a brew
pub (i.e. they brew 3 types of beer on the premises) on Bank about
midway between the river and the
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Rob Robotham <rob.robotham@...>
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Weather
It is 15:00. Outside my office window it is BEAUTIFUL!! 75% clear.
Is there any chance that a session this evening at the Kanata
Chapters would be possible, or are the clouds scheduled to arrive
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Richard Harding <rharding@...>
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Re: Dinner before RASC - both Janice and I IN!
There is a Chinese buffet at the corner of Hunt Club and Bank. Personally I like the idea of Kelsey's.
Richard
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Richard Harding <rharding@...>
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For Saturday - count me in
I have a big NC on where we go just want clear instructions on how to
get there from here, or over there, or something like that. A beer,
not a bear, would be a bonus.
Mike Z
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zeidler@...
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#204
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