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I can appreciate that astrophotography with laptops and visual observing are not compatible. For sure when i am running a photography session in my backyard, i pay no attention to dark adaptation

My understanding is this was an exceptionally busy night.? There were a few late arrivals, a bit of leakage of white light from the roll-off roof observatory and the odd laptop monitor (most were

14 laptops. ... Sounds like a good reason for dark-sky visual astronmers for avoiding FLO.

Great report . good to know I am not the only visual observer . it was a great night to be out ,I was at the North Frontenac dark sky site using the old FLO 16 inch scope , cool scope to use nice

Thanks for your report Matt. I’m glad you got out to FLO and enjoyed yourself! Great hobby we have isn’t it! Jim

I enjoyed reading about your experience of rediscovery.? There have been no good observing nights for long time now, and we old folks are jaded -- and lazy. Your report encourages me to go look: use

I noticed on the RASC's website that the night of August 27th was a member's star party night at FLO.? So, at the last minute, I decided that it would be a great night to get reacquainted with the

Ha! ?Yeah I freely admit to wanting a 36inch! ?I figure I’ll creep up to one 2-4 inches at a time, that way no one will notice. Adding all that aperture in one shot would be a shock to the system

36”!!! (I thought it was 24” last time) I’ll be at starfest with, in comparison, tiny 8” & 51mm scopes. Hoping to do some southern wide field and maybe some planetary (living beside

Hi Matt, Are you sure you wouldn’t want a 36” instead? Cheers, Ingrid Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2022 11:15 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OAFs] Returning to the fold!

Unfortunately that is the same weekend as the Fall'n'Stars star party in Prince Edward County, put on by Belleville and Kingston Centres.? It's a must-attend for me. Rick

I've booked two tickets.

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You should get this one Albert, 1.75

Personally, i find the use of green lasers by other people very annoying. While it’s a great tool for pointing out objects to an interested group, it’s distracting and annoying to anyone not in

It's illegal to project any concentrated light source into canadian controlled airspace. especialy lasers > 1 milliwatt. Some think this is reasonable to protect landing aircraft. But check the

fyi you may be hard pressed to find much legally since TC rules are quite precise on power prohibition.

I would suggest not a 5mw laser, go for 10mw the 5's are hard to see in light polluted skies! r.elleray.harding@...> wrote:

$20 on Amazon…next day delivery Richard ?

I have one but it doesn't do well in the cold. Any recommendations? Is it possible to find one locally now that Focus Scientific is no longer? Cheers, Albert