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Re: Catherine Kolnaski STEAM night

 

Well done folks! Impressive!
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Alan Sheiness
Trail 53 Observatory, Lyme CT
Re: Photo Markarian's Chain.jpg uploaded #photo-notice

 

Nice job, Lee!
Catherine Kolnaski STEAM night

 

Mark, Gerry K., and I manned the TAAS table, Mark¡¯s 60 mm refractor, my Seestar 50, and Gerry¡¯s Lund 80 mm solar scope tonight from 5-7 pm at CKMS.

According to CKMS staff around 400 attendees came through the door.

Using the handy-dandy counter Jeff & Shoreline provided (from the Chester Fair last year) at least 170 hands (and fingerprints) landed on Mark¡¯s refractor and Gerry¡¯s Lund. A few wanted to ¡°look through¡± the Seestar but I held them off and pointed them to the image on the iPad of Gerry and/or Mark outside at the solar scope. ?

We handed out lots of Night Sky Network NASA stickers and other NSN swag. We had one woman say she was sending in her membership application as soon as she got home. Keep an eye out George!


Deb Fennell
Salt Meadow Star Party Announced

 

SAS is hosting its first public star party at Salt Meadow Park in Madison on Saturday May 17th.?
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I will be there as early as 7pm to setup.
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details at
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Poster created by the Town of Madison
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Jeff Dunn
https://shorelineastronomicalsociety.blogspot.com/
Re: Photo Markarian's Chain.jpg uploaded #photo-notice

 

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Thanks Alan.?

On Apr 29, 2025, at 7:24 PM, Alan Sheiness via <sheinessam@...> wrote:

Nice capture!
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Alan Sheiness
Trail 53 Observatory, Lyme CT
Re: Photo Markarian's Chain.jpg uploaded #photo-notice

 

Nice capture!
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Alan Sheiness
Trail 53 Observatory, Lyme CT
Photo Markarian's Chain.jpg uploaded #photo-notice

Group Notification
 

The following photos have been uploaded to the Lee's Photos photo album of the [email protected] group.

By: Lee P. <lee.polikoff@...>

Re: April Meeting Minutes

 

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Awesome!?

Thanks.?

Deb Fennell

On Apr 29, 2025, at 9:52?AM, Gerry via groups.io <gvkopcsay@...> wrote:

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Mark,
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Got it. See you this afternoon.
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Gerry
Re: April Meeting Minutes

 

Mark,
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Got it. See you this afternoon.
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Gerry
Re: April Meeting Minutes

 

Unfortunately, I¡¯m away so I can¡¯t help at the school. I really enjoyed doing it last year.?

Amy
On Apr 28, 2025 at 10:41?PM -0400, Mark Strollo via groups.io <mark@...>, wrote:

Thanks, Gerry,
We meet there about 4:15. ? Deb sent you some info.
Mark
Re: Cell phone astrophotography - beginners attempt

 

Really enjoyed that, thanks for posting. The moving star trails portion was mesmerizing and I watched the points of stars section over and over picking out the constellations. Way to go! Jay
Re: For Those Who Want Free SW for Image Processing

 

Geoff, glad you have discovered Siril. I'm using it for SeeStar lights only images and it works well. It does require that you have only lights in a folder called "lights" but it doesn't require bias frames.?
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There's even a script called OSC_Preprocessing_WithoutDBF.?
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Hope that helps,
Jay
Re: April Meeting Minutes

 

Thanks, Gerry,
We meet there about 4:15. ? Deb sent you some info.
Mark
Re: For Those Who Want Free SW for Image Processing

 

For those. using or considering Siril, the new version 1.4.0 is available in beta.
It includes drizzle, mosaics, and a few other features.
Mark
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Re: April Meeting Minutes

 

Mark & Deb,
I was not sure that I could make the Catherine Kolnaski event tomorrow, 4/29, but I will available. If you still need it I can bring my solar scope. What time should I be there to set up and where (in past events I recall setting up behind the school)??
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Gerry
Re: Cell phone astrophotography - beginners attempt

 

Very cool. Thanks for sharing, Jeff. Have more fun tonight - we are going to have clear skies!!!

LB


On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 10:04?AM Jeffrey Dunn via <jeffreyj.dunn=[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks all,
Mark - I did notice that as well!? I am eager to try this out at one of our observing sites.
All - the best benefit of this is my cell phone stays outside and limits mindless scrolling in the evening :)?
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Jeff Dunn
Fw: April Skyscrapers of Rhode Island Presentation online

 

From: "Secretary ASGH via groups.io" <asgh@...>
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Sent: Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Subject: [asgh] April Skyscrapers of Rhode Island Presentation online

The April 5 Meeting of the Skyscrapers is now available online on their YouTube Channel 
"Sensing Our Universe: Using Data to Go Beyond Sight"
by Dr. Kimberly Arcand, Chandra X-Ray Observatory

John Sillasen?
Re: Cell phone astrophotography - beginners attempt

 

Thanks all,
Mark - I did notice that as well!? I am eager to try this out at one of our observing sites.
All - the best benefit of this is my cell phone stays outside and limits mindless scrolling in the evening :)?
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Jeff Dunn
https://shorelineastronomicalsociety.blogspot.com/
Re: Cell phone astrophotography - beginners attempt

 

Nicely done, Jeff.

George
Re: Cell phone astrophotography - beginners attempt

 

Cool.?
Looks like a small meteor early in the sequence at the 3 O¡¯clock position.?
Mark

On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM, Jeffrey Dunn via groups.io <jeffreyj.dunn@...> wrote:
Thank you!
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Jeff Dunn
https://shorelineastronomicalsociety.blogspot.com/

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