Re: TAAS Gigantaur Project
Jeff, Ima email you separately about a little 3D printer project. George, I love the land trust idea! Geoff and Alan might chime in? Re the LOL AshDome we salvaged years ago, it is sadly being used as
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Jay Drew
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#8082
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Re: TAAS Gigantaur Project
Jay: OOOPS, one correction the optics are, as you correctly listed, an RC and not DK. George
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GEORGE BLAHUN
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#8081
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Re: TAAS Gigantaur Project
Jay: While I do think your idea is a good one, and I am tied up for at least a year and a half with my home building project, there is another possibility. There are a couple of land trusts that could
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GEORGE BLAHUN
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#8080
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Re: TAAS Gigantaur Project
That said, if 3D-printed parts are needed I can help there! -- Jeff Dunn https://shorelineastronomicalsociety.blogspot.com/
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Jeffrey Dunn
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#8079
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Re: TAAS Gigantaur Project
I think it's a grand idea but is certainly above my skill level. This project requires skill and time, both of which I'm short of these days.? Not to mention I'm more of a home-depot returns kind of
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Jeffrey Dunn
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#8078
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TAAS Gigantaur Project
Thanks to Leslie Brown, our little club is in possession of major professional-grade optics. Thank you Leslie! The Conn College 20" Ritchey-Chretien mirror set is safely ensconced in my workshop.
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Jay Drew
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#8077
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Re: For SeeStar Users
Wow.? Haven't seen the whole thing.? Looks like impressive potential for SeeStar image improvemets. Mark
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Mark Strollo
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#8076
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For SeeStar Users
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN2ATGDnSm0&t=1166s
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Lee P.
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#8075
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Re: Did Saturn lose its rings?
Excuse the auto correct.? I wrote Fulbright Scholar and it autocorrected to scholarship.? My apologies for not reading over my messages before hitting send. Sorry Moshe, our Scholar at TAAS? - even
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John A. Sillasen
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#8074
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Re: Did Saturn lose its rings?
As a Fulbright scholarship? Moshe, that's exciting and I'm sure we'll earned! Congratulations for representing the US while you are there.? Not sure I have the Western horizon anymore. Saturn is so
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John A. Sillasen
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#8073
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Re: Did Saturn lose its rings?
Moshe, you picked a good time to travel. The news is, unfortunately, real. Have an enjoyable, safe and productive journey George
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GEORGE BLAHUN
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#8072
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Re: Did Saturn lose its rings?
Hello George, Many thanks for the swift reply, it will be nice to have a few pictures to show the process of "losing the rings", and good luck with fighting the low horizon and the mud. Watch out for
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Gai, Moshe
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#8071
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Re: Event: Waterford Library Outreach Event - Monday, March 10, 2025
#cal-invite
Deb and I will be in Colorado. Would the Moon Chair be helpful for your talk, Leslie? Mark
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Mark Strollo
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#8070
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Re: Event: Waterford Library Outreach Event - Monday, March 10, 2025
#cal-invite
Thanks George.? That does help. Probably worthy of putting my new to me Sky-Watcher AZ-GTI and the Tele Vue TV-85 with the battery pack & tripod sling Mark recommended.? Be a good test. Better than
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John A. Sillasen
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#8069
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Re: Did Saturn lose its rings?
Moshe: While Saturn will not lose its rings until March 23, it is now setting at 6:30, making it challenging to see without a low horizon in the west. I haven¡¯t looked at it for a couple of months,
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GEORGE BLAHUN
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#8068
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Re: Event: Waterford Library Outreach Event - Monday, March 10, 2025
#cal-invite
John: I¡¯ll defer to Leslie, since there may be some time updates, but her presentation begins about 6pm and the observing will go until about 8pm. If it¡¯s in the parking lot at the library, as
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GEORGE BLAHUN
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#8067
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Re: Event: Waterford Library Outreach Event - Monday, March 10, 2025
#cal-invite
Mark/Leslie, can you please clarify the times of this event?? The calendar entry gives me 12 am to midnight the next day. What time is setup, start time and possible end times. It'll help me tons.
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John A. Sillasen
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#8066
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Re: Event: Waterford Library Outreach Event - Monday, March 10, 2025
#cal-invite
I¡¯ll be away Amy
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Amy S (Astrodog)
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#8065
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Re: Messier Marathon
Looking forward to it weather permitting. Amy
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Amy S (Astrodog)
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#8064
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Did Saturn lose its rings?
Can someone take a few nice pictures of Saturn over the month of March 2025? Ostensibly our observation angle on earth should make the rings of Saturn "disappear" over March. It will make for a
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Gai, Moshe
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#8063
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