We should make the call Thursday based on the weather. Let¡¯s all keep both days open for observing on our schedules.? Mark.?
On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM, Lee P. via groups.io < lee.polikoff@...> wrote:
I attended the SAS meeting last night and have the following questions:
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1. It was discussed that the Messier Marathon alternate date was Friday - 4/25. That is the same night as the Lyme Land Trust Observing event. Do we want to move the date to the 26th?
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2. Who has the PST Solar Scope? SAS has an event on Sat 4/26 and I thought I would bring it (not that I want to be the holder of all of the club's scopes ;) )
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3. On Sat 5/17 the SAS club, in cooperation with the Town of Madison is doing a public outreach event at
in Madison. It would be great if the club could assist by bringing scopes to this inaugural event.
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Hi Leslie - Sometime before the 26th. I can come by this weekend or during the week when it is convenient for you. Just tell me when and where. - Lee
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Lee:
Thanks for the notification about the 5-17 event. It¡¯s not far from Hammonasset and should be a nice location. I¡¯ll try to get there.
George
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Hi Lee, I have the PST. When do you need it?
Leslie
I attended the SAS meeting last night and have the following questions:
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1. It was discussed that the Messier Marathon alternate date was Friday - 4/25. That is the same night as the Lyme Land Trust Observing event. Do we want to move the date to the 26th?
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2. Who has the PST Solar Scope? SAS has an event on Sat 4/26 and I thought I would bring it (not that I want to be the holder of all of the club's scopes ;) )
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3. On Sat 5/17 the SAS club, in cooperation with the Town of Madison is doing a public outreach event at in Madison. It would be great if the club could assist by bringing scopes to this inaugural event.
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Thoughts????
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You should plan for the Marathon without regard for the land trust session. We¡¯ll be fine. Clear skies is everything. You¡¯ll be miserable if you move it to the 26th but only the 25th is clear. Non-marathoners will carry the water 4/25, even if it¡¯s just me.?
and anyone who wants to set up here on the 25th with the intention of pulling an all nighter is welcome to do so. No one will get chased out. But at a minimum the first 5 or so objects will be obscured at dusk and I don¡¯t think M30 could be caught before dawn. I haven¡¯t inventoried what might be below Polaris either.?
You have my urging to do what is best for the Marathoners.?
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Trail 53 Observatory, Lyme CT
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I attended the SAS meeting last night and have the following questions:
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1. It was discussed that the Messier Marathon alternate date was Friday - 4/25. That is the same night as the Lyme Land Trust Observing event. Do we want to move the date to the 26th?
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2. Who has the PST Solar Scope? SAS has an event on Sat 4/26 and I thought I would bring it (not that I want to be the holder of all of the club's scopes ;) )
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3. On Sat 5/17 the SAS club, in cooperation with the Town of Madison is doing a public outreach event at in Madison. It would be great if the club could assist by bringing scopes to this inaugural event.
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Thoughts????
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ASGH Meeting Wednesday April 16 -7:30 PM
This month's speaker features Physicist Sarah Bull of the Stamford Museum.? She will be talking about a brand new Astronomy Center there. I encourage TAAS members to join in and ask questions where you cannot do so on a replay.
Featured Speaker: Sarah Bull
Physicist & Board Member
Stamford Museum and Nature Center (SM&NC) Talk Title: Introduction to the brand-new Astronomy Center at the Stamford Museum and Nature Center Synopsis: The Stamford Museum and Nature Center is excited to announce the development of their brand-new Astronomy Center, featuring an observatory and planetarium.? The Astronomy Center offers sungazing and stargazing for Fairfield County and beyond.? Its advanced technology includes a solar scope, an adjustable pier, and a digital planetarium for immersive experiences.? Educational programs will be tailored for families, schools, high school clubs, and the general public.
The meeting takes place over Zoom or in person at the Rocky Hill Community Center in Room 1C.?
Time: Apr 16, 2025 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting
Passcode: 882066
If the link is giving you troubles, open a browser window or tab and type in
Select Join a meeting Enter the Meeting ID: 848 1423 5648 Click the button to continue then when prompted:
Enter the Passcode: 882066
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Fw: [asgh] Fw: (sovera:announce) SoVerA Monthly Meeting April 8th 2025
?(sovera:announce) SoVerA Monthly Meeting April 8th 2025 Not sure if I remembered to send this to the group or not. It was a very long weekend not just working at NEAF but the horrendous drive back and forth in the rain at night with heavy traffic.? Fortunately, its was 2 hours at best. An hour and a half in the morning so that's favorable.?
Tonight's SoVerA meeting will have a talk on "The Edge." The expansion of an Infinite Universe.? The speaker is Erik Schmitt who you may recall spoke at our January meeting.? He's quite talented and a very good speaker.?
The Zoom link is below and begins at 7 PM ET tonight!
John Sillasen?
Subject: (sovera:announce) SoVerA Monthly Meeting April 8th 2025
Please join SoVerA on Tuesday April 8th at 7:00PM Eastern for a presentation by Erik Schmitt. This meeting will be virtual-only via zoom at?.
This month's talk is entitled "The "Edge" of an Infinite Universe which is Expanding?" We will walk through a series of thought experiments and discussion intended to provide some tools to effectively grapple with the topic and answer common questions such as "What is the Universe expanding into", "If the Universe is infinite how is it getting bigger", and "Is there an edge?"
Erik Schmitt is currently serving as the treasurer of SoVerA. He previously taught physics and astronomy and was the director of the Perkin Observatory.
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Yes, Leslie!? Always a pleasure to see you :)? ? Shiny new toys?? ? I had my eye (pun intended)? on a 22 mm Ethos eyepiece and an adjustable coma corrector from Nagler.? ?At almost half? price? they were hard to resist.? But, with cash only required,? my ATM card did not work there! ? ? ? ?There was also a 16" truss tube scope from Explore Scientific that interested me.? More portable and a larger mirror than my aging Odyssey.? ? ? ? ? ?In hindsight, since I am a strictly visual observer, and my travel schedule is allowing me so few opportunities to observe, its probably best I didnt drop big money on those items.? ? Huge sigh.? ? ? ? ? ? ?My son and I had a great time tho.? ?We attended two seminars. One on the search for life on other planets and one on the Apollo and Artemis space programs.? We both especially enjoyed the former.?? ? ? ? ? How NEAF has changed since I first attended many years ago.? ?Sooo many options for Astrophotography now...??
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Bob, it was great seeing you and your son there. So tell all! What shinning new toys did you pick up at this year's NEAF?
LB My son and I are going to NEAF tomorrow.? :)
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Jerry and I are going on Sunday On Apr 4, 2025, at 3:19 PM, Amy S (Astrodog) via < glpmacgeek@...> wrote:
On Apr 4, 2025 at 2:58?PM -0400, John A. Sillasen via < jasillasen@...>, wrote:
So who's going to NEAF this weekend aside from me.? I know Doc Brown & Jay Drew will be going.
Anyone else?
John Sillasen?
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Bob, it was great seeing you and your son there. So tell all! What shinning new toys did you pick up at this year's NEAF?
LB
My son and I are going to NEAF tomorrow.? :)
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Jerry and I are going on Sunday On Apr 4, 2025, at 3:19 PM, Amy S (Astrodog) via < glpmacgeek@...> wrote:
On Apr 4, 2025 at 2:58?PM -0400, John A. Sillasen via < jasillasen@...>, wrote:
So who's going to NEAF this weekend aside from me.? I know Doc Brown & Jay Drew will be going.
Anyone else?
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Jerry, Alan and I went yesterday. We ran into Leslie at the Skywatcher booth. Got a chance to meet some of my favorite You Tubers and still managed not to spend any money. We heard that John had an open wallet, so can¡¯t wait to hear what he got :)
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On Apr 7, 2025, at 6:55 AM, Amy S (Astrodog) via < glpmacgeek@...> wrote:
Sounds like I missed some fun. But it¡¯s been so long since I¡¯ve enjoyed some star time, I couldn¡¯t get enthused about going.?
On Apr 7, 2025 at 6:39?AM -0400, Jay Drew via < mirrormaker@...>, wrote:
I was only able to spend a few hours on Saturday but had a wonderful chat with Al Nagler, always a highlight for me, before he was presented with a lifetime achievement award by the regional astro league. He was demo-ing his PUNCH mission optics, amazing. The new Type 7s are awfully purty¡.
AP had 2 new refractors and a new mount to drool over, the Stellafane booth was hopping, and ZWO was simply packed. There was an interesting travel dob caught my eye with a clever magnetic secondary holder.?
I kept count and heard the dreaded T word said 16x out loud. Saw lots of friends and couldn¡¯t resist picking up a baby SeeStar to carry back to Fiji later this week.?
Missed you guys there! Jay
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Sounds like I missed some fun. But it¡¯s been so long since I¡¯ve enjoyed some star time, I couldn¡¯t get enthused about going.?
On Apr 7, 2025 at 6:39?AM -0400, Jay Drew via groups.io <mirrormaker@...>, wrote:
I was only able to spend a few hours on Saturday but had a wonderful chat with Al Nagler, always a highlight for me, before he was presented with a lifetime achievement award by the regional astro league. He was demo-ing his PUNCH mission optics, amazing. The new Type 7s are awfully purty¡.
AP had 2 new refractors and a new mount to drool over, the Stellafane booth was hopping, and ZWO was simply packed. There was an interesting travel dob caught my eye with a clever magnetic secondary holder.?
I kept count and heard the dreaded T word said 16x out loud. Saw lots of friends and couldn¡¯t resist picking up a baby SeeStar to carry back to Fiji later this week.?
Missed you guys there! Jay
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I was only able to spend a few hours on Saturday but had a wonderful chat with Al Nagler, always a highlight for me, before he was presented with a lifetime achievement award by the regional astro league. He was demo-ing his PUNCH mission optics, amazing. The new Type 7s are awfully purty¡.
AP had 2 new refractors and a new mount to drool over, the Stellafane booth was hopping, and ZWO was simply packed. There was an interesting travel dob caught my eye with a clever magnetic secondary holder.?
I kept count and heard the dreaded T word said 16x out loud. Saw lots of friends and couldn¡¯t resist picking up a baby SeeStar to carry back to Fiji later this week.?
Missed you guys there! Jay
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Fw: [asgh] March Skyscrapers talk is now online - Understanding Comets
?Skyscrapers talk is now online - Understanding Comets March 2 Skyscrapers Meeting
"Understanding Comets: From Fiery Omens to Icy Worlds" by Dr. Abhinav Jindal, Brown University
Linda Bergemann
Skyscrapers, Inc. Amateur Astronomical Society of Rhode Island John Sillasen? ASGH Secretary?
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I think these are some of the best.? I especially enjoyed the schematic.
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Thank you, Gerry!? When I started processing the image, Alnitak had a little bit of a halo. I didn't try calculating the distance to whichever glass surface was causing the reflection resulting in the halo, I just worked on reducing it in the image trying every trick in Photoshop that I knew.? It's not perfect, but I think it's ok.? Just like composing and recording a song or writing an article, book, or whatever, at some point, these artistic products are never finished, they're just finally abandoned - that's what we call "finished" - that amuses me.
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The number of challenges one can experience in this hobby are truly amazing (and sometimes frustrating).? There's al;ways something else to learn, and I'm not always so lucky in finding a solution to them.? I'm glad the stars appear to have turned out satisfactorily.
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Yes, the weather.? Were you able to get some images on which you're working that we may later see?
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Good..looking forward to seeing you there at some point! John
On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM, cogzal via groups.io <cogzal@...> wrote: My son and I are going to NEAF tomorrow.? :)
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-------- Original message -------- From: "Lee P. via groups.io" <lee.polikoff@...> Date: 4/4/25 15:47 (GMT-05:00) Subject: Re: [TAASCT] NEAF?
Jerry and I are going on Sunday On Apr 4, 2025, at 3:19 PM, Amy S (Astrodog) via < glpmacgeek@...> wrote:
On Apr 4, 2025 at 2:58?PM -0400, John A. Sillasen via < jasillasen@...>, wrote:
So who's going to NEAF this weekend aside from me.? I know Doc Brown & Jay Drew will be going.
Anyone else?
John Sillasen?
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Mark Strollo
Lee P.
Alan Sheiness
Jay Drew