Re: Advice for Star Party Trip
Sleep mask to help you sleep late.
Portable power pack for your electronics. (Borrow one)
Binoculars.
Dew heaters/hand warmers.
Tarps/garbage bags to cover equipment during the day or rain.
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Mark Strollo
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Re: Advice for Star Party Trip
Lots of snacks, mylar survival blankets in case it gets really cold and windy, bear resistant food storage¡ªthey can break into cars, heavy-duty bug repellant, flip flops or water shoes to wear in
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lj averill
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Advice for Star Party Trip
Hey all,
I'm going to my first overnight star party in WV (The Almost Heaven Star Party, https://www.ahsp.org/ ) at the end of the summer.
Luna (age 9) also indicated that she wants to go on the
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Jeffrey Dunn
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Re: Events this week
If I remember correctly, the staff at Meigs Point Nature Center and Hammonassett State Park make the call on whether they want to go forward with Astronomy Night as it is their event. I think there
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Deb Fennell
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Re: Events this week
Agreed
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Amy S (Astrodog)
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Events this week
It¡¯s looking bleak for Wednesday through Sunday for any type of observing. Maybe Hammonasset can be rescheduled for April? It would be a shame to miss the winter objects if we wait until May 31.
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GEORGE BLAHUN
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Re: Messier Marathon
Luckily we have a backup date!
Deb Fennell
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Deb Fennell
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Re: Messier Marathon
Early forecast isn¡¯t great, maybe luck will come our way and by Thursday night the outlook will improve ?
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Jeff Dunn
https://shorelineastronomicalsociety.blogspot.com/
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Jeffrey Dunn
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Re: Messier Marathon
Looks like dismal forecast for this weekend.
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Amy S (Astrodog)
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Re: Photo Dropping Primary - SL+MS+JS+GB 20250210.jpg uploaded
#photo-notice
John:
I did set the permissions so that anyone should be able to add photos to the file I created.
George
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GEORGE BLAHUN
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Re: Photo Dropping Primary - SL+MS+JS+GB 20250210.jpg uploaded
#photo-notice
Thanks, Lee. The whole process of removal was so smooth - it seemed
almost unreal. But we are only halfway through the project. Let's hope the
installation of the new PlaneWave and the shakedown
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Leslie Brown
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Re: Photo Dropping Primary - SL+MS+JS+GB 20250210.jpg uploaded
#photo-notice
It's done - permission granted. Upload away!
[email protected]> wrote:
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Leslie Brown
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Updated photo album Removal of the Optomechanics 20-inch RC reflector from the Conn Colege Olin Observatory - more images
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Leslie Brown <lfbro@...> updated the photo album Removal of the Optomechanics 20-inch RC reflector from the Conn Colege Olin Observatory - more images (
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Group Notification <noreply@...>
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Re: Photo Dropping Primary - SL+MS+JS+GB 20250210.jpg uploaded
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Great shots of the process. Glad it went smoothly.
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Lee P.
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Re: Photo Dropping Primary - SL+MS+JS+GB 20250210.jpg uploaded
#photo-notice
Thanks.? That's probably why you couldn't add to George's. Permissions in Groups.io tend to be rather personal as in the creator owns all unless an Admin changes them. Let me know if you are able to
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John A. Sillasen
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Re: Photo Dropping Primary - SL+MS+JS+GB 20250210.jpg uploaded
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Hi John,
There are now 2 folders of images about the mirror, OTA and mount removal
of the old 20-inch on our TAAS site, one is George's and one is mine. I
first tried to upload my images to George's
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Leslie Brown
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Re: Photo Dropping Primary - SL+MS+JS+GB 20250210.jpg uploaded
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Nice! Good to know there's a folder for the 20" project already.? When I finally get around to doing some more processing of the images I took, I will know where to put them.Not that they need a ton
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John A. Sillasen
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8 photos uploaded
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The following photos have been uploaded to the Removal of the Optomechanics 20-inch RC reflector from the Conn Colege Olin Observatory - more images ( /g/TAASCT/album?id=301425 )
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Group Notification <noreply@...>
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Photo Dropping Primary - SL+MS+JS+GB 20250210.jpg uploaded
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The following photos have been uploaded to the 20" removal at Conn College ( /g/TAASCT/album?id=301253 ) photo album of the [email protected] group.
* Dropping Primary - SL+MS+JS+GB
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Group Notification <noreply@...>
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#8117
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Re: Messier Marathon
I stopped at the Propbusters field Saturday. ?The road and the observing area are in great shape. The grass and fields are short and there¡¯s no mud anywhere. Without leaves on the trees there may
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Mark Strollo
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