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Presentation at this Friday's RASC meeting (Nov. 1st)

 

In case anyone is interested, I am giving a talk at this Friday's RASC meeting called:? "Super Sizing Your Solar Setup".? In the talk I will be reviewing the various equipment options available and providing image examples to show how they compare.? The meeting details are below.? RASC membership is not required to attend.? You can attend in person or via ZOOM.
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Cheers,
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Jim T.
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Greetings, all, from your meeting facilitator, and apologies for the delayed reminder of our Nov. 1st meeting.
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Our agenda includes:
  • Mick Wilson ¨C Introduction, New Members, Members in the news etc.
  • Dave Chisholm ¨C Ottawa Skies for November
  • Update: Using 2024 eclipse images to calculate the distance to the Moon ¨C Majid Naji
  • Break, Astro Trivia
  • Jim Thompson ¨C Supersizing Your Solar Setup
  • Taras Rabarskyi ¨C Planning for crossing the plane of Saturn¡¯s rings
  • Various ¨C Observation reports
  • Richard Taylor ¨C Monthly Observing Challenges
  • Mick Wilson ¨C Announcements, next meeting, door prizes, gourmet barbeque.
Meeting runs from 7:30pm to ~10:00pm.? Want to join via Zoom rather than schlep to the Canadian Aviation & Space Museum? Here's the link you need to register in advance (free):
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Great presentation at the RASC meeting, Jim.
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Very well researched and it was great that you had the photos to show the differences.? ?It encouraged me to do more solar observing.
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Thanks very much.
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Clear skies,
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Peter Fundarek
 

Hi Peter,
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I am glad you liked my presentation.? I greatly enjoy observing the Sun and wanted to share with everyone what it takes to get into solar observing.? It doesn't necessarily have to be super expensive ... it can be, but it doesn't have to be.??
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Best Regards,
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Jim T.
 

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It was a wonderful presentation and if you missed it you can see it on the RASC youtube page!!
Andrea

On Nov 2, 2024, at 4:50?PM, Jim Thompson via groups.io <top-jimmy@...> wrote:

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Hi Peter,
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I am glad you liked my presentation.? I greatly enjoy observing the Sun and wanted to share with everyone what it takes to get into solar observing.? It doesn't necessarily have to be super expensive ... it can be, but it doesn't have to be.??
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Best Regards,
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Jim T.

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