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This was just received from Krista on our Facebook page. I always remember Bob at our Gabfests as a very friendly cheerful guy. https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tubmanfuneralhomes.com%2Fobituaries%2Frobert-bob-pennett%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR21O8GVbHvOXeWJsITw_yBPA5pztQ5J2xAsmJHSF7fNBuG94e_L9tp8tHI_aem_TTRqsBUddqfaHOmMn0dYsA&h=AT1Gi-lLo972FgEZmeQD6fhc5pKgbyMwSHFTFQD7OkAtlhjRLN1xDT9pV3QQL_QjnfDOh-s2cWKphk95MCvJ2PrDw1HqJYJA5dxVNdOz00MVI_zErPBXpdAhcwwHKL-u5r4

Hey Everyone, I apologize as this may seem off-topic, but bare with me just a sec as I'll redeem myself to get at least semi-on-topic. In November, hundreds of people (mostly women) from across Ontario will be participating in Freezing Woman 6. This is an annual group winter camping event that takes place in Algonquin Park. See more about it here: https://www.ripplesandleaves.ca/freezing-woman My reason for messaging is that I no longer have sufficient night vision to effectively lead an astronomy activity. I was wondering if anyone's interest may cross over like mine does, and enough that you might want to join us, and host an astronomy related activity at Freezing Woman (kinda like sidewalk astronomy, except darker skies!)? Thanks for considering! Kind regards, -- Andrea Ross

Hello everyone Does anyone have Tristan Young’s, from Focus Scientific, email? He helped me update the firmware on my GoTo mount and I could use his help again. Thank you all! Geoff

OAOG Gabfest When: Thursday, July 18, 2024 7:30pm to 10:00pm (UTC-04:00) America/New York Where: Tim Horton's - 1720 Innes Road, Ottawa View Event Description: As there seems to be sufficient interest to meet in person again, I have setup the calendar invite to meet at the Tim Horton's on Innes at Cyrville where we used to meet during the pre-COVID days. *** Topic: OAOG Monthly Gabfest Time: 07:30 PM Eastern Time, Every month on the Third Thursday Location: 1720 Innes Road (near Cyrville), Ottawa

Reminder: OAOG Gabfest When: Thursday, July 18, 2024 7:30pm to 10:00pm (UTC-04:00) America/New York Where: Tim Horton's - 1720 Innes Road, Ottawa View Event Description: As there seems to be sufficient interest to meet in person again, I have setup the calendar invite to meet at the Tim Horton's on Innes at Cyrville where we used to meet during the pre-COVID days. *** Topic: OAOG Monthly Gabfest Time: 07:30 PM Eastern Time, Every month on the Third Thursday Location: 1720 Innes Road (near Cyrville), Ottawa

I’m trying to GIVE my old LX-10 scope away. I just posted it on that group io. If you can help, please let me know. Thanks Patrick.

Hello all, As some of you are aware, Tom Bootland, the owner of the property in Stewartville (past Arnprior) which has graciously permitted us to use for dark sky observing, has recently passed away. It was for us a surprising and very sad news. Tom has given us access to his property for the past 20 years, and every year, he has maintained/mowed large grassy area for us to setup and enjoy the sky. In return for giving us, amateur astronomers, open access to observe from Spring to Fall, our presence has helped deter unwanted trespassers. I have since been communicating with his wife Charlene. Charlene would like to continue to grant us access to the property, and her two sons will continue to mow the field on a regular basis. As always, the maps and instructions for access to the site are available in the groups files section. If you have trouble getting to them, please let me know and I can share them with you privately… /g/oaog/files/Maps/Bootland%20Farm Tonight, I will be heading out to Bootland Farm for some post moonset observing from about 12am to 4am. A few of you have mentioned interest during the RASC meeting and I thought I would the group know in case others are interested in joining us! I plan to do mostly meteor observing but I may bring my new’ish TV np101 and try out new eyepieces. And also take a few images. There is plenty of room for a good number of cars and setups at the field. If you would like to join us, do bring plenty of mosquito repellent as I expect the warm night will be very buggy. Bring also good boots or tall water resistant shoes as the field might not yet be mowed. Clear skies! Pierre

Hello all, I will be doing a talk at tonight’s RASC meeting about Astro Day recap and the April 8 Solar Eclipse expedition with Denis Legault. Meeting starts at 7:30pm at the Aviation Museum, or check out the livestream…. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5317178543200/WN_NvsdFGYzThS1axbk35uLGg#/registration Clears skies! Pierre

OAOG Gabfest When: Thursday, June 20, 2024 7:30pm to 10:00pm (UTC-04:00) America/New York Where: Tim Horton's - 1720 Innes Road, Ottawa View Event Description: As there seems to be sufficient interest to meet in person again, I have setup the calendar invite to meet at the Tim Horton's on Innes at Cyrville where we used to meet during the pre-COVID days. *** Topic: OAOG Monthly Gabfest Time: 07:30 PM Eastern Time, Every month on the Third Thursday Location: 1720 Innes Road (near Cyrville), Ottawa

Reminder: OAOG Gabfest When: Thursday, June 20, 2024 7:30pm to 10:00pm (UTC-04:00) America/New York Where: Tim Horton's - 1720 Innes Road, Ottawa View Event Description: As there seems to be sufficient interest to meet in person again, I have setup the calendar invite to meet at the Tim Horton's on Innes at Cyrville where we used to meet during the pre-COVID days. *** Topic: OAOG Monthly Gabfest Time: 07:30 PM Eastern Time, Every month on the Third Thursday Location: 1720 Innes Road (near Cyrville), Ottawa

Hi Jean go north of the city somewhere with a low horizon. KP six will not be very high up. Take pictures with your camera. The camera will see Aurora before the eye will. Watch the BZ if it goes south that is good if it goes north that is bad Andrea Girones On May 31, 2024, at 19:42, Jean via groups.io <jean_fortin@...> wrote: ? Where are the best locations for observing auroras tonight ! Envoyé de mon iPhone Le 29 mai 2024 à 17:45, Pierre Martin <pmartin@...> a écrit : ?Just a clarification that they are looking for someone to present in French. Thanks! Pierre

Hello all, Séraphin-Marion school would like to know if a telescope volunteer (or two) would be available to setup a solar observing session for their students for about an hour on June 5th, from 11am to Noon. This would be a great way for all the students to highlight their school year's astronomical theme about the Solar System. If you are available, please let me know (meteorshowersca at yahoo dot ca) and I'll put you in touch. P.S. The school's direction was very happy and thrilled that Xavier participated at the garage sale event on May 25th. Thank you Xavier! Cheers! Pierre

Hello all! Sorry for the late post... We had a very successful International Astronomy Day event, on Saturday May 18! Although we had more daytime cloudiness than expected (hindering some of the solar observing), the sky cleared up nicely by late afternoon and early evening and it stayed mainly clear throughout the nighttime session! The turnout was terrific, with an estimated total 1100 visitors enjoying conversations and sharp views of the Moon through several different telescopes. A big, big thank you to all the volunteers who helped out this year. Whether it was a telescope setup during the day or night, as a floater volunteer, help with materials or with promoting the event, it was well appreciated! And thank you to each of you who came out to visit — the conversations and sharing the views are always the highlights of such a day! It was also really nice seeing OAOG'ers from the "early years" of the group — really nice seeing you Joe, Krista, Todd and Bryan! We look forward to the next observing events coming soon! Here is a collection of excellent quality photos taken by our volunteer photographer Natalie Legault on our Facebook page. These are the same images that Denis shared (also located on this group's photos section). https://www.facebook.com/OttawaValleyAstronomy Clear skies! - Pierre

I just posted some photos from our Astonomy Day event at Chapters on May 18, 2024. They are in the Photos section

Hello all, We received a request for outdoor telescope support (solar observing) during the daytime for a students garage sale event at Séraphin-Marion school in the east end this Saturday May 25. I am awaiting confirmation on the time, but I believe it is ongoing from morning to afternoon, and the timing and duration for telescopes is flexible. They would be more than happy with any kind of support available and ideally would like to know roughly when telescopes would be setup, for planning purposes. If you are interested in volunteering, please let me know and I'll put you in touch with the organizer. Thank you! - Pierre

Hello everyone! Congratulations to all for a wonderful astronomy day at Chapters. I stopped by for a bit, thank you to everyone who participated and worked hard to bring it to the public. A while ago I remember seeing an email from the group concerning Tristan Young from former Focus Scientific. If i remember correctly the email mentioned he can be reached for some technical support even though he is not with Focus Scientific? If is this true how may i contact him concerning some firmware upgrades for 2 go to mounts? Thank you kindly Geoff

Good morning everyone! Happy International Astronomy Day! We hope you are as excited as we are for today’s event! Here’s a weather update… The rain has ended but we expect a good amount of cloudiness to linger this morning, as we gradually setup on site. By early afternoon (about 1pm onwards), the frequency of clear skies is expected to increase, and we hope to be able to do solar observing. There is a small chance of a scattered thundershower by mid afternoon. I would recommend bags, tarps or blankets to cover equipment just in case we get some precipitation. Otherwise, by about 3pm onward, it is expected to be mostly sunny and clear! The numbers of telescopes and displays will likely increase as the weather improves throughout the day. Mostly clear skies are expected this evening and tonight for our main observing session until 10pm! Temperature high this afternoon is 24C, therefore we recommend wearing a hat, putting on sunscreen and having plenty of fluids if you’ll be staying a while. So to recap, weather should gradually improve as the day goes on. We will setup on site gradually a bit later this morning. And we expect a nice sky this afternoon and evening! Looking forward to seeing you there! ??? - Pierre