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Virtual Star Party tonight!

 

Dear RAC,

I¡¯m going to try and host a live stream tonight via Zoom that will be a star gazing program featuring the constellation Leo. There are many galaxies and interesting stars within the boundary of this zodiacal constellation.

I hope to be able to show views of the following objects using our new Station 3 telescope.

NGC 2903,Regulus and its companion, the dwarf galaxy Leo 1, the compact group Hickson 44, the Leo Trio, and maybe if time allows M95/96 and the double star Denebola.

The program will be informal with participants encouraged to ask questions and provide feedback. There will also probably be some glitches so grab your virtual tomatoes and feel free to toss them my way! But it should be fun and will give you a good idea about how to use the RAC/MSRO station 3 telescope.

I¡¯ll start at about 8:45 as it¡¯s getting dark and we will go till about 11. This is a test event and I hope to improve future programs based on how things go tonight. I¡¯ll also look forward to your feedback.

I¡¯ll send out the zoom link when I get home from work so stay tuned.

Myron
 

Myron - Sorry I missed this.? How did it go?

Pete

On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 1:18?PM Myron Wasiuta via <myrnteryx4=[email protected]> wrote:
Dear RAC,

I¡¯m going to try and host a live stream tonight via Zoom that will be a star gazing program featuring the constellation Leo. There are many galaxies and interesting stars within the boundary of this zodiacal constellation.

I hope to be able to show views of the following objects using our new Station 3 telescope.

NGC 2903,Regulus and its companion, the dwarf? galaxy Leo 1, the compact group Hickson 44, the Leo Trio, and maybe if time allows M95/96 and the double star Denebola.

The program will be informal with participants encouraged to ask questions and provide feedback. There will also probably be some glitches so grab your virtual tomatoes and feel free to toss them my way! But it should be fun and will give you a good idea about how to use the RAC/MSRO station 3 telescope.

I¡¯ll start at about 8:45 as it¡¯s getting dark and we will go till about 11. This is a test event and I hope to improve future programs based on how things go tonight. I¡¯ll also look forward to your feedback.

I¡¯ll send out the zoom link when I get home from work so stay tuned.

Myron
 

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Pete,
It had a few glitches with plate solving and connectivity. Once those were worked out we had pretty good pointing. However the camera color balance was too green. I think it is a setting in SharpCap. I just need to order the Pro version and that problem will be solved. I did send out a zoom link to the group if you are interested in watching what we did.?
Myron?

On May 27, 2025, at 7:14?PM, Peter Laky via groups.io <canygevamotx@...> wrote:

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Myron - Sorry I missed this.? How did it go?

Pete

On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 1:18?PM Myron Wasiuta via <myrnteryx4=[email protected]> wrote:
Dear RAC,

I¡¯m going to try and host a live stream tonight via Zoom that will be a star gazing program featuring the constellation Leo. There are many galaxies and interesting stars within the boundary of this zodiacal constellation.

I hope to be able to show views of the following objects using our new Station 3 telescope.

NGC 2903,Regulus and its companion, the dwarf? galaxy Leo 1, the compact group Hickson 44, the Leo Trio, and maybe if time allows M95/96 and the double star Denebola.

The program will be informal with participants encouraged to ask questions and provide feedback. There will also probably be some glitches so grab your virtual tomatoes and feel free to toss them my way! But it should be fun and will give you a good idea about how to use the RAC/MSRO station 3 telescope.

I¡¯ll start at about 8:45 as it¡¯s getting dark and we will go till about 11. This is a test event and I hope to improve future programs based on how things go tonight. I¡¯ll also look forward to your feedback.

I¡¯ll send out the zoom link when I get home from work so stay tuned.

Myron

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