Monday, August 13, 2012
roof blocked Moon blocking Venus
Missed the occultation of Venus by the Moon. Sky conditions might have permitted it. But I was driving in a car...
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- full Moon rising (Blue Mountains)
- give it back
- second full
- sent note to ST3P users
- co-ordinated travel to CAO
- software resources coming online
- battery charger questions
- alerted Blair
- macro, micro, sunspots, islands
- firmware numbers from Geoff
- opened discussion on storage
- possibly he might go
- fiscal year coming up
- dinner with moving crew
- van died
- received images from CAO
- a small leap (Toronto)
- showed ma ra (Toronto)
- look at the Moon
- Armstrong dead
- asked Eric about missing articles
- asked to deliver Oct TSTM
- tried DSS on photos
- wide field sky from the city (Toronto)
- red light report
- raccoons not detered
- Jim won POW 482
- sig reminder
- doubles for Haas (Toronto)
- drilled on stars
- reviewed the alarm
- explained transparency and seeing
- thanked Dr Fenton
- incoming message
- properties in dark skies
- dark blue forecast
- revised Sissy's list
- found a 40D focusing tip
- M13 images up
- wondering if they recorded it
- my copy arrived
- welcomed new team members
- received Sissy's updates
- old t-adapter back in service
- can't go north
- asked for help
- will make card for Martin
- venting van
- some quiet time
- tonal
- found a knapsack
- bats in the house!
- globulars and doubles (Blue Mountains)
- took a light reading
- more polar alignment checks
- Olena visited
- batless
- SRO on the pad
- more members arrived
- aligned Nicole's polar scope
- surprise visitors
- stunning Sun (Blue Mountains)
- gone again
- down 4+1
- Martin left
- JYC demo
- experimental images (Blue Mountains)
- MallinCam tutoring
- big battery spotted
- a perfect triangle (Blue Mountains)
- rattling polar scope
- hand-delivered David's pass
- impressed by tent
- only one bat?
- on duty
- Bill won
- squeezed in a supply run
- it will be busy
- gonna be dewy
- mailed more passports
- more EOS testing
- secret routes leaked
- she's likes it!
- ready to detect
- wifi report received
- another great dark sky session
- tested EOS Utility
- didn't collimate
- uploaded CAO photos
- tricky weather call
- uploaded OHAP photos
- new membership form available
- no meteors (Toronto)
- Nightfall rose and fell
- back to plan A
- Google calendar awkward suddenly
- pitched LSCA
- AAA pages settled
- red night light
- HC not responding
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