Stumbled across an article in Jay's Astronomical Observing Blog on his friend Mike's mild bout of aperture fever...
I shared it with the RASC TC peeps.
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- unpleasant thoughts
- tasted my own medicine
- reviewed users manual
- collected double star data (Toronto)
- made more time
- checked for battery
- simulated finder scope field
- no battery backup
- glitch fixed
- let me manage the window sizes
- full run with GoToStar (Toronto)
- he's not interested in the comet now
- shared SNO list
- a good beautiful Friday
- uploaded work party notice
- so you like time-lapse...
- ISS express
- checked ML for the 40D
- made camera red
- webspotting 30 - AstroBin
- comet mag 4
- fire
- comet still detectable
- size matters
- tested EOS Mov Rec
- fixed frame sizes
- planned for the comet
- comet moves into Andromeda
- downloaded recorder
- perfectly clear
- comet still visible
- fell off the radar
- hints of summer
- CAO stuff for SCOPE
- made the Super Polaris smart (Toronto)
- finally he saw it
- Dave fixed his
- sent Manuel data
- no reply
- Manuel wanted comet data
- Richard fixed his bins
- wished him luck
- you'd think
- not what I had in mind (Blue Mountains)
- black means video?
- sunset viewing (Blue Mountains)
- four moons (Blue Mountains)
- distracted by a comet (Blue Mountains)
- viewed 84 and 86 (Blue Mountains)
- no shots for Manuel
- was wondering
- glad I was wrong
- we enjoyed the comet (Toronto)
- crazy numbers
- comet tips
- switched to plastic
- scouting
- comet from New Mexico
- tested the new plate
- tried to fix monitoring
- received plate from Tony
- you have the con
- Nautilus on sale again
- learned about creep
- SkyTools updated
- don't know good spots
- comet in Canada!
- shared more collimation info
- helped Leslie on benefits
- if it clears...
- RASC promoting pseudoscience
- comet dimming now
- content disappeared
- new store opening in 2 months
- Canadian show noted
- slewed Super Polaris from SkyTools
- welcome wagon
- getting brighter
- followed up with Temmon
- afternoon imaging (Etobicoke)
- helped Charles
- now you know
- it's a Mamiya
- viewing from the steps (Richmond Hill)
- delivered collimation talk
- more media astronomy hype
- received new templates
- binocular night
- checker
- mood swing
- received comet alert
- will we see it?
- changed ride
- considered a mounting plate
- the Sun on Sunday
- ask the driver author
- sorted software
- joined ideaxuwen
- attended meeting
- tested the goto
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