Delivered my SkyTools presentation.
Small crowd. Partly because I was competing with the big tent. But they were enthusiastic.
Saturday, August 10, 2013
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- better shots
- looked into Yahoo!Groups
- helped Eric with eSCOPE
- no thanks
- repaired Meade returned
- ride to Algonquin secured
- tested POH address
- allayed Thierry's concerns
- worked on POH notice
- have CLA cord...
- forwarded park complaint
- helped Ed flip computers
- amusing
- developed SkyTools course material
- work up to it
- everybody's doing it; except us
- discussed power concerns
- no pin for you
- planning ahead
- another try (Etobicoke)
- got a galaxy (Etobicoke)
- been there, got the neutrino
- added more
- added to VAB list
- talked about the clinic
- recorded without permission
- aligning with a camera
- helped at parkette (Etobicoke)
- a new low
- set the date and time
- ignoring national
- want me to do it?
- beers and rockets
- forgotten 'scope?
- no time
- the carrot
- Chris likes it
- needed more eyes
- opened the LX200
- checked in
- strong enough
- what about the graphics?
- the big door
- on the grub
- it's the job of RASC
- Mars is super
- chopped it
- don't like it
- oops, n/a
- created new graphics
- a video software collimation tool
- refreshed Mars article
- to follow the RASCTO calendar
- found focuser bits
- what does 23½ have to do with it?
- found azimuth bits
- tested LX200 outside
- spotted a flare (Toronto)
- LX200 observations
- Salvatore caught the nova
- Global article up
- it happened
- prepared graphics
- confirmed operation of Dobsonian
- a little stale
- week end photos
- he likes it!
- Guy referred me to Kendrick
- names wrong
- reviewed the damage
- mine field
- Malcolm shot the nova
- shooed bees
- helped Krista back in
- imaged the nova with Sharmin (Richmond Hill)
- helped at the star talk night (Richmond Hill)
- readied the Dob
- headed up early
- Paramount not on UPS
- found the power specs
- glad to help
- morning debrief
- Thierry asked if I could take a look
- my chart helped
- how to find a nova
- helped them get the nova
- helped Nicole get power
- found the nova (Toronto)
- closing in on nova (Toronto)
- cloudy to the south-east (Toronto)
- installed ST3P again
- asked Dave about presentation
- prepared apology
- caught up
- meh
- problem purple cable
- another old battery
- Moon over Don Mills
- running out of time
- helped Tim with MallinCam
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