watched Ottawa meeting

Watched the RASC Ottawa Centre meeting online.

Caught end of a talk about Gaia.

Normand Fullum talked about his new shop and new services. With his new large kiln, he can make his large mirrors in-house faster and cheaper. Shared the new company name, Optiques Fullum.

Various members showed their astrophotos. Graeme, Eric, Janet, young Julia, then Hugo.

Paul shared his findings of his unidentified object. The Russian Meridian 1 satellite.

Mike talked about Two Line Element set data and how one can determine satellite orbital values based on zenithal observations. Learned inclination is the angle from the equator, that mean anomaly is simply where it is at a given time. Neat. Shared his web site, Castor, at the end.

The final presentation was by Janet on the Griffith Observatory. I liked the meridian arc in the Gottlieb Transit Corridor.

The MC mentioned an upcoming workshop meeting on Jan 24. The topic is DIY micro and mini observatories. It will be broadcast on NSN...