It doesn't matter what you do, really, in the end. You'll be long gone in 100 to 200 years. Only the stars will remain.
So?
Be nice.
Saturday, April 23, 2016
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- captured NGC 4605 (Halifax)
- added a dir
- captured Arrakis in 1 sec
- processed 3877
- imaged 4568 again (Halifax)
- requested new targets
- examined NGC 4568
- twisted
- bad dog!
- acquired two more image sets (Halifax)
- captured NGC 4568 (Halifax)
- acquired three targets (Halifax)
- imaged Gemini planetary (Halifax)
- the CAO - Yours to Discover
- delivered TSTM for May
- acquired images (Halifax)
- 6543 again
- Arrakis again
- reviewed Cat's Eye (Halifax)
- reviewed mu Dra
- two targets acquired (Halifax)
- added the alt plate
- checked out a propeller (Halifax)
- captured NGC 4361
- made a slide
- captured Ghost of Jupiter (Halifax)
- captured NGC 3242 (Halifax)
- tested custom mirror cable again
- sent CAO items
- reviewed CAO presi
- checked FTP logs
- shared GA info
- researched Arrakis
- verified two cables needed
- tried to control mirror
- loaded Hα targets
- designed an az plate
- looked for fuzzies (Halifax)
- passed 700
- in the grand scheme
- quickly assembled the Needle
- installed latest UDM
- next meeting set
- shot NGC 3877 (Halifax)
- shot the Silver Needle (Halifax)
- attended meeting
- more on 3521 (Halifax)
- Canada rocks!
- captured the ISS part 1 (Blue Mountains)
- captured the ISS part 2 (Blue Mountains)
- edit ISS 2 vid in PIPP
- worked at CAO
- less wind; more Moon (Blue Mountains)
- viewed big spot (Blue Mountains)
- April doubles (Blue Mountains)
- we enjoyed Jupiter (Blue Mountains)
- watched the ISS+ (Blue Mountains)
- gloves and wire
- an easy Mercury (Blue Mountains)
- ice and Sun (Honeywood)
- checked GIMP's bits
- in 4 years
- no go for AAA 2016
- shared SIDC
- sent 3 requests
- checked images (Halifax)
- heard from bot (Halifax)
- pointed out a planet (Bradford)
- sorting parsing
- old dog
- plotted March SQM
- did a bunch
- downloaded 3607 data
- grabbed more data
- received update from BGO (Halifax)
- an astronomy afternoon (Mono Mills)
- spotted a ring (Mono Mills)
- for later
- helped the ESV group
- they did it!
- bon voyage
- noted alerts
- sent first draft
- enabled pop-up text
- made a list for Saturday
- talked about fast binaries
- just dirt
- learned NSN was hacked
- quick work
- a good chat
- starting on 3607
- retrieved remaining 3521 images
- more data on 3521 (Halifax)
- found SN May/Jun 2016
- finished the ESV finally
- parts arrived
- reduce light pollution
- the tough call
- CSC sponsorships ended
- ordered various bits
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