Tuesday, May 15, 2018
about half-way
Learned that TESS is in the middle of its 60 day commissioning plan. It should be able to start its science mission around June 18.
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- visit the DDO this summer
- the DDO reopens
- watched DDO highlights
- an interesting accolade
- wrote next column article
- returned to 70 Oph (Halifax)
- revisited NGC 7027 (Halifax)
- linked to photo album
- configured BGO
- caught the test flight
- dealership sees the light
- read first S&T scan
- updated small motor dox
- he found it useful
- Moon jumped Jupiter (Bradford)
- tidied up
- rebooted during tour
- we can improve Earth
- didn't received three
- some quiet time (Blue Mountains)
- imaged M107 (Halifax)
- imaged M61 (Halifax)
- completed our tasks
- good feedback
- with home made Dob (Blue Mountains)
- showed landscapes
- included in Mars page
- demonstrated privately
- checked the LAN
- fixed the machines
- met WISP team
- what's in the way?
- look up from Orangeville
- shared variable info
- hole avoidance coming soon
- got my mojo
- popped into the exhibit
- worm gear fixed
- just for me
- on deck
- he wants more
- your monthly double stars
- dark over greens (Sharon)
- made a plan file
- noted Stellarium 0.18.0 shortcuts
- more Fireworks (Halifax)
- suffered from RBI
- stumbled with Astrometrica
- ordered shirts
- found fast movers
- Binary Universe: apps for Mars watchin'
- assembled 32 Cyg
- about half-way
- fixed landscape
- imaged M60 (Halifax)
- back to NGC 4517 (Halifax)
- added Melotte numbers
- returned to NGC 4388 (Halifax)
- can tag it!
- retrieved H-alpha and O-III (Halifax)
- imaged M88 (Halifax)
- re-examined The Eyes (Halifax)
- imaged M80 (Halifax)
- personal BGO
- imaged Palomar 15 (Halifax)
- SETI may get an injection
- replayed the Hockey Stick (Halifax)
- revisited NGC 4274 (Halifax)
- sorted Jupiter issues
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- caught the deployment
- pretty bad light pollution
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- viewed Jupiter at opposition (Bradford)
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- gathered more for 6445
- tested BDT+AAB (Bradford)
- looking NW
- contacted by Meeus
- need to rethink
- checked CSC for Monday
- who's out there?
- tried Astrospheric
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- NGC 6369 interrupted
- more time with 11 LMi (Halifax)
- demystified F and P
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