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Observation notes (with equipment details), photos, sketches, reviews, software tips, random thoughts, by an amateur astronomer.
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- reviewed vid
- brought stuff in
- attended rehearsal as speaker
- double queries
- possible return to Algonquin
- red film work
- Stellarium training meeting
- imaged Mizar and Alcor (Stillwater Lake)
- imaged Sirius and sigma Ori (Bradford)
- shot the setup
- tried again (Bradford)
- collected photons from a little arrow (Bradford)
- imaged Sirius before meridian (Bradford)
- imaged Castor while waiting (Bradford)
- another strange offset (Halifax)
- imaged iota Orionis (Stillwater Lake)
- turning into a busy night
- predicted the weather
- what's up with Meade?
- image featured in DDO UITS
- submitted Journal article
- didn't howl at the Moon (Bradford)
- attended council meeting
- updated Stellarium shortcuts!
- first run intermediate course
- posted first doubles list for 2021
- tested Ninja again
- chatted about First Light
- ran virtual SkyLab
- adventure shared with ASCOM community
- keep looking up
- helped at planning meeting
- acknowledged the Journal team
- corruption close to home
- a weird hop (Halifax)
- received one experimental image request (Halifax)
- chatted with editor
- worked backstage
- trying vertical offsetting
- made a new plan
- flats on deck
- asked about ASCOM mount driver description
- completed horizontal offset test (Halifax)
- no sync (Halifax)
- downloaded February Journal
- tried again for NGC 1023 (Halifax)
- received Mac serial device list
- received Mac mount config profile
- enrolled people
- now, Up in the Sky
- imaged HR 890 again (Halifax)
- shared the pin design
- interested in STF 479 (Halifax)
- you'd think
- in these dark days
- re-did presentation questions
- next council meeting
- asked about certificate history
- it slumps
- another vertical stack
- continued case design
- avoiding a website
- made a volume
- checked GRS
- helped observer again
- oh oh
- it's easy
- white skies
- learned new way to set FOV
- spotted Jupiter (Bradford)
- nothing done (Bradford)
- drove Super Polaris with Stellarium
- helped at RAN
- astonished by bad article
- gaps at the library
- made a diffraction mask
- proofed next BU article
- helped with rehearsal
- added occultation dates
- sent out course info
- loaded ZC and XZ targets
- on deck for wx presentation
- helped a double star observer
- HP day!
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baader planetarium
Backyard EOS
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Bisque
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Edmund Scientific
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Pluto
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Psion
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Takumar
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