He said that one of the members in his centre asked if there were any live sessions for Explore the Universe at a centre somewhere.
Alister knew of the Society's YouTube sessions and that he had the links.
He thought I might know since I see the centres submitting ETU certificates.
Still, I was not really clear on what was being asked... could he elaborate?
Half-an-hour later, he replied. Yes, he meant real-time. Something in the next week or month. He hadn't seen anything in the weekly or monthly RASC notifications.
I told him I knew of nothing on the national side. I didn't think Samantha or Chris or others had anything planned. And I didn't know of any centres doing work in this respect. I wondered if the member might partake of in-person gatherings, observing sessions, or star parties. I asked who the observing chair was for Edmonton. Maybe they could assist.
I was not much help.
Alister said he'd talk again to the questioner.
I am really curious what they are after. What are their goals or objectives? Why do they want real-time? Do they have questions? Are they looking for a mentor? An observing buddy? Or did they want to be remote to avoid being close? Betwixt and between.
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This spurred me to review the resources available from RASC.
Jenna and John made a series of videos in the summer and fall of 2020. They went through essentially all of the aspects of the Explore the Universe program with 9 main videos plus 1 additional one on winter observing. There were guest speakers, such as Dave and yours truly.
The videos are available to all to view. They are collected together in a nice information page with some additional links.
I touched up the page, fixing some stale links. I guess Obs Comm kinda owns this now.
It's a great resource...
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