Meeting transcript video
- Intro – Chris Purse
- Next week’s Astro Cafe – Lunar session – Randy Enkin & Mike Nash
- Photos of the July 4th fireworks from Lopez Island by Randy Enkin
- Astrophotography of the Year 2021 – Royal Observatory, Greenwich – a short list by Barbara Lane
- 4,500 entries from 75 candidates
- Winner is yet to be chosen
- Slideshow of short list candidates
- Edmonton Astrophotos – Dave Robinson
- Moonsweep – rising Moon over Edmonton time lapse – Luca Vanzella & Alister Ling
- Solar images – Abdur Anwar using a solar filter and C8
- Solar sunspot sketches – Berta Beltran
- All sky display of noctilucent clouds time lapse – Murray Paulson
- Dave Payne’s M57 image data reprocessed – John McDonald
- LRGB, Ha, OIII, S2
- Pre-calibrated dataset shared with Astrophotography SIG members
- Dave’s version of M57
- SIGs – David Lee
- Getting Started in Astronomy – tomorrow night
- Merits of goto systems
- Visual variable star observing – https://www.aavso.org
- EAA – Thursday night
- Contact David if interested
- Getting Started in Astronomy – tomorrow night
- Hubble – David Lee & Chris Gainor
- Uses 386-based processors, upgraded to 486
- Video on Hubble current status – an explanation of what’s happening
- Discussion about Hubble systems and updates
- Henrietta Leavitt Memorial Horizon Watch – July 4th, 2021 – Reg Dunkley
- Lopez Island fireworks display
- 28 kms away eastward
- 5 members setup at Cattle Point
- Sequence of photos of fireworks
- Victoria Centre Observatory report – Reg Dunkley
- Work party getting the two new telescopes operational
- Refining the pointing accuracy of the Paramount ME with the new telescopes now mounted
- Discussion about removal of existing Takahashi focuser so Feathertouch focuser can be mounted and used
- Servicing the Paramount gearing
- DASCH: Digital Access to a Sky Century – Harvard’s photographic plate collection
- UVic Observatory Open House – this Wednesday – history of astronomy – zoom info provided in the chat
Astronomy Cafe – July 5, 2021