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General Discussion / Re: RAC Forum migration

« Last post by John Martin on April 09, 2021, 10:33:20 PM »

The migration is complete. Please access the new forum HERE - https://rochesterskies.org/forum/
See you on the other side!!

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General Discussion / RAC Forum migration

« Last post by John Martin on April 09, 2021, 08:48:05 PM »

The RAC forum is being migrated to a new platform. This forum will remain in a view-only format and all data is being migrated to the new forum.
Please refer to the www.rochesterskies.org website for more information.
Updates will be posted in this thread as the migration progresses.

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General Discussion / Re: Armchair Observations

« Last post by fealeybob14 on April 01, 2021, 01:08:23 PM »

C2 gif movies from today show Venus moving away from its superior sun conjunction.  Note also what appears to be a small sun-grazing comet (probably vaporizing) early on the 31st of March. https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/LATEST/current_c2.gif

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General Discussion / Re: Armchair Observations

« Last post by fealeybob14 on March 20, 2021, 03:54:13 PM »

Venus, moving to superior solar conjunction has entered the fov of SOHO C2 imaging https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/LATEST/current_c2.gif.  Will pass within 2 degrees of the sun on March 26th https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20210326_11_100.

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General Discussion / Re: Observing tonight?

« Last post by fealeybob14 on March 19, 2021, 11:59:34 PM »

Nice night (3/19/2021) for observing with the little StarBlast scope.  Took a short video of the moon through the scope with Orion moon filter and 6.3M pixel camera.  A still pic from the video (enhanced a bit) is shown below.

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General Discussion / Re: Observing tonight?

« Last post by ellenvega on March 12, 2021, 03:26:08 PM »

Sounds like a GO for tonight. Bathroom code is 1339. Dress warm!

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General Discussion / Re: Observing tonight?

« Last post by ellenvega on March 11, 2021, 05:42:08 PM »

Yep Jeff, we are planning on Friday night at Eagle Bluff again!  Looks like a carbon copy of last Saturday, but maybe a bit colder so bundle up and bring a hot beverage.  Will confirm it here tomorrow afternoon.

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General Discussion / Re: Observing tonight?

« Last post by Roger Southwick on March 11, 2021, 02:08:11 PM »

Well, apparently attachments show up only in certain views of the forum.  If you don't see it, go to the main category "Observing Tonight".

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General Discussion / Re: Observing tonight?

« Last post by Roger Southwick on March 11, 2021, 02:05:46 PM »

Carbon stars are beautiful and interesting to find.  Several years ago I compiled the attached list.  Happy hunting!

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General Discussion / Re: Observing tonight?

« Last post by Jeff Newland on March 11, 2021, 12:52:14 PM »

Barb or Dean, is Eagle Bluff open this weekend?  Friday night looks like it will be clear.  I know we talked about going out again this weekend.  Friday looks like it will be clearer than Saturday. 

Last Saturday, there were 4 of us at Eagle Bluff.   A great night, Barb (Ellenvega) is fantastic at finding things.   She found some carbon stars and Ghost of Jupiter(?) among other things.  I was mainly looking around at some Messiers.  We left around 10:30, or at least I think everyone was getting ready to leave.   It was Dean, Barb, Luka and me.