John Martin – Rochester Astronomy Club

John Martin started the topic 2025 Astronomical League Observing Challenge in the forum General Discussion 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Hello all! Just seeing if there is any interest in collaborating with the 2025 Astronomical League observing challenge?

From the Astronomical League:

The Observing Program Division of the Astronomical League is excited to offer a slightly different Special Observing Challenge for 2025. Details are contained on the attached flyer and all the…[Read more]

John Martin replied to the topic Working on A.I. Generated Night Sky Viewing Itinerary Generator project in the forum General Discussion 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Thank you! That is good feedback. I will see if I can incorporate it and maybe even put it in the form as a variable for people to enter.

John Martin replied to the topic Working on A.I. Generated Night Sky Viewing Itinerary Generator project in the forum General Discussion 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Thank you, Josef! This is very helpful. I wonder if I can direct the API to tell OpenAI only to use certain sources that we trust. I will work on it. thanks again!

John Martin started the topic Working on A.I. Generated Night Sky Viewing Itinerary Generator project in the forum General Discussion 9 months, 2 weeks ago

I’ve been working on a personal project that some of you might be interested in. And I am very interested in feedback from you about improvements or issues that you might encounter.

Background – Before doing an outreach event, I like to create an agenda or itinerary of objects to look for with the group. I used to do this “manually”, but thought…[Read more]

John Martin replied to the topic Where is the archive of newsletters? in the forum Newsletter 2 years ago

I’m working on this. In the meantime, a very clumsy list of the newsletters has been restored here:

https://rochesterskies.org/club-newsletters/

John Martin replied to the topic NASA Exoplanet Watch Citizen Science project in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 5 months ago

I forgot to mention that you do not need a large telescope to participate. The speaker said that some of the participants use telescopes as small and 3.5″

John Martin started the topic NASA Exoplanet Watch Citizen Science project in the forum General Discussion 2 years, 5 months ago

I attended an exoplanet lecture yesterday put on for the Solar System Ambassadors about the latest exoplanet findings and part of this lecture touched on a topic that might be of interest to some of you. I mention this because the presenter (Rob Zellem) is doing a deep dive into this topic at an upcoming Night Sky Network on Feb 23rd that we are…[Read more]

John Martin replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 3 years, 1 month ago

I’m going to head out there. It looks like it might clear up later. We will see!

John Martin replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion 3 years, 1 month ago

We’ve cancelled our public event at Root River tonight. Between the 28% cloud cover and high winds, we felt that the night could be disappointing for the public if we are not able to find deeper sky objects to look at. If things improve, I might still head out.

John Martin started the topic Forum Access Request in the forum General Discussion 3 years, 2 months ago

Due to the high number of spam requests, the self-registration for access to the Rochester Astronomy Club is closed. To gain access to this forum, please fill out the simple form on this page:

https://rochesterskies.org/forum-access-request/

Your request will be sent to the RAC web team and, once approved, you will receive an email with a…[Read more]

John Martin replied to the topic Good camping spots for observing. in the forum General Discussion 4 years, 1 month ago

Thank you both! If course, I did not have notifications for this thread turned on so I am just seeing your replies now.

I booked a rustic cabin on the edge of a field in Utica that I am going to try out this weekend. I’ll see how it goes!

John Martin started the topic Spring Astronomy Day – May 15th 2021 at Root River Park in the forum Outreach Programs 4 years, 2 months ago

Hello all! I’m not sure why I didn’t think to post this as a discussion on the forum before (Thanks, John A!)

We are planning for the Spring Astronomy Day on May 15, 2021 @ 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm at Root River Park.

Public Sky Observing 2021-05/15 – Astronomy Day

Mike and I met at Root River today and looked at th…[Read more]

John Martin started the topic Good camping spots for observing. in the forum General Discussion 4 years, 2 months ago

Any suggestions for some camping locations within a few hours of here that are good for observing? Maybe some of you know of some spots that you have tried and liked or tried and disliked? thanks!

John Martin replied to the topic Forum Migration in the forum General Discussion 4 years, 2 months ago

I’m going to unsticky this topic but feel free to post and issues or suggestions here.

John Martin replied to the topic MAS Meeting – Alex Filippenko in the forum General Discussion 4 years, 3 months ago

Thank you! This is super exciting! I just joined the MAS too.

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