Rochester Astronomy Club | John Martin | Activity https://rochesterskies.org/member/john8bit/activity/ Activity feed for John Martin. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:24:23 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 0df3afb92df7e9893fb10d691d183981 John Martin started the topic 2025 Astronomical League Observing Challenge in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/2025-astronomical-league-observing-challenge/ Fri, 29 Nov 2024 18:03:04 -0600 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]

]]> 8e93164a91b108ecd5545cc433e0496d John Martin replied to the topic Working on A.I. Generated Night Sky Viewing Itinerary Generator project in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/working-on-a-i-generated-night-sky-viewing-itinerary-generator-project/#post-15032 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 20:42:45 -0500 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.

]]> 532abde4eee48135b6570c98c0aa6af9 John Martin replied to the topic Working on A.I. Generated Night Sky Viewing Itinerary Generator project in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/working-on-a-i-generated-night-sky-viewing-itinerary-generator-project/#post-15030 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 17:00:02 -0500 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!

]]> aaa100f81ac8caf599a9f9f9361f55a7 John Martin started the topic Working on A.I. Generated Night Sky Viewing Itinerary Generator project in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/working-on-a-i-generated-night-sky-viewing-itinerary-generator-project/ Mon, 07 Oct 2024 21:08:40 -0500 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]

]]> d456777bef3fc93d988b82cd235a1e6f John Martin replied to the topic Where is the archive of newsletters? in the forum Newsletter https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/where-is-the-archive-of-newsletters/#post-14345 Wed, 12 Jul 2023 16:33:19 -0500 I’m working on this. In the meantime, a very clumsy list of the newsletters has been restored here:

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

]]> 95ecacb6d7148301961d350fbea8082f John Martin replied to the topic NASA Exoplanet Watch Citizen Science project in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/nasa-exoplanet-watch-citizen-science-project/#post-14139 Sat, 18 Feb 2023 15:48:53 -0600 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″

]]> 5e225b554194f37169bc90c7459b8021 John Martin started the topic NASA Exoplanet Watch Citizen Science project in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/nasa-exoplanet-watch-citizen-science-project/ Sat, 18 Feb 2023 15:30:36 -0600 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]

]]> a39fac104a6ddc093bc4f29802e05cba John Martin replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/observing-tonight/page/164/#post-13756 Sun, 29 May 2022 01:33:38 -0500 I’m going to head out there. It looks like it might clear up later. We will see!

]]> fd4cdde3f912c251ff7b0333953f0dc6 John Martin replied to the topic Observing tonight? in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/observing-tonight/page/164/#post-13755 Sat, 28 May 2022 22:38:23 -0500 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.

]]> ce8a7fad44c3c36f1c34fa8a546f54d6 John Martin started the topic Forum Access Request in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/forum-access-request/ Thu, 12 May 2022 00:15:40 -0500 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]

]]> 59ca8663341d4a671dd431fbd00d550d John Martin replied to the topic Good camping spots for observing. in the forum General Discussion http://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/good-camping-spots-for-observing/#post-13415 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 17:27:34 -0500 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!

]]> 4ef6cedc7a4b1d9012ee13726aef8f69 John Martin started the topic Spring Astronomy Day - May 15th 2021 at Root River Park in the forum Outreach Programs http://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/spring-astronomy-day-may-15th-2021-at-root-river-park/ Sun, 02 May 2021 23:35:32 -0500 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]

]]> 98eb8aabd75dfde4139d65521779b876 John Martin started the topic Good camping spots for observing. in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/good-camping-spots-for-observing/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 18:22:15 -0500 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!

]]> 21f336fb76b57f542812d8bbba89dc91 John Martin replied to the topic Forum Migration in the forum General Discussion https://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/forum-migration/#post-13352 Mon, 26 Apr 2021 18:19:41 -0500 I’m going to unsticky this topic but feel free to post and issues or suggestions here.

]]> cd0cef1e93ce9f5e63744f28c68dc907 John Martin replied to the topic MAS Meeting - Alex Filippenko in the forum General Discussion http://rochesterskies.org/forum/topic/mas-meeting-alex-filippenko/#post-13341 Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:17:36 -0500 Thank you! This is super exciting! I just joined the MAS too.

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