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presented on weather station
At the RASC Toronto Centre's members' night meeting, I delivered a presentation on the Oregon Scientific eb313hg Portable Weather Station. I…
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tiring weekend
I assisted at the CAO work party this weekend. There was much work to be done, such as a swale dug, in addition to the normal season-ending closing a…
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took stock
Did a batteries-for-astronomy audit, including the "new" Telrad, and considering accessories retired or broken. type need in stock AA 12 0 …
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YU received 1m 'scope
York U is receiving their new 1 metre telescope to the Allan Carswell observatory. Exciting!
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Khan to get marbles
Ray was at the DDO open house. I had my Shasta marbles with me. Showed them to him. He was pleased to see them live. He said he's going to bring …
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beeping from the closet
Phil, while covering for another supervisor at the CAO, reported beeping in the middle of the night. “Something” kept beeping in the Supervis…
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IE in foreign language
One of our guests visiting the CAO reported to me that Internet Explorer on the dining room computer is displaying a menu with "strange symbols.…
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be careful
Dr Ralph Chou, a leading expert on eye safety, has a video on using solar eclipse glasses or viewers correctly and safely. Hey. Be careful out there…
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reached focus (Blue Mountains)
Tried imaging the Sun again in the Coronado Calcium-K Personal Solar Telescope. This time I borrowed Ian's gear: an eyepiece projection adapter w…
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a stitch in time
Well, I missed it. I had to do more than 9 stitches to re-affix the Velcro hook pad to the end of the elastic dew wrap strap. Shoddy work by Kendrick…
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received projector
Mickey asked me if I'd take the projector. Return it to Tony. Since he was a no-show. OK. Man, I was getting laden down. I was grateful to Manuel…
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inspected flip mirror
No blockages. The Vixen mirror, when flipped up, is barely visible in the 1¼" tube. Nothing wrong with this accessory. One theory I had was that…
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remote untested
It's been quite a while now. Tony has the new Panasonic remote. And I still have no idea if it works with the Panasonic projector. When he return…
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he needs to upgrade
I heard from Arnold. He was happy to report that he got the Starfinder telescope and Idea GoToStar mount working. He successfully aligned the telesco…
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they work!
It was very satisfying to see the (customised) red solar lights that I gave to the RASC Toronto Centre installed (2 of them anyway) and working at th…
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DFK for sale
We heard from the Duras family that they have decided to sell the DFK telescope. They believe it to be too advanced for their needs. Curious how it i…
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reference circle demystified
After all this time, I finally realised, the Meade Polaris Reference Circle I bought shortly after I got my telescope (almost 15 years ago), is wrong…
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toner for CAO
Noted that the laser printer output was a little faded during my last visit. Picked up a new cartridge (toner only) for the Lexmark at the CAO. Hopef…
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broke dome
Bob donated his observatory dome (with remote control doors and remotely rotatable roof) to the RASC Toronto Centre. A small crew headed to his home …
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abrupt presenter
Denis Grey—RASC Toronto Centre president—snapped at me as I tried to assist him for his presentation to the General Assembly banquet dinner. There we…
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