[Friends_of_SSASTROS] SSAStros February Monthly Meeting

[Matt Schricker]

Hello All

It is my daughter’s 7th birthday on Wednesday so I won’t be able to make
it. But here is a fun time lapse I took of the comet the other night.

100 x 2 minute exposures.



Matt

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 11:32 AM Mike McCabe <cartech2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Greetings Fellow Astronomy Enthusiasts,
>
> This Wednesday, February 1st marks the date of our monthly meeting. The
> meeting will be held in the large meeting room at the Scituate Town Library
> and will begin promptly at 7pm. The meeting will also be broadcast on Zoom,
> and although we are making efforts to improve the quality of that
> experience we admittedly have yet to become masters of it, so if at all
> possible your in-person attendance is encouraged.
>
> The agenda includes a review of January activities, updates from our
> section coordinators, information about upcoming activities and observing
> opportunities, and a feature presentation by Jim Ahola on imaging
> software/setup/cabling and remoting.
>
> The business and review portion will be expedited in the most efficient
> manner possible to allow ample time for the feature presentation, after
> which we will repair to the library grounds for observing. The forecast is
> calling for clear skies, and if that's the case our goal is to focus on
> sharing views of the very popular-of-late comet C/2022 e3 ZTF, which will
> be making its closest approach to Earth during our meeting.
>
> Depending on how many scopes we get set up, other targets may be on offer
> as well. The Moon will be almost 90% waxing gibbous, so deep sky work will
> be limited but there are plenty of bright targets populating the sky now so
> no worries. BRING YOUR BINOCULARS!!!
>
> You can find a link to the Zoom meeting on our website at;
> http://www.ssastros.org/testsite/index.html
>
> Hope to see you all there!
>
> Mike McCabe
>
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