[Friends_of_SSASTROS] SSAStros February Monthly Meeting

[John Shea]

Very cool!

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 9:51 PM Matt Schricker <thatmattschricker at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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