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Jupiter has been hit by either a comet or asteroid. The resulting scar has been found by amamteur astronomers with 4 inch telescopes. Look for the light brown scar near the south pole area....
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All:We had one of our largest IRWS star party events in recent memory lastnight, with 70 people in the audience to hear my lecture on comets. Iwas surprised to see that I held their attention for a full hour! Theobserving component of the progra...
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DSLR Astrophotography Class April 27, 2010
This presentation starts with a typical deep sky astrophotography photo session:
Taking dark frames
Taking bias frames
Multiple light frames
Focus
Autoguiding
Flat frames
The...
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Most of the nights this summer have been cloudy or rrainy. Hopefully July will bring clear nights. July is the summer break month for NSAAC. Our next business meetiing at Veasey is Friday August 7 at 8:00 PM. Entertainment after the meeting is lectu...
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Yesterday evening at 8:10PM there was a beautiful double pass of the Space Shuttle followed about 30 seconds later by the brilliant Space Station, tracking the same orbit. They had undocked the day before, and the shuttle was preparing for its re-entry ...
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Collin Middle School Observation Session November 8, 2009
We all waited for clear weather so that students and parents attending the presentation had an opportunity to look through a telescope. Finally the weather cleared and a last minute observatio...
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Collins Middle School Scope Clinic and Presentation a success
Attaching a donated mount
The evening started with a telescope clinic. We repaired a vintage refractor and found that the mirror on an old 4” reflector needed to be re-mirrored. A student...
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Presentation from January 26th DSLR Astrophotography Class.
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Despite no chance of observing due to clouds and impending rain, about 18 people ranging in age from 8 to 70 showed up for a 45 minute presentation covering Galieo's discoveries, the moon, and Jupiter and its moons. Special focus was placed on t...
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Thank you to Gary Meehan and the members of the North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club who came out on Saturday, February 20 to help with a very successful “Winter Constellations” program at the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary. We had 37 participants...
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This will be a light month as we wait for the summer Milkyway to rise into better view later this summer. Our quarry will consist of six globular clusters and one very bright galaxy. All of these objects are possible with binoculars, most are down right e...
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Most of the nights were cloudy or rainy during July and early August n New England. Jupiter was hit by either a comet or meteor and an Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley discovered this while photographing the planet July 19 at 13:30 UTC. To qu...
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Groveland Library Start Party Success
Despite thunderstorms to the North and South on Monday, July 27th, about 40 parents and their children showed up at the Groveland Library for a short presentation by Brewster LaMacchia about the Galileo, ...
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Langley Adams Library is sponsoring a star party open to the public. Telescope and program set-up time is 8:00 PM. The program, What's Up Tonight?, runs from 8:30 PM to 9:00 PM. Observations will begin about 9:15 PM. The number of people a...
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MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
To become a member of the NSAAC you must be at least sixteen years of age(full membership) or sponsored by an adult if less than sixteen (family membership). Dues are $20 per year.
Name: ________________________________
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Learn how to go from unrecognizable raw images from a DSLR camera
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Milky Way in Cassiopeia
If interested register by contacting Jim Foy or by signing up on the website (registered website members only)
Dates for 2010 astrophotograp...
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Sanborn Elementary School Star Party November 6, 2009
After three changes in the date for the star party, the weather forecast for the night was clear. Brewster LaMacchia gave two programs at 7:00 PM and 7:30 PM on Galileo and why scientists like to ...
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We awarded three telescopes to well deserving young astronomers on April 25th and had a great time meeting them and their families.
Many thanks to Jim Foy, Jim Bastable, and Dave LeClerk for helping out with the event. Each year we learn something more a...
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