Dear (Starry Knights of) OAFs... Janice and I have had a chance to verify our schedules now, and find that we will be going to the RASC meeting next Saturday....
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Apr 1, 2001 11:07 pm
Ho Sir Attilla! Um... I don't want to sound ungrateful or anything, but have your weather-prediction maps on the OAFs home page gotten more um ... ...
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Attilla Danko
attilla.danko@...
Apr 1, 2001 11:18 pm
Hi Roland. Yes, I've been having some trouble with my cloud-movent sensing algorithm. I'm going to turn it off while I figure it out. Clear skies. ... From:...
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Wagner,Rick [CIS-ADS]
rick.wagner@...
Apr 2, 2001 11:58 am
Unfortunately I will have to miss dinner again, as I do almost every month. The leader of the SMARTScope software development team has decided, and most ...
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attilla.danko@...
Apr 2, 2001 3:02 pm
I'd like to avoid fast-food. ... Should be pick based on location, like near St-Laurent ave? I'm not too familliar with the restaraunts in the neiborhood. I...
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Rob Robotham
rob.robotham@...
Apr 2, 2001 6:24 pm
Hmmm, Given that time will be on our side (compared to a Friday evening), fast food certainly isn't a requirement. Hmmm... good chinese restaurants in the...
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zeidler@...
Apr 2, 2001 6:47 pm
I have a big NC on where we go just want clear instructions on how to get there from here, or over there, or something like that. A beer, not a bear, would be...
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Richard Harding
rharding@...
Apr 2, 2001 6:48 pm
There is a Chinese buffet at the corner of Hunt Club and Bank. Personally I like the idea of Kelsey's. Richard...
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Richard Harding
rharding@...
Apr 2, 2001 7:04 pm
It is 15:00. Outside my office window it is BEAUTIFUL!! 75% clear. Is there any chance that a session this evening at the Kanata Chapters would be possible,...
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Rob Robotham
rob.robotham@...
Apr 2, 2001 8:30 pm
... One last comment (again a bit farther from the museum), there is a brew pub (i.e. they brew 3 types of beer on the premises) on Bank about midway between...
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Apr 2, 2001 8:57 pm
... Hi Richard! Unsure conditions, eh? If the weather at 6:30pm looks at all hopeful, I'd be game for a sidewalk session in Kanata at 7:00 or so. Here is ...
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Richard Harding
rharding@...
Apr 2, 2001 9:01 pm
Unfortunately it is now cloudy here and the prognosis for tonight is poor...Crap!! Oh well, maybe tomorrow night? The forcast is not too bad. Richard...
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Apr 2, 2001 10:28 pm
Just got off the phone with Richard and things look fairly clear after all in Kanata. I will be joining him in Kanata at the Chapter's there (off the Terry...
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rob.robotham@...
Apr 3, 2001 2:52 am
I just got back from Ottawa Little Theatre. When I got out, I looked up and everything was clear (grumble). And my brother (who also goes to OLT) was in...
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Apr 3, 2001 2:56 am
Sess.# 281 7:30-10:30 Kanata Chapter's Variable Clouds Sidewalk astronomy session this evening at Kanata Chapter's. Skies cleared unexpectedly, and so...
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Richard Harding
rharding@...
Apr 3, 2001 3:20 am
The brew pub works for me....I may be easy, but I'm not cheap! :o) It's not much of a cheese shop really, is it? Finest in the district Sir!! And what leads...
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Apr 3, 2001 11:59 am
This evening there will be a short double shadow transit on Jupiter. The OAFs home page has the following information (extracted from the calendar, I guess): ...
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Richard Harding
rharding@...
Apr 3, 2001 12:48 pm
Attilla Danko, Roland Prevost and myself met under the wonderful sodium glow of the sidewalk in front of the Kanata "Chapters"; for a spot of sidewalk...
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attilla.danko@...
Apr 3, 2001 2:56 pm
Nice report. It was alot of fun. We should try to get a few more in before Jupiter and Saturn become daytime objects and all we have to offer is the the moon. ...
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Richard Harding
rharding@...
Apr 3, 2001 3:30 pm
Hi Attilla (et al): I will be approaching the local (Kanata) Boy Scout / Girl Guide troops, and the Air Cadets that meet at A. Y. Jackson High School, to...
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Apr 3, 2001 4:19 pm
In response to the call for a session tonight (April 3rd). Count me in, assuming the weather co-operates. So far, the weather's looking good for a potential...
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attilla.danko@...
Apr 3, 2001 7:39 pm
Great, I'm going to try to attend this one too. Since passers-by have been asking about seeing statellites, i have posted a few satellite events for this...
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Apr 3, 2001 8:03 pm
Orleans: 100% cloud cover for the last hour and then a bit of a clearing. Not sure how it'll turn out for tonite. Janice expressed an interest in sidewalk,...
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Rob Robotham
rob.robotham@...
Apr 3, 2001 8:37 pm
Given that Chris has a french class tonight (you'd think with a last name of Vadeboncoeur she wouldn't need those, but she grew up in B.C.) so I get to...
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Apr 3, 2001 10:33 pm
The skies seem fairly covered at this point in time. Janice and I called the weather guy who stated that Kanata would not be clear at 8pm but that things...
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Richard Harding
rharding@...
Apr 3, 2001 11:04 pm
Although the conditions are iffy, I will be taking my scope over to the Kanata Chapters for 7:30. Roland and Janice will be joining me, for at least a Latte...
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attilla.danko@...
Apr 3, 2001 11:42 pm
I'll be there around 20:10 actually, it looks clear in bells corners. Anyone else up for it? cya. -ad...
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Apr 4, 2001 12:47 pm
Sess.#283 7:30-10:00pm Kanata Chapters - Mostly Clear! This session almost did not happen. Janice called the Env. Canada weatherman, and we (dummies) paid to...
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Apr 4, 2001 2:40 pm
Sess.#282 1:30pm driveway Solar Filter Clear Just a very short session from my driveway yesterday afternoon. I used my 8" solar filter to look at the...
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Rob Robotham
rob.robotham@...
Apr 4, 2001 3:01 pm
Roland, What type of filter do you have? I have the Baader film and at Christmas I tried to just hold it in front of ... a camcorder I think, and the...
