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@GregSchwanbeck Bruce Yeany on Youtube has a lot of videos of these tracks and other variations designed for the classroom. This is just one: https://t.co/Q9cdRAaS1t

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The clouds look iffy, but they're predicted to clear a little bit in the next several hours. Remote observing is still on. Original email has info

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Jefferson Driscoll's creative take on RGB processing with @MicroObs JS9-4L image processing tool and data captured last week. #AstrophotoChallenges

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Ryan Manning's M82 RGB processing with @MicroObs JS9-4L image processing software. Tutorials were really helpful. #AstrophotoChallenges

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TJ Jean's RGB processing for M82. Nice color balance. Real data from last week using @MicroObs telescopes #AstrophotoChallenges,

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Colin Fallon's creative processing take on M82 RGB processing. Data captured with @MicroObs data #AstrophotoChallenges,

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Danny El Abboud's M82 processing work with NASA's Microbservatory challenge. Learning a lot about RGB processing. Thanks for the resources @MicroObs #AstrophotoChallenges

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This site is pretty amazing. Listen in on the Apollo 11 communications in real time as they happened 50 years ago. The anniversary of the moon landing is in several days.

https://t.co/5fhJ7vJlPy

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I set up a camera to take a series of exposures from the Glover entranceway during yesterday's storm and caught this.

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A belated happy Fourth of July! Here's Jupiter, in the lower right, with some significant localized light pollution from Sharon, MA on July 3rd.

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Some further moon work with the 12" Meade. Natural colors: the blue areas indicate past volcanic activity and high titanium content, or so the internet tells me.

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Here's the moon after during a break in the clouds today. I've spent some time realigning the optics on the Meade 12" telescope. It's a beast! A special thanks to Mr. D for supporting the observatory with some new collimation tools!

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Check out the Milky Way & stars reflecting off the water on this amazing time lapse by Gao Mo '19. Senior project outing to the Bortle class 3 skies of central NH. No help from Mr. Smith: our seniors are all growns up!

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I was on the cape doing some photography on Fri. and saw this by accident at around 11pm. I thought a major satellite had burned up on re-entry. I tried a couple of photos, but all I got was two 8 sec exposures so it just looks like a shooting star

https://t.co/fM0WjHie2w

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D period astro & friends of D period astro: meet directly at observatory. The gear is already out there.

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D Period juniors bringing home the lunch bag awards for their rockets: conistency, Leadership, Gold medal height, Silver medal height, Infinite time. Missing G. Fitzpatrick, "uncontrollable yaw award"

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Gao Mo's timelapse from Duxbury beach last weekend. Senior project '19. Very cool, Gao!

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Astro A period: We are in Glover 324

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I should talk less. Rockets! and everyone is engaged as I've ever seen them.

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Can I get some mustard and a BBQ for the whiteboard outside the science offices? Well played, seniors, well played.