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Greetings,

The DSLR Team completed another chat session today concerning their upcoming JAAVSO publication.  This session was extra long (nearly 3 hours).  The chat transcript can be found here.  We will be hosting our next chat session next Saturday, Feb. 11 at 18:00 UTC (1:00 PM Eastern US).

The team's submission to JAAVSO is nearly complete!
Brian

Greetings Everyone,

The DSLR Documentation and Reduction team will host a team meeting in the AAVSO chatroom to discuss the final elements of our publication in JAAVSO on Saturday, Jan 28 at 19:00 UTC (2:00 PM Eastern).

The transcript can be found here.

The chat room can be accessed by pointing your browser here. Details about how to use dedicated chat clients (highly recommended) are here.

Brian
 

In a soon-to-print edition of Sky & Telescope there will be a feature article discussing epsilon Auriage and the contributions from amateur astronomers.  Before that comes out in press there are two podcast interviews between Bob Naeye from S&T and Dr. Bob which can be found in the link below:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/skytel/beyondthepage/Robert-Stencel-on-Epsilon-Aurigae-137116093.html

 

Greetings Everyone,

The DSLR Documentation and Reduction team will host a team meeting in the AAVSO chatroom to discuss our contribution to the upcoming JAAVSO special issue on Thursday, December 22 (due to a power outage and subsequent damage at AAVSO it has been rescheduled to) Wednesday, December 28 at 2:00 PM Eastern (19:00 UTC)Read more

The Mira Fourier Coefficient Team has scheduled two chat sessions to discuss the "to do" items for the upcoming JAAVSO journal article.  The team is truely international so scheduling the chat resulted in early morning times in the US.  The two chats will be held at:Read more

Chat 1:

The ninth issue of the Citizen Sky Newsletter has been released! Take a look and see what we've been up to.

Year 3 of Citizen Sky is underway. Here is an overview of what to expect in the next 12 months. And please remember to keep observing through the Winter!

It has been a while since I last provided a public update on the teams in which I am involved and even longer since I discuss what I've been up to, so in the next few paragraphs I'll summarize these activities. If you are looking for a team, the MIRA and eps Aur History teams I discuss below can always use more members as they have both have large projects on which assistance will be greatly appreicated.

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The DSLR Documentation and Reduction TeamRead more

The eighth issue of the Citizen Sky Newsletter has now been posted!

Mark your calendars: members from the DSLR Documentation and Reduction team will be hosting a second chat on Saturday, March 19 at 11:00 AM Eastern.  If you have questions about using your DSLR camera for photometry, or any portion of our tutorials please plan to attend.  

Although the chat has since ended, you can read the PDF transcript here.  We look forward to seeing you at our next chat!

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