Alachua Astronomy Club: ATM Monthly Meetings

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2010 Monthly Amateur Telescope Making & Observers Meetings
A Subdivision of the Alachua Astronomy Club, Inc.
Third Tuesday of Month at 7:00 p.m.)

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Location

Meeting Location

Various — Check Current Schedule Below

E-Mail atm "at" floridastars.org for more info

All monthly meetings are free and open to the public

The AAC monthly meeting meets the second Tuesday of the month

The AAC Executive Council also meets the first Tuesday of the month

Time

Usually 7:00 p.m. ET unless otherwise noted

Purpose

The ATM group is an informal group of AAC members who are interested in amateur telescope making and observing the sky.
Anyone with an interest in ATMing or refining their observing skills is welcome to join.

Objectives

To encourage and facilitate amateur telescope making (ATM)

To encourage and facilitate observing the sky

To obtain guidance and support during their telescope making endeavors or telescope maintenance

To swap and share stuff, and hopefully, to have fun!

If you are interested in Telescope Making, please join us. We chat about gizmos and new toys as well as what may be of interest to all telescopeowners.
ATM Upcoming Meetings/Events

2010 CALENDAR

Date Location Topics

Jan. 19 Bob Lightner
3435 NW 34 Ter., Gainesville, FL
Google Map
Building a barlowed laser collimator. How to turn a mediocre telescope into a great one...

Chuck Broward realized that the collimation of his f5.6 dob has to be spot-on or, "I hate it!" Chuck's going to help us see if a barlowed laser lives up to its claims.

Feb. 16 Howard Cohen
8952 SW 92 Ln., Gainesville, FL
Map Telescope Shoot Out, Winter Star Party Redux & Backyard Photos

David Liles will be returning from the WSP with a spandy new Celestron Edge HD. Before he sends it back, we're going to set it up next to a classic C-8, and see just how much better it is.

We'll also be taking a quick look at innovations, unique hardware and techniques gathered at the 2010 WSP.

Finally, Howard Cohen will show a few slides depicting simple astro photos you can do from your back yard with a camera or small telescope.

Mar. 16 Rich Russin
1018 SW 143rd St, Newberry, FL
Google Map Webcam to Astrocamera...

Taking a page from Gary Honis, Sandon Flowers will show us how to make a dedicated astrocam, starting with an affordable webcam.

Imaging requires targets, and you don't want to waste precious telescope time making decisions, so Mike Toomey will also be demonstrating the SkyTools software.

Apr. 20 Bob Lightner
3435 NW 34 Ter., Gainesville, FL
Google Map
The Sandon-cam on the Moon...lunar photography with a homebrew CMOS camera...

This is a LOG-Lite Session, so Bob O'Connell will be helping us pick interesting features. Now that we have our astrocam/webcam, we're going to do some lunar imaging. We'll also be comparing the Bahtinov focusing mask with Sandon's "Cross Hair" mask.

May 18 TBA TBA

June 15 TBA TBA

July 20 TBA TBA

Aug. 17 TBA TBA

Sept. 21 TBA TBA

Oct. 19 TBA TBA

Nov. 16 TBA TBA

Dec. 11 None — See you in January 2011! None: Holiday Party (date tentative)

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**2010 CALENDAR**
Date	Location	Topics
Jan. 19	Bob Lightner 3435 NW 34 Ter., Gainesville, FL Google Map	Building a barlowed laser collimator. How to turn a mediocre telescope into a great one... Chuck Broward realized that the collimation of his f5.6 dob has to be spot-on or, "I hate it!" Chuck's going to help us see if a barlowed laser lives up to its claims.
Feb. 16	Howard Cohen 8952 SW 92 Ln., Gainesville, FL Map	Telescope Shoot Out, Winter Star Party Redux & Backyard Photos David Liles will be returning from the WSP with a spandy new Celestron Edge HD. Before he sends it back, we're going to set it up next to a classic C-8, and see just how much better it is. We'll also be taking a quick look at innovations, unique hardware and techniques gathered at the 2010 WSP. Finally, Howard Cohen will show a few slides depicting simple astro photos you can do from your back yard with a camera or small telescope.
Mar. 16	Rich Russin 1018 SW 143rd St, Newberry, FL Google Map	Webcam to Astrocamera... Taking a page from Gary Honis, Sandon Flowers will show us how to make a dedicated astrocam, starting with an affordable webcam. Imaging requires targets, and you don't want to waste precious telescope time making decisions, so Mike Toomey will also be demonstrating the SkyTools software.
Apr. 20	Bob Lightner 3435 NW 34 Ter., Gainesville, FL Google Map	The Sandon-cam on the Moon...lunar photography with a homebrew CMOS camera... This is a LOG-Lite Session, so Bob O'Connell will be helping us pick interesting features. Now that we have our astrocam/webcam, we're going to do some lunar imaging. We'll also be comparing the Bahtinov focusing mask with Sandon's "Cross Hair" mask.
May 18	TBA	TBA
June 15	TBA	TBA
July 20	TBA	TBA
Aug. 17	TBA	TBA
Sept. 21	TBA	TBA
Oct. 19	TBA	TBA
Nov. 16	TBA	TBA
Dec. 11	None — See you in January 2011!	None: Holiday Party (date tentative)

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