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Posted 12 September 2024 - 05:21 PM

Hi everyone,

 

Below are links to both the Zoom meeting and the YouTube live stream for each session of the Alt Az Workshop starting tomorrow evening.

 

Also, please note there are several changes to the agenda, which are shown below in italics, and in the attached agenda.

 

This should be fun!

 

Howard

 

(Please note that all times are for the western North American Pacific Time Zone)

 

Friday, 13 September, 2024:   

Zoom meeting link: https://us06web.zoom...mYZAQJ8bhFkvO.1

YouTube live stream link: https://www.youtube....ive/ne11TAlyYQ0

 

4:45 pm - Welcome to Portland XVII and its new format (start of Zoom meeting for day 1) – Howard Banich

5:00 pm – Observing by Sketching – Howard Banich

6:00 pm - Beyond the Celestial Showpieces — what’s next for an intrepid observer – Steve Gottlieb 

 

Saturday, 14 September, 2024 - morning session:

Zoom meeting link: https://us06web.zoom...t1tCbBamDTTAP.1

YouTube live stream link: https://www.youtube....ve/SRLzHJQZIuY 

 

9:25 am - Welcome to Portland XVII and its new format (start of Zoom meeting for day 2) – Howard Banich
9:30 am – 3D Printing 21st Century Telescopes – Robert Asumendi

10:30 am – Sketching at the eyepiece – Cindy Krach 

11:30am – 3-Axis Mount – Tracy Wilson

 

Saturday, 14 September, 2024 - afternoon session:

Zoom meeting link: https://us06web.zoom...tXoakH71afXNr.1

YouTube live stream link: https://www.youtube....ive/B_iydaPErAQ

 

1:30 pm – Recent Advances – Mel Bartels

2:30 pm – Being a Beginner - Getting Started in Telescope Making - Jerry Oltion

Break: 3:30pm – 3:40pm

3:45 pm – Modifying a stock 10-inch telescope – Lauren Wingert

4:45 pm – Making a Shroud for a 30-inch f/2.7 scope – Howard Banich

 

Sunday, 15 September, 2024 - morning session:

Zoom meeting link: https://us06web.zoom...RQFzlkblHLOeJ.1

YouTube live stream link: https://www.youtube....ive/he2bZPzV5k8

 

9:25 am- Welcome to Portland XVII and its new format (start of Zoom meeting for day 3) – Howard Banich

9:30 am – Astrometric speckle interferometry measurements of binaries, and follow up on Gaia newly discovered potential binaries - Russ Genet

10:30 am – Grinding my First Mirror – Cindy Krach

11:30 am – Using Smart Telescopes for Science – Richard Berry  

 

Sunday, 15 September, 2024 - afternoon session: 

Zoom meeting link: https://us06web.zoom...vwm6WTpUFeMj7.1

YouTube live stream: https://www.youtube....ive/jjjog2oma0w

 

2:00 pm – The 1895 McMillin telescope –Alan Silski

2:30 pm – Adventures in Making a 16-inch f/3 Telescope – Rob Brown   

Break: 3:20 pm – 3:40 pm

3:45 pm – The Peter Abrahams Memorial Astronomical History Talk - Fishers Island, and the E. Wilbur Rice Jr. Observatory - John W. Briggs

4:45 pm – Latest Projects - DanGray

 

End of Workshop

 

A couple of things to note - after 100 people sign into the Zoom meeting, anyone after that will be automatically sent to the YouTube live stream. Also, if you do end up watching the YouTube live stream, you won't be able to ask any questions. 

 

The recordings of each Alt Az Workshop session will be posted to YouTube sometime next week, and I'll send out a notice when they are ready. 

 

Howard

 

ps - much thanks to Akarsh who set up the YouTube live stream!

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Edited by hbanich, 12 September 2024 - 05:23 PM.

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Posted 13 September 2024 - 09:38 PM

The first night was a lot of fun!

 

Scott H.




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