Feb. B-SIG Virtual Presentation -- Sat. Feb. 11th - 1:00pm - "My Amazing Journey to Visit Research Telescopes in Chile"

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Feb. B-SIG Virtual Presentation -- Sat. Feb. 11th - 1:00pm - "My Amazing Journey to Visit Research Telescopes in Chile"

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Hi everybody!

The next virtual B-SIG presentation of the 2022-23 Winter season will be on Saturday February 11th, starting at 1:00pm.

Dave Falkner, ACEAP Ambassador, MAS NASA Ambassador and former MAS President, will be presenting "ACEAP 2022: My Amazing and Unexpected Journey to Visit the Research Telescopes in Chile".

Synopsis:

"Dave was one of 10 people selected nationally to participate in ACEAP (Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program). His talk is about his 11-day experience in December visiting and staying at three major US-owned observatories in Chile: Cerro Pachón (home of the Gemini South telescope), Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope. While at these facilities, Dave and the other ACEAP Ambassadors received extensive training about the instruments, the science, data products, and communicating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) concepts. The program also introduced the ambassadors to the people and culture of Chile. Dave is excited to talk about this amazing experience."

Dave is a man of many hats and a great visual observer. A former US Navy officer, he is presently the MAS Secretary. We are excited to hear about his travels down to the southern hemisphere to learn about these amazing observatories and their telescopes!

To join the virtual event, click this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85373354455?p ... 09#success

We will be open up this link about 10 minutes before the event starts.

We hope you can join us!!

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Re: Feb. B-SIG Virtual Presentation -- Sat. Feb. 11th - 1:00pm - "My Amazing Journey to Visit Research Telescopes in Chi

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Isn't Dave the Secretary?
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Re: Feb. B-SIG Virtual Presentation -- Sat. Feb. 11th - 1:00pm - "My Amazing Journey to Visit Research Telescopes in Chi

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Refr: AP 130mm GTX/SW 120mm/Borg 4"/Unitron 150 4"/Jason 2.25”
Dobs: ATM 16"/Orion 12”
Newts: Cave 8" RFT/Criterion RV6/Astroscan 4"/Orion 3.6" TCT
SNs: Meade 6"/Celestron 5.5"
SCTs: Celestron 9.25"/8”/B&L Criterion 4”
Maks: SW 7"/Quantum 4"/Meade 3.5” ETX
Cass: Vixen 8” VISAC/Simmons 4.5"
RC: MallinCam 10"
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Mounts: CGX/EQ6r-Pro/AVX/GDPX/Porta II
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Re: Feb. B-SIG Virtual Presentation -- Sat. Feb. 11th - 1:00pm - "My Amazing Journey to Visit Research Telescopes in Chi

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Hi everyone,

If you missed last Saturday's amazing presentation by Dave Falkner's of his ACEAP tour of Chilean telescopes, you can watch it here:

https://youtu.be/pj9vB43RT-s

A reminder that all BSIG presentations in recent years are available for viewing on the Minnesota Astronomical Society's YouTube page. Recordings of MAS General Meetings and some imaging process tutorials are also stored there and are available for viewing...

Here is the link to the main MAS YT page:

https://youtube.com/@minnesotaastronomicalsocie173

Suresh
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Refr: AP 130mm GTX/SW 120mm/Borg 4"/Unitron 150 4"/Jason 2.25”
Dobs: ATM 16"/Orion 12”
Newts: Cave 8" RFT/Criterion RV6/Astroscan 4"/Orion 3.6" TCT
SNs: Meade 6"/Celestron 5.5"
SCTs: Celestron 9.25"/8”/B&L Criterion 4”
Maks: SW 7"/Quantum 4"/Meade 3.5” ETX
Cass: Vixen 8” VISAC/Simmons 4.5"
RC: MallinCam 10"
Sol: Lunt 80mm DS/PST
Bino: Vixen 12x80/Nikon 10x50
Mounts: CGX/EQ6r-Pro/AVX/GDPX/Porta II
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