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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br><hr>From: GColwell@portstoronto.com<br>To: supergiant2003@hotmail.com<br>Subject: FW: Comet Lovejoy Lovefest Friday February 20, 2015 7:30 pm at the Observatory<br>Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 15:39:24 +0000<br><br>
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<p class=ecxMsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";"> Gary Colwell
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<b>Sent:</b> February 19, 2015 10:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'announce@hamiltonrasc.ca'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Comet Lovejoy Lovefest Friday February 20, 2015 7:30 pm at the Observatory</span></p>
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<p class=ecxMsoNormal><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Just a reminder of our event tomorrow evening ( weather permitting)  A Lovejoy Lovefest! at the Observatory @ 7:30 pm.  Be sure to bring your telescope or
camera and tripod. Below, Roger Hill has summarized the events coming up quite eloquently</span></p>
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<p class=ecxMsoNormal><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Gary Colwell</span></p>
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<p class=ecxMsoNormal style=""><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";">Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 07:43:29 -0500<br>
From: <a href="mailto:Roger.Hill@hiteach.net">Roger.Hill@hiteach.net</a><br>
Subject: RASC Hamilton - Members Only Three days, four events...<br>
To: <a href="mailto:members@hamiltonrasc.ca">members@hamiltonrasc.ca</a><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";">Three events in the upcoming days you may be interested in.<br>
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First of all, if you want to see a very young Moon, less than 24 hours old, then tonight is your night.  The ecliptic at this time of year in the Northern hemisphere is almost vertical, which means that with good, clear, transparent skies like those forecast
for tonight, a very thin sliver of a Moon just might be found in a darkening sky.  You'll need a good, flat, distant western horizon, and start looking above the point where the sun set with binoculars.  DO NOT start using binoculars until after the sun has
gone down!  Pictures of this could be very difficult to get, but if you manage, I'd love to see them, and publish them in Orbit.<br>
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<span style="background:yellow;">Tomorrow evening, on Friday, February 20 after sunset, expect to see Mars 0.75 above Venus with a nice thin crescent Moon 1.5 to the right.  Put your DSLR on a tripod and zoom right in for this one.  If
it's clear enough, try to get some distant terrestrial building (a barn or silo) in the shot, for a lovely photo.  If you manage it, submit it to me for inclusion in Orbit!</span><br>
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<span style="background:yellow;">That same evening, there will be a Comet Lovejoy observing event at the Observatory.  I believe the starting time is
<span style="color:#1F497D;">7:30 </span>pm, but you may want to get there a little earlier...it looks like it will be clear and the parking lot will fill up quickly!</span><br>
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Lastly, on Saturday evening, February 21, the crescent Moon will occult (pass in front of) Uranus.  The disappearance will occur at the dark limb at 17:48:19 EST.  I'd suggest finding the Moon at least 10, and preferably 15, minutes beforehand.  Binoculars
will be handy for this.  If your camera is capable, I'd suggest a movie.  The re-appearance on the bright limb will happen at 18:45:22 EST.  Again, pictures will be appreciated.<br>
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Roger Hill<br>
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