[Chaos-l] minutes of March CHAOS meeting

[walter fowler]

I wanted to express some appreciation for the great presentation that Mark
Lerch gave about astrophotography with a DSLR camera, 200 mm lens, tracking
device and tripod.  As he pointed out this is a very portable system and
"wide field astrophotography is very forgiving" compared to the more
familiar telescope with CCD camera.  Mark set a good example for other club
members who would be willing to "show and tell" what they have done or are
planning on doing in astronomy or related pursuits.  Give it some thought
and give Jayme or other club officers a date that you might be able to
present at a CHAOS meeting.  We've had some good travel talks in the past
- eclipse chasing, star parties in exotic locations, visits to observatories
(or other planets!).  The sky's the limit (or for those of us in North
Carolina the seeing is usually the limit).  Let's get cracking in the Int'l
Year of Astronomy!  Walter
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