[Chaos-l] Astro Twitter?

Wed Aug 12 21:00:41 EDT 2009

Chuck,

Excellent idea ... I'm working on an update to the website ... and I'll 
add your ideas.

Robert

Chuck Cook wrote:
> You guys could create a unique hashtag for CHAOS messages and use that 
> for communication. You could potentially even have messages with that 
> tag displayed on the club website.  
>
> Chuck
>
> On Aug 12, 2009, at 8:35 PM, walter fowler <walterfowler at gmail.com 
> <mailto:walterfowler at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> But do we know if Lance Armstrong is going to be looking at the 
>> Jovian moons or the Persiads?  Walter
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:19 PM, E. Allen Davis 
>> <starstorm151 at embarqmail.com <mailto:starstorm151 at embarqmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I like the idea as relates to what Robert is suggesting.  It
>>     would probably be great during the week when most of the time we
>>     cant get together.  allen
>>
>>     E. Allen Davis
>>      starstorm151 at embarqmail.com <mailto:starstorm151 at embarqmail.com>
>>
>>      "M'Illumino              "I am enlightened
>>      D'Immenso"              by the immensity."
>>
>>       -Ungaretti               -Ungaretti
>>
>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>     From: "Mark Lerch" <mark.lerch at quest.com
>>     <mailto:mark.lerch at quest.com>>
>>     To: "E. Allen Davis" <starstorm151 at embarqmail.com
>>     <mailto:starstorm151 at embarqmail.com>>
>>     Cc: mark63clegg at aol.com <mailto:mark63clegg at aol.com>, "Chapel
>>     Hill Astronomical Observation Society" <chaos-l at rtpnet.org
>>     <mailto:chaos-l at rtpnet.org>>, robertnielsen at nc.rr.com
>>     <mailto:robertnielsen at nc.rr.com>
>>     Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:00:13 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
>>     Eastern
>>     Subject: RE: [Chaos-l] Astro Twitter?
>>
>>     The technology here has gone nuts.  yeah, you can do it on cell
>>     phones, send/receive "tweets" on all kinds of devices now.
>>
>>     Personally, I think it's 99% noise.  But in some cases it can be
>>     useful.
>>
>>
>>
>>     -----Original Message-----
>>     From: E. Allen Davis [mailto:starstorm151 at embarqmail.com
>>     <mailto:starstorm151 at embarqmail.com>]
>>     Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:56 AM
>>     To: Mark Lerch
>>     Cc: mark63clegg at aol.com <mailto:mark63clegg at aol.com>; Chapel Hill
>>     Astronomical Observation Society; robertnielsen at nc.rr.com
>>     <mailto:robertnielsen at nc.rr.com>
>>     Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] Astro Twitter?
>>
>>     I guess one can do this on a cell phone?  Does that mean you are
>>     using texting to do that on a phone?  I guess i could also use my
>>     Macbook as long as I had a wireless connection at my house.  allen
>>
>>     E. Allen Davis
>>      starstorm151 at embarqmail.com <mailto:starstorm151 at embarqmail.com>
>>
>>      "M'Illumino              "I am enlightened
>>      D'Immenso"              by the immensity."
>>
>>       -Ungaretti               -Ungaretti
>>
>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>     From: "Mark Lerch" <mark.lerch at quest.com
>>     <mailto:mark.lerch at quest.com>>
>>     To: "E. Allen Davis" <starstorm151 at embarqmail.com
>>     <mailto:starstorm151 at embarqmail.com>>, robertnielsen at nc.rr.com
>>     <mailto:robertnielsen at nc.rr.com>
>>     Cc: mark63clegg at aol.com <mailto:mark63clegg at aol.com>, "Chapel
>>     Hill Astronomical Observation Society" <chaos-l at rtpnet.org
>>     <mailto:chaos-l at rtpnet.org>>
>>     Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:36:50 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
>>     Eastern
>>     Subject: RE: [Chaos-l] Astro Twitter?
>>
>>     You can read someone's updates by just going to their twitter
>>     page, for example, Lance Armstrong:
>>
>>     www.twitter.com/LanceArmstrong
>>     <http://www.twitter.com/LanceArmstrong>
>>
>>     you don't have to join.
>>
>>     He was posting regular updates during the Tour de France, which
>>     were much more valuable to read than what the media put out.
>>
>>     -----Original Message-----
>>     From: chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org
>>     <mailto:chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org>
>>     [mailto:chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org
>>     <mailto:chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org>] On Behalf Of E. Allen Davis
>>     Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:34 AM
>>     To: robertnielsen at nc.rr.com <mailto:robertnielsen at nc.rr.com>
>>     Cc: mark63clegg at aol.com <mailto:mark63clegg at aol.com>; Chapel Hill
>>     Astronomical Observation Society
>>     Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] Astro Twitter?
>>
>>     HOw does one get on Twitter...I hear folks talking about it but
>>     admit I know nothing about this.  allen
>>
>>     E. Allen Davis
>>      starstorm151 at embarqmail.com <mailto:starstorm151 at embarqmail.com>
>>
>>      "M'Illumino              "I am enlightened
>>      D'Immenso"              by the immensity."
>>
>>       -Ungaretti               -Ungaretti
>>
>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>     From: "Robert Nielsen" <robertnielsen at nc.rr.com
>>     <mailto:robertnielsen at nc.rr.com>>
>>     To: "Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society"
>>     <chaos-l at rtpnet.org <mailto:chaos-l at rtpnet.org>>, "E. Allen
>>     Davis" <starstorm151 at embarqmail.com
>>     <mailto:starstorm151 at embarqmail.com>>, mark63clegg at aol.com
>>     <mailto:mark63clegg at aol.com>
>>     Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 10:22:52 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
>>     Eastern
>>     Subject: Astro Twitter?
>>
>>     Everyone,
>>
>>     I had a thought this morning ... spurred on by Alice's mention last
>>     night of the two "Jovian Moon Extravaganza" nights coming up (August
>>     26th and September 2-3).   Since these happen on a Wednesday night, I
>>     probably couldn't travel to a really dark site to view them.  And in
>>     fact, viewing Jupiter from your backyard is completely possible
>>     (assuming you don't have trees or buildings blocking the way).  
>>     But if
>>     I observed in my backyard, I would lose the camaraderie of observing
>>     with other folks.  So ...
>>
>>     I work in the social networking arena, within IBM, and I've always
>>     viewed Twitter as meaningless.   I mean, who sits there and waits
>>     for a
>>     new message on some inane subject to appear on their computer.   But
>>     then I got thinking and could see how Twitter could be useful to
>>     "communicate" during an astronomical event, such as the Jovian moon
>>     transits coming up.   You would need to be "connected" somehow to
>>     Twitter (I don't have a cell phone that would pull it off, so I would
>>     need to be near an Internet connection), but I can do that at home.
>>     But I can almost think it would be fun to be viewing the occultations
>>     and transits and communicating with you folks in realtime ... or even
>>     communicating with other astronomers across the world!
>>
>>     And yes, they do this sort of thing.   If you get on Twitter and look
>>     for "io transit" ... there were people tweeting about a transit last
>>     night.   There was also a "channel" called #meteorwatch related
>>     to the
>>     Perseid meteor shower.
>>
>>     Anyone want to try this 8/26 or 9/2?
>>
>>     Robert
>>
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