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--Apple-Mail-107-825104608 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed =A0 The May meeting of the Halifax Centre of the RASC (Royal Astronomical =20= Society of Canada) will be held Friday, May 11th at 8:00 PM in Room L176 of the Loyola Building at Saint Mary's =20= University. A map can be found at the Centre's web site (see below). Members of the general public are =20= welcome. =A0 The main presentation will be: =A0 "The Abbey Ridge Observatory: A Robotic Research Observatory"=A0 =A0 by Dave Lane =A0 In the Spring of 2003 the robotic Abbey Ridge Observatory (ARO) was built not far (but far enough!) from Halifax. Its design consists of many off-the-shelf components, however it also includes many hardware and software features designed by the speaker, the most significant being a unique dome-control system and its automation software "Abbey Ridge Auto Pilot", which was written specifically for ARO. In this talk,=A0Mr. Lane will discuss what was involved in creating a =20= reliable robotic observatory useful for (small telescope) research projects and in doing so will describe and demonstrate (if time permits) its capabilities.=A0 He will also show some of the results obtained relating = =20 to the two projects currently underway: supernovae searching (with the Puckett Observatory World Supernova Search) and observations of (mainly Cepheid) variable stars. =A0 Dave Lane has been the astronomy technician at SMU for nearly 15 years and is presently the 1st VP (national) of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. He also runs a micro-software-company that develops software for amateur astronomers. =A0 National: http://www.rasc.ca =A0 Halifax Centre: http://halifax.rasc.ca =A0=A0_______________________________________________ hfxrasc mailing list hfxrasc@lists.rasc.ca http://crux.stmarys.ca/mm21/listinfo/hfxrasc =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 =3D=3D Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 =3D=3D Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 =3D=3D PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Canada Canada =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 =3D=3D Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 =3D=3D --Apple-Mail-107-825104608 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=ISO-8859-1 =A0 The May meeting of the Halifax Centre of the RASC (Royal Astronomical Society of Canada) will be held Friday, May 11th at 8:00 PM in Room L176 of the Loyola Building at Saint Mary's University. A map can be found=20 at the Centre's web site (see below). Members of the general public are welcome. =A0 The main presentation will be: =A0 <bold>"The Abbey Ridge Observatory: A Robotic Research = Observatory"=A0</bold> <bold>=A0 by Dave Lane</bold> =A0 In the Spring of 2003 the robotic Abbey Ridge Observatory (ARO) was=20 built not far (but far enough!) from Halifax. Its design consists of=20 many off-the-shelf components, however it also includes many hardware=20 and software features designed by the speaker, the most significant=20 being a unique dome-control system and its automation software "Abbey=20 Ridge Auto Pilot", which was written specifically for ARO. In this talk,=A0Mr. Lane will discuss what was involved in creating a reliable=20 robotic observatory useful for (small telescope) research projects=20 and in doing so will describe and demonstrate (if time permits) its=20 capabilities.=A0 He will also show some of the results obtained relating to the two=20 projects currently underway: supernovae searching (with the Puckett=20 Observatory World Supernova Search) and observations of (mainly=20 Cepheid) variable stars. =A0 Dave Lane has been the astronomy technician at SMU for nearly=20 15 years and is presently the 1st VP (national) of the Royal=20 Astronomical Society of Canada. He also runs a micro-software-company=20 that develops software for amateur astronomers. =A0 National:=20 <color><param>0000,0000,EEEE</param>http://www.rasc.ca</color>=20 =A0 Halifax Centre:=20 <color><param>0000,0000,EEEE</param>http://halifax.rasc.ca</color> =A0=A0_______________________________________________ hfxrasc mailing list hfxrasc@lists.rasc.ca http://crux.stmarys.ca/mm21/listinfo/hfxrasc <fontfamily><param>Courier</param> = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Canada Canada = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 =20 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D </fontfamily> --Apple-Mail-107-825104608--
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