Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com

The Actual Astronomy Podcast Episode 464 presents Observing Lists and Eyepiece Cleaning. In this episode we talk about a few observing lists Chris is working on for the RASC Observer's Handbook and Calendar plus some Wide Field Wonders.  Shane details his cleaning process for eyepieces.

My little counterweight arrived!

Bought a semi-truck snow brush to clear snow from the rails

Sadly where the roll off rails enter the observatory freezing rain and snow accumulate behind the wheels, builder can fix it but we need warmer weather.

A lot of folks wrote about why the 7-inch wasn’t up in the observatory…this is why since it eats up so much room it is difficult to work in there.

A couple notes on the RASC publications I’m involved with. Due to our postal strike here in Canada we have to delay giving out a copy of my RASC Observer’s Calendar which I edit each year. The good news if you are in the states there is a bundle sale for the Observer’s Calendar and Observer’s Handbook, $44 and with the exchange favouring our American friends it is nearly a buy one get one free situation. 

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