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California Trip - Day 8

Today was a very different day than the last 6 days Gord and I have spent in the Los Angeles region.  The reason?  We attended the Riverside Astronomical Society's second annual Astro-Imaging workshop.  The morning featured a presentation on what makes good astro-images, and was followed up by a presentation on affordable astro-imaging.  Reality though is the affordable part involved at $300.00 piece of software and a $2000.00 imaging camera.

Afternoon was of particular interest since there was a 3-part presentation by an Orion rep about astro-imaging gear, imaging techniques and post-processing techniques.  I must have taken 4 pages of notes (all typed so I can read them).

After the workshop, we met up with Mike Simmons, who was in the area for a presentation/reception across the street from the convention centre where the workshops were taking place, and we had a bite to eat at a local japanese restaurant.

After supper, we went with Mike to the reception, which was, in a manner of speaking, a kickoff for The World at Night, which is a project of Astronomers Without Borders, and also is a Special Project of the International Year of Astronomy.

Many of the people that Gord and I met this past week were there, Mike Simmons from AWB, Stephen J. Edberg from JPL, Alex McConahay and Linda Hoffman from RAS.

Tonight is another 'earlish' night, since the Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show is tomorrow and starts at 9am, but also since we both want to start working our way back onto Winnipeg time.