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[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

This from jterry94 (Jeff),

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Joe,

The Illinois Institute of Technology and the Chicago Astronomical Society are holding a workshop in Chicago on Sept 8, 2005. This will be as an adjunct to Astrofest.


I just wanted to let people know about the Macintosh Astronomy Workshop.

One of the things that the workshop is doing is bringing together many of the mac programmers to demonstrate their programs. Macintosh astronomy is really a grass roots effort, almost none of the major commercial programs are available for the mac.

The workshop will have talks from targeted from beginner to advanced. Image collection and processing will be discussed using ccd cameras from Starlight Express and SBIG. Marcos Huerta will be discussing how to use IRAF on the mac.

Anyway, the workshop has opened registration and the announcement is below;
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Hello All,

Registration is now open for the Macintosh Astronomy Workshop.

The First Macintosh Astronomy Workshop will be held in Chicago on Thursday, September 8th, 2005. Registrants can elect to coregister and attend Astrofest. Astrofest is one of the largest star parties in the country. This year over 800 people attended. We will have an area at Astrofest where mac-based demonstrations will be held.

The workshop will feature speakers describing and demoing the features of numerous mac-based astronomy programs. Featured areas will be Image Collection and Processing, Planetarium and Planning Programs, and Telescope Control Programs. While some of the programs are Mac-only, many have Windows versions as well. Much of what you will see is transferable to whatever type of control computer that you use. The image processing tips will be beneficial to all.

mrmac.mr.aps.anl.gov/~macastroworkshop/

Many of the tips and tricks that will be discussed will be of use to all. Feel free to attend if you are a Windows or Linux user.

Jeff

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Thanks Jeff for the info. I don't think there are many Mac users in here, but as it may apply to both platforms, it might be interesting.

[jterry94]

Thanks for posting this announcement. In recent memory, we haven't had many Astronomy-related workshops, imaging, observing, or otherwise. These were quite common events when I lived out west. Quite a few of the speakers have presented at some of these better-known workshops and we are pleased to be able to bring them in. If (When) this workshop is successful, I hope that it will be possible to have more in the future.

Jeff

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Jeff,

Are you involved in this interesting venture in any manner?

[jterry94]

Somehow, I ended up as the both the organizer and one of the presenters at the workshop.

Metal issues, I guess.

Actually, being the organizer isn't too bad. The toughest part has been trying to convince companies to sponsor the event. We could always use a few more but we will make do.

Jeff