Meetings
May 17 Imaging Meeting
| May 16, 2018
There will be no formal presentation, but there will be some open discussion about strategies for powering all our imaging gear. We'll be meeting in the hallway behind
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Imaging
April Imaging Meeting
| April 16, 2018
For our April Meeting, bring by any of your new images to share with the group. There also will be a discussion of other future topics. We will
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General Interest
March Imaging Meeting: Imaging at Staunton River
| March 5, 2018
This month’s RAC Imaging Meeting will be held a week early (March 8) due to the Staunton River Star Party occurring during our usual meeting time. We welcome
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General Interest
Imaging Subgroup Meeting: Open Discussion
| February 13, 2018
Join us for this month’s RAC Imaging Meeting at its usual venue in the hallway of the Raleigh Brickhouse AT 7pm. We will not be presenting a topic
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Imaging
January Imaging Meeting: Imaging OTAs
| January 22, 2018
We will be discussing the pros and cons of different types of imaging optics that can be found throughout the hobby of Astrophotography. Any member can bring in
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Imaging
December Imaging Meeting: Plate Solving
| December 15, 2017
We will be meeting in the usual place in the outside hallway of the Brickhouse Restaurant, Thursday December 21. For this months topic, we will have a brief
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Imaging
November Imaging Meeting
| November 15, 2017
Our topic for a rundown of available processing programs for astro-imagers will be tentatively postponed for the December Meeting. Instead there will be an open discussion for new
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General Interest
October Imaging Meeting: Staunton River Imaging Showcase
| October 25, 2017
Last week, a good number of our imagers turned their cameras to a very dark sky in southern Virginia and took some great images. There will be a
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General Interest
September Imaging Meeting: The Technique of Dithering
| September 20, 2017
What is "dithering" anyway? Two nuances that determine good quality images are eliminating camera noise and taming bad sky conditions. "Dithering" is a clever way of toning down
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General Interest
August RAC Imaging Meeting
| August 16, 2017
Join us for this month’s RAC Imaging Meeting at its usual venue in the hallway of the Raleigh Brickhouse AT 7pm. For this meeting, we will be discussing
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July Imaging Meeting
| July 20, 2017
Join us for this month’s RAC Imaging Meeting at its usual venue in the hallway of the Raleigh Brickhouse AT 7pm. We will not be presenting a topic
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General Interest
June Imaging Meeting
| June 14, 2017
Join us at the Raleigh Brick House Restaurant this Thursday at 7pm for our monthly imaging meeting. This month we have no particular topic planned but as always,
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General Interest
May 18 Imaging Meeting: Recent Images
| May 16, 2017
Join us for this month's RAC Imaging Meeting at its usual venue in the hallway of the Raleigh Brickhouse AT 7pm. We will not be presenting a topic
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General Interest
April 20 Imaging Meeting: Solarography
| April 18, 2017
Join us for this month's RAC Imaging Meeting where club member Steve Chirstensen will be talking about his success in solarography which allows dramatic pictures of the suns
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General Interest
| March 14, 2017
Location: The Raleigh Brickhouse Restaurant Royal Hall Date: March 16, 2017 Time: 7:00-9:30pm Please join us for the topic of how Sequence Generator Pro can assist in automating
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