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RAC Outreach Committee Report – May 2024

Updated 2024-05-23 Recent events: Apr. 24 – The Willard Rooftop (Raleigh) Coordinator: Steve B Volunteers: 3 telescopes (Matt, Chris, Bill), 1 floater (Steve) Attendees: 30-40 Recap: After a rainy afternoon, the clouds cleared an hour or so before sunset. We were able to see Jupiter and Uranus briefly after sunset. Orion nebula, globular, and open clusters were also viewed, along with a beautiful near-full moon rising over downtown Raleigh. No luck observing Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in the light haze near the…

RAC Outreach Committee Report – April 2024

General Interest, Public Outreach

Recent events: Mar. 23 – Food Lion Galaxy Nights at Tappahannock, VA Mar. 24 – Eclipse 2024 Primer (virtual) Apr. 5 – SWSP/First Fridays with TLC at Three Bear Acres Apr. 13 – Food Lion Galaxy Nights at Sumter, SC Upcoming events: Apr. 24 – The Willard Rooftop (Raleigh) Coordinator: Steve B Volunteers registered: telescopes: 2/3 floaters: 0/3 Apr. 25 – Githens Middle School STEAM Night (Durham) Coordinator: Matt L Volunteers registered: ? Apr. 27 – Astronomy on Tap Star…

Meeting Minutes December 15, 2023

Club Reports, Meetings

RAC Indoor Meeting Minutes December 15, 2023 Co-Chair Anastasia Vail hosted the meeting in-person at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, as well as virtually using the Zoom platform. 18 meeting participants attended in-person, 8 attended via Zoom. Presentation: “2023 Imaging Showcase” RAC’s Chris Cole lead the club’s imaging group and shared some of their accomplishments from throughout the year! Business Milestones by Co-Chair Naveen Malik Frank – Complete Ring around the sun picture, Moon Dogs Naveen Malik – Got…

Meeting Minutes November 17, 2023

Club Reports, Meetings

RAC Indoor Meeting Minutes November 17, 2023 Co-Chair Naveen Malik hosted the meeting in-person at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, as well as virtually using the Zoom platform. 26 meeting participants attended in-person, 9 attended via Zoom. Presentation: “Astronomy at Glacier National Park” by Doug Lively Business Nominations and Elections by Co-Chair Naveen Malik Nominations for Co-Chair are open. Dana Bostic has been nominated. Nominations open until elections. Online voting opens December 8, closing at the December 15 indoor…

Meeting Minutes August 25, 2023

Club Reports, Meetings

RAC Indoor Meeting Minutes August 25, 2023 Co-Chair Naveen Malik hosted the meeting in-person at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, as well as virtually using the Zoom and Facebook platforms. 17 meeting participants attended in-person, 9 attended via Zoom and 4 attended via Facebook. Presentation: “Science Can’t Wait” by Juan Martinez. Business Milestones by Co-Chair Naveen Malik Steve accidentally deleted his Saturn photos off his dwarf II ALCor announcement by Co-Chair Naveen Malik Dana Bostic has agreed to do…

Meeting Minutes July 28 2023

Club Reports

RAC Indoor Meeting Minutes July 28 2023 Co-Chair Anastasia Vail hosted the meeting in-person at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, as well as virtually using the Zoom and Facebook platforms. 25 meeting participants attended in-person (18 signed the attendance sheet), 16 attended via Zoom and 11 attended via Facebook. Presentation: “Light Pollution – It’s not just bothering the turtles anymore” by RAC member Dana Bostic. Business Milestones by Co-Chair Anastasia Vail Mike Keefe replaced the battery for his EAA…

Meeting Minutes June 09 2023

Club Reports

RAC Indoor Meeting Minutes June 09 2023 Co-Chair Mike Keefe hosted the meeting in-person at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, as well as virtually using the Zoom and Facebook platforms. 26 meeting participants attended in-person (18 signed the attendance sheet), 7 attended via Zoom and 7 attended via Facebook. Presentation: “Searching for Nuggets” by UNC-CH Physics & Astronomy PhD student Derrick Carr. Business Milestones by Co-Chair Mike Keefe Mike Keefe completed observations for the Caldwell Club. Now he needs…

Meeting Minutes May 26 2023

Club Reports

RAC Indoor Meeting Minutes May 26 2023 Co-chair Naveen Malik hosted the meeting in-person at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, as well as virtually using the Zoom and Facebook platforms. 18 RAC participants attended in-person, 17 attended via Zoom and 8 attended via Facebook. Presentation: “Astrophotography: Solar System & Deep Sky Objects” by RAC Co-chair Naveen Malik. Business Milestones by co-chair Naveen Malik Frank Westmorland shared that he has created more 16″x20″ image panels. Club Elections by co-chair Naveen…

Meeting Minutes April 28 2023

Club Reports

RAC Indoor Meeting Minutes April 28 2023 Co-chair Naveen Malik hosted the meeting in-person at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, as well as virtually using the Zoom platform. 18 RAC participants in-person. Zoom and Facebook attendance was not recorded. Presentation: “Where Are All the Aliens” by RAC Co-chair Michael Keefe and ALCOR Doug Lively. Business Milestones by co-chair Naveen Malik Frank Westmorland shared that he volunteered for 3 Statewide Star Party events. Naveen Malik also volunteered for 3 Statewide…

Meeting Minutes March 10 2023

Club Reports

RAC Indoor Meeting Minutes March 10 2023 RAC was invited to attend the Statewide Star Party host planning meeting at Morehead Planetarium and hold its business meeting. The meeting was hosted by Amy Sayle, Morehead Planetarium. 16 RAC participants in-person. Presentation: “Dark Skies Awareness” Business Outreach Committee Update by co-chair Mike Keefe Upcoming outreach events: March 20-26 – Staunton River Star Party March 29 – The Willard Rooftop April 1 – UNC Science Expo at Morehead Planetarium April 7 –…

Meeting Minutes February 10 2023

Club Reports

RAC Indoor Meeting Minutes February 10 2023 Co-chairperson Anastasia Vail hosted the meeting in-person at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, as well as virtually using the Zoom platform. 20 participants in-person, 21 participants via Zoom, 14 participants via Facebook. RAC Announcements by co-chairperson Anastasia Vail Upcoming meetings/events: February 15 – TLC Expo at NC Museum of Natural Sciences February 16 – Imaging Meeting (Comet Processing Strategies) February 23 – STEAM Night at River Dell Elementary School February 24 –…

Discord: Getting Help or Making Suggestions

RAC Member Help

Getting Help or Making Suggestions Note: This guide is for technical help with Discord. For help with astronomy, just ask as you normally would. Note: If you are having trouble getting access to Discord (and these guides are not helping), then the quickest solution is to use groups.io ([email protected]) and ask for support. RAC Discord Ticket System RAC Discord has a ticket system! Use this system to ask a question or make a suggestion. The questions or comments should be…

Discord: Adjusting Notifications

RAC Member Help

Adjusting Notifications Why is Discord Pinging My Phone Every 3 Minutes? Discord can send a lot of notification – and the more active a server, the more notifications. Every time someone posts about anything, in any channel you have access to, Discord may ping every device which has Discord installed. This can get a bit annoying! Adjusting Notifications for the Entire Server at Once Tip: Do this first… Set this to be your default notification level: Right Click on the…

Discord: Getting Server Roles

RAC Member Help

Getting Server Roles Great! You have made it into our Discord server and agreed to the rules. What now? You need to get server roles on your server profile. RAC has 3 sets of server roles for members! #1 – Designate yourself as a club member. Our discord server has special channels for members only. There is still plenty for non-members, too. It is important that you appropriate self identify yourself as a member or not. For the purpose of…

Discord: Introduction to RAC Discord

RAC Member Help

RAC Discord Launched early in 2023, RAC has their own discord server! All club members and their families are invited to join by following the link below. There is no additional cost for this service and we hope it provides an alternative to email communication. What is Discord Discord is a modern version of web bulletin boards and will help RAC keep up with technology just a bit. You can access discord via the web (https://discord.com/app), a download for PC/Mac/Linux,…