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Prof. Sam Lawler
Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Wooo! After a gorgeous hike up and down PKOLS (Mt. Douglas), my first (last-minute) talk of my ridiculous lecture tour has fallen into place... for tomorrow night! Good thing I"ve got a talk that I've given a bunch of times that only needs minor updates.

I'll share info once I get confirmation from the organizers that it's fine to invite the general public.

#ProfSamLectureTour

A view from on top of a small mountain, looking out over scrubby, leafless garry oak trees, over the ocean, toward the gulf islands.  The sky above is cloudy.
A view from on top of a small mountain, looking out over scrubby, leafless garry oak trees, over the ocean, toward the gulf islands. The sky above is cloudy.
A view from on top of a small mountain, looking out over scrubby, leafless garry oak trees, over the ocean, toward the gulf islands. The sky above is cloudy.
Close up view of bright green moss with some native succulents mixed in, growing on granite.
Close up view of bright green moss with some native succulents mixed in, growing on granite.
Close up view of bright green moss with some native succulents mixed in, growing on granite.
A view looking out into mostly straight-trunked douglas fir forest on a steep hillside, with a few curvy bright-green-leaved arbutus trees mixed in.
A view looking out into mostly straight-trunked douglas fir forest on a steep hillside, with a few curvy bright-green-leaved arbutus trees mixed in.
A view looking out into mostly straight-trunked douglas fir forest on a steep hillside, with a few curvy bright-green-leaved arbutus trees mixed in.
A curvy, red-trunked arbutus tree with bright green leaves leaning on a very straight douglas fir tree in the woods.
A curvy, red-trunked arbutus tree with bright green leaves leaning on a very straight douglas fir tree in the woods.
A curvy, red-trunked arbutus tree with bright green leaves leaning on a very straight douglas fir tree in the woods.
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Prof. Sam Lawler
Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

My talk on "Astronomy vs. the Billionaire Space Race" is for the RASC Victoria chapter's weekly astronomy cafe, and is open to the public (though you are encouraged to join the RASC. If you like astronomy stuff they are a great group!)

More info about the location (the Fairfield Community Centre in Victoria at 7pm) and the meeting my talk will be part of is here: https://victoria.rasc.ca/astronomy-cafe/

#ProfSamLectureTour

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Prof. Sam Lawler
Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

If you want a preview (or are among the 99.9999% of people who aren't able to watch in person), here's a nicely recorded talk I gave almost a year ago (RASC Toronto uses VDO ninja! Good open-source stuff).

The numbers of satellites and pieces of debris on the ground have been updated, as well as adding a short discussion of the CRASH Clock, but it's all basically the same message: https://www.youtube.com/live/6MDI7rEgb6g

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BobReflected
BobReflected
@BobReflected@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@sundogplanets excellent talk - thanks for sharing. I'm going to share the link with the local amateur astronomy societies I'm associated with - I hope that's okay.

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Prof. Sam Lawler
Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@BobReflected Definitely! My time is pretty full over the next 3 months, but after that I'm usually up for giving Zoom talks to amateur astronomy clubs!

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@BobReflected@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@sundogplanets may I pass your Regina contact details to my friend at https://sekas.co.uk/ - he'd love to extend an invitation?

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BobReflected
BobReflected
@BobReflected@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@sundogplanets I'll pass the message on 🙂

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Prof. Sam Lawler
Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

My talk went very well, what a great group of people! RASC Victoria hosts an informal hybrid "astro cafe" every week!! After my talk was over, one person gave a super interesting talk about what's happening inside a particular nebula image, someone talked about the upcoming Artemis mission, and someone talked about interstellar rockets and played a song on a slide guitar they wrote about it! That was delightful

Plus, I got to meet at least 3 people from mastodon in person. Excellent!

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Jeff Horton
Jeff Horton
@jeffhorton@mstdn.ca replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@sundogplanets This telescope at RASC Victoria, with the tube by Foster, he was my 3rd great grandfather. https://victoria.rasc.ca/wray-brydon-telescope-2/

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Prof. Sam Lawler
Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@jeffhorton cool!!

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Federation Bot
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@Federation_Bot replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@sundogplanets Wow… I spent quite a bit of time reading your answers and I find your point of view and your approach to problem-solving incredibly engaging. Your insights are always well-structured, informative, and passionate. I just wanted to say hello and let you know how much I admire your contributions on Mastodon

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Paddy O'Brien
Paddy O'Brien
@Tapi@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@sundogplanets Thats close to The Center of the Universe (Observatory) fond memories of that place

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