Zoom meeting Sunday 8th May 18:00 UTC

[Montana]

Just a reminder that we have a Zoom chat meeting on Sunday at 18:00UTC. Although, where has the meeting post gone? I'll look for it.

With thanks to Nic Spencer for arranging this, we have a special guest star lined up to come to chat with us, Sam Cornwell the developer of Solarcan.

So please come and join the discussion and enjoy the delights of 6 month solar imaging in a can

Alexandra

[ffellah]

Thank you Alexandra and Nic for setting this up. I already ordered a Solarcan, I think it will be a fun project ! remember May 8th is Mother's Day.

Franco

[Montana]

Thanks Franco, yes, Stephen said he is on the Mother's day thing so I'll be hosting.

I'll create a link and post here later

Alexandra

[rigel123]

Will miss this one, off celebrating 50 years of married bliss, have a great meeting! Would love if it could be recorded for later viewing!

[Montana]

Is Sunday a bad day this month as it is Mother's day in the US? can we get an idea of numbers and whether you vote for this to be delayed until Sunday 15th May or not. It would be a shame for him to come to chat with 3 of us

Let me know whether you would prefer 8th May or the 15th?
Alexandra

[nicspenceryork]

Sam isn’t free on 15th but can be available other dates 🤞

[rigel123]

I won’t be available on the 15th either (special trip!) but don’t let that stop you if you can get enough people.

[Bill_C]

I will be attending thanks for organizing
Bill

[Montana]

Thanks Bill

I'm unsure whether we should postpone to the 2nd Sunday in June if half the audience are busy with Mother's day. Any suggestions or should we go ahead anyway?

Alexandra

[arnedanielsen]

I'm able to attend on both 8th and 15th.

Best regards,
Arne

[MapleRidge]

I should be able to attend this Sunday if that is the preferred date.

Brian

[Montana]

OK, we will carry on with this Sunday 8th May, I'm looking forward to it. Please attend as it should be really interesting. I'll try and record it but having never done this before I might not know how to post it afterwards but I am sure there are plenty here that can help.

Alexandra

[nicspenceryork]

That’s great news, really looking forward to seeing you all and hearing more from Sam.
Will it be the same zoom link details as usual so I can forward them to Sam?
Nic

[ffellah]

Unfortunately I will not be able to make it due to Mother’s Day celebration but look forward to watching the recording if one is made. Thank you for organizing this.

Franco

[Montana]

I'll post a new link tomorrow from my account, not Stephen's recurring one. I'll do this tomorrow so there is less chance of getting spammers.

I don't think there will be many of our US friends though

Alexandra

[rsfoto]

Hi,

Great but I am confused now. 18:00 UTC is in Mexico local time 12:00 or 13:00 hours ? According to a World Clock Mexico is -5:00 hours ¿? but remember once it was -6:00 hours. Totally confused and getting old

I guess I will connect at 12:00 local time and see what happens

[Montana]

Does this help Rainer
https://greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone ... xico/time/

Alexandra

[PaulB]

OK, we will carry on with this Sunday 8th May, I'm looking forward to it. Please attend as it should be really interesting. I'll try and record it but having never done this before I might not know how to post it afterwards but I am sure there are plenty here that can help.

Alexandra

Do we have the Zoom details please?

[Bill_C]

I believe Alexandra will m Sunday morningpost the

[Montana]

Hello the Zoom details are here

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/93484015898
Meeting ID: 934 8401 5898
Passcode: 103021


Alexandra

[Montana]

It was fantastic to see everyone tonight and thanks for coming. A big thank you to Sam from Solarcan for coming to talk to us.

I hope this is a recording that everyone can see. I have never posted a link before.

https://btcloud.bt.com/web/app/share/invite/3MyhEeH1oI

A YouTube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Megl6QvnHao

Alexandra

[MapleRidge]

Hi everyone...

Sorry to have missed the meeting, but last minute changes to Mothers Day plans here trumped my plans

I would have liked to see everyone and listen to the Solarcan presentation too...will have to check the recording.
Thanks for posting it Alexandra.

Brian

[nicspenceryork]

Solarcan rotation & Solartrail

369CEB63-1DBE-44D8-8303-E41FF0567010.jpeg (88.91 KiB) Viewed 1488 times

Here are a couple of images to show you.
The first is the one Sam referred to where I rotated a solarcan by 60° every month for 6 months. The second is a Solartrail where I wore a pinhole camera on my hat all day (not even joking!) when I volunteered to help the artist Marissa Blossom on Instagram (@solartrails). Others have worn them on a shoe or fixed them to their dog’s harness! The opportunities are endless…
Really enjoyed the presentation by Sam & delighted to hear you did/will too. Looking forward to seeing all the results,
Nic

[Montana]

Wow!! these are weird!! You have really opened my eyes because up until now I have always done this in a very boring and regular way. I've done it twice and both times left it in the same place for 6 months

Alexandra
Solarcan 2020 negative by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

2019-12-24 Solarcan v3 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

[nicspenceryork]

Ha ha I’ll take weird as a compliment!
Your two are lovely with enviable reflections 👏 and having done them in similar positions, you’ve given us the perfect opportunity to compare them and ‘read’ the weather conditions captured.
My first ever missed the midsummer peak because I didn’t do the 30ish degree tilt. It picked up random light reflections from the changing position of the car on the path which was great. My second got the whole solargraph but didn’t pick up the carefully chosen setting being obscured by a surprise maize crop!
I’ve got two Solarcan Colours in progress one aimed at a leafy tree and the other, of particular excitement (!) over a fishing lake to try to catch reflections!
Nic

[ffellah]

Thank you Alexandra and Nic for posting the link and images. Sounds like you had an interesting meeting.

Franco

[pedro]

Hi there

I was unable to join the meeting yesterday. Thanks Alexandra for the recording

[EGRAY_OBSERVATORY]

VERY INTERESTING & INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION FROM SAM OF SOLARCAN.

THANKS NIC, ALEXANDRA AND ESPECIALLY SAM FOR THE GREAT EFFORTS..

TERRY

[DeepSolar64]

Sorry I missed the meeting. I was just too busy to pull away.

James.

[Carbon60]

Excellent images Nic and Alexandra. I’m going to set mine up this June, but probably just fixed to a drain pipe and see how it goes. I might get more creative next time.

Stu.