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2024lctgmeetingchats [2024.04.03 09:17] Steve Isenberg2024lctgmeetingchats [2024.04.03 09:19] Steve Isenberg
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 10:02:55 From Bob Primak to Everyone: 10:02:55 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
  That airs tonight on PBS-2.  That airs tonight on PBS-2.
-10:04:55 From Barry Kort to Everyone: 
- Reacted to "That airs tonight on..." with 👍 
 10:05:37 From Bob Primak to Everyone: 10:05:37 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
  Great American Eclipse  Great American Eclipse
  Explore the spectacular cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse.  Explore the spectacular cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse.
- PREMIERES: 4/3/24 + PREMIERES: 4/3/24 8pm
-10:07:10 From Bob Primak to Everyone: +
- 8:00 PM +
-10:10:28 From Barry Kort to Everyone: +
- Reacted to "Great American Eclip..." with 👍+
 10:12:04 From John Rudy to Everyone: 10:12:04 From John Rudy to Everyone:
- See Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.  Chapter 6 the eclipse+ See Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.  Chapter 6 is the eclipse
 10:19:28 From Barry Kort to Everyone: 10:19:28 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
  In the Lewis & Clark Expedition, they relied on a predicted eclipse that would occur when they were in the Montana Territory to calibrate their clock and fix their exact position on that day, thus improving the reliability of their map making along the journey.  In the Lewis & Clark Expedition, they relied on a predicted eclipse that would occur when they were in the Montana Territory to calibrate their clock and fix their exact position on that day, thus improving the reliability of their map making along the journey.
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  But the stars would come out during totality, like they do at night  But the stars would come out during totality, like they do at night
 11:19:56 From John Rudy to Everyone: 11:19:56 From John Rudy to Everyone:
- Anecdotally, I just heard there was a spike in births 9 months after the Chicago Cubs won the World Series.  Might the same be true with eclpses.   Or is this bogus?  Probably+ Anecdotally, I just heard there was a spike in births 9 months after the Chicago Cubs won the World Series.  Might the same be true with eclipses.   Or is this bogus?  Probably
 11:21:01 From Bob Primak to Everyone: 11:21:01 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
  A nova, not comet, will be present possibly during this eclipse.  A nova, not comet, will be present possibly during this eclipse.
2024lctgmeetingchats.txt · Last modified: 2024.07.04 07:48 by Steve Isenberg