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Quarantine – Week Three.
Social Self-distancing Monday 2020/3/30 Found out another acquaintance had died, this time not from the virus. Rest well Marc. Marked science reports. Tuesday 2020/3/31
 More marking today. Looked over presentation for interview. Wednesday 2020/04/01
 Student mentor session in morning, remote job interviewing afternoon. It went well. Thursday 2020/04/02
 Getting ready for the Icon ConserveAtHome talk …
Quarantine – Week Two.
Self Isolating To The MAX! Monday 2020/3/23 Found out an acquaintance had died with symptoms of the virus. Rest well Simon. Clear night – imaged M81 Tuesday 2020/3/24 Didn’t go to donate platelets today. Trains were far too busy to be safe. Kitchen work started. Slow cooker chicken stew for dinner. Wednesday 2020/03/25 Meetings on …
Quarantine – Week One.
Self Isolating before it was popular. Monday 2020/3/16 Went to work for a meeting and to start shutting things down. No announcement had yesterday been made, but it was obvious something was coming. Tuesday 2020/3/17 Stayed home, took part in some teaching chats. Did some admin. Took dog to park. Wednesday 2020/3/18 Sister’s birthday – …
Winter Astronomy
I was really looking forward to the winter of 2019/2020, long dark nights, clear skies, low humidity, and lots of bright deep sky objects to observe and image. I’d planned ahead and worked out what would likely be best seen on what days, and what settings and equipment I’d use to record those archaic photons. …