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SATELLITE COLLISION ARTICLE (02/14/09)

CASTOR'S FOUNDER SPEAKS ABOUT THE SATELLITE COLLISION AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS: Mike Earl was interviewed by Brockville's Recorder and Times newspaper on February 12, 2009 about the recent collision between an American Iridium and a Russian relay satellite. The article appeared in the Saturday February 14, 2009 edition of the Recorder and Times. Image by Ronald Zajac - staff writer for the Recorder and Times.

Many thanks to Mr. Ronald Zajac, staff writer for the Recorder and Times, for the interview and the article!

2009 IYA ARTICLE (02/14/09)

CASTOR'S FOUNDER SPEAKS ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY: Mike Earl was interviewed by Brockville's Recorder and Times newspaper on February 03, 2009 about the International Year of Astronomy and its significance. The article appeared in the Saturday February 14, 2009 edition of the Recorder and Times. Image by Ronald Zajac - staff writer for the Recorder and Times.

Many thanks to Mr. Ronald Zajac, staff writer for the Recorder and Times, for the interview and the article!

BROCKVILLE RECORDER AND TIMES ARTICLE (09/24/08)

CASTOR'S FOUNDER INTERVIEWED BY BROCKVILLE RECORDER AND TIMES: Mike Earl was interviewed by Brockville's Recorder and Times newspaper on September 24 about his two astronomy courses he will be teaching at St. Lawrence College from October 22 to December 10, 2008. The article was featured on page 3 of the September 26, 2008 edition of the Recorder and Times. Image by Kim Lunman - staff writer for the Recorder and Times.

Many thanks to Ms. Kim Lunman, staff writer for the Recorder and Times, for the interview and a wonderfully written article!

BROCKVILLE ROTARY CLUB PRESENTATION (11/07/07)

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CASTOR'S FOUNDER PRESENTS AN ASTRONOMY TALK TO THE BROCKVILLE ROTARY CLUB: Mike Earl had the privilege to talk to Brockville Rotary Club members about the wonders of the night sky on November 7, 2007. Here, Mike is showing the attendees the Great Hercules Globular Cluster (M13). The presentation was entitled: "One Astronomer's Adventure: An Illustrated Journey". Image by Jane E. Yaeger.

CKWS TV INTERVIEW (10/17/07) SEE VIDEO OF THE INTERVIEW THE CASTOR SATELLITE CATALOGUE
	CASTOR'S FOUNDER POSES FOR THE CAMERA: On October 17, 2007, Michael A., Earl was interviewed by CKWS TV (Kingston) to talk about his independent project to detect and track 1,957 individual satellites for Sputnik's 50th anniversary. At that time, 1,764 satellites had been detected. CASTOR would detect its 1,957th on November 13th. Image by Jane E. Yaeger.
	SETTING UP THE EQUIPMENT: This system might look simple, but it was the first in Canada to detect and track over 2,000 satellites in one year. Image by Jane E. Yaeger.
	CASTOR IN ACTION: With Michael A. Earl at the controls, the CASTOR system is manually controlled for the CKWS TV cameras. Image by Jane E. Yaeger.
	CASTOR FOR THE CAMERA: As CKWS looks on, Michael A. Earl manually controls the CASTOR system to track hypothetical satellites. Image by Jane E. Yaeger.
	THE FOUNDER LOOKS UP AT THE SKY: In a pose strictly for the cameras, Michael A. Earl looks into the sky in a searching gesture. The sky was very bright with very reflective clouds, so he was squinting quite a lot. Image by Jane E. Yaeger.
	VENUS SEEN WITH THE CASTOR TELESCOPE: The nearly half phase of the planet Venus was captured through a break in the clouds on the morning of the CKWS interview. Although it was submitted to CKWS, the image was not aired. You have a chance to see it here! Image by Michael A. Earl.

GLENGARRY STARGAZERS PRESENTATION (08/11/07) SEE THE PRESENTATION SLIDES
	SPUTNIK 50TH ANNIVERSARY PRESENTATION AT THE AUGUST 11, 2007 GLENGARRY STARGAZERS ASTRONOMY CLUB MEETING: Mike Earl was honoured to present at the "StarFeast" meeting of the Glengarry Stargazers Astronomy Club in 2007. The image featured the attendees plus myself at the top right rear (with his thumb up). Photo by Richard Alexandrowich. Original photo digitized and processed by Michael A. Earl.
	CASTOR AT THE AUGUST 11, 2007 GLENGARRY STARGAZERS ASTRONOMY CLUB MEETING: Mike Earl brought the CASTOR telescopes and cameras to the meeting to demonstrate real satellite tracking. Original photo by Richard Alexandrowich. Original photo digitized and processed by Michael A. Earl.
	THE GLENGARRY STARGAZERS ASTRONOMY CLUB THANKS CASTOR: This is a thank you card from the Glengarry Stargazers for CASTOR's presentation on August 11, 2007.

STAR PARTIES GO TO CASTOR'S "SKY TOURS" SITE
	THE CASTOR WIDE ANGLE CAMERA IS POINTED AT A NIGHT SKY OBSERVER: This image is of a night sky observer looking through a telescope with the Aquila Milky Way in the background. I used CASTOR's wide field CCD camera to capture this image at the Mill of Kintail Conservation Area in Almonte, Ontario Canada. I have coined these types of images "Attilla" images because the first one I did featured my friend Attilla in the foreground. In fact, this image features Attilla's 25-inch Obsession telescope! Image by Michael A. Earl.
	THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PASSES THROUGH THE CONSTELLATION HYDRA: This image features the ISS as I showed it to the Mill of Kintail Astronomy Course students. I was obtaining images of the ISS as it passed nearly overhead from our location at the Mill of Kintail Conservation Area in Almonte, Ontario Canada. Image by Michael A. Earl.
	THE SAGITTARIUS MILKY WAY: I took this image while conducting the September 2007 Mill of Kintail Star Party. This image clearly shows the majesty of the universe as seen with low light pollution. Image by Michael A. Earl.
	THE MOON SEEN THROUGH DEWED CAMERA LENS: I knew the camera's lens was dewed over when I took this image, but I decided to see what the effect would be. The image was taken near the tail end of the August 2007 Mill of Kintail Star Party. Image by Michael A. Earl.
	STARGAZERS AT THE SEPTEMBER 2007 MILL OF KINTAIL STAR PARTY: At the beginning of the September 2007 Mill of Kintail Star Party, I decided to take several images of the attendees having a god time there. Image by Michael A. Earl.
	TELESCOPES AT NIGHT: This is another image taken at the September 2007 Mill of Kintail Star Party. It features the background stars plus some of the telescopes at the site. Image by Michael A. Earl.

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