A Day of Solar Outreach

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A Day of Solar Outreach

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Sharing the sun with the public - a rewarding educational activity:

http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/ ... -view-sun/
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You doing a great work, Bob! I am glad to know about this your activity.

Always nice to see such events!

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Great outreach and interesting to read the article too!


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Nicely done, Bob. I see the Sun is rewarding you with a little solar power there in return.

Great outreach.

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Like that setup Bob well done


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Post by Montana »

Fantastic job Bob :bow :bow :hamster: what a sky! and does that solar panel power the scope and laptop? if so, I want one :D

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Thanks everyone!

Hi Alexandra - yes it does!


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