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EXPEDITION:

Who:
1. Dr. Timothy Young (Associate Professor, Physics Department @ University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA).
2. Dr. Ronald Marsh (Associate Professor, Computer Science Department @ University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA).


Where:

1. World map:
Original map courtesy of: CIA World factbook
2. Country Map:
Original map courtesy of: CIA World factbook
3. Interactive Map:
4. For more about California, visit:



Weather & Climatology:

1. Current Weather:
Click for forecast

2. Current IR Satelite:

Image courtesy of NOAA.

3. Average Cloud Coverage:

Image courtesy of Jay Anderson, University of Manitoba.



Equipment:

Telescopes (on a Alt-Az MiniTower):

  1. Orion 80 mm refractor with Phillips ToUcam Pro II webcam, focal reducer, and Orion solar filter.
  2. One TeleVue 70 mm refractor with Coronado H-alpha filter.
Cameras:
  1. Sony HD Handy Cam with telephoto and rainbow symphony solar filter mounted on Orion equatorial mount (on loan from University of Minnesota Crookston).
  2. Cannon Rebel XT 8M pixel with 300 mm telephoto, UV and solar filter.
  3. One Cannon Powershot S2 IS digital camera.
Computers:
  1. Two laptops.
Miscellaneous:
  1. One Garmin GPS receiver.
  2. One wired router, one wireless router, 100 feet Ethernet cable and several short Ethernet cables.
  3. Miscellaneous power supplies, outlet strips and 100 feet power cable.
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