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                        <title>HEADING TO NEAF or NEAIC</title>
                        <link>https://vtastro.org/community/announcements/heading-to-neaf-or-neaic/</link>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hi members, looking for those heading to NEAF this year, or maybe NEAIC.  
For those not familiar, NEAF is the NorthEast Astronomy Forum and NEAIC is the NorthEast Astro Imaging Conference....]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi members, looking for those heading to NEAF this year, or maybe NEAIC.  </p>
<p>For those not familiar, NEAF is the NorthEast Astronomy Forum and NEAIC is the NorthEast Astro Imaging Conference.    You can find more information at www.neafexpo.com.</p>
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<p>Terri</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://vtastro.org/community/announcements/">Club Announcements</category>                        <dc:creator>Terri Zittritsch</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Telescopes in Hawaii to visit</title>
                        <link>https://vtastro.org/community/announcements/telescopes-in-hawaii-to-visit/</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2022 00:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hello folks,
I just found out that I have a family wedding to go to in Hawaii in November 2022.  I wanted to reach out to VAS to see if anyone has experience/recommendations re: visiting ob...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello folks,</p>
<p>I just found out that I have a family wedding to go to in Hawaii in November 2022.  I wanted to reach out to VAS to see if anyone has experience/recommendations re: visiting observatories there. Any ideas are welcome! This will be my first visit to Hawaii.</p>
<p>Many thanks.</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://vtastro.org/community/announcements/">Club Announcements</category>                        <dc:creator>Monty Markow</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Mars Perseverance is touching down on Mars on Thursday at 3:55 EST</title>
                        <link>https://vtastro.org/community/announcements/mars-perseverance-is-touching-down-on-mars-on-thursday-at-355-est/</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hi all, here&#039;s a link to Nasa Perseverance lander touchdown.  I think this is a live webcast and you yourself can experience the 7 minutes of terror.
 
best,
T]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi all, here's a link to Nasa Perseverance lander touchdown.  I think this is a live webcast and you yourself can experience the 7 minutes of terror.</p>
<p>https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-public-to-share-thrill-of-mars-perseverance-rover-landing</p>
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<p>best,</p>
<p>T</p>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://vtastro.org/community/announcements/">Club Announcements</category>                        <dc:creator>Terri Zittritsch</dc:creator>
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