Holiday challenge Rowing workout #10: 6099 m Total: 62648 m

Holiday challenge Rowing workout #9: 8120 m Total: 56549 m

It is time for listening to the Nutcracker Suite on loop.

Holiday challenge Rowing workout #8: 6027 m Total: 48429 m

Our manuscript describing the preclinical characterization of XBB.1.5 adapted Covid-19 vaccine (2023 version) has been published. Hopefully, the manuscript with data for this year’s vaccine will come out soon in a couple of months.

Rowing workout #7: 6033 m Total: 42402 m

Woke up to find the first snow of this season.

Voyager 1 (launched in 1977) is about 15.4 billion miles away from Earth right now. It takes just under 23 hours for light to travel that distance. NASA engineers have to wait for 2 days to get a response if they send a command to Voyager 1. 🤯

Rowing workout #6: 6022 m Total: 36369 m

First light with my new ASI2600MC-duo camera. Only 1 hour of North American nebula without any calibration frames. I am impressed with the resolution and clarity compared to ASI533MC. Still need to work on calibration for the guiding camera to make it better.

Organizations that I supported on this GivingTuesday:

South Korea is providing a preview of what will happen in the USofA some time in 2025.

Rowing workout #5: 6025 m Total: 30347 m

Rowing workout #4: 6023 m Total: 24322 m

Saturday night was our monthly open-to-public viewing night with Lyme Land Trust astronomy group. One of the visitors was Liam Corrigan who was on the Men’s rowing team that won Olympic gold medal in Paris. It was my first time to shake hands with an Olympic gold medalist.

Rowing workout #3: 7021 m Total: 18299 m

Rowing workout #2: 6025 m Total: 11278m

Participating in this Holiday challenge by Concept2.

First workout today. 5253m Total: 5253m

Thanksgiving plans cancelled due to a Covid situation. ☹️

Preparation for tomorrow has begun.