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Good Afternoon All

Due to a naming technicality, the Request For Discussion of this
new newsgroup must be resubmitted.

The intent of this post is to encourage and request active
participation by members of SAA in the creation of
sci.astro.ccd-imaging. I can write and submit the documents;
however, I have but one vote. In order for this group to be
accepted, at least one hundred (100) formally submitted email
'Yes' votes over the 'Nays' must be received by the assigned
votetaker ( not me ) .

I am requesting a 'show of hands' as to understand the support
in this effort. Sci.astro.amateur receives over 240 posts on
a busy day; the ones related to CCD photography range from
5 to 15. The creation of this new astronomy branch group will
not alter the information presented on SAA in any measurable
way. It will, however, allow the focusing of posts regarding
this new and expanding area of astronomy.

Thanks for Your support. Please pass the word. Help make
sci.astro.ccd-imaging a reality.

Regards,
Alex Pettit Jr
Orlando Fla.

(the following is the intended purpose and charter)


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PURPOSE:
Astronomical digital imaging and processing is gaining interest among
amateur astronomers. This is due to its ability to effectively see through
night sky light pollution and the increasing availability of less expensive
hardware. The creation of a group for the centralization of digital imaging
information would encourage and assist others in gaining understanding
of this new technology.

While there are groups appropriate for the discussion of digital
astronomy imaging, there is currently no distinct location for
this information. The astronomy related newsgroups sci.astro and
sci.astro.amateur have posting volumes exceeding 125 and 240 posts,
respectively, per day. The creation of this group would allow for the
focus of related postings(currently 5 to 15 per day) to be maintained
within this forum and apart from the diverse base of information
in the existing newsgroups.

CHARTER: sci.astro.ccd-imaging

The newsgroup sci.astro.ccd-imaging would be used by those in the
astronomy field and hobby to discuss related topics in hardware and
software. This would include the techniques and processes related
to the acquisition of the digital data, and the processing of that
data into digital images or quantitative astrometric information.
Explicitly, it would not be the intended purpose of this newsgroup
to be a forum for the posting of image files, but references to their
web page links could be included. However, the posting of these image
links would be for educative and illustrative purposes only , with
information regarding the techniques used to derive and process them
a requirement.

Commercial posts while not prohibited should be short and pertinent.

Binary postings not encouraged.

B. Alex Pettit Jr.
Orlando Florida



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