NEWSLETTER OF THE VANCOUVER CENTRE RASC

Merritt Star Quest 1

National Council Report 2

President�s Message 3

Observing Sites 4

Upcoming Events 6

Varsavia Occultation 7

2004 Council Nominations 9

Ken Croswell Lecture 10

Members� Gallery 11

Looking Ahead

Remember, you are alwayswelcome to attend meetings ofCouncil, held on the first Tues-day of every month at 7:30pmin the G.S.O.

Nov 11: Gaelen Marsden ofthe UBC Astronomy Dept. onthe BLAST project.

Dec 9: AGM. Speaker TBD.

Next Issue DeadlineMaterial for the January Novashould submitted by Monday,Jan. 5, 2003. Please send sub-missions to:Gordon Farrell(gfarrell@shaw.ca)

Merritt Star Questby Jim Failes

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VOLUME 2003 ISSUE 6 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2003

Back from the inauguralMerritt Star Quest. I�ll try not tomake those of you who didn�t gofeel too bad.

The site is excellent. I�m toldthere was a last minute change oflocation at the request of DouglasRanch, but if the original site wasbetter, it must be awfully good.The site we used, between a smalllake bordered by aspens and alarge cattle corral, afforded morethan enough level ground forseveral dozen attendees, theircampers and telescopes. Althoughthe site is in a bit of a hollow withgrasslands sloping upward on allsides, the horizons are virtuallyuncompromised. A hill in thesoutheast rises several degrees, butthe very low horizon just west ofsouth affords views almost to thetheoretical limit of southdeclination (upslope to the norththere are roadside areas that havethe best potential for Messiermarathon observing I�ve seen insouth central BC). Rare and distantlights from cars on the main accessroad were not a factor.

Quite apart from its astro-practicality, the landscape is

picturesque. Twilight Saturdaywas particularly beautiful�Marsrising above golden aspens on thefar shore of the lake, while awillow-thin crescent moondisappeared below pink andorange cloud wisps in the west.

Aside from a few thickets oftrees on the nearby hills, the areais open grassland. Near the corral(empty, incidentally) there isenough flat ground for severalhundred telescopes. As at Mt.Kobau, the ground is �mined� withcow patties, but�at least this timeof year�they have virtually allturned to dust. Speaking of dust,there was no significant problemwith the ground dust while I wasthere, but under windierconditions, it would be an irritant.There isn�t a lot of exposed dirt.The land is almost entirely coveredin grass, which certainly helps. Ican�t imagine things being muchdrier than they were, so I assumethis was as bad as it gets.

After dusk, I wandered freely,taking pictures of familiarconstellations over this new (forme) territory. It was calm

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National Council Report � October 2003

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by Bob Parry,1st National Repand Pomponia Martinez,2d National Rep

The meeting following the GAnever promises to be a particularlyspecial meeting, and this meetingwas no different. There were nocontentious issues to deal with,however that did not mean thatsome are not on the horizon.

The first issue dealt with wasregarding travel policy forCommittee Chairs. The FinanceCommittee will assess the impacton the budget and report to thenext meeting in March. Many ofthe Chairs are National Reps orhave another official positionwithin the RASC so there isoverlap.

National Office now has apermanent web connection whichis much faster and moreconvenient for Bonnie. Nationalhas changed their e-mail addressin order to reduce the impact ofjunk email and other unsolicitedtraffic. One particularly bad dayhad only 10% of the email being

RASC related.The only contentious issue

arrived with the Treasurer�sReport. As most of realize by nowthe Canadian Dollar has risendramatically against the US$. Theresult has been that although salesof our publications in the US haveremained about the same as in thepast, revenues are down by$30,000. This, along with areclassification of our status withthe Post Office and a huge increasein Insurance costs, means that wewill run a deficit for the fiscal year2003.

In order to try and reduce thecosts somewhat, Pomponia didsome research on what wasactually required to be in theAnnual Report. The costs of theReport, while not as high as acouple of years ago, is still a veryheft $9,648. Pomponia�ssuggestions were to put the basicnecessities into the report and havethe human interest and otherarticles move to the Journal. Thesesuggestions would have resulted ina savings of $2,500 a year. A

motion was made, however it wasdefeated. We both feel this wasunfortunate and a little shortsighted on Council�s behalf asthese and other decisions are goingto have to be made.

The Finance Committee willaccess the impact of the exchangerate and insurance increases inorder for Council to be preparedfor the upcoming Budget Meetingin March.

The insurance situation for theSociety has changed recently. Ourprevious policy will not berenewed by the Company. Ouragent has been looking for anothercompany and has found one,however the costs will beapproximately $10,000/yearMORE than we have been paying.This is not because of any claimsby the Society; it is a general trendin the insurance business.

The Publications Committeehas recommended that prices forthe Handbook, Calendar andfuture publications be quotedwithout shipping costs included.

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2003 VancouverCentre Officers

PresidentBill Ronald 604-733-7036ronaldb@shaw.caVice-PresidentNicole van den Elzen 604-501-2656nicole@deepskyobjects.caSecretaryRon Jerome 604-298-3292jerome3292@shaw.caTreasurerMarc Verschueren 604-986-1485marcver@shaw.caLibrarianWilliam Fearon 604-939-1895williamfearon147@hotmail.comNational RepresentativesPomponia Martinez 604-215-8844pomponia@telus.netBob Parry 604-215-8844robpar@telus.netMembershipDan Collier 604-732-6046Chair, CARO CommitteeBob Parry 604-215-8844Director of TelescopesPhil Morris 604-734-8708Public RelationsNorman Song 604-299-7924norman_song@telus.netSpeakersBarry Shanko 604-271-0615barry.mail@intouch.bc.caMerchandisingDoug Montgomery 604-596-7058moondoug@home.comNova EditorGordon Farrell 604-734-0326gfarrell@shaw.caWebmasterJason Rickerby 604-502-8158rickerby@dccnet.comGreeterGreg Price 604-377-5547glm-price@telus.net

TrusteesSally Baker 604-324-3309Lee Johnson 604-941-5364

About RASCThe Vancouver Centre, RASC

meets at 7:30 PM in the auditoriumof the H.R. MacMillan Space Cen-tre at 1100 Chestnut St., Vancou-ver, on the second Tuesday of everymonth. Guests are always wel-come. In addition, the Centre hasan observing site where star par-ties are regularly scheduled.

Membership is currently $51.00per year ($26.00 for persons under21 years of age) and can be ob-tained by writing to the Treasurerat the address below. Annualmembership includes the invalu-able Observer�s Handbook, six is-sues of the RASC Journal, and, ofcourse, access to all of the clubevents and projects.

For more information regardingthe Centre and its activities, pleasecontact our P.R. Director.

NOVA, the newsletter of theVancouver Centre, RASC, is pub-lished on odd numbered months.Opinions expressed herein are notnecessarily those of the VancouverCentre.

Material on any aspect of as-tronomy should be e-mailed to theeditor, mailed to the address onpage 5, or uploaded toSpaceBase� at 604-473-9358, 59.

AdvertisingNova encourages free use of itsclassified ads for members withitems for sale or swap. Notify theeditor if you wish your ad to run inmore than one issue.

CommericalRates

1/2 Page: $25.00 per issueFull Page: $40.00 per issueRates are for camera-ready, orelectronic files. Payment, bycheque, must accompany ad ma-terial. Make cheque payable to:RASC Vancouver Centre.

President�sMessage

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This final NOVA of 2003gives us a chance to reflect on abusy and exciting year. TheVancouver Centre achieved a lot,even though our two sidewalkastronomy evenings were cloudedout. We more than made up for thatloss with outreach events such asthe close encounter with Mars, thePerseid meteor shower, theManning Park outreach, and manyothers. This year, members of ourCentre have shared the excitementof astronomical observing withliterally tens of thousands ofpeople. Again, I would like tothank all of those who donatedtheir time and shared theirequipment. This achievement waseven more impressive consideringthat so many of you alsovolunteered at the GeneralAssembly and helped make it suchan outstanding success.

I would also like to commenton the strong relationships, whichwe have continued to strengthen,with other organizations in ourastronomical community. TheH.R. MacMillan Space Centre hasalways worked with us on mutualprojects, and this cooperationcontinues and grows. For example,our Centre has been asked todesignate a member to sit on theirProgramming & EducationCommittee. The GreaterVancouver Regional District hasincreased the astronomy-basedprograms in their Parks and ourCentre has been an important part

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Observing Sites

Dale McNabb Observatory inAldergrove Lake Park (RASC Van-couver Centre's regular viewingsite)Contact Mike Penndelton (604-888-1505) or Howard Morgan(604-856-9186)

Site of the annual star party organ-ized by the RASC Vancouver Cen-tre

Site of the annual Mt. Kobau StarParty organized by the MountKobau Astronomical Society

Site of the regular Thursday nightstar party. On the dike at the footof 72nd St.

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ASTROCOMPUTINGSpaceBase� (604-473-9358,59).Affiliated since 1992 with RASCVancouver, our link to RASC Net,RASC Members only chat area.Future data distribution hub forCARO Project. Features includelatest HST images, current worldspace news and astronomy pro-grams. Provides a file uploadingfacility for submitting articles andimagery to Nova.

LIBRARYThe centre has a large library ofbooks, magazines and old Nova�sfor your enjoyment at the GSO.Please take advantage of this clubservice and visit often to check outthe new purchases. Suggestionsfor future library acquisitions areappreciated.

RASCVC on the Internethttp://members.shaw.ca/rascvan/or http://www.rasc.ca/vancouver

H.R. MACMILLANSPACE CENTRE

The Pacific Space Centre Societyis a non-profit organization whichoperates the H.R. MacMillan SpaceCentre and Gordon M. SouthamObservatory. Annual Membership($30 Individual, $65 Family) in-cludes a newsletter, Discounts onSpace Camps, special programsand lectures, Vancouver MuseumDiscounts, and free admission tothe Space Centre. Admission to theSpace Centre includes: Astronomyshows, Motion Simulator rides,multimedia shows in GroundStationCanada, and access to the CosmicCourtyard Exhibit Gallery. For Mem-bership information, call MahiJordao at 604-738-7827, local 237for information. You can also reachthem on the Internet at http://www.hrmacmillanspacecentre.com/

MEMBERSHIPHAS ITS

PRIVILEGES!New members, did you know?

The Vancouver Centre has 8 tel-escopes available for loan free ofcharge! We have telescopes rang-ing from 60mm to 10" diameter.For more information see Phil Mor-ris, Director of Telescopes in thelobby of the GSO after the mem-bers meeting. All telescopes areto be picked up and returned at theGSO. The loaner period is for onemonth, to be returned after the nextmeeting. Telescopes are not al-lowed to circulate outside of thesemeetings. You can now reserve 2different telescopes per year anduse what is left at the end of themeeting anytime. Phil can bereached at 604-734-8708.

Your greatest opportunity as amember of the R.A.S.C. is to takeadvantage of the company of otherenthusiasts to increase your knowl-edge, enjoyment and skill in as-tronomy.

The best thing you can do togain the most from your member-ship is to get active! Take in theclub meetings; engage other mem-bers with questions; come out to ob-serving sessions (also known as�star parties�), and, by all means,volunteer to take part in our manypublic events.

Observing takes place at theDale McNabb Observatory in theAldergrove Lake Park, located inLangley, on 8th Avenue, just eastof 272nd Street. We are there mostclear nights. Contact MikePenndelton at 604-888-1505 orHoward Morgan at 604-856-9186.

RASC1100 Chestnut Street

Vancouver, B.C.V6J 3J9

604-738-2855

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Upcoming EventsDecember9 � AGM

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throughout the night andamazingly temperate for lateSeptember. I didn�t have to delveinto my hard-core cold weathergear at all, but I hear the Fridaynight was much cooler.

There were no guest speakertalks that I know of. Informalceremonies at dusk includedthanks to those who allowed useof the site and a door prize draw.

There was quite a variety ofscopes at the event, with aconcentration�not surprisingly�on the larger apertures suited todeep sky observing. There were atleast four telescopes of 16" orlarger and, I believe, one C-14.

Some cloud that lingered afterdusk disappeared before midnight

and the rest of the night waspristine. Dim light domes fromMerritt, Kamloops, Vernon andKelowna did not interfere with anybut the lowest observationstowards those towns. Thetransparency was excellent, andthe darkness passed most if not allof Alan Whitman�s tests. I couldsee the dark E in Aquila, theGegenschein and�in the weehours when my eyes werethoroughly adapted�the ZodiacalBand. M33 was tough, but visiblewith averted vision (I blame myaging eyes for having such a hardtime on the Triangulum spiral. I�msure I used to see it much moreeasily 20 years ago). With mybinoculars, I had an easy timeseeing things like M101, the Helix

planetary, and M31�s two brightestcompanions. The Andromedagalaxy itself was magnificent,spanning most of the binocularfield�gleaming right through itsaudience of foreground stars. Lateat night, when it was almostoverhead, I could see M74 withlittle difficulty.

Merritt Star Quest, if itcontinues to be held at this site,promises a lot of great observingin the years to come. My thanks tothe organizers, particularly Nicoleand Rene van den Elzen and PaulGreenhalgh, who put in atremendous amount of work, andwere rewarded with an excellentevent. !

Complete set of Celestron CG-11scope.For private sale. The equipment isin excellent, like-new condition,and it has never been moved out-doors. I am looking for best offer.The scope includes:- 11" scope, 2800mm f/10, withStarbright Coatings and lens cap.- G-11 Equatorial Mount (weight31 lbs.) (weight-bearing 60 lbs),both axes driven by a 5.6" diam-eter 360 tooth worm gear.- Losmandy Tripod - semi-pier, 6"diameter central column, all alu-minium, removable legs.

- LED 8x50 finder scope forstraight-through or right angleviewing,- Visual Back 1-1/4".- 30mm 1-1/4" Celestron Ultimamulti-coated ocular + 15mm LVmulticoated ocular + 10mm LVmulticoated ocular.- Novel LED-illuminated PolarAxis Finder with star patterns forboth hemispheres.- Star Diagonal- Centrol column (tripod head), andremovable Electronic Console.- Hand control unit- 17-1/4" counterweight bar and 2

counterweights, 11 lbs. each.- 12 ft 12V cigarette lighter cord.- Deluxe hard storage case forequatorial head.- Footlocker-style case for scope.- Instruction manual, and other ac-cessories.Interested parties please call Jamesat 604-716-1261 for further details.

Wanted: Tripod to fit �60s-�70sCelestron C8. Contact Phil Morrisat 604-734-8708 or RASC-VC.

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Varsavia Occultationby Dan Collier

These just came in from FrankAnet (UCLA, of behalf of IOTA)via Jeremy Tatum in Victoria, BCcoordinator for July�s Varsaviaoccultation event. Frank analyzedour occultation tapes frame byframe to come up with the R andD numbers. Compare them withmy estimated timesat the end of thisarticle. Forcomparison, BillRonald�s timings hada much better S/Nand an error of ±0.02 s.

Tape �E� refersto Phil Morris�camcorder (rescuedfrom a dumpster)and the GSO�s 17-inch Dobsonian. Thelarge aperture savedthis observationsince the camcorderwas not verysensitive at all.

Tape �F� refersto the GSO�sintensified TVcamera and zoomlens.

(4) Collier �s tape (VHStape, tape E)Location: Lat 49° 16� 31.86�,Long -123° 08� 36.0�, Alt 9m.A bit dim so the S/N ratio isnot very good. The audio isgood (after filtering). Theerror is about ± 0.03 s.

The times are: D at 06 h 02m 55.01 s, R at 06 h 2 m56.11 s.The duration is 1.10 s.(5) Collier�s tape (VHStape, tape F)Video from a wide-fieldview (includes Arcturus)taken with an intensifier.

The scintillation from theintensifier and the dimnessof the star at the FOV leadsto poor accuracy, with anerror of the order of 0.1 s. Idid not do a detailedanalysis, but the data isconsistent with those intape E taken at the samesite.

Here are the numbers as theywere published in IOTA�spreliminary report back in Augustbefore the tapes had been fullyanalyzed. As you can see they didnot change much.

Observer 13, Dan Collier,MacMillan Space Centre,

Vancouver, BCLong -1230837.3 Lat+ 4 9 1 6 3 1 . 6Elev 9m0 6 : 0 2 : 5 5 . 0D i s a p p e a r( U T C )0 6 : 0 2 : 5 6 . 1Reappear

Our �chord� onthe included imagewas based on thelatter figures. It istechnically out ofdate, but as far as theGSO�s timings areconcerned thedifferences arenegligible. You canpick out the GSO�stwo chord-

endpoints near the left edge withthe label �13� on them. Theendpoints (blue and purple o�s) arejust to the upper left of the labels.The GSO�s timings are joined witha red line.

Thanks to everyone whohelped out that night, includingHoward Gazes, Michael Jensen,Phil Morris, Sean Roddick, BillRonald and Marc Verschueren. !

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of that. In return, we have receivedincreased access to the GVRDParks. We have also worked incooperation with the Fraser ValleyAstronomers Society, to share thebeauty of the night skies with thepublic. Finally, we have thesupport of the local universitieswho continue to supply us withmany excellent speakers who keepus up to date on the latest excitingdevelopments in astronomicalresearch. In particular, we thankthe University of British Columbiafor sponsoring us for the recentGA2003.

We are also approaching ourown Annual General Meeting. OurNominating Committee hasproposed a full slate of officers forthe coming year and this isincluded elsewhere in this

newsletter for your consideration.It is of course only a proposed slateand if you are interested in joiningthe Council next year, you shouldcontact Lee Johnson, theChairman of the NominatingCommittee.

Finally, I would like to appealonce more for help in two veryimportant areas. First, we are stilllooking for people to help inorganizing our volunteers forpublic outreach events. This doesnot need to be a full-time Councilposition, but rather perhaps aphoning committee to help getmembers and their equipment outto the events.

The second area is lightpollution abatement. Lightpollution and energy conservationare becoming very importantpublic issues and we have had

enquiries from local politicians,the public and the news media. Asa group who has an interest inpreserving dark skies, we shouldbe ready to supply information toall of them. This does not need tobe a full-time job by just oneperson, but rather it could be doneby a small group who collect theappropriate data and are ready toanswer questions publicly. I havespoken to some members whohave a passion for dark skies butdon�t feel they have the time totake on such a big job. I think thatif several of you got together andeach took on a small part of it, youwould be amazed at what youcould achieve. Please think aboutit and don�t be afraid to get at leasta little bit involved.

� Bill Ronald !

This is in line with most otherpublications and products. Theonly exception is for the newSkyways publication. This wasbecause it had already beenpublished as such and will remainthat way until a new issue ispublished.

The Membership andPromotions Committee presentedthe new Seal as designed by ourown Dan Collier. This was wellreceived and will become the newSeal and Logo for the RASC.There is some legal stuff becausethe current Seal is registered butthat is a formality. The current Sealis very difficult to have reproducedfor promotional items like T-Shirtsand Coffee Mugs and such as we

found out during the GA.Congratulations Dan for all thehard work.

On the Real Astronomy front,the Observing Committee will nowbe the ones that issue ObservingCertificates on behalf of theRASC. This includes the Messierand Finest NGC Certificates. Inthe past, the National Secretaryissued them after the Committeerecommendation. This took longerthan necessary and made for morework for the National Secretary.

Let us not forget InternationalAstronomy Day, which will beSaturday April 24 this year. Thereis a possibility of two brightcomets this spring. Howevercomets are, I have heard, verymuch like cats; they are rather

unpredictable. So we can only waitand see.

There were other boringthings around the Constitution andNominating Committees but I willnot bore you with them.

Rajiv will continue to editboth the Observers Handbook andthe RASC Calendar as well as hisduties as National President. He isa very busy man.

The next meeting will be heldMarch 6, 2004 in Toronto. Thiswas picked to be on a Full Moonweekend at Alan Whitman�srequest. Alan might be one of thefew that will be able to see starsthat weekend as he lives in theOkanagan. Until my next report.!

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Proposed Nominations for 2004 RASC Vancouver Council

Officers:1. President: Bill Ronald2. Vice President: Nicole van den Elzen3. Treasurer: Marc Verscheuren4. Secretary: Ron Jerome5. National Representative #1: Pomponia Martinez6. National Representative #2 (Alternate): (Bob Parry)7. Director of Telescopes: Phil Morris8. Librarian: William Fearon

Directors:9. Immediate Past President: Craig Breckenridge10. Councilor #1 (Membership): Dan Collier11. Councilor #2 (Marketing): Doug Montgomery12. Councilor #3 (NOVA Editor): Gordon Farrell13. Councilor #4 (Public Relations): Norman Song14. Councilor #5 (Webmaster): Jason Rickerby15. Councilor #6 (Greeter): Lee Johnson

Trustees and Honorary President:16. Trustee #1: Lee Johnson17. Trustee #2: Sally Baker

(NB. President and Director of Telescopes are automatically Trustees)18. Honorary President: Dr. John MacDonald

Non-Council Positions:19. Speaker Coordinator: Barry Shanko20. CAROp Committee Chairman: Bob Parry

Respectfully submitted by the Nominating Committee: Lee Johnson (Chairman), Sally Baker and BillRonald !

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Ken Croswell Lecture: Magnificent MarsAuthor and Astronomer

Ken Croswell � MagnificentMars

The H.R. MacMillan SpaceCentre and the RoyalAstronomical Society of Canada� Vancouver Chapter, proudlypresent author and astronomerKen Croswell on his NorthAmerican tour as he delivers a talkbased on his new book,Magnificent Mars. This eventtakes place on Tuesday, November25 at 7:30 PM in the H.R.MacMillan Space CentreAuditorium. Admission is bydonation. 100% of all donations gotowards funding specialAstronomical programs and eventsfor the HRMSC and RASCorganizations.

The planet Mars has longoffered the prospect of anotherliving world in the solar system.On November 25, with an armadaof spacecraft scrutinizing the redplanet as never before, KenCroswell will show you the best

colour images of Mars anddescribe the planet from pole topole, exploring Martian geology,the Martian atmosphere, Martianvolcanoes, and Martian water, allorganized around the four greatelements of Mars: Earth, Air, Fire,and Water. Along the way you�llsee nearly every image from hisnew book Magnificent Mars,including volcanoes over twice astall as Mount Everest, canyons thatcould stretch from BritishColumbia to Ontario, and floodsof water far greater than anyknown on Earth. Billions of yearsago, on a world warmer and wetter,Mars may have given rise to lifewhose fossils await discoverytoday. With its large format, superbimages, and compelling text,Magnificent Mars is the next bestthing to standing on the red planetitself. In future years, NASA willlaunch numerous missions toMars, and Magnificent Mars is thedefinitive guide to what thesespacecraft will see. Indeed, the

first human explorers to Mars maywant to take a copy of MagnificentMars aboard their spaceship.

Ken Croswell is anastronomer and author inBerkeley, California, who earnedhis Ph.D. from HarvardUniversity. He is the author ofseveral highly acclaimedastronomy books, includingMagnificent Universe, See theStars: Your First Guide to theNight Sky, and Magnificent Mars,which aims to be the mostbeautiful book ever publishedabout the red planet and whichArthur C. Clarke called �superb.�His website is http://KenCroswell.com.

�Our little neighbour Marswill be the first New World of thecentury that has just dawned. KenCroswell has done a superb jobin outlining what is known, andwhat is suspected, about the nexthome of mankind beyond theMoon.

� Sir Arthur C. Clarke !

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Members� Gallery

Lunar EclipseNicole van den Elzen8 November, 2003

Lunar EclipseGordon Farrell17:22 - 18:02,

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