Jupiter 20240827
We had the opportunity to try out a new Optical Telescope Assembly the other morning and so were up and about at 04:00 EDT aiming to image Jupiter, even with…
Garlic Harvest dates over the years
The 2023/2024 crop of garlic has been cleaned, weighed, measured and stored away in the cold room. Time to start thinking about the 2045/2025 crop. A summary of when we…
astro power
For those following the tales of portable power and our adventures at Starfest… the news is great! We used a 32AmpHour 12vdc battery in the popup trailer to runs its…
Perseid Meteor Shower 2024
The last 5 nights of a nightly summary image from the UWO Allsky2 Camera System: This low light video supercircuits video generates a 640×480 monochrome image and was installed in…
Titan transit of Saturn 20240801
For only the second time in my decades of planetary imaging, Saturn’s Moon Titan transitted across the face of Saturn. This particular event as very low on the bottom of…