Mars Neptune Conjunction
A nice telescopic planetary conjunction coming up in a couple of weeks… Mars and Neptune on the evening of Thursday 2018 Dec 06. Mars will set around 23:00 EST in…
weather down.. and up!
The Davis Vantage Vue weather station dropped off the air one night, but we didn’t notice until a day or two later. The thing is, it came back up in…
Fedora double upgrade goes well
In a recent audit, we came across a linux fedora server that was actually two versions out of date, not just one. Somehow it was missed, or something went wrong…
The garlic is finished!
The 2018 garlic planting is complete. Still no final numbers but on the order of 85 types and over 1000 cloves planted and covered. The bulbil project is also completed…
Linux Fedora 29
Another six months, another release of Linux Fedora. We are up to version 29 now, and with each version the problems are fewer and the results are faster. We are…
Frost summary 2003-2018 At SCGO
StarlightCascade Gardens & Observatory Weather Station Yarker Ontario Canada LIGHT FROST (-1C) HEAVY FROST (-3C) Year #days #weeks Year #days #weeks 2003 Apr30-Oct23 176 25 2003 Apr24-Nov08 198 28 2004…
David Weber’s Harrington series
From Baen.com: FIRST NEW HONOR HARRINGTON NOVEL IN FIVE YEARS! New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and international bestselling phenomenon David Weber delivers book #19 in the multiple…
Astronomy? It’s been a *month* !
Fall is usually the ideal time to go out back and observe and image the sky. Cooler temperatures, and most importantly, no bugs (mosquitos, black flies, deer flies, horse flies…
Garlic planting prep time
We are so far behind this fall it is not even close to funny. And to help out (not!) it has bee too cold and windy to accomplish anything appreciable…
serenity Imaging session
After my last great prediction for clear skies and planning an imaging session earlier in the week… and then having it totally cloud over hours earlier than predicted… I decided…
L&A Hort met last night
The Napanee Garden Club (aka The Lennox & Addington Horticultural Society) met last night at the Napanee Fire Hall Community Room at 7pm. The business session started with minutes from…
Verona Garlic Festival
We attended the annual Verona Garlic Festival at the Lions Club Field on Sunday September 2nd, 2018. I believe we have made it to every one since they started, but…
Gardening in September
Another strange month for weather and gardening. High temperatures of 31.7C and low temperatures of 2.2C, all in the last 18 days. Most of the tomatos were hit by blight…
Serenity unfolds
This is a 45 second video of the SCGO Serenity Observatory opening up for the evening. This is a 4’x4′ imaging platform with offset roof and offset doors (to cover…