Dew Heaters
After a dewy FallNStars star party weekend it was time to go back and start working on making work all of the various dew heating bits and pieces we have…
And suddenly, The Roughriders are in 2nd place!
And suddenly, The Roughriders are in 2nd place! Amazing how that happens over the course of a few weeks. Saturdays game was recorded so we could watch it later.. and…
Got Cloud?
It’s been a week since our last astronomical imaging session. Perhaps this satellite image of CLOUD helps to explain why. That and the high humidity leaves transparency very low.
IAU2009 Collector card reprint
We’ve heard a rumour that the RASC National Observing Committee is having a reprint run of three of the astronomy collector cards pictured above. This is great news. They were…
Serenity Image Run #5
On the night of Thursday 2018 August 30th EDT, or Friday 2018 Aug 31 UT, I went out in the intermittent cloud and heavy dew to run a test of…
Garlic processing
It’s that time… the garlic has been drying for a month, more than needed in the new drying shed, but the weather has not been cooperating. In general, the batch…
Serenity Imaging Day 4
Serenity Imaging Day 4 Still commissioning. Another hour last night from when the stars came out until the fog and dew stopped the work. The 90 degree diagonal came off…
Serenity Imaging Day 3
Serenity Imaging Day 3 Another hour last night from when the stars came out until the mosquitos drove me indoors. Successful alignment with Arcturus and Altair (after 3 attempts), pointing…
The Serenity Imaging Platform
Some years ago we realized that the increasing height of the sugar maple tree and two ash trees near the SCG Observatory would cause us to relocate the observatory farther…
Imaging Day 2
Last night was the 2nd successive night of somewhat successful imaging, mainly used as a configuration and calibration session. New sticky foamy weatherstripping went along the wall/roof interface, to help…
Imaging Again!
The last many months have seen a decided lack of imaging and astronomical observing. It probably all started when the 16 year old wooden pier was removed as it was…
midsummer pause
It’s the middle of the summer. The garlic harvest is complete and is hanging to dry. That lets us turn our attention to other projects. We have started building a…
Garlic Harvest complete – 5 days
The Great SCGO Garlic Harvest of 2018 has completed. Five days/sessions of harvest over a week: Sun 2018 July 22 – 3 hours Mon 2018 July 23 – 1.5 hours…
It’s a Beautiful Day!
A month of drought, heat waves, cracked soil, dead grass, dead plants and finally we have 4 days of slow rain. 69mm to be exact. And it is awesome! Plants…
Garlic Harvest Day 3
Day three of the SCGO 2018 Garlic Harvest. Another 90 minutes in the gardens, another 136 plants harvested. For the first time, the new washing table was put to use.…