Tomatos
This is one of three veg beds that we have tomatos planted in this year. So far, in the last three days alone, we have lost 13 of the transplanted…
Thoughts from Starlight Cascade
Gardening and Astronomy Adventures from K&K outside Yarker Ontario Canada
This is one of three veg beds that we have tomatos planted in this year. So far, in the last three days alone, we have lost 13 of the transplanted…
When we first moved to the country many years ago, we had bats. In the twilight and evening hours we could see and hear bats flying around and eating a…
While prepping the scope and waiting for the double shadow transit of Jupiter to start, I did a few quick 30 second imaging runs of the moon. Of note is…
2017 June 01, 02 and 03 were the first string of three days in a row of Jupiter imaging that I can remember.. Granted two of those days were just…
A nice fireball reported to us by a local observer who witnessed it live. Very much to our south and captured by our older Allsky1 camera system during an 80…
First time in a month and 10 days to attempt to image Jupiter. Popped outside quickly around 21:00 EDT, pointing was bad, tracking was bad. 1st attempt at 30 seconds…
Here we are in the middle of May already. The Black Flies, here for two weeks now, continue to inhibit all outdoor activity. Event with bug hats, jackets and gloves,…
This is a southbound view of Highway #38 near Murvale, with the flood waters receded back from the eastern lane. Yesterday it covered the eastern lane and the western lane…
After an annoying hockey game last(Monday) night (Boston lost), I attempted some imaging of Jupiter. After 30 minutes of attempting to obtain a successful alignment, i said nasty words and…
The Peas went into the ground this past weekend, into Veg9, a 15’x4′ raised bed that hosted tomatos last year. Kim double planted over last year, so we should get…
This is another good imaging run on Friday evening, 2017 April 14th. Only 12 runs done and the third one needs some trimming as Jupiter hit an edge of the…
This is from Thursday evening, after we left the dinner. .Possibly the best results of the year, in terms of size, seeing and transparency. Wish I could have stayed awake…
Another long day, but the skies had cleared and KAON ran a little late. Managed to get the observatory open on this, the Opposition of Jupiter around 22:42 EDT Saturday…
Another large, bright slow moving fireball event overnight…. beginning to wonder if something is attracting them to us (just watched Ice Age Collision Course)… UT Mon 20170403 03:24:24 Local Time…
Reviewing the allsky cameras this morning to find this fantastic overhead fireball from Allsky2! Travelling southwest to northeast That was at 06:23:31 EDT this morning, just minutes before we left…