RASC Kingston Centre met last night
The Kingston Astronomy Club (aka The RASC Kingston Centre) met last night at Queen’s University. Our guest speaker was Mike Earl, a graduate student at the Royal Military College. Mike…
Supersid system operational
Our new Supersid Space Weather Monitor moved from inside to outside last week, as all systems seemed to be performing well. The antenna arms are 2m long with at least…
Jupiter 20160121
Wow.. even colder this morning! Why do I do this again? -18C at 05:30. Prepared with new thermo mittens, not gloves, in the hopes of keeping fingers working. Hmm.. seem…
Jupiter, Mars, Saturn 20160120
It has been 7 days since the last short, also frigid, imaging session. After 05:30 EST this morning (Wednesday in case this note gets delayed), it was -16C. The hand…
Jupiter & Saturn 20160113
Wow.. clear skies this morning… could not resist. tried not to look at the weather station before going out… good thing too. coldest ever imaging session I have ever done..…
Jupiter 20160106
Checked out the clear sky clock website and the newer “Clear Outside” android app last night, for this morning and forecasts were good. So up and outside at 04:30 this…
Dedicated Solar Observer
This is my dedicated Solar Observer, Kim. I am continually impressed by her dedication to getting out at every possible day to observe the sun and its sunspots. This was…
Supersid (3) project
Kim picked up the Supersid receiver last month and over the holiday break we built the loop antenna and connected it to this radio receiver. After disabling windows 7 auto…
xfiles
In preparation for the return of The Xfiles at the end of January 2016, we have been rewatching the setries from Season1, all the way back in 1993. Wow. It…
Jupiter 20151226
Went outside this am around 05:30 to -6C air and clear skies and full moon setting. Not bad… first time in a while. Seeing was good, transparency was average and…
Christmas Day
A wonderful Christmas Day after a very windy night. Still a good +8C today. We started off the day with making a Cheese Souffle, with thanks to Oswin Oswald in…
Jupiter 20151219
Went out twice this morning… first time between 04:55 and 05:04.. haze and cloud moving in, good gusts of wind that moved the scope. Went out again later when it…
Dr. Arthur McDonald – Nobel Prize in Physics
Metamorphosis in the particle world The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 recognises Takaaki Kajita in Japan and Arthur B. McDonald in Canada, for their key contributions to the experiments which…
L&A Hort met last night
The Lennox and Addington Horticultural Society (aka the Napanee Garden Club) met last night (meetings are normally the 3rd Wednesday of the month, but this month was early), at the…