Desktop Computer replacement
In the normal course of events, when replacing a dead computer, is to buy something a little higher end, and then perform a handmedown upgrade sequence so that instead of…
SuperSID and RadioJove
Both our SuperSID and RadioJove radio telescope systems were down the last few days. SuperSID required a lot of going back and reviewing the software from first principles and eventually…
After 20+ years, our first hoophouse
After too many years of inadequate cold frames, we have finally found a design that we liked and could build… a 4’x8′ hoop house. This was based on the design…
1st Observing Session of 2022
This morning at 04:10 I got up (slowly and painfully) and went out to do my first imaging session of 2022, yep… Dec 11th was the last one. Venus, Saturn…
X1.3 solar flare at 17:39 UTC 2022 March 30
There were 17 solar flares yesterday, mostly C Class and a couple of M class… Today was this stupendous but short lived X1.3 class Solar Flare from Active Region AR12975……
Canadian SF
It is rare these days to discover a new author (even if they themselves have been around for some time), and even moreso if they are or were Canadian. From…
Astroberry Testbed
The astroberry 4.04 install image was downloaded (about 4GB, 8GB uncompressed) and successfully installed on a 32GB microsd card. That went into the Raspberry Pi Zero 2W and ran! The…
It’s been cold out eh?
Today’s weather station temperature plot. It’s been so cold at times the station data is not received… we think it might be the cold affecting the batteries.. but then why…
Jupiter 2021Dec12
Seeing was NOT DISGUSTING this evening… merely poor! The following three images are the best 5%, 10% and 25% of 1340 frames with autostakkert3! in a 30 second run. This…
Jupiter 2021Dec05
seeing = 1 = DISGUSTING Initial image full res wide view overexposed to confirm moon orientation no barlow. Ganymede further out on left, Europa closer in on right then to…
Jupiter 2021Nov23
More commissioning attempts at solving the bad colour. This is the results of processing 39 runs (more actually, some were very bad and not included) through PIPP (.ser to .avi…
Jupiter 2021Nov22
Profile=Jupiter Diameter=39.25″ Magnitude=-2.35 Altitude=29.35° Airmass=2.04 CMI=19.4° CMII=182.6° CMIII=31.3° (during mid of capture) This is the last image of the night’s run… still needs collimating.. and the colour issue still needs…
A new era
As of today, we have moved from our website host of over 20 years to a new host. We hope the transition goes smoothly, but it will take some time…
Apollo 11 – two rockets up
Apollo 11- a documentary with a lot of new archived 70mm footage and what I think were some large format film images that were processed into higher resolution gorgeous final…
Napanee Garden Club met
The Lennox & Addington Horticultural Society (aka the Napanee Garden Club) met last night (Wednesday 2014 December 03). There was a good turnout of 33 people in spite of the…