Flashback: 2009 August
2012 I was just trying to remember that route we drove back in 2009 August, from home, out west across the top of the US and back home through Canada.…
Tornado < 15km away
Scary.. and we didn’t even know it. On Saturday September 8th, 2012 around 10:00 Edt, a tornado touched down just west of Odessa, about 10 minutes south of us in…
KAON Report Saturday September 8th 2012
Last night was the first Kingston Astronomy Outreach Network (KAON) of the new season. It is the last running in the summer hours of 9-10:30pm and the October 13th open…
CHDK strikes again
2012sept09 CHDK is a firmware enhancement that operates on a number of Canon Cameras. In particular our older A540 model is one of those and in the last few years…
Nice meteor last night!
I was outside taking some images with our old Canon Powershot A540 camera on a tripod, testing out its new CHDK software, and saw a wonderfully slow, bright, yellow/orange meteor…
Ginger the cat passes on
From the Kingston Humane Society in 1994 July, Ginger and her sister Tasha were wonderful companions for many years. Tasha left after 13 years, Ginger after 18.
How to build an observatory – part2
Project steps in approximate order needed to complete by end of August 2012 xxx make that September 8th, 2012. Life gets in the way of hobbies… always has always will.…
Verona Garlic Festival
The 6th? annual Verona Garlic Festival was held on Saturday September 1st, 2012. It’s on site with the Verona Farmers Market and seems to be picking up activity each year.…
Prepping for the fall – chimneys
One of the chores associated with a wood stove is the annual (2012) sweeping of the chimney. It’s not a bad job but it does leave you coated in a…
allsky1 camera system laptop failure
The laptop computer that runs the SCO allsky1 camera had a hard drive failure (exacerbated by all of the heat I suspect… will have to put more exhaust fans into…
Napanee Community Food Bank Garden Update
Thursday August 23, 2012 Napanee Community Food Bank Garden Update It’s been dry again and the garden soil grounds are cracked again. Watering what is left of our rows took…
How to build a new Observatory
We are building a new roll off building observatory for a large telescope. The concept was that this would be a quick and dirty, smallest footprint possible and low cost…
stellar planetary conjunction
The RASC Observers Calendar has notable events listed in its pages. Not accessible at all unless you purchase the calendar but perhaps one year, it will be. For Tuesday August…
Lennox and Addington Dark Sky Viewing Area
We visited the Sheffield Lake Conservation area on Sunday (2012 August 19) to do some canoeing and to see the Lennox and Addington Dark Sky Viewing Area 30 minutes north…
A trip to Point Petre
In July 2012 we were in the neighbourhood of Point Petre, the sourthernmost portion of Prince Edward County, near Sandbanks Provincial Park. At one time we were considering using it…