triple conjunction 2012 march 25th
This is the triple conjunction of Venus (top), the Moon and Jupiter (bottom), in a 15 second exposure with a Canon Powershot A540 camera on a tripod. This completes a…
CAVE Lecture in Astronomy
CAVE Memorial Lecture Location: Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy Stirling Hall Theatre D, Bader Lane, Queen’s University Thursday March 29th, 2012 8pm. Chris Impey (University of Arizona) CAVE…
L&AHortSoc
The Lennox and Addington Horticultural Society met Wednesday evening (March 21st, 2012) at 7pm in the training room at the Napanee Fire Station. 25 people were in attendance to hear…
1st day of spring
Tuesday March 20th, 2012. The first day of spring with temperature at home hitting 29 deg C. In reality they probably did not hit quite that high as the outdoor…
Almost new moon
3 days before the new moon, before sunrise on Monday morning March 19th, 2012. This 15 second exposure was taken with a Canon powershot A495 camera on a tripod, looking…
blood suckers have arrived
no, not lawyers… mosquitos. Today is Sunday 2012 March 18, a wonderful hot day. A good seed savers meeting, back home to work in the greenhouse and a little bit…
Jupiter & Venus apparition
This is the series of nights where it has been clear, we’ve been home and able to do some imaging with our Canon Powershot A495 and A540 cameras on tripods.…
Clear skies before the storm
This morning a series of thunderstorms started rolling through the area, starting around 03:30 or so. We had many close by lightning strikes and at least two power outages. One…
Jann Arden in Kingston
Jann Arden was in Kingston last night, Tuesday 2012 March 13th at the KROCK centre. We had wonderful tickets courtesy of a christmas gift and thoroughly enjoyed the show. It…
Sir John’s Public House
Sir John’s Public House has been open since 2011 August and we have been there a few times. Awesome food… bangers and mash to die for, as well as the…
Daylight Savings Time is not
Sunday morning was yet another exercise in futility, wasted time! and effort for no good reason also known as Spring Ahead! for Daylight Savings Time. Personally we: -walked throughout the…
KAON Public Observing Session 2012 March 10th
We held the March Kingston Astronomy Outreach Network (KAON) session with the Queens Observatory Open house Saturday night from 7:30-9:00pm EST. Dr. Kristine Spekkens (Royal Military College) gave the 7:35-8:15…
More Jupiter & Venus
Here are two images from Sunday night after 21:00edt from our backyard, looking west at Jupiter (left) and Venus (right). The left image is a 15 second exposure and the…
Sheffield Conservation Area
Lennox and Addington County is considering setting up an observing area in the Sheffield Conservation Area, just off highway41 between Erinsville and Kaladar. We went up to check the place…
Fun with Plumbing!
Last weekend came a long procrastinated task… replacing the bath/shower fixture. It had been corroded for some years, been leaking for some months and we went out and bought a…