Processing .FITS image headers
For some years now we have wanted to process the .FITS allsky camera original images a little better. Specifically it would be nice to pull out the CCD Temperature and…
New observing project!
You may remember reading the article earlier about our pier failure. After we decided to reuse refurbish and make the pier operational agian, a projcet idea developed to put a…
telescope maintenance
The RASC-KC’s 20cm Fitzgerald telescope has been dedicated to the KAON Queens University Observatory Open House nights for eight years now and it hasn’t been looked at for at least…
Napanee Food Bank Garden Week 11
This was our 11th week since we were assigned rows 6,7 and 26 to look after in the Napanee Food Bank Garden. These images are from our week 11 visit…
Verona Garlic Festival 2011
The Verona Garlic Festival was on Saturday September 3rd, 2011 at the Lions Hall/Frontenac Farmers Market venue west of Verona Ontario. Every year it gets better and this ear was…
Comet Garradd
On the morning of September 2nd, 2011 we went outside nice and early (03:00 local) to observe Comet Garradd. This image is a wide angle 64 second shot of the…
Napanee Food Bank Garden Week 10
This was our 10th week since we were assigned rows 6,7 and 26 to look after in the Napanee Food Bank Garden. These images are from our week 10 visit…
Heirloom Tomato Tasting Day Saturday August 27, 2011
Kim went to the event as a volunteer and came back with a lot of images of tomatos! “Hello Seed Savers and Friends, Our annual Heirloom Tomato Tasting Day will…
Pier failure
Some time ago we wrote an article about one of our observatory piers had become loose with cracked concete and that we had patched it with liquid concrete patch last…
Bright meteor 2011 Aug 27 01:28 UT
Kim, ever intrepid astronomer, got me outside when I was ready to pack it in for the day and am I ever glad we went outside. Skies were clear after…
Napanee Food Bank Garden Week 9
This was our 9th week since we were assigned rows 6,7 and 26 to look after in the Napanee Food Bank Garden. These images are from our week 9 visit…
Napanee Food Bank Garden Week 8
This was our 8th week since we were assigned rows 6,7 and 26 to look after in the Napanee Food Bank Garden. These images are from our week 8 visit…
Charleston Lake Star Gaze 2011
We just returned (early) from Charleston Lake Provincial Park (Ontario), from a couple of days of camping and from attending Terence Dickinson’s (Skynews Magazone) 26th! Charleston Lake Provincial Park Star…