Saturn 20170218
The is the first imaging run of the season for Saturn, which is still low on the SE horizon over the Kingston lightdome from our location. These were done on…
Jupiter 20170217
It was indeed clear this morning, just as “Clear Outside” predicted.. a little colder than predicted however… -15C this time. The telescope handbox stays in the warm house before going…
Jupiter 20170214
It is amazing how just a few minutes can make all the difference in the world. I was awake, looked outside to clear skies and within 10 minutes went out,…
RASC Kingston Centre met
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada – Kingston Centre (RASC-KC) (Kingston Astronomy Club) met last night (Thursday 2017 February 09) at Ellis Hall Room 324 on Queen’s University campus. 19…
Jupiter 20170202
Surprisingly clear skies this morning.. was not planning on that. Bundled up to -14C and went to open the observatory and remembered that the last session had the alignment buggered…
Jupiter 20170131
brr.. even a little colder this morn… -17C but no wind at all. The roof opened up fine and it looked pretty clear. The forecast was supposed to be 60%…
Allsky1 camera celebrates 10 years!
After the installation of a new light shield The Allsky1 camera system at the StarlightCascade Gardens and Observatory, outside Yarker Ontario Canada, was fired up for the first time in…
Jupiter 20170130
Finally! A clear morning for the first time in 2 weeks. a bracing -16C with no wind. Only managed 5 runs this morning as it was cold cold cold and…
Jupiter 20170115
Didn’t get outside until 06:00 this morning… too beat from all of yesterdays events. Seeing was average, transparency was poor, and that bright 90% moon was getting closer to Jupiter…
Jupiter 20170114
I went out at 04:00 to -18C and a lot of frozen bits. Observatory doors slightly open from windstorm a few days ago, roof slightly pushed a bit and frozen…
Jupiter 20161227
In the midst of a lot of cloud, there opened up a 90 minute window on Tuesday morning of clear skies. This was the first image of 37 runs, at…
Jupiter 20161225
Happy Christmas and the skies cleared a little just around 07:00EST And then they came back again -4C with winds 5-20kph from the NW Jupiter was at zenith and only…
Jupiter 20161223
After a few years of imaging now, I have gone through a few variations of recording image data. I’ve made up a new template to try out now as well……
Jupiter 20161221
Predicted to be clear this morning, got up at 05:00 EST and it was cloudy with a few holes. Went outside anyway and it turned out to be the best…
Jupiter 20161208
Another morning forecast to be cloudy but turned out to be relatively clear. Temp: -1C Transparency: average (based on 40-50ms exposure time giving 80% histogram exposure and Seeing: poor (based…