Mars & Saturn 20160317
It cleared up unexpectedly this morning (Thursday 2016 March 17th) so a quick imaging run of Mars (very near beta scorpii) and Saturn. Both were horrible as even though near…
Jupiter 20160312
The first nice clear, nottocold night in a long time… too bad I could not stay awake any longer than I did… the last images were the best! Seeing was…
Jupiter 2016 March 08
The skies cleared unexpectedly Monday evening, with clouds all around and threatening to move in, So I bounced outside to open the observatory and start a quick imaging run. That…
Saturn 2016 March 06
Another clear patch forecast for this morning and presto chango! it was kinda not too bad clear. poor seeing and poor transparency. At 05:00 this morning it was already well…
Jupiter 20160304
Friday evening 2016 March 4th, showed the firstclear sky promise in a long time.. with several days earlier this week promising but not delivering. Tonight it delivered. Was not to…
Jupiter 2016 Feb 26 take 2
First twofor observing runs in the same day in a very long time. After the 01:00 am run this morning I went back out in the evening at 20:00 EST…
Jupiter 2016Feb26
As noted previously, it was a bad morning for imaging, but what else are you going to do? -13C and a good wind of 20kph with gusts. The telescope shook…
RASC Kingston Centre met last night
The Kingston Astronomy Club (aka The RASC Kingston Centre) met last night at Queen’s University. Our guest speaker was Mike Earl, a graduate student at the Royal Military College. Mike…
Supersid system operational
Our new Supersid Space Weather Monitor moved from inside to outside last week, as all systems seemed to be performing well. The antenna arms are 2m long with at least…
Jupiter 20160121
Wow.. even colder this morning! Why do I do this again? -18C at 05:30. Prepared with new thermo mittens, not gloves, in the hopes of keeping fingers working. Hmm.. seem…
Jupiter, Mars, Saturn 20160120
It has been 7 days since the last short, also frigid, imaging session. After 05:30 EST this morning (Wednesday in case this note gets delayed), it was -16C. The hand…
Jupiter & Saturn 20160113
Wow.. clear skies this morning… could not resist. tried not to look at the weather station before going out… good thing too. coldest ever imaging session I have ever done..…
Jupiter 20160106
Checked out the clear sky clock website and the newer “Clear Outside” android app last night, for this morning and forecasts were good. So up and outside at 04:30 this…
Dedicated Solar Observer
This is my dedicated Solar Observer, Kim. I am continually impressed by her dedication to getting out at every possible day to observe the sun and its sunspots. This was…
Supersid (3) project
Kim picked up the Supersid receiver last month and over the holiday break we built the loop antenna and connected it to this radio receiver. After disabling windows 7 auto…