Jupiter 20151226
Went outside this am around 05:30 to -6C air and clear skies and full moon setting. Not bad… first time in a while. Seeing was good, transparency was average and…
Jupiter 20151219
Went out twice this morning… first time between 04:55 and 05:04.. haze and cloud moving in, good gusts of wind that moved the scope. Went out again later when it…
Dr. Arthur McDonald – Nobel Prize in Physics
Metamorphosis in the particle world The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 recognises Takaaki Kajita in Japan and Arthur B. McDonald in Canada, for their key contributions to the experiments which…
2001 flashback
This is from Fall’N’Stars 2001, the first RASC Belleville/RASC Kingston joint star party held at Camp Sagonaska at Vanderwater Conservation Area near Thomasburg Ontario. The Longhouse were we had dinner…
Jupiter 2015Nov20
A few issues came up this morning while imaging Jupiter around 04:30-05:15 EST Of the 15 runs made, only 6 turned out. The rest had to be thrown out due…
Jupiter 20151117
jupiter20151117-0950UTC Best images to date! Great morning. Outside at 04:30 EST, packed up before 05:30 EST At the time it may not always seem like a good idea, but in…
Jupiter 2015 Nov 10
This is an animated .GIF of the three processed images from this morning. This morning saw poor seeing and poor-average transparency from about 05:20-05:45 EST whilst imaging the Giant Planet…
Jupiter 2015 Nov 09
Another good morning of imaging of Jupiter, after some upgrades to the observatory were performed yesterday. The roof guide rails were 2″x4″ x8′ and were replaced by 2″x3″. This prevented…
Solar Sketching and mixed media
November 8, 2015 1:10pm-2:05 pm (18:10-19:05 UT) What a great day to spend time outside. The sun is shinning , a crisp fall breeze from the North, and only a…
Jupiter 2015 Nov 08
Another nice morning… seeing average to good, transparency average to good. The best image of Jupiter this morning as the corrector plate heater failed and it completely fogged over. This…
Jupiter Wed 2015 Nov 04
Another great morning to be out before sunrise and imaging Jupiter. This time was between 05:15 and 05:40 EST with the last quarter moon getting close. This was a 60…
Jupiter in the morning
It’s been awhile, but we made it outside this morning around 05:00 EDT to do some planetary observing and imaging before the clouds came in. I ended up using the…
Whats Up This Week?
What’s up this week? From the RASC 2015 Calendar Saturday 2015 Oct 24 Venus 1.7 deg upper right of Jupiter before sunrise Sunday 2015 Oct 25 Venus 1.2 deg right…
Morning Planetary Conjunction
Up early on the morning of Saturday 2015 October 10th, before sunrise, to see (from top to bottom) Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Moon. Mercury was coming up but did not clear…