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…
Holleford Meteor Crater
It’s been a few years since we last stopped in at the Holleford Meteor Crater, northeast of the hamlet of Holleford in the Township of South Frontenac north of Kingston…
RMC renos coming along
The Royal Military College Physics Dept wing is in the midst of renovation and it seems to be coming along fine. Here is an image from earlier in August showing…
The things nightmares are made of
When we left work early Friday morning (2015 June 26), we had no idea what would be awaiting us upon our return. We spotted it some kms away.. wondering what…
Radiojove & UPS
Funny how the thing that is supposed to save you from troubles (an Uninterruptible Power Supply powering the RadioJove receiver and computer) is the thing that fails and gives you…
Observatory renovation
After 12 odd years, we decided it was time to renovate the SCG Observatory. It had been going through constant minor modifications from year to year, but this time was…