Telescope Mirror Cleaning
On Sunday October 27th 2013, 6 members of the Kingston Astronomy Club got together to remove, clean and replace the two optical mirrors in the 16″ telescope. The entire process…
Another aurora
For the 2nd time in a week, another good auroral display down at our 44 degrees of latitude on the evening of 2013 October 8th. The entire good display lasted…
Crescent Moon and Venus
Sunday 2013 September 8th, showed a beautiful 3 1/2 day old crescent moon conjunction with the planet Venus. This first image is a wide angle view to establish the scale,…
Fall’N’Stars 2013
The 14th annual Fall’N’Stars Star Party was held this past weekend (Friday to Sunday 2013 September 6-8) at the Boy Scout Camp Sagonska near Thomasberg Ontario. 25 people attended and…
Congrats Terry!
Press Release Join family, friends and colleagues of Terence Dickinson as he receives the County of Lennox & Addington Award for Lifetime Achievement. A special presentation will be held Thursday,…
Perseids 2013 a good year
We had three cloud free moon free nights of Perseid meteor shower observing this year, the best ever! Better yet, the allsky cameras caught a lot of them as well.…
Good Friday
Really! It is a good friday! Tonight at 21:00 Eastern is the first CFL football game in two weeks for the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Calgary. After Saskatchewan tromps on Calgary…
North Frontenac Dark Sky Preserve
The North Frontenac Dark Sky Preserve sign as seen from Road 506 looking south onto the site. The large parking lot with onsite toilets Awesome! Cleanest toilets around! Then again..…
L&A Dark Sky Viewing Area
The Lennox and Addington Dark Sky Viewing Area (37km north of Napanee on highway 41) can also be used in the daytime! Many often forget that a lot of astronomers…
early morning conjunction
This is one of many things you can see if you get up before Sunrise! Or at least what Kim sees before sunrise because I was still asleep 🙂 This…
piers and the earth moved
This is the wooden pier (four 2×6’s in a square with sand on the hollow inside) inside the observatory, built 10 years ago. There is a gap in the floor…
meade lx200 hand controller woes
This is the hand controller for the Meade LX200 GPS telescope. It is approx 10 years old now and the buttons have become a real pain to use. One must…