allsky ghost mouse
We finally found a macro recording mouse program that allowed us to record the mouse strokes and clicks required to click on the Connect button in CCDOps, click on the…
allsky mpeg fails
Looks like the upgrade to Linux Fedora 11 broke something… the image magick conversion process of *.jpg into today.mpeg has been failing since the upgrade. Will have to track that…
Last big IYA event until the fall
Last night was our last big event of the International Year of Astronomy until the fall. It was a Public Lecture at BioSciences Complex Room 1101 Queens University with Prof.…
Cancer Society Relay for Life
Friday June 5th, 2009 was our 4th appearance at the Cancer Society Relay for Life event, this year at the Royal Military College Parade Ground. Kim & I arrived on…
Planets in the morning
This is one of many images from Tuesday morning, watching Venus rise in the east just after 4am and Jupiter already well up in the southeast. We went out that…
packed weekend
Wow… Friday night was busy prepping for Saturdays May 2nd Astronomy Day… and then we spent 8 hours down in Market Square showing people the sun with a Coronado solarmax…
busy astroweekend
Saturday April 4th was supposed to be a three hour public solar observing session down at City Hall in Kingston… we got clouded out. Later that night we held a…
Earth Hour
As if you have not been inundated enough with Earth Hour 2009 news, here is another attempt to encourage you to participate. Saturday March 28th from 20:30-21:30 EDT is Earth…
Comet Lulin
2009 We were up very early this morning taking our last look at Comet Lulin for a couple of days… snow on the way… Here is a 15 second exposure…
New scope on display
This is our new Meade DS90 refractor on display at the last months Public Observing Session. The finder battery died pretty quick so we are waiting to replace that before…
Busy weekend
2009 We look so forward to weekends to escape the mind numbing stressful workplace… and then are so busy trying to do some of the items we want to do…
IYA Kickoff1
On the evening of Friday January 9th, 2009 the RASC-Kingston Centre held an International Year of Astronomy kickoff lecture in Stirling Hall. The very next night we held a public…