Astronomy? It’s been a *month* !
Fall is usually the ideal time to go out back and observe and image the sky. Cooler temperatures, and most importantly, no bugs (mosquitos, black flies, deer flies, horse flies…
Garlic planting prep time
We are so far behind this fall it is not even close to funny. And to help out (not!) it has bee too cold and windy to accomplish anything appreciable…
serenity Imaging session
After my last great prediction for clear skies and planning an imaging session earlier in the week… and then having it totally cloud over hours earlier than predicted… I decided…
L&A Hort met last night
The Napanee Garden Club (aka The Lennox & Addington Horticultural Society) met last night at the Napanee Fire Hall Community Room at 7pm. The business session started with minutes from…
Verona Garlic Festival
We attended the annual Verona Garlic Festival at the Lions Club Field on Sunday September 2nd, 2018. I believe we have made it to every one since they started, but…
Gardening in September
Another strange month for weather and gardening. High temperatures of 31.7C and low temperatures of 2.2C, all in the last 18 days. Most of the tomatos were hit by blight…
Serenity unfolds
This is a 45 second video of the SCGO Serenity Observatory opening up for the evening. This is a 4’x4′ imaging platform with offset roof and offset doors (to cover…
Dew Heaters
After a dewy FallNStars star party weekend it was time to go back and start working on making work all of the various dew heating bits and pieces we have…
And suddenly, The Roughriders are in 2nd place!
And suddenly, The Roughriders are in 2nd place! Amazing how that happens over the course of a few weeks. Saturdays game was recorded so we could watch it later.. and…
Got Cloud?
It’s been a week since our last astronomical imaging session. Perhaps this satellite image of CLOUD helps to explain why. That and the high humidity leaves transparency very low.
IAU2009 Collector card reprint
We’ve heard a rumour that the RASC National Observing Committee is having a reprint run of three of the astronomy collector cards pictured above. This is great news. They were…
Serenity Image Run #5
On the night of Thursday 2018 August 30th EDT, or Friday 2018 Aug 31 UT, I went out in the intermittent cloud and heavy dew to run a test of…
Garlic processing
It’s that time… the garlic has been drying for a month, more than needed in the new drying shed, but the weather has not been cooperating. In general, the batch…
Serenity Imaging Day 4
Serenity Imaging Day 4 Still commissioning. Another hour last night from when the stars came out until the fog and dew stopped the work. The 90 degree diagonal came off…
Serenity Imaging Day 3
Serenity Imaging Day 3 Another hour last night from when the stars came out until the mosquitos drove me indoors. Successful alignment with Arcturus and Altair (after 3 attempts), pointing…