Jupiter 20170414
This is another good imaging run on Friday evening, 2017 April 14th. Only 12 runs done and the third one needs some trimming as Jupiter hit an edge of the…
Jupiter 20170413
This is from Thursday evening, after we left the dinner. .Possibly the best results of the year, in terms of size, seeing and transparency. Wish I could have stayed awake…
Jupiter 20170408 – Opposition
Another long day, but the skies had cleared and KAON ran a little late. Managed to get the observatory open on this, the Opposition of Jupiter around 22:42 EDT Saturday…
Allsky2 Fireball Mon 20170403 03:24:24 UT
Another large, bright slow moving fireball event overnight…. beginning to wonder if something is attracting them to us (just watched Ice Age Collision Course)… UT Mon 20170403 03:24:24 Local Time…
Allsky2 Fireball 20170322 10:23:31 UT
Reviewing the allsky cameras this morning to find this fantastic overhead fireball from Allsky2! Travelling southwest to northeast That was at 06:23:31 EDT this morning, just minutes before we left…
Allsky1 back up and running
The allsky1 camera system went back into operation on Monday 2017 March 20th, after almost a month of down time. We had been running the camera system bare, naked to…
Starting Seeds
It is time to start seeds.. even with frozen ground and a foot of snow. This is our repurposed incubator seed chamber… an old box built to hold lead acid…
Spring is coming, winter is going
Whilst waiting for aurora in the north, Kim took an image to the south last night. This is with our *old* Canon EOS Rebel (300D) 18mm f3.5, 30 sec exposure…
LED strip lighting
We’ve tried various kitchen undercounter lighting systems in the past… first were fluorescent, the compact fluroscent.. both took too long to turn on, to come up to full brightness, and…
Science Fiction
Wow. It’s been over a year since the last post on Science Fiction. I wonder why that is? Too busy perhaps? This past year saw a lot of reading. I…
Gardening Prep in March
It is the time of year to consider the frozen veg gardens and what needs to be done before the upcoming spring melts and turns them into mush for a…
Jupiter 20170227
These images took a little longer to process, even though there were only 4 good imaging runs, because of another human error. I have one laptop where I do my…
Jupiter 20170218
Another imaging run of Jupiter under poor seeing and poor transparency, even with Jupiter near transit. Altitude was only 37 degrees with an apparent diameter of 41 arcseconds. Transparency got…
Saturn 20170218
The is the first imaging run of the season for Saturn, which is still low on the SE horizon over the Kingston lightdome from our location. These were done on…
Jupiter 20170217
It was indeed clear this morning, just as “Clear Outside” predicted.. a little colder than predicted however… -15C this time. The telescope handbox stays in the warm house before going…