spring?
It was a good long weekend… albeit too short. We still have snow on the ground, the ground is still frozen, the greenhouse roof has a few holes in it,…
Server hardware issues
Apologies to one and all.. we have been experiencing some web server hardware issues over the last few weeks. Hopefully things are stable again for the time being. We are…
Jupiter 2015 April 01
Got in some quick imaging of Jupiter after 9pm local last night. Almost full moon within 30-40 degrees of Jupiter did not help too much. Meade 10cm SC F10 FL=1000mm…
Math is fun!
Leo Laporte on Twit.tv was recently talking about a new internet connected talking Barbie with the infamous “Math is Hard!” scandal. Well.. math is not hard and this is simple…
Jupiter 2015 March 28
Both Kim & I were out saturday night during Earth Hour, doing imaging runs of the moon and Jupiter. A brief survey of the local neighbourhood showed little to no…
Jupiter 2015 March 23
A good imaging session of Jupiter last night – 2015 March 23 Local from around 19:45 to 20:15 EDT (UT-4) For the first time this year, a dew shield was…
L&AHortSoc met last night
The Lennox & Addington Horticultural Society (aka the Napanee Garden Club) met last night (Wednesday 2015 March 18). There was a good turnout of 29 people in spite of another…
crash recovery
Our server had a power supply fail, taking with it many sectors of the 320GB SATA hard drive. The bad sectors contained a lot of the mysql database. Luckily we…
Jupiter 2015 March 05
Another night of imaging Jupiter. Used a newer version of firecapture 2.4.0.8 beta for the first time. Might have been a little slower with a few usb bus artifacts. Seeing…
Jupiter 2015Feb28
This was the first clear night where the temperatures were not colder than -20C with a stiff wind. Even so it was about -15 with a little breeze early Saturday…
Lunar imaging
This is the first attempt at lunar imaging (Mare Crisium region) with the ZWO ASI 120MC camera on a 10cm Meade SC Monday night (2015 Feb 23) in the late…
Conjunction
A nice grouping of Mars (top, dim), Venus (left, bright) and a crescent Moon on Friday 2015 Feb 20th. Taken with a small Canon Powershot on a tripod, 1 second…
Jupiter & imaging
One of the really nice things about digital imaging is that when you screw up, there is still a chance that you can fix things. Back on the early morning…
stove accessories
This is our first winter with a wood pellet stove. It has not been doing too badly at all: a lot less heavy wood carrying frequency; most of it water…
The Walking Dead
The much anticipated Season 5, second half of The Walking Dead, our favourite zombie show, is coming up this Sunday evening. In preparation, that day we will sit down and…