Subject: Confused about astroimaging? Salvation for beginners starts here
Confused about astroimaging? Salvation for beginners starts here
July 31st, 2014 at 2:47 pm EDTHello Friend, Perhaps you might be one of them. The type of person, that has a notion that they might want to try out some astroimaging, but you are afraid you might not get good results, or perhaps you feel your telescope skills may not be good eno ...
A Solar Storm that you may not have heard about
July 30th, 2014 at 12:58 pm EDTHello Friend, What are the odds of this happening again? Way back in 1859, an English amateur astronomer,a fellow by the name of Thomas Carrington, observed and noted Solar activity (sunspots)and then, lo and behold, there was a large coronal mas ...
UFO's spotted over North Toronto this past weekend
July 29th, 2014 at 2:07 pm EDTHello Friend, Maybe it's just me. This is by no means scientifically documented, my observation has been thatit's usually clear when the Moon is full. Here is some further evidence: This past weekend was a New Moon, and it was overcast,and at 8pm, w ...
Just in time to beat the dog days of Summer
July 28th, 2014 at 9:58 am EDTHello Friend, I kid you not. These are indeed the dog days of Summer. Don't let them get you down. It's a period marked by lethargy, inactivity, or indolence. It's enough to make Kim Kardashian and Kanye West think twice; or maybe just once, perhaps ...
A Starfest experience like no other!
July 25th, 2014 at 11:42 am EDTHello Friend, It's getting close to that time of year again, and it will be time soon for another STARFEST star party. Yes, August 21-24th is when the next STARFEST occurs, and the theme this year will be "Exploring New Worlds". Khan Scope will be t ...
How you can travel to Asteroid Bennu
July 24th, 2014 at 12:08 pm EDTHello Friend, Yesterday I told you about the new OSIRIS-REx Space mission, that Canada will be participating in. It's a NASA mission, slated on the books within the next decade. The hard work begins now of course, and millions of dollars of contract ...
A Canadian politician that plays Rock Guitar, and loves astronomy
July 23rd, 2014 at 2:02 pm EDTHello Friend, Fortunately, there are a few good politicians still around, though if you watched the news thesedays one might wonder. MP Tony Clement (MP for Parry Sound, Muskoka, Ont) is one such individual. He is also President of the treasury boa ...
Down and dirty astroimaging
July 22nd, 2014 at 1:50 pm EDTHello Friend, Many amateur astronomers eventually dabble in some sort of astrophotography. Some get hooked, and go on to become real experts. A couple of local Toronto people that come to mindare Michael Watson, and Lynn Hillborn. Now these guys do ...
M51 with spiral arms, observed from Downtown Ottawa
July 21st, 2014 at 11:07 am EDTHello Friend, Some might say that you can't believe much coming out of Ottawa these days. But they would be talking about Parliament hill. And I'm just not going to touch that one with any size pole. Imagine my surprise one day when I got an email ...
The Lazy Man's way to astronomy
July 18th, 2014 at 1:34 pm EDTHello Friend, Just to be clear, when I say "Lazy man", that applies to both genders, so no one is being excluded. :) Suburban astronomy, as I mentioned yesterday is sometimes overlooked, and folks only wait tillthey get out of the city, to the cotta ...