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Category Archives: Astrophotography
Astronomy Camping at Nirvana
Astronomy Camping at Nirvana Nirvana is a nice dark sky zone known to Members of RASC where one can go for astronomy. That weekend there were over 9 of us out there, from planetary observers to DSO (deep space objects). … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophotography, Home and About
Tagged andromeda galaxy, astronomy, camping, dark skies, dark sky, deep space, f1, GH2, horizon, many things, meteors, nikkor lens, nirvana, planetary observers, rasc, scorpius constellation, solar, space objects, subs, telescope, tripod
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Noctilucent Clouds Over Ottawa
Noctilucent Clouds Over Ottawa Its not often you get a phone call at 4am saying “Look Up”, but today I did and it was for quite a sight! Apparently some ultra high level clouds (+75km up) were hovering above Ottawa … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophotography, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged Canada, cloud structure, Cloud types, clouds illuminated be sunlight from below the horizon, crystals of water ice, High altitude atmospheric formations, high radar reflectivity, highest clouds in the Earth's atmosphere, level clouds, luminous blue-white tendrils, mesosphere, meteorological phenomenon, Meterology, Noctilucent, noctilucent clouds, noctilucent wiki, Ontario, Ottawa, phenomena, phone call, polar cloud layer, Polar mesopheric clouds, ragged edges, rare cloud formation, rarity, summer solstice, Very high level clouds, video, Vidoes, wikipedia
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ISS Flyby & Hercules Cluster
ISS Flyby & Hercules Cluster Tonight was a clear night with several visible ISS flybys. Using the GH2 for the first time I mounted it on my telescope mount to track the stars so that only the ISS itself was … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophotography, Home and About
Tagged amp, astrophotography, big dipper, constellation, europe, flybys, GH2, hercules cluster, iss flyby, jitter, Lumix GH2, north america, northern sky, russia, telescope
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Royal Astronomical Society of Canada – Ottawa Centre Meeting at the Canada Science and Technology Museum
Friday night, at the Canada Science and Technology Museum, the Ottawa Centre RASC (Royal Astronomical Society of Canada) meeting was underway when I arrived. Now, to be fair, these folks are used to sitting in the dark for hours at … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophotography, Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged astronomical interest, Canada Museum of Science and Technology, canada science, canon 40d, cape canaveral, celestial observations, darkened auditorium, door prizes, dslr, emcee, mosquitoes, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa centre, rasc, royal astronomical society of canada, science and technology, shuttle launches, technical glitches, telescope, telescopes
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Astronomy Day 2011
Astronomy Day 2011 Today is Astronomy Day, and the above picture is a shot of the Sun as it rises. Again you can see some sunspots. Once again I was volunteering for the RASC event held at the Canada Museum … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophotography
Tagged amateur astronomy, astronomy, astronomy day, camera lenses, crowds of people, display material, helen sawyer hogg, local restaurant, museum of science, museum of science and technology, observatory, Ottawa, picture of the sun, public star party, rasc, refractor, royal astronomical society of canada, scopes, skynews, solar filter, solar observation, solar scope, star parties, star party, sun, sun spots, sunspots, telescope
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Pontiac Observatory Initiative RASC Presentation
Pontiac Observatory Initiative RASC Presentation Stephane is trying to win the Pepsi Refresh Canada $100K prize to build an Observatory Park in Pontiac Quebec. The idea is that it allows for the general public to get access to telescopes, planetarium … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophotography, Home and About
Tagged 100k, astronomy, Canada, dark sky location, initiative, museum of science, museum of science and technology, observatory initiative, observatory park, Ottawa, pepsi, pepsi refresh everything, planetarium, pontiac, Quebec, rasc members, science and technology, stephane, telescopes
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Sun Photos (with Solar Filter)
Sun Photos (with Solar Filter) So I finally got my solar filter cell made (from solar filter paper + set-up rings) and gave it a try. First shot (above) was around noon. You can see some sun-spots, so I rank … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophotography
Tagged dangerous sun, filter paper, mirror lens, nikon d70s, nikon d90, picture of the sun, set ups, solar filter, stock, sun, sun photos, sun spots, ups
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Startrail Photography
Startrail Photography We will start with the Star Trail photos, all taken in Cobden Ontario as Ottawa, Arnprior and Renfrew were clouded over. We had gone out hoping for auras which didn’t materialize, but ended up with several star trail … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophotography, Ontario
Tagged astrophotography, auras, big dipper, caption, clouds, cobden, cobden ontario, drift method, fence posts, Manfrotto, minute exposures, night photography, north star, photography, polar scope, polaris, reference point, rush, star polaris, star trail, trail photos, tripod
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Earth Shine and the Waxing Crescent Moon
Earth Shine and the Moon The moon is once again making an appearance in the night sky. It is currently in the waxing crescent, and it’s a good opportunity to try and capture some earth-shine.
Posted in Astrophotography
Tagged appearance, brighter side, crescent, earth shine, earthshine, high contrast, horizon, impact craters, infrared, infrared camera, light on the moon, light source, lunar surface, Moon, night sky, saturn, sun, sunlight, surface of the moon, surface topology, waxing crescent moon
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Getting out of a rut.
Last night, Graeme was heading along the trail into the Observatory buildings when a nice rut grabbed a wheel and held him there. We looked at the problem in the dark and decided that would have more success getting the … Continue reading
Posted in Almonte, Astrophotography, Canada Explorer, Ontario
Tagged almonte, Almonte ONtario, astronomy, car wash, coiuntry driving, Fred P. Lossing Observatory, getting out of a rut, hose spray, mud, observatory buildings, Ontario, royal astronomical society of canada, Springtime road conditions off of main roads, tow rope, wheel
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