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Tag Archives: dark skies
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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Night of Astrophotography
Night of Astrophotography Now that I have my new set-up and dark skies (moon is down and I’m at a remote location outside of Ottawa), I’m able to start to seriously test out the scope/mount abilities (sans Auto-Guiding). The above … Continue reading
Posted in Almonte, Astrophotography
Tagged 100ED APO Refractor, alkaid, alnitak, astrophotography, big dipper, dark skies, flame nebula, galaxies, galaxy m101, galaxy m51, great orion nebula, HEQ5-pro, hi1, hit list, horse head nebula, M101, M51, Messier, ngc objects, NGC2024, NGC2237, NGC2238, NGC2244, NGC2246, NGC4263, NGC5198, NGC5422, NGC5473, NGC5474, NGC5477, NGC5485, NGC5486, NHC2239, night photography, night sky, nikon d90, periodic error, pinwheel galaxy, rosette nebula, Skywatcher, star cluster, stars, whirlpool, whirlpool galaxy, worm gear
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