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Tag Archives: night sky
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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Earth Hour at the Canada Museum of Science and Technology
Earth Hour at the Canada Museum of Science and Technology As part of the promotion of Earth Hour, the Canada Museum of Science and Technology opened the doors to the Helen Sawyer Hogg Observatory and their indoor planetarium. As well, … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophotography, Home and About
Tagged astronomical images, astronomy applications, canada ottawa, glow sticks, helen sawyer hogg, indoor planetarium, iphone, Jim Watson, Mayor of Ottawa, museum of science, museum of science and technology, night sky, observatory telescope, ottawa centre, rasc, royal astronomical society, royal astronomical society of canada, science and technology, society information, star maps, world wildlife fund
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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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Kanata, Ontario – The last fly pass of the “Discovery”
Graeme arrived after work and suggested that, since the night sky was clear, we should try to get a shot of the last pass by of the space shuttle “Discovery”.
Lac Leamy Casino Fireworks Competition – Aug 2006
Each year an international fireworks competition is sponsored by the Casino De Hull at Lac Leamy in Gatineau, Quebec. The competing teams from different countries choreograph their displays to music and the resultant sound and light shows are usually fantastic. … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Gatineau/Hull/Aylmer, Quebec
Tagged casina, casino de hull, clebrations, colours, competitions, fireworks display, Gatineau, gatineau quebec, hull, international fireworks competition, lac leamy, lac leamy casino, night photography, night sky, photographing fireworks, Quebec, wind direction
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