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Tag Archives: astronomy
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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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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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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