Galaxies in our Local Galaxy Group We have now loaded up a table of the Galaxies in our Local Galaxy Group. Added to each row are notes that I have made when I have observed/photographed these. (or not where I …
2022 Updates to the Mount Kobau Star Party website I have been updating the Mount Kobau Star Party Website . Reorganized the content, added information about plans for 2022 and, new features to share information about the event, including a …
First Full Moon of 2022 The full moon is thought to be a time of completion. For me it is end of my Covid-19 infection. It started shortly after the New Moon, I was too sick and it was too …
Partial Lunar Eclipse Nov 2021 Taken from my front step with my telescope. That was last night at 2am local time. The skies had nicely cleared off, which was the forecast. And the temperature was around freezing (-4C) with light …
Summer Stargazing at the Lake Summer Stargazing at the lake: This past summer Grace and I spent a week at the Lake. During the day we played in the Lake with our Kayaks, when the forest fire smoke was not …
Comet Neowise 2020 F3 This comet showed up and briefly appeared in our skies over the Northern Hemisphere in July 2020. I was fortunate to capture a few images of it. so I thought I would share them here. There …
Aerial Stargazing from the window of a plane at 35,000 ft On a recent non stop Air Canada Flight from New York to Calgary I had this past November I was treated to a window seat for an evening of …
Mercury Transits the Sun 2019 On November 11th 2019 the innermost planet of our solar system transited the face of the Sun. That is Mercury passed directly in front of the sun and was visible through telescopes with solar filters …
Best Cellphone for Astronomy? Earlier this year I faced the difficult decision to replace my current cell phone at the time with a new phone, this time I wanted to purchase a phone that would give me ability to take …