Nov 8 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse Had a chance to observe and take an image of the Total Lunar Eclipse this morning. This was an interesting fairly long and deep eclipse that was visible to the Pacific Regions, including Western …
Stargazing at the St Mary’s Campground Early in October around the time of the full moon, Grace and I had one last chance to go camping and Stargazing at St Mary’s Campground before the end of this season. This time …
2022 Mount Kobau Star Party Just returned from attending this event, this will mark the 4th decade in which Grace and I have attended this Star Party. From our first time in 1992 to attending it in 2006 & 2007, …
And a Brochure for MKSP 2022 Just completed the Brochure for MKSP. Previously this had been done using MS Publisher. This time I used InDesign an Adobe tool that is more conducive for creating content for publishing and printing. I …
RASC Expulsion in 2020 The Expulsion of Roger Nelson in 2020: Prior to being illegally expelled both myself and Grace had over many decades served the Society well and with distinction. The details of the who, why, where, when, what …
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 …