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PUBLIC ACCESS UPDATE PDF Print E-mail

 

 NEXT VIEWING NIGHT

Stay tuned for when the next night will be held.

 Randy

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 Due to the growing interest in accessing the observatory,  I am now offering SIGN UP VIEWING nights.

Its your chance to come out and see one of the largest professional telescopes in Canada in operation.  On typical viewing night you can see with your naked eye.. 

  • the rings of Saturn
  • the storm bands and moons of jupiter
  • the bright colors of Mars, Neptune or Uranus
  • the dust regions of a nebula
  • the spirals arms of distant galaxy. 
  • the shape and size of many unusual nebulas

Also visiors can request to join me in an imaging or scientific data collection session and learn how to acquire and use astronomical data. 

How it works: 

  • I will select a number of dates that are well suited of viewing (see below). 
  •  If your interested in attending any of the nights, send me an email, and let me know how many will be attending and how likely your attendance will be.   ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it )
  • Once I have enough confirmed visitors, I will then proceed.  And you will be notified by email.   
  • All viewing nights start at sunset and run until about midnight.  Everyone is welcome to stay as long as they wish.
  • There is a limited number of visitors that can be supported at a time, so sign up is first come first serve.
  • If you need to cancel, please give me 24 hour notice
  • Most viewing nights have a back-up night in case of clouds.
  • Cancellations of viewing will be posted on this web site if weather or other reasons occur
  • New dates are added regularly , check back.
  • Donations of $5 per person, or $10 for a car load is asked to help support the facility.

Planned dates are as follows:

March 7/8  Cancelled, cold temperatures and not enough participants signed up
Dark sky nite...great nebula and galaxy viewing.  Saturn's rings and Mars will be up

March 12  Booked - private party

March 13 :  Young moon, great viewing of craters and can still see brighter nebulas.  Saturn's rings and Mars will be up

April 4/5 :  Dark sky nite...great nebula and galaxy viewing.  Saturn's rings and Mars will be up

May 2/3:   Dark sky nite...great nebula and galaxy viewing.  Saturn's rings and Mars will be up

More dates will be posted soon...

Thank you,

Randy

 
Dec - 2007 Public Viewing Night PDF Print E-mail
Stay tuned for public viewing night...  2nd week of Dec is likely date
 
Comet Holmes - Image PDF Print E-mail

Here's a picture of the new comet2007-17P " Holmes"

 

Comet Holmes - Oct 27,2007

 

 
METEOR OPEN HOUSES - Aug 12/07 PDF Print E-mail

The Meteor Shower Open house was a great success

For those that ventured out we had a great view of a number of deep sky objects , a look at the space station flying over and then a long nite of meteors...a great nite...thanks to all who came and enjoyed the show.

The Perseid Meteor Shower will peaking on Sunday Night, but incase the weather does not cooperate I have also scheduled a Friday session.  I will be starting 9:30 both evenings.  If your coming for the Meteor shower, bring a comfortable lawn chair and sit back and watch the sky from a fairly dark sky.

Saturn is gone until winter, but Jupiter is still up.  We can have a look at its storm bands and its moons  There will be no moon glow to worry about so we can have a look at a number of deep sky objects (see my gallery), I will post a map in the gallery section on how to get to the observatory site.

Everyone welcome, its free!Smile
 Randy

 

 
Observatory Expansion Continues PDF Print E-mail

I've been taking advantage of the long days to upgrade the equipment, facility and operations.  A few nites ago I was able to test some of the new functions and snapped this picture of the Trifid Nebula....

 


 
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