Category Archives: Images of Saturn

Catching up: CAO Work Party, Open House, DDO First Night, and Thornhill public viewing session

Posted on June 4, 2013 by risahorowitz

I have been remiss in posting to the Blog in the midst of my travel from Regina to Toronto for the summer months; it has been a busy time. The Work Party at the CAO was a whirlwind of business … Continue reading →

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Opposition 2013 – CGEM success!

Posted on May 1, 2013 by risahorowitz

Well, I did it. I polar aligned my CGEM, and did a 2-star alignment successfully. I put a shout out to the Regina RASC email list for joiners on Saturday night, April 27th, in honour of opposition on the 28th … Continue reading →

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Imaging Saturn at the MacKenzie Art Gallery

Posted on January 9, 2013 by risahorowitz

I spent a good deal of September through November preparing my work for installation at the MacKenzie Art Gallery as part of the exhibition Synthetic Age. The show, curated by Jeff Nye, is a collection of works by Fine Arts … Continue reading →

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first real stacking success!

Posted on November 6, 2012 by risahorowitz

Wow does it feel great to have some modicum of success in learning how to stack images. Details: Keith’s Image Stacker 30 second, 1920×1080 .mov file captured with Nikon D7000, May 10, 2012, 10:35:11pm, David Dunlap Observatory .75 focal reducer … Continue reading →

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Recent visits to the Dunlap

Posted on May 20, 2012 by risahorowitz

I visited the DDO on the night of the supermoon and introduced myself to some of the members and organizers. I managed to give a presentation last Friday for one of the members’ nights, introducing my project and getting acquainted … Continue reading →

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Saturn near opposition, April 2012

Posted on April 15, 2012 by risahorowitz

In planning to capture some images around the time of opposition, Alden and Ron met me at the Science Centre on Monday [April 9th]. Alden brought the C8, and Ron brought the keys! As it turns out, the seeing has … Continue reading →

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Four Planet // Four Moon Night [first 2012 Image with C8, D7000, and CCD-SSIV]

Posted on March 30, 2012 by risahorowitz

Well, it finally cleared up enough last night for Alden and I to get together. Alden is a club member and manages the equipment, and offered to provide orientation for the  Celestron 8 telescope which I can also borrow this … Continue reading →

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Saturn, Spica, New Moon, November 22, 2011

Posted on March 21, 2012 by risahorowitz

Back in early November Chris Beckett met me for coffee and to chat about telescopes and other gear that I was researching while writing the SSHRC ID grant. The two biggest obstacles for me at that point were 1) having … Continue reading →

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First Images, July 8, 2011.

Posted on March 21, 2012 by risahorowitz

On July 8th I visited the Kalium Observatory and using the projection photography technique managed to capture 67 mostly unusable images of the planet. I hand-held the camera in front of the telescope eyepiece, shot at 3200, f5.6, between 1/60 … Continue reading →

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