Author Archives: risahorowitz

Open Clusters, CAO

Posted on July 4, 2016 by risahorowitz

Just about two years ago I photography the 32 objects in the summer chapter of Turn Left at Orion. Not thinking I would ever exhibit those pieces, I shot .jpg only, but, lo, I have been invited to a fabulous … Continue reading →

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Jupiter, webcam manual stack

Posted on June 4, 2016 by risahorowitz

So, I exported an image sequence from some video I grabbed of Jupiter early in the evening yesterday. Randomly opened five in pshop and manually stacked. Here’s my first stacked image of Jupiter.

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Saturn Opposition 2016

Posted on June 3, 2016 by risahorowitz

Right on. I set up in the THO. I had to align twice because something was loose. I shot Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn with my dSLR, and then I stuck my planetary camera on the scope. Last year I totally … Continue reading →

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Imminent Opposition

Posted on May 31, 2016 by risahorowitz

I was incredibly preoccupied this past year finishing production for my modeling views exhibition, which went up without too much fuss in January. And then I crashed. I’m back in Ontario for the spring and summer and have spent the … Continue reading →

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real-time-slow-motion (all night sun) – Out of Site

Posted on November 29, 2015 by risahorowitz

A bit late in the posting, but here is some documentation of my video real-time-slow-motion (all night sun), which Earl Miller curated as part of his Out of Site: Contemporary Art Works On Queen St. West in early October, 2015. … Continue reading →

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Flappy Rings story in pictures

Posted on July 30, 2015 by risahorowitz

As I await delivery of JR connectors and a crimping tool, I have assembled the 29 rings, got the code to work (with a great deal of help from Rob and Ray), threw most of them up on the wall … Continue reading →

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July 16 &17, CAO – Orion Cam Fail; Photo 101; fog

Posted on July 18, 2015 by risahorowitz

So – Thursday night skies were not fabulous but good enough for ‘practice’, as Blake said, luring me from the kitchen and my hot chocolate back to the observatory. I can’t get an image on my Orion Solar System IV … Continue reading →

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mid-summer blues

Posted on July 15, 2015 by risahorowitz

It is July 15th and the summer feels so close to ending already, the next 5 weeks will go very quickly. I have not made it back to the CAO since last new moon, but I will head there tomorrow … Continue reading →

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CAO, first 2015 visit

Posted on June 21, 2015 by risahorowitz

It is really great to be back in Ontario for the summer, and to enjoy my first weekend back at the CAO. Ian and I walked the Margaret Paul Trail, and under the supervision of Blake, Elaine, and Tony, I … Continue reading →

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Modeling Views Update

Posted on June 7, 2015 by risahorowitz

It really has been some time since I last posted, primarily because throughout the fall and winter semesters I have been truly unable to work on the Modeling Views project in any depth. It has been a busy year. Some … Continue reading →

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