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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.

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 →

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 →

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 →

I keep meaning to post a link to Blake’s blog, which is chock full of documentation, data, and how-to. http://blog.lumpydarkness.com/

Fantastic first visit to the CAO for me in 2014. The observing pad was full, and thanks to Blake, who basically has been carrying and setting up all my heavy gear because my back is out, I was able to … Continue reading →

Well, I wrapped up very quickly in Winnipeg and didn’t manage to write a blog post while everything was still fresh in my mind. My final two weeks were preoccupied with finishing preparing the ecliptic file so that when Geremy … Continue reading →