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Hi, I’m new to the group and in the Ottawa valley. ?Im wondering if anyone has suggestions for good places to purchase a telescope or if anyone were selling a used one. ?I think I’d like to get

Thanks very much Marco! Clear skies, Pierre

Hello Pierre,? Thank you for sharing your wonderful experience. It was a great read. Congratulations with the accomplishments based on your perseverence and dedication. Thank you,? Marco?

I ventured out to Bootland Farm on the morning of September 9, to observe near the peak of the minor September epsilon Perseids shower. On arrival, I was disappointed to find a completely overcast

On the morning of August 16, I went to the Bootland Farm site (west of Ottawa) for a three hour meteor session. The sky was clear with average quality transparency (about 2.5/5). It was slightly

Hello all, Here’s my report on an extraordinary and surprising 2021 Perseid meteor outburst. This was a session that nearly didn’t happen. On the afternoon of August 13, I looked at what the

For the predicted peak night, Raymond Dubois was interested in joining me at a dark sky site. We discussed our options and the weather forecasts ahead of time, and we considered a few different

It will be a few days before we get observing weather at Bootland farm: <https://www.cleardarksky.com/c/BtlndFrmONkey.html> attilla danko, https://www.cleardarksky.com/csk,

For those interested in going to the Bootland Farm dark sky site near Stewartville (south-west of Arnprior), you can find the maps and details for this location on the OAOG Groups.io files. ?It is a

I went to the Moosecreek site on the evening of August 11 for a short meteor session, one night before the predicted peak. It was a very warm 26C, muggy and hazy night. No need for any sleeping bag

A few nights later, I returned to Bootland Farm for a two hour meteor watch (from about midnight to 2am EDT local time). The sky conditions were much better than the previous session, with 3/5

Hi all, After several months of being away from observing, and having rather poor luck with weather for the late 2020 meteor showers maximums, it was good to finally be out again this summer. The

Nice timelapse. attilla danko, https://www.cleardarksky.com/csk, danko@..., attilladanko@...

Hello all, Here’s a collection of the images I took of the June 10 2021 partial solar eclipse sunrise (plus a few setup shots by Shane Finnigan). The photos were taken by a Canon 5D and 70-200mm

Catching up on observing reports : ) 2020 URSIDS: There was a possibility that the 2020 Ursids might produce a series of predicted outbursts during the night of December 21/22. The weather

Hello all, I have a queue of observing reports, and I realized that I completely forgot to share my 2020 Geminids report. So here it is :) The viewing conditions for the Geminids in 2020 were

nice detail on Saturn. The grat red spot will be visible soon.

My theoretical understanding is that the coating lifetime is influenced by environment (chemical action) and handling (mechanical action). So if your mirror is in a well-sealed enclosure and you never

A really interesting idea. My first thought was that a) I didn't even really know people had mirrors recoated and b) I would probably never need that with something like an SCT. Maybe a Dob. And then

I've got a 12" that needs recoating - once there have been some successful jobs done. Not sure I'm up for being a guinea pig. Bill