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Greg: A few years ago I was at North Frontenac Deep Sky Preserve (#4 on Atilla's list) and the best image of M 31 Andromeda Galaxy for me was through a pair of binoculars.? Because the sky was so

You can show kids that things are real (and way cool) from the center of the city. Show them bright objects: craters on the moon, jupiter's moons, saturns ring, and with proper filters, sunspots.

For some reason I didn't type the word kid in my original note.? It should have said I got into the hobby to show my KIDS things are real.? I have realistic expectations for dark sites.? Still, I

P. wrote: Very true. Even if you could use a spacecraft and reduce your distance to nebulae by a factor of 1000 they still would not look like photographs amateurs take. Color in astrophotos is

Hi Greg, I am a member of RASC and the former Star Party Coordinator, and part of my motivation in doing that job was because it was open and it was the only way I could reliably guarantee I had

Hi Greg, I'm in a similar position, new to astronomy and live in downtown Ottawa (golden triangle). I've tried several locations with mixed results. Parking lot P16 (Meech Creek Valley) in Gatineau

Nicely detailed images. The color saturation is higher than my taste, but very nice. attilla danko, https://www.cleardarksky.com/csk, danko@..., attilladanko@...

Joining the Ottawa RASC to gain access to their observatory locating in Bennies corners is a good choice. Members only unless there is a public star party one (which there isnt because of covid.)

I just joined this group this morning since my wife is tired of listening to me talk about (and spend money on) Astronomy.? I was imaging on the 5th and 6th.? From what I remember the seeing was

Hey Greg, If you are able to join the Ottawa Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society, you would get access to the Centre’s observing site (and observatory with training) which is located just

Hi, I'm relatively new to astronomy and have been observing from my backyard.? I live near Dow's lake and the all but the brightest targets are washed out by the city lights.? This has pushed me

I was at the North Frontenac Dark Sky Preserve on Wednesday with my 19 year old daughter. This was her first dark sky. At one point she says no wonder you like Nirvana, it's the second darkest on the

i was using 212 power on a big dob but i didnt try to see if higher powers were better.

Attilla – What scope were you using for Jupiter tonight? And from 8:30 when the seeing was good to now when you say the seeing has become quite poor, what maximum mags were you able to use? I was

Seeing frim west ottawa/kanata was very good around 8pm (9 bands on jupiter). But the seeing is quite poor now. Lots of dew here too.

Would you say seeing was good tonight, then? I was just out at Luskville Falls, and I was having a lot of trouble on Jupiter, not very good views. I think i was having trouble with fogging/dew on my

shadow transit in progress on jupiter

Way to go Michael! Jim?

Yes, just had a scope out in the driveway and was able to show a few neighbours both Jupiter and Saturn. All said “wow”! Sent: October 6, 2021 8:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OAFs] good

nice detail around the great red spot tonight