Wonders of the Night Sky

Author: glen

  • New image of M42/M43

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    Last night was the third night out with the new SVBony telescope & iOptron mount combination, and the first night of ‘Real’ imaging. The two previous nights were mostly working out the the growing pains but I did get a few of the Horsehead Nebula which were posted earlier. Last night I set out to…

  • New Scope & Mount

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    I recently picked up a new scope & goto mount, primarily to be a Portable setup, so weight & size were the most important when I was looking around. I used an old tripod that came with a Meade 4.5″ Newtonian GEM but had the head damaged many, many years ago. The legs were still…

  • Meteors Caught with Allsky Camera

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    Last night, was only the second night getting clear skies since putting the Allsky camera outside, and it captured a very interesting event. Mostly the images are washed out by the full moon, but 2 meteors were very distinctly visible in the images taken between 2:06 am and 2:58 am, Nov 15, 2024. I’ve also…

  • My First Post

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    This is the initial release of this new webpage & blog I’ve setup using WordPress & playing with the final look before going live with the page. This post is a introduction & what this website is intended for. For the past number of years, I’ve had a very “Crude” website (vo2go.ca) running for quite…