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Diana’s Quiz – April 20, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  When did Nobel Prizes...

EARTHFEST, April 20 in Carleton Place

Second Annual EARTHFEST, April 20 in Carleton...

An Almonte baby boom

Springtime is often busy in the Almonte...

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October – Look East to the Pleiades

by Pat Browne The Pleiades - a naked eye Open Star Cluster (also known from Greek mythology as the Seven Sisters) We first encountered the Pleiades setting in the West in the...

MVNSC – Fall Astronomy Session Introduction

Mississippi Valley Night Sky Conservation  -  FALL  Astronomy Sessions Program developed by: Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority in partnership with: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Ottawa Astronomy Friends Night Sky Conservation...

Fall 2018 Night Sky Sessions – Info

Come join us for night sky observing  starting Friday September 14.  Learn the Fall constellations and observe their star clusters and galaxies . Learn how to observe features on...
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Hunting Comet Catalina in Mississippi Mills

Pre-dawn Thursday Jan 7 2016 Observing Report January 7 2016, I peeked out  (at 1 am EDT) and waited for Jupiter to shove over and...

Moon River, Moon Cycles…

On Christmas Eve 2015, Millstone's, Brent Eades, observed and photographed (above) a beautiful Full Moon over the Mississippi River .  He mentioned that this...

Bright Planets in the East before Dawn – October 2015

Use Stellarium to check out the sky configuration for your location and time                                                                           You may have gotten up or will get up before sunrise and...

Night Sky – September 2015 Observations – Northern and Southern Horizons

Cycling home in the early evening, I enjoyed watching the wisps of interstellar clouds (of stars and stardust) rise up overhead into the northern...

Saturn, Scorpius Globular Clusters & Aug 12-14 Perseid Meteor Shower

In mid-month August, we can take off the mosquito netting and re-acquaint ourselves with the Night Sky . Let's look at what we have...

Kepler 452b: “In transit”

July 2015: The Kepler Space Telescope made an extraordinary exoplanet discovery, Kepler-452b . Kepler-452b, in the constellation Cygnus, is 1400 light years away shares the same...

Night Sky Course Spring 2015 – Notes from the last Session

MVNSC: Mississippi Valley Night Sky Conservation: Post Spring 2015 Lecture Notes Night Sky Observations: May 8 , 17,  and June 7: May 8 2015 21:00 EDT: Sky...

Lecture 5 Night Sky May 8th 2015

MVNSC: Mississippi Valley Night Sky Conservation: The Night Sky Around Us Lecture 5 Program developed by: Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Ottawa Astronomy Friends Instructor: Pat...

Lecture 4 – Night Sky May 1st 2015

MVNSC: Mississippi Valley Night Sky Conservation: The Night Sky Around Us Lecture 4 Program developed by: Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Ottawa Astronomy Friends Instructor: Pat...

Lecture 3 – Night Sky April 17 2015

MVNSC: Mississippi Valley Night Sky Conservation: 'Observing the Night Sky Around Us': Our Night Sky as it appears April 17 2015 around 9pm - courtesy Stellarium Program...

Lecture 2 – Night Sky – April 10 2015

MVNSC: Mississippi Valley Night Sky Conservation: 'Observing the Night Sky Around Us': Our Night Sky as it appears April 10 2015 around 9pm - courtesy Stellarium Program...

Morning Moonset ‘Eclipses’ Eclipse – April 4 2015

If we take the definition of the verb form 'eclipse' to mean  'to block', then we have the time and place set for our...

Lunar ‘Road Map’ – How to Observe the Moon

MVNSC - Mississippi Valley Night Sky Conservation How-To  Observe the Moon around First Quarter - courtesy Michael Watson, member RASC Equipment you will need: Moon chart - Overview...

Lecture 1: ‘The Night Sky Around Us’ March 27 2015

MVNSC: Mississippi Valley Night Sky Conservation: Program developed by: Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority in partnership with: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Ottawa Astronomy Friends Instructor: Pat Browne Assistant: Bob Hillier References...
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