Night Sky News

Looking West - Observe the Winter Milky Way Walking home from my neighbour's I was  blessed to behold: the brilliance  of the Winter Milky Way...

Last month the close conjunction of Venus and Mercury allowed us to see Mercury,the innermost planet of our Solar System. This month, Feb 20/21...

The best opportunity  to see Mercury is when the planet is at greatest 'eastern' or 'western' elongation. You need a clear horizon, because this...

Comet Lovejoy now appears to have 'tails' - streamers of gas and dust. You can see them in a small telescope. The tails develop...

This month, the Ottawa Centre of the RASC (Royal Astronomical Society of Canada)  invited a special guest speaker, staff writer for Astronomy Magazine,...

Rainy Days and Nights make for a spectacular Rainbow and a non-eventful Lunar Eclipse (Oct 8 2014) Early Wednesday morning - (meaning 3 am local...

Comet Jacques Now Sailing past the Constellation Cepheus!   Comet Jacques (C/2014 E2) is now visible through small telescopes and moving fairly quickly across the background...

          This article is an excerpt from the Ottawa RASC (Royal Astronomical Society of Canada) June 2014 Astronotes  celebrating  dark sky observing  in their 'good...

For the StarGazer's ride June 27 2014, Night Sky Conservation Programmers (the folks that do the Spring Astronomy Course)  offer the following description of...

Some of you who took the Night Sky Conservation Course this Spring had the pleasure of meeting our assistant Andrew Lindstrom. Andrew has remained...

pat pat 2012-04-27T16:28:35Z 2012-04-27T18:45:15Z 11.5606 NightSkyResources -3 0 1 3 12 4 False False False Sheet2 False False False Sheet3 False False False 9465 17115 120 90 False False Here's a guide to the books, charts, magazines and software mentioned in the Night Sky Course.  Resource  Rating  Author  Comments Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics  ***** Zelik and Smith Second Edition  Course used at...

In order to get a sense of how stellar mass influences the evolutionary path of stars, here's a lab exercise to try (on a...

Monday night April 28 was the only night without precipitation in the forecast,  so we took our chances to see if we could peer...

Calling it a  GO for tonight to try to do some observing . Tonight: 8:15 PM  Monday April 28 - Meet at the Mill of...