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“Dark Energy: Nature's Heart of Darkness.” & Regular Meeting at Beban Social Complex
January 26, 2012 from 7pm to 9pm
Regular MeetingEveryone is welcome at the free regular meeting of the Nanaimo Astronomy Society. …See More
James Patterson is attending Garland Coulson's event
Feb Meeting & Presentation: "A Billion $ Observatory In the Chilean Andes. at Beban Social Complex
February 23, 2012 from 7pm to 9pm
Regular MeetingEveryone is welcome at the free regular meeting of the Nanaimo Astronomy Society.…See More
Patricia Giovando is attending Garland Coulson's event
“Dark Energy: Nature's Heart of Darkness.” & Regular Meeting at Beban Social Complex
January 26, 2012 from 7pm to 9pm
Regular MeetingEveryone is welcome at the free regular meeting of the Nanaimo Astronomy Society. …See More
Patricia Giovando and Carol Currie are attending Garland Coulson's event
Randall (Randy) Krall left a comment for Brendan Millbank
Hello Brenden,
The CCD Camera is an ATIK. A British company but the cameras are made in Portual.…
Randall (Randy) Krall commented on Randall (Randy) Krall's photo
Hi Brendan,
This was taken with a Stellarvue Nighthawk 80mm achromat and my Canon XSi in my…
Brendan Millbank commented on Randall (Randy) Krall's photo
Was this taken using your Meade 8" SCT? I tried to get a good video of Andromeda, but so far…
Brendan Millbank commented on Randall (Randy) Krall's photo
I've got a Celestron C8 on an equatorial mount. How does the Sony CCD you have fit onto your…
Randall (Randy) Krall commented on Randall (Randy) Krall's photo
Thanks Brendon. Clear skies are few and far between despite the relatively mild and dry winter…
Brendan Millbank commented on Randall (Randy) Krall's photo
Nice shot. Very encouraging to see someone imaging with a scope similar to mine. I was looking at…
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Globe At Night Project
Posted by Garland Coulson on January 18, 2012 at 2:10pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
GLOBE at Night program is an international program that asks people around the world to measure their night sky brightness on certain dates and submit…
Saturn's Moon Dione
Posted by Garland Coulson on December 16, 2011 at 2:14pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Here is a picture taken by Cassini of Saturn's moon Dione from 112,636 kilometres away. Click on the picture to see it…
ContinueA Super Earth In The Habitable Zone
Posted by Garland Coulson on December 16, 2011 at 2:07pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Planet Kepler-22b is the smallest planet outside of our solar system found in the habital zone so…
We just brought a bit of New Mexico with some of the darkest skies in the world.
Posted by Chris Boar on December 10, 2011 at 7:38pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Checkout this development in New Mexico! Granitegap.com A dedicated astronomy 'preserve'. We've just brought an RV plot down there! We got a 99 year lease for a 1/3 acre RV lot + a 1/4 acre lot to build an observatory on. All fully…
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Kepler Conference
Posted by Carl Savage on December 8, 2011 at 7:43pm 1 Comment 2 Likes
I am at the five day Kepler conference at NASA's Ames Research Centre in support of the work I am doing. I am sure that you have heard of the discovery of Kepler 22b but I thought I would fill everyone in on other things happening with the Kepler… Continue
Orion Inteliscope 10 inch Dobsonian For Sale
Posted by Jay Kirby on December 1, 2011 at 4:20pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hello.
I have a an Orion 10 inch Inteliscope dobsonian (go to) for sale. I purchased this scope new in 2007 from Vancouver Telescope Centre and have only used it 6 or 7 times. I have never even hooked up or calibrated the Go To system. I…
ContinueSaturn Storm - New Cassini Images From Last Year's Storm On Saturn
Posted by Garland Coulson on November 30, 2011 at 11:28am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Saturn's Cassini probe has brought us many stunning pictures, but these blew me away.
These are newly released images from Cassini of the huge storm in Saturn's atmosphere late last year.
This storm was…
ContinueSwap & Shop at Nov 24 meeting
Posted by Garland Coulson on November 16, 2011 at 11:20am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Just a reminder to our Nanaimo Astronomy Society members that we will be having another swap & shop at our next meeting on Nov 24, so bring any of your unused telescopes, eyepieces, mounts…
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