Terrible Seeing, Perseids coming up
Skies were predicted to be better tonight, but it’s still brutal. The Moon is almost full too as seen below. Didn’t see any Perseids. Here are some Perseid images from
Summer is just around the corner
The summer solstice is tomorrow, Friday, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:42 p.m. Which leads to the question, can you see the northern lights in southern Ontario near the solstice during a
The Sun Today
The Sun today in white light, and false colour hydrogen-alpha. We keep getting hit by severe geomagnetic storms in the daytime, so that’s fun. Sunspot region 4100 resembles Orion’s belt
A year ago today; Great North American Eclipse
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana…
The Eclipse
Success. Turned out to be clear. It was cold and damp though. I was able to get the eclipse from start to finish, and at some point I may do
Last chances for Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)
Best opportunity to see Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) was on the 20th of October after sunset, and before the Moon rose. At 7:31, the Milky Way visible at zenith, and
Continue readingLast chances for Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)
Geomagnetic Storm
More to come… Arrived at my secret spot early in a vain attempt to get the tail of C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) after sunset, but I think it’s still too close
Zero point zero
Skunked two nights in a row. Both aurora forecasts couldn’t have been more wrong. At least it was cold and wet. 6°C and everything was soaked from dew. This was
Northern Lights from Train 2 The Canadian
Got an alert that the Kp was 8, and saw some colour from the dome car, but it didn’t last long. Went to bed, and woke up at 3 am
2024 Perseids
Met up with some Friends in Carden Alvar to watch the Persieds last night. The waxing moon was very bright, and cast shadows until about 11:30. Once it set, it