2023 Geminid Meteor Shower
Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy for most of the night. Had a small window (in time, and between the streetlights) to capture a few meteors. The SQM reading was predictably bad
Summer Triangle, Milky Way, and Fireflies
Lots of fireflies last night. Temperature ranged from 21°C to 15°C. Very humid. Seeing was poor.
The Light Show That Just Kept on Giving
When I left work I was just hoping to see some green through some sucker holes. So off to Carden Alvar I went. On a side note, I happened to
Northern Lights
Nice light show last night. Reds and greens were visible naked eye. The waxing crescent moon was very bright unfortunately. Coyotes were howling as usual. Location: Carden Alvar Provincial Park
More of Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
Third opportunity to shoot this thing. This time with Hyades, right beside NGC 1647. It’s getting fainter every night. Not a great picture, but you get what you pay for.
Mars and Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
Conditions were not unfavourable tonight, until the clouds rolled in.
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
Finally go to see it. High thin cloud made seeing it through binoculars difficult. This is a single 4 second exposure, shot from underneath a street lamp.
More X class flares than clear nights in 2023
Three X class flares; two clear nights so far. Kp5 last night, but the magnetic field was north all night. Clouds on the northern horizon made seeing Comet C/2022 E3
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Labour Day
Was expecting to get rained on all day, but it was clear, and 23 degrees up Opeongo. There was a possibility of seeing northern lights on the way home,