https://nightwatchbook.com/resources/https://nightwatchbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/stellarium.jpgStellariumhttps://nightwatchbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2017-eclipse-composite-photomatix.jpg2017 Eclipse Composite (Photomatix)https://nightwatchbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/aurora-from-home-panorama-april-27-2022.jpgAurora from Home Panorama (April 27, 2022)A 150° panorama of the auroral arc across the northern sky, shot from home in Alberta on April 27, 2022. The camera picked up the blue colour at the top of the curtains at left in the northwest from high-altitude sunlight illuminating the tops of the curtains. Otherwise, oxygen reds and greens dominate this fairly quiet display. Coincidentally, the arc of the aurora nicely follows the arc of the Milky Way across the north, then at its lowest for the year in the spring sky. The winter stars Castor, Pollux and Capella are setting at left; Perseus and Cassiopeia are left of centre; Cygnus (with Deneb) is rising in the northeast right of centre; Vega in Lyra is at upper right, as the summer stars rise in the northeast. Some of the lights in the distance are from farmers in the area preparing the fields for the spring seeding. This is a stitch of 7 segments, each 30 seconds with the RF15-35mm lens at f/2.8 and 24mm, on the Canon EOS Ra at ISO 3200. The camera was on the Star Adventurer tracker, so these are all tracked, but the exposures are short enough that the ground is not blurred too badly, yet the stars are not trailed. Stitched in Camera Raw.https://nightwatchbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/stsci-jwst-pillars.jpgPillars of Creation (NIRCam and MIRI Composite Image)https://nightwatchbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/kitt_peak_national_observatory_in_the_quinlan_mountains_2023.jpgKitt_Peak_National_Observatory_in_the_Quinlan_Mountains,_2023https://nightwatchbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/jack-looking-through-tv85-telescope.jpgJack Looking Thru TV 85 RefractorJack looking at Saturn through his TeleVue 85 apo refractor at the July 25, 2019 Rothney Observatory Milky Way Night.https://nightwatchbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/rao-milky-way-night-6-july-21-2012.jpgMilky Way Night @ the RAO (July 21, 2012)Robyn shows off Saturn in the early evening sky. Public and local astronomers gathered at the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory on July 21, 2012 for one of the annual Milky Way Nights presented by the RAO. From 10 pm to 2 am several hundred people stargazed under clear skies, enjoyed the naked eye views of the Milky Way and telescopic views of deep-sky objects such as nebulas and galaxies. Volunteers from the Calgary Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and staff from TELUS Spark helped present the stars to the public.https://nightwatchbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/rao-milky-way-night-15-july-21-2012.jpgMilky Way Night @ the RAO (July 21, 2012)Lasers and mobile apps helped people find their way around the darkening sky. Public and local astronomers gathered at the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory near Calgary, Alberta on July 21, 2012 for one of the annual Milky Way Nights presented by the RAO. From 10 pm to 2 am several hundred people stargazed under clear skies, enjoyed the naked eye views of the Milky Way and telescopic views of deep-sky objects such as nebulas and galaxies. Volunteers from the Calgary Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and staff from TELUS Spark helped present the stars to the public.https://nightwatchbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/sagittarius-over-star-party.jpgSummer Milky Way over Star Party CampsiteThe Sagittarius Milky Way area, around the centre of the Galaxy, over the trees and campsite at Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Sasksatchewan. Taken August 17, 2012 at the Saskatchewan Summer Star Party. This is a composite of 6 exposures: all 2 minutes at f/2.8 and ISO 1600 with the Canon 5D MkII and Sigma 50mm lens, but 5 exposures were tracked and 1 exposure was untracked to prevent the ground from blurring. Ground is from the untracked exposure, sky is from the stack of 5 tracked exposures. All taken from the same location -- the ground is not faked onto a separate sky shot. 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Public and local astronomers gathered at the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory near Calgary, Alberta on July 21, 2012 for one of the annual Milky Way Nights presented by the RAO. From 10 pm to 2 am several hundred people stargazed under clear skies, enjoyed the naked eye views of the Milky Way and telescopic views of deep-sky objects such as nebulas and galaxies. Volunteers from the Calgary Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and staff from TELUS Spark helped present the stars to the public.2024-09-11T20:55:46+00:00weekly0.6https://nightwatchbook.com/authors/2024-09-11T20:43:44+00:00weekly0.6https://nightwatchbook.com/videos/2023-07-06T16:38:44+00:00weekly0.6https://nightwatchbook.com/contact/https://nightwatchbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/nightwatchwordmark.jpgnightwatchwordmarkhttps://nightwatchbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/nw-5th-covers-1.jpgNW-5th-Covershttps://nightwatchbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/nw-5th-covers.jpgnw-5th-covershttps://nightwatchbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/nw-5thfrontcover.jpgNW-5thFrontCoverhttps://nightwatchbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/observing-mars-dec.-9-2022.jpgObserving Mars on a Winter Night (December 9, 2022)A selfie of me observing Mars, the bright object at top, in Taurus, on a mild winter night from home on December 9, 2022. Mars was then two days past opposition and at its brightest. The waning gibbous Moon is the bright glow at left, lighting the sky blue and the snowy landscape below with sparkling moonlight. Orion is rising behind me, while Gemini is at far left. I am observing with the Astro-Physics 130mm EDT refractor, an almost vintage telescope now, purchased in 1993 and still one of the best made of its type. It is on the Astro-Physics Mach1 mount. This is a blend of two exposures with the TTArtisan 21mm lens at f/2.8, one focused on me, and one focused on the stars, both with the Canon R6 at ISO 800 for 3.2 seconds. 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