Category: Astronomy
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Cool Space Stuff! Check out live telescope stream
This is really cool! A resident, Ryan Wong in Port Alberni has posted on facebook that they are going to make a live stream available straight from their telescope tonight. http://www.twitch.tv/kanadian_kerbal He will be pointing his telescope to the sky after sundown (after 10PM) and streaming the view to anyone who tunes in. Isn’t that…
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Spring Ahead this Weekend with Warm Weather! And what are those spots!?
Don’t forget about the time change this weekend! You will be setting your clocks FORWARD one hour when you go to bed on Saturday. (so you might want to consider going to bed an hour earlier than normal to compensate 🙂 ) I always find the leap forward to be the harder of the transitions.…
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Patience rewarded! Blood Moon captured on webcam, Timelapse Included
Updated: Timelapse now included! (Make sure you set it to HD quality, makes a huge difference… use the little gear icon to change it) It was a tough road last night… And I’m working on only about 4.5 hours sleep, so if this post is a little incoherent, blame it on the Moon. 🙂 It…
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Hot spot weekend. Red Moon Tonight
It was a fantastic weekend of sunny weather. I’m probably not the only one that got a bit of colour on my cheeks from it. We also competed for hotspot in BC. Our official high of 18.6°C on Saturday lost out to Cultis Lake but on Sunday we reached 20.9°C which was a new short…
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Blue moons, sunny Wed/Thurs, showers Friday?
Did everyone catch the full ‘blue’ moon last night? It was a beauty! You can see it rising in yesterdays timelapse. A blue moon is the 3rd full moon in a 4 full moon season. (One season usually has 3 full moons, one for each month). This morning was pretty beautiful as well. Today should…