Author: Pierre Martin

I went out this past Sunday morning to view the Leonids at the Fred Lossing Observatory (FLO) near Almonte to check out the 18” dob and then get comfortable in my winter sleeping bag for a predawn meteor watch.  It was cold...

I was able to observe one more time after the Draconids outburst, to see if anything was going on before the long drive back home.  I did not expect to see any but as always with meteors, we never know.  After a very relaxing...

Here’s my results for a quick outing this past Friday morning at Bootland Farm.  The sky was quite nice – average transparency.  It was on the cool side, just a few degrees above freezing so I was glad to have my winter...

The predicted peak night of the SPEs was clouded out, but I was able to get out a few nights later.  I attended a very busy public sidewalk session in the west end, and after that, I took a drive to Westmeath Lookout.  It has...