Author Archives: aomo

Leigh & Mark Mark & Leigh arrived: 8:15 pm Clear sky. (full moon) Temp: 11C Mark and I drove up to the AOMO with a plan to get the guide scope and camera operational.  We had been having problems with … Continue reading →

Leigh, Mark, Oleg and Harvey Guests: Phil Northcott, Robb Farion Maple Ridge Secondary School Astronomy club: Amy with her father Marty and little sister Rani Mark, Harvey and Phil arrived: 7:10 pm Leigh, Robb Farion, Amy, Marty and Rani arrived … Continue reading →

Leigh and Jim Arrived: 2:10 pm Temp:Partly Clear My son Jim and I drove up to the AOMO Friday afternoon so that we could measure the old Generator shed in detail.  This was so that Jim can draft the drawings … Continue reading →

Leigh with the Jorgensen family as guests. Arrived: 8:30 pm Temp: 5 C, Clear As usual, I am slow at getting my log posted. I have to get in the habit of writing my log the very next day. … … Continue reading →

Mark, Wayne and Leigh Arrived: 8:00 pm Temp: -1 C, Clear Mark Wayne and I tried to take advantage of an unexpected clear night to try to finish what we had started doing on Jan 7.  We wanted to get … Continue reading →

Mark and Leigh Arived: 4:30 pm Temp: -2 C, Light rain. On the way to the AOMO Mark and I encountered a tree across the road.  It had fallen down just past the road branches off to the UBC Liquid … Continue reading →

Oleg Mazurenko, Leigh, Terry McComas, Mark Speller and April Arived: 9:20pm Temp: 14 C Clear Magnitude 5 sky. My appologies ahead of time as my notes for this night are minimal to say the least.  I didn’t think I would … Continue reading →

Oleg Mazurenko & Leigh Arived: 12:35am Temp: 13 C Clear Magnitude 5 sky. Oleg and I took a late (or early morning) trip up to the AOMO to enable Oleg to try using his camera and laptop to image through … Continue reading →

Mark & Leigh Arived: 8:45pm Temp: 14 C Mark & I set up Mark’s EQ6 with his Takahashi 106ED mounted upon it.  I tried to cheat the darkness a little by trying to align Marks mount while the sky was … Continue reading →