29Dec12 Was an attempt to perform an observation. Although the forecast was promissing, the skies were covered with clouds.
RASC Vancouver Centre member will be on site to help with telescopes setup and observation tips. For more information contact RASC Vancouver Observing Chair at [email protected]
The Venus Transit in 2012:
Image taken: 05 June 2012, Oleg Mazurenko
Description: Venus Transit, Oahu, Hawaii, USA. Equinox-80, single processed images.
The Solar Promenance in 2010:
Image taken: 11 July 2010, Oleg Mazurenko /The Ukraine Astronomy Group/
Description: The Promenance, Total Solar Eclipse, Atoll HAO, French Polynesia. Equinox-80, SONY HD, Stack of 10 selected image frames.
The Comet Garradd in 2011:
Image taken: 04 September 2011, Oleg Mazurenko
Description: Comet Garradd, Manning Park, BC, Canada. Equinox-80, CANON 250D, single processed image.
1. Venus & Mercury were nicely seen in the morning skies and close to Saturn on 26/27 November, brilliant Jupiter was in opposition and in conjunction with Moon on 01st and 28th November.
2. On November 4th asteroid Ceres (~ 7.9m) passed 2 arc minutes from η Gemini, triple star system and on the November 20 – 25 Ceres less than 1 degree below M35 cluster
3. 21/22 November asteroid Vesta (~ 7.0m) passed less than 10 arc minutes above the 111 Taurus (5m)
4. Boundary Bay observation – 29th December at 4:30PM – Oleg plans to be on site
5. November 14th early in the morning, there was a solar eclipse in South Pacific in Australia. Many groups had an expedition to North Queensland and observed the eclipse. Great results were achieved. One of the newest and interesting tasks is the imaging of the totality with the h-alpha wide band filter. The results are being processed and will be posted on the web.
6. All-Sky Camera:
A) Camera is working and turning on when weather permits
B) On November 26th three cameras were able to detect and record the same fireball from three different locations in BC – Courtenay camera, Victoria camera and our SFU camera. The results were sent to the All Sky group team. In order to calculate the orbit of the meteor the cameras are to be calibrated as mentioned below.
C) To reduce the useless data collection by the camera, Oleg is performing the software tuning of the camera. The All Sky team has been contacted for the advices and the adjustments are being performed
D) Oleg is registering with Sentinel to get the latest software and ability to post the results on a Sentinel web site and sync the data
E) Most BC cameras require calibration of the domes in order to properly calculate the trajectories coordinates of the meteors. This is a great task and All Sky group will be scheduling that procedures
F) Because of the power interruptions, PC needs a UPS. Checking the UPS price for holding 2 PC and how much cost and how it can be budgeted
G) Further idea is to move the camera to future Observatory location, and have a second PC to control it. Second PC will be also as a backup PC for SFU Observatory. The All Sky camera will be calibrated then
I was interested in viewing the eclipse upcoming on Tuesday and I have no idea where I should go to see this, if some spots are better than others and Where would i go about getting the glasses, Would it be possible to get this information?
Venus will eclipse only a tiny part of the Sun as it transits across the Sun’s face, so eye protection is essential if you’re going to view the event.
Both Canadian Telescopes in Burnaby and the Vancouver Telescope Centre have glasses. The RASC will also have some glasses available at the two events it’s hosting. See http://www.meetup.com/astronomy-131/ for details.