Subject: A Tornado of a tale
A Tornado of a tale
June 18th, 2014 at 8:38 pm EDTHello Friend, Tornadoes ain't fun. Imagine my surprise yesterday, when I drove off the ferry in Tobermory, Ontario to head towardsLondon, Ontario and found out on the radio that I was heading straight into the path of a possible tornado. A "tornado ...
The Night Sky Blues
June 17th, 2014 at 10:37 am EDTHello Friend, Ever find that during the day, while at work, you come up with an idea that goes something like this: "When I get home, I'm going to set the telescope up, and get it ready to do some observing tonite". Then you get home, and before you ...
What happened to Captain Crunch's voice?
June 16th, 2014 at 11:36 am EDTHello Friend, The weather in the North country was all over the map this past weekend. It was for the most part cloudy, and was not conducive to doing any kind of observing. Then it was windy. Then it rained for 10 minutes. Fortunately I was able to ...
Friday the 13th, A Full Moon, and today's your lucky day
June 13th, 2014 at 9:13 am EDTHello Friend, I am sure you are likely busy gearing up for what appears to be a lovely weekend. I have already crossed paths with a black cat. Just happens to be a member of our household. Our cat Merlin, is in a cranky mood this morning, If he does ...
What a Cockwomble of a situation
June 12th, 2014 at 12:26 pm EDTHello Friend, Yes, cockwomble. And that's a "term of endearment" used by a colleague of mine. The world cup of soccer starts today, and man there are so many different flags attached to car hoods in thestreets of Toronto, it's not even funny. A fe ...
Is this Evolution? Snowbirds pilot to Farmer
June 11th, 2014 at 11:13 am EDTHello Friend, Well, it's a matter of opinion. One of my neighbours, here in the North country, was in the Canadian Miltary for 16 years. He tested military planes for structural issues, and he also flew with the formation team of the CanadianSnowbi ...
One way to deal with bullies
June 10th, 2014 at 11:51 am EDTHello Friend, Bullying seems to be omnipresent in the media these days. It's a serious problem among kids especially, and can lead to some terrible consequences. I know from personal experience what it's like, because when I was growing up in Londo ...
Observing Saturn? Here are three important things you should know
June 9th, 2014 at 12:45 pm EDTHello Friend, The Planet Saturn was the very night sky object that got me hooked into astronomy. Finding Saturn, with a small 60mm refractor and a wobbly tripod. The very fact that you can see it's rings, and it has such a 3 dimensional appearance t ...
A Questar like maksutov Cassegrain for $499?
June 6th, 2014 at 12:27 pm EDTHello Friend, Allow me to explain. Many years ago the Questar Corporation, in Pennyslvania, designed a really cool maksutov-cassegraintelescope, which they introduced into the market place for amateur astronomers. The problem? It carried a mighty hef ...
Guess which telescope revolutioned the telescope industry?
June 5th, 2014 at 11:45 am EDTHello Friend, I'm sure that many might say it was the Dobsonian telescope. But I'm really talking about computerized telescopes today. When Meade Instruments shipped the first computerized "goto" telescope back in 1992, the LX200 series.it was t ...