This image of the Iris Nebula in Cepheus was captured through a RASA 11-inch f/2.2 Astrograph telescope and a ZWO ASI294MC Pro CCD camera by Gary Colwell at the North Frontenac Dark Sky Preserve northeast of Toronto, Canada. It shows both the reflection nebulosity and the surrounding dark dusty regions. The image spans 1.5 degrees…
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As shown above, on Saturday, October 2, 2021 from 7:45 pm to 7:51 pm EDT, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the northwestern horizon, and then passing through the Big Dipper’s bowl, close to Polaris, through Cassiopeia, and near the Andromeda Galaxy before entering Earth’s…
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I’ve annotated this image of the full moon taken by Michael Watson of Toronto. The dark maria are labelled in yellow with their Latin names. Major craters and those with ray systems are in blue. the red numerals show the Apollo landing sites, although the equipment is not visible from Earth. Hello, Autumn Harvest Stargazers!…
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As shown above, on Sunday, September 19, 2021 from 8:17 pm to 8:24 pm EDT, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the west-southwestern horizon, and then passing very close to the Hercules Globular Cluster M13 before entering Earth’s shadow above the northeastern horizon. Artificial satellites…
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When Callisto’s round, black shadow crosses Jupiter on Friday night, September 17 between 6:15 pm and 11 pm EDT, it will be on, or near, the Great Red Spot – as shown in this simulated view for 8 pm EDT. The shadow will gradually slide to the left of the spot as Jupiter’s rotation outpaces…
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As shown above, on Friday, September 17, 2021 from 8:13 pm to 8:18 pm EDT, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in a very bright pass, rising from the southwestern horizon, and then passing above Saturn and Jupiter before entering Earth’s shadow above the east-northeastern horizon. Artificial satellites are visible because they…
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This gorgeous image of the North America Nebula, and the Pelican Nebula to its right, was captured by Roman Kulesza. The pink colour arises from glowing hydrogen gas. Opaque dust in the foreground is separating the single large gas cloud into two nebulas, and producing the unique shapes. It was the SkyNews Photo of the…
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As shown above, on Friday, September 10, 2021 from 5:45 am to 5:51 am EDT, the International Space Station will fly high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exciting Earth’s shadow above the west-northwestern horizon, flying past the Great Square of Pegasus, Orion’s Belt, and Sirius, and then setting in the southeast.…
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