13897488 - The Messier star cluster M35 at top right, along with nearby faint nebulas: IC 443, the arc of nebulosity left of centre, and NGC 2174 at bottom right, all set in a very colourful starfield.13925626 - The image presents crystallized mixture of kitchen salt and erythritol, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925567 - The image presents crystallized mixture of urea and paracetamol, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925557 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925506 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925491 - The image presents crystallized mixture of paracetamol, urea and resorcinol, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925421 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925233 - The image presents crystallized resorcinol photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925219 - The image presents crystals of recrystallized kitchen salt, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925162 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925095 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925042 - The image presents crystallized mixture of sugar and salt, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924963 - The image presents crystallized resorcinol, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924960 - The image presents crystallized mixture of eryhtritol and resorcinol, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924918 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924750 - The image presents two crystals of recrystallized salt, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924724 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924721 - The image presents a single crystal crystallized salt, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924572 - The image presents crystallized mixture of erythritol and TRIS, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924410 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924370 - The image presents crystallized mixture of kitchen salt and erythritol, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13900557 - A close-up of the rising Sun on April 5, 2019, from home, and shot through the 66mm refractor and 1.4x Extender for 650mm focal length.13900261 - The stars of the Big Dipper over the iconic peak of Pyramid Mountain from Pyramid Island, a popular location in Jasper National Park, Alberta, for nightscape and aurora photography. This was on a very clear night in mid-October, 2022, with many aspen stands still in full autumn colour. The images for this scene were shot at moonrise, with the waning gibbous Moon off frame at right lighting the sky blue and landscape with warm alpenglow moonlight. As bonus, a short bright meteor and its orange "smoke" trail appeared on the sky exposures. I shot this during the first weekend of the 2022 Jasper D13900142 - The summer Milky Way in Cygnus, with the Summer Triangle stars rising over the Hoodoos formations on Highway 10 near Drumheller, Alberta. A low-level aurora display tints the sky magenta and blue at left, making for an unusually colourful sky. The bright stars are: Vega is at top, Deneb at centre and Altair at bottom right.13899978 - A flower-filled meadow at the Hay Barn Road at Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, with the summer Milky Way and Mars to the south over Waterton Valley and Vimy Peak at left.13899854 - Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) over a ripening canola field near home in southern Alberta, on the night of July 15-16, 2020. Light pollution from a nearby gas plant reflecting off low clouds adds the yellow at right.13899765 - The Moon in total eclipse, on January 20, 2019, in a multiple exposure composite showing the Moon moving from right to left (west to east) through the Earth’s umbral shadow.13899639 - A vertical panorama of the summer Milky Way over the observing field at the Saskatchewan Summer Star Party, held in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park in southwest Saskatchewan, Canada, at a latitude 49° N. The Park is a Dark Sky Preserve. This was August 26, 2022 on a perfect night of stargazing under very clear skies. The Milky Way extends from Sagittarius near the horizon, to Cygnus nearly overhead at this time, so a vertical sweep of 90°. I've left the satellite trails in for this scene.13899432 - Orion and the winter stars and constellations rising in the light of a first quarter Moon on December 2, 2019. This was from home in Alberta. Orion is above the trees with Aldebaran in Taurus and the Pleiades above him. At top left is the star Capella and the constellation of Auriga. At left of centre are Castor and Pollux in Gemini. Just rising amid the trees is Procyon in Canis Minor. Sirius and Canis Major had not yet risen. The timing nicely captures 4 of the sky’s best star clusters in a row across the sky, with the Beehive just rising at lower left, the Hyades at upper right, and the Ple13899378 - The waxing 2-day-old crescent Moon setting over the front range of the Rocky Mountains in southern Alberta, as seen from the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory, April 6, 2019. Earthshine is visible on the night side of the Moon.13899282 - A wide-angle view of the total eclipse of the Moon of November 8, 2022, with the red Moon at right amid the stars of the northern winter sky and Milky Way, plus with bright red Mars at top. Above and left of the Moon is the blue Pleiades star cluster, while below it and to the left is the larger Hyades cluster with reddish Aldebaran in Taurus. The stars of Orion are left of centre, including reddish Betelgeuse, while at far left are the two Dog Stars: Procyon, at top, in Canis Minor, and Sirius, at bottom, in Canis Major.13899237 - The constellation of Andromeda, with Cassiopeia at upper left, and Pegasus at right, rising over moonlit formations at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. Illumination is from the waxing gibbous Moon, low in the southwest so it is providing a warm light. The faint (in the moonlit sky) fuzzy patch of the Andromeda Galaxy, Messier 31, is visible at centre.13898535 - The constellation of Ursa Major, the Great Bear, and the asterism of the Big Dipper low in the north over Lake Edith in Jasper National Park, on a clear autumn night. Arcturus is at left setting over Pyramid Mountain.13898171 - The northern autumn constellations of Pegasus (partially seen at right), Andromeda (across the centre), Perseus (at lower left) and Cassiopeia (at upper left) rising over moonlit formations at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. Illumination is from the waxing gibbous Moon, setting in the southwest so it is providing a warm "bronze-hour" light. The Andromeda Galaxy, M31, is at centre. The star clusters NGC 752, M34 and the Double Cluster are at left, as well as the Perseus OB Association of stars. Some of the small star clusters in Cassiopeia are resolved as well.13898085 - Jupiter (bright at left in Pisces) and Saturn (dimmer at right in Capricornus) low in the southeast sky on a mid-September evening in 2022. Jupiter was then nearing its opposition, and a close one at that in 2022, appearing brighter than it usually does at opposition. Jupiter appears below the Square of Pegasus at upper left. This was from home in southern Alberta at latitude 51° N.13897910 - This is Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) over the Horseshoe Canyon formation near Drumheller, Alberta on the night iof July 10-11, 2020, taken about 2 a.m. MDT with the comet just past lower culmination with it circumpolar at this time. Warm light from the rising waning gibbous Moon provides the illumination. The comet’s faint blue ion tail is just barely visible even in the moonlit sky and low altitude. The glow of summer perpetual twilight at latitude 51.5° N still colours the northern horizon despite this being close to the middle of the night.13897719 - The constellation of Andromeda with the famous Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) rising on an early summer night at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. This was June 30, 2022.13925537 - The image presents crystallized mixture of tartaric acid, malic acid and acetanilid, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925505 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925480 - The image presents crystallized mixture of urea and malic acid, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925413 - The image presents recrystallized salt, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925412 - The image presents crystallized resorcinol, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925402 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925390 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925290 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925206 - The image presents crystallized mixture of sulfur and erythritol, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925169 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925165 - The image presents crystallized mixture of urea and resorcinol, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925098 - The image presents crystallized mixture of urea and paracetamol, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924824 - The image presents a single crystal of recrystallized salt, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924733 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in bright field at a magnification of 100X\n13924596 - The image presents crystallized mixture of kitchen salt and erythritol, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924460 - The image presents crystallized red wine, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924417 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924411 - The image presents a single crystal of recrystallized salt, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13899816 - This is a framing of the rich complex of nebulosity in and around the constellation of Cygnus, in a blend of "white light" images and images shot through a deep red hydrogen-alpha filter that isolates the red emission line from the gas clouds, bringing them out in much more detail than is otherwise possible.13899635 - This is the central area of Cygnus and its bright Milky Way starcloud surrounded by red nebulosity. At left is the star Sadr (gamma Cygni) with the complex of nebulosity catalogued as IC 1318. At centre is the distinct Crescent Nebula, NGC 6888, a expanding nebula created by winds from a hot Wolf-Rayet star. At bottom left is the star cluster Messier 29, though looking a little lost in the rich starfields here. At top is the cluster IC 1311, looking more obvious than M29 but not observed visually and included in the NGC catalog. Odd. At far right are the large and loose star clusters NGC 6883 13899320 - This is the occultation of Mars by the Full Moon on December 7, 2022, in a composite showing the motion of Mars relative to the Moon. The motion here is from left to right. However, while this composite makes it look like Mars was doing the moving, it was really the Moon that was passing in front of Mars. But for this sequence I set the telescope mount to track the Moon at its rate of motion against the background stars and Mars, to keep the Moon more or less stationary on the frame while Mars and the background sky passed behind it.13898403 - The nearly Full Moon rising on March 18 near the date of the March equinox (March 20 this year) , so it rose nearly due east this night. This March Moon is also popularly called the Worm Moon.13898163 - This captures a panorama of the northern sky over the foreground landscape of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, with the waning Moon rising, and an arc of Northern Lights above the northern horizon. A Kp6 show was forecast for this night but nothing spectacular materialized -- we had just a quiescent arc across the north.13897773 - NGC 281, aka the Pacman Nebula, in Cassiopeia, near the bright star Schedir (or Shedar), at right, and below Achird at top.13925576 - The image presents crystallized mixture of erythritol and TRIS, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925553 - The image presents crystallized mixture of sugar and salt, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925552 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925548 - The image presents a single crystal of recrystallized kitchen salt, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 200X\n13925446 - The image presents crystals of recrystallized kitchen salt, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925439 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925436 - The image presents crystallized mixture of erythritol and TRIS, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925404 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925394 - The image presents crystallized mixture of salt and sugar, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925359 - The image presents crystallized mixture of kitchen salt and erythritol, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925237 - The image presents crystallized mixture of kitchen salt and erythritol, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925205 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925201 - The image presents a single crystal of recrystallized salt, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13925164 - The image presents crystallized mixture of tartaric acid and TRIS, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924994 - The image presents crystallized mixture of erythritol and paracetamol, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924986 - The image presents crystallized tartaric acid, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924965 - The image presents crystallized copper acetate photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924884 - The image presents a single crystal of recrystallized kitchen salt, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 200X\n13924875 - The image presents crystallized mixture of erythritol, hydroquinone and TRIS, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924691 - The image presents recrystallized crystal of salt, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924592 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924508 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924485 - The image presents crystallized mixture of kitchen salt and erythritol, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924378 - The image presents crystallized mixture of urea paracetamol and resorcinol, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924351 - The image presents crystallized mixture of urea and resorcinol, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924333 - The image presents crystallized soy sauce photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13924313 - The image presents crystallized mixture of urea and mailc acid, photographed through the microscope in polarized light at a magnification of 100X\n13899645 - Jupiter (brightest), Saturn (to the left), and the Milky Way over the Saskatchewan River and the area of Howse Pass, on July 26, 2020. Mount Cephren is at left; the scene is framed to include Cephren. The nebulas and star clouds of the galactic centre area at right show up well on this very clear night. The bright Small Sagittarius Starcloud, aka M24, is most obvious, flanked by the star clusters M23 and M25 to the side, and the nebulas M17 and M16 above, and M8 and M20 below. The fuzzy globular cluster M22 is to the left of the large Lagoon Nebula, M8. Green airglow tints the sky.13899372 - A selfie of me observing with the 20cm Sky-Watcher Dobsonian telescope on a June night in the backyard. Shot for a book illustration of accessories and observing. The sky is blue from solstice twilight as this was June 18, 2020. The galactic core is at centre; Jupiter is rising at left.13899323 - This is the complex of nebulosity that has become known as the Cosmic Question Mark, a good name as its official designations are confusing.13898806 - Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) over some of the eroded hoodoo formations at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, July 14-15, 2020. Twilight colours the sky. In this case the foreground is mildly light painted with a warm LED light. This was from the Trail of the Fossil Hunters site.13898682 - The autumn constellations of Perseus and Cassiopeia above, with bright Capella in Auriga and the Pleiades star cluster in Taurus, at bottom, rising in the northeast over Lake Edith in Jasper National Park, on a clear autumn night. The Double Cluster is at centre, above the larger group of stars around Mirfak called the Perseus Association.13897976 - Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) over a ripening canola field near home in southern Alberta, on the night of July 15-16, 2020. Light pollution from a nearby gas plant reflecting off low clouds and a rain shower adds the yellow at right.13897908 - The Moon in mid-total eclipse, on January 20, 2019, with it shining beside the Beehive star cluster, Messier 44, in Cancer. This was the unique sight at this eclipse as it can happen only during total lunar eclipses that occur in late January. There was one on January 31, 2018 but the next will not be until 2037.13897791 - This is the line-up of planets across the southwestern sky on December 6, 2021, consisting of (L to R): Jupiter, Saturn and Venus, with the 2.5-day-old waxing crescent Moon in conjunction below Venus. The Moon had eclipsed the Sun two days before on December 4, when it was on the ecliptic. Two days later it was below the ecliptic line. Jupiter and Saturn are in Capricornus, with its stars all visible here in the evening twilight. The three planets are nicely equally spaced. Such an array makes the ecliptic line visible.13897703 - A line-up across the southwestern sky on December 5, 2021, consisting of (L to R): Jupiter, Saturn and Venus (brightest), with Jupiter and Saturn in Capricornus, with its stars all visible here though dim in the twilight. The three planets are nicely equally spaced here. Such an array makes the ecliptic line visible.13897654 - This captures the vertical sweep of the summer Milky Way over the foreground landscape of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. The image serves as a good illustration of the richness of objects, dark dust lanes and bright starfields along the Milky Way, from Sagittarius low in the south at bottom, to Cygnus at top. In between are Aquila and Scutum, with part of Ophiuchus at right. This was from latitude 50.5° North, where Sagittarius and the galactic centre are low in sky. The Summer Triangle stars of Deneb, Vega and Altair are at top.13882181 - Rookery of thousands of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) sitting on the rocky landscape and beach of South Georgia Island during breeding season; South Georgia, Antarcticanext page
