- viewed and imaged the supernova SN 2014J in M82
- had a really good session at Mom's observatory although no one joined me
- imaged Mars with DSLR shooting and stacking multiple frames
- did some solo winter observing at the CAO
- imaged supernova SN 2014ai in galaxy group ACO 779
- which is the most distant supernova I've observed
- viewed and imaged some comets
- did a motion capture of comet Catalina C/2013 UQ4
- caught a Camelopardalid meteor (just one)
- saw the lowest horizon at CAO in May
- saw magnitude 6.4 naked eye, at the CAO no less!
- tried an ISS trail flyover wide-field image
- tried an ISS tracking high-power image
- viewed three quasars
- did lots of solar observing
- possibly saw the most sunspots at once, career, in one session
- borrowed and enjoyed Ian's 8" wonderful custom Dob
- imaged a few planetary nebulae
- produced a surprisingly satisfying Ring Nebula
- reached mag 18 with C14 and DSLR
- did wide field imaging with sky trackers, pro and custom
- tried my old Vivitar Series 1 piggybacked
- imaged Moon and Mars together
- viewed all the planets
- spotted Triton
- made my first acceptable star trails image
- still-imaged aurora
- did a motion capture of aurora
- picked up a used O-III filter
- immensely enjoyed seeing Stephan's Quintet and the neighbours
- immensely enjoyed the brief trip to Katrina's amazing cabin
- had lots of fun observing and imaging with dos Santos
Dramatically increased activities with double stars:
- viewed many coloured doubles
- viewed more doubles from the RASC Observer's Handbook
- obtained the new edition of the Observing and Measuring Double Stars
- made a candidate list for analysis
- recruited local candidates
- recruited national candidates
- imaged a few systems
- split ΞΆ (zeta) Herculis for the first time
- made other sub-1" splits
- surpassed 400 observed double stars
- read more JDSO articles
- Toronto
- Richmond Hill
- Mississauga
- Blue Mountains
- Union
- Forks of the Credit Provincial Park
- Glen Major Forest
- Sundridge
- Algonquin Province Park - Lake Travers
- River Place Park
Other fun things:
- ran the new owners telescope clinic for the second year
- saw Chris Hadfield live, from the front row!
- obtained an intervalometer for the DSLR
- helped build a bigger igloo
- assembled my first time lapse (of the igloo build) with music
- repaired a number of 'scopes and mounts
- ran the repair man booth at Starfest
- attended the first aid training, with AED
- rebuilt my Vixen SP mount, once, twice, three times
- ran a walking tour of the David Dunlap Observatory for the members picnic
- grew more comfortable with the DSLR camera
- had my noctilucent clouds photo featured in Global News science piece
- enjoyed the AstroCATS show
- learned BYEOS, a little
- accepted invitation to the RASC national observing committee
- met Dr Sara Seager
- helped at the CAO
- trained new supervisors
- helped organise and run work parties
- helped with the locker project
- helped with the roofing project
- finished named star list, with 662 entries
- visited a meteor crater
- visited and toured and imaged the Algonquin Radio Observatory
- accepted invitation to write a RASC Journal column
- accepted nomination for Toronto Centre councilor
- started construction of custom barn door tracker
- procured a good ball head
- printed some astroimages, first time in a long time
- printed some astroimages onto canvas, for gifts
- not making more progress in my Photoshop education
- not staying late at work for the solar occultation
- not sketching, at all
- not shooting flats
- didn't try the 100mm Vivitar lens
- didn't plan sessions as effectively
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