DAO Visit Video

I posted this on the feed but for you outsiders who don’t subscribe to the RSS, here is a little video I made while out at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (mp4, 2:51, 18.9MB). I was getting spectra of a mysterious star we are studying and also managed to grab some spectra of a recent nova. This is a brief little tour of the 1.22m telescope at DAO.

Observatory Blogging

Hey, astro-dorks. Sorry for the slow pace lately. We are working on some new shows, I promise! In the meantime, I’m out at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory doing some observing. If you are a famous astronomer like Dr. Doug Welch, this kind of observing run is pretty unexciting. I mean, it’s only a 1.2m scope! For us little proto-astronomers, the 10m scopes are kept off-limits by the astronomy old guard. So I’m cutting my teeth at this very nice facility, thanks to the Canadian tax payer. I will be blogging over at my blog about the goings ons so stop on by!

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