Universe Today
It's Sunday night, and that means it's time for another Virtual Star Party. This week we had an action-packed episode, with a full house of astronomers. Thanks to relatively clear skies across North America, we had 7 telescopes broadcasting the night sky.
We were also joined by Kevin Nelson, the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for
Quantum Scientific Imaging
. This is the company that makes high-end CCD cameras that many of our astronomers use. Kevin stuck around for the entire show, showed off a few cameras and answered questions from both inside and outside the Hangout.
We were also joined by a new astronomer, Darryl Van Graal, who was taking wide-field shots of the Ontario skies, hoping for a meteor or an aurora. No luck. :-(
Hosts:
Fraser Cain
and
Scott Lewis
Special Guest:
Kevin Nelson
Astronomers:
Gary Gonella
,
Stuart Forman
,
Roy Salisbury
,
Bill McLaughlin
,
Mike Phillips
,
Darryl Van Graal
, and
Chris Elliot
.
There were just too many images seen to even provide a partial list. We saw the Ring Nebula, Dumbbell Nebula, Cocoon, Lagoon, Triffid, Eagle, star clusters, galaxies... and so much more.
We gather together every Sunday night on Google+ when it get dark on the West Coast to hold the Virtual Star Party. If you'd like a notification for when it's happening, make sure you subscribe to the
Universe Today channel on YouTube
.
