BDO Space get New Rocketry Section!
2010.05.08
In case you didn't know, the BDO crew has been into rocketry since 2009 and plan to get more serious into it during the summer of 2010. BudWheizzah plans to complete three levels of certification consecutively, thus allowing him to fly with the big guys, so to say.
We've already got videos of a few mid-power flights, notably a very cool onboard video clip of our latest rocket, the ARCAS, which is equipped with an altimeter and a beeper in case she gets out of sight.
Visit this link to open the new section!
The Official Observatory Yields its First results
2009.09.19
While we've already carried out quite a few imaging sessions in various locations, this September marks the first time we use our official observing location for imaging sessions.
In two seperate sessions which were more-or-less of the experimental nature, we've notably caught a nice mosaic of a 98% full moon, and an interesting picture of our "second neighbour", the Triangulum Galaxy.
Now that we've gotten familiar with the setup over there, sessions should become easier and easier to carry out. Look for more to arrive from the clear black skies of Bromont, Québec!
Ste Adèle the next best spot!
Two of our most interesting pictures this year were shot not at our official location in Bromont, Québec, but up north in Ste Adèle, Québec.
Two incredibly distant objects were shot in a session that lasted from midnight to sunrise. The famous Whirlpool Galaxy yielded a cool image while the Deer Lick Galaxy Group gave us a view of objects 40 to 400 million light years away!
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What is the BDO Space Observatory?
The BDO Space Observatory is our space observation site in Bromont, Québec. On clear nights, the skies there provide us with a rather clear view of the Milky Way, along with the impressive deep space objects we can catch with large aperture telescopes.
While the region is not completly free of light pollution, the conditions are simply unbeatable as far as accessible amateur astronomy can go.
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