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Retired Fire Chief of 3 departments, Melville, Weyburn and Swift Current. Now just an amateur astronomer and a gwandpa.

Regina, Saskatchewan
Joined August 2012
The Living Skies Chorus has been asked by The Saskatchewan Roughrider Football Club to sing both the Canadian and American National Anthems on July 4th at 7:00 PM CST at Centre Field.
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Found some clear skies and had a great experience with the grandkids. Worth every penny and all the time spent to experience this again, with family this time.
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It's back for the next 2 weeks - the Zodiacal Light. look to the west in the evening from a dark site.
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Todays full moon is the Snow Blinding Moon in the Mi'kmaq culture.
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Got up early this morning to try and catch the old crescent moon about 14 hours from New Moon. There was just enough cloud to hide the moon but I did get a bit of the Zodiacal Light about 1 1/2 hours before sunrise
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Some afternoon sunspots taken at Cypress Hills Sask using a Nexstar 8SE, a Baader solar filter, & a 24mm lens with a #12 yellow filter.
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Some views of this mornings solar eclipse from the shore of Lake Ontario.
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Tonight when you go to bed, your clock will be UTC-6 hrs, When you wake up in the morning it will still be UTC-6 hrs. Unlike the rest of Canada, we leave our clocks alone but you will have to adjust an extra hour for events in all those other time zones.
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This morning Mercury is 0.3 degrees left of Jupiter. Saturn is also in the picture with all being visible with binoculars. Look for it just before sunrise.
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