Articles and Links

Articles

• How to really polar-align the HEQ5 telescope mount
• How important is it to level the mount?
• How NOT to check your polar alignment

Links

• International Dark-Sky Association (IDA)
• Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC)
• RASC Halifax Centre
• Minas Astronomy Group
• Astronomy Forum
• North America light pollution map
• Effect of laser pointers on pilots
• Acadian Skies & Mi'kmaq Lands

Downloads

• Telescope / eyepiece spreadsheet
• Telescope / camera spreadsheet
• DomeSync v 2.0 (527kb)
  • About DomeSync
• WalkerDome shutter controller [preliminary]
• Nova East 2017: Using a Telescope
• Nova East 2018: Setting Up a Telescope

Amateur Observatories

Nova Scotia

Elsewhere