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
• The Sky Searchers (forum)
• North America light pollution map
• Effect of laser pointers on pilots
• Acadian Skies & Mi'kmaq Lands

Downloads

• Telescope / eyepiece spreadsheet
• Telescope / camera spreadsheet
• AstroPlan planning tool
• WalkerDome dome control system:
  • DomeSync v 3.0
  • WalkerDome Ascom driver v1
  • WalkerDome Arduino code v2.0

Powerpoint Presentations

• Nova East 2017: Using a Telescope
• Nova East 2018: Setting Up a Telescope
• Nova East 2019: Getting Started in Night Sky Photography
• Nova East 2020: Introduction to Image Processing

Amateur Observatories

Nova Scotia

Elsewhere