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Husband, Father, Christian, Canadian. Super-nerd for visual astronomy, aviation, and matters geomorphological.
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Finished the spring section of the RASC double star program with HR5397 and HR5816 in Libra. Bit tough with smoke still about. Now, just 4 left to go, but will have to wait until Fall. Also logged M29 in Cygnus. Remarkably, its nickname "Cooling tower cluster" is quite apt!

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Edmonton 5-4 in sudden death overtime. That's playoff hockey! What a game! Coming back from 3-0 down in the first period to claw back and win. All the drama and tension you can handle, and then some....

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Another classic lesson wrapped up in a discussion of fine watches. As previously stated, THIS is what social media should be about....

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Also started RASC Messier program. Observed M13 and M92 in Hercules. Toronto's light pollution makes any "faint fuzzies" really difficult, even with a UHC filter to cut some of the glare.

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RASC Double star program continues. Timed Corvus at culmination. Completed HD 109556 and HD 105590. Interesting pairs. One is a double in the midst of a triangular asterism, the other is a very tight triple system. Now at 94.5% completion - 6 more to go!

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That is simultaneously terrifying and amazing.

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“In Canada, he doesn’t sound like a troll. He sounds like a threat.” Adam Gopnik writes about how the 2025 Canadian federal election was won and lost on Trumpism and its perils.

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