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Image Galleries

This gallery contains images taken from the Winter Bay Observatory of the sun, moon, and planets. Source videos have been stacked in Autostakkert and processed in Astra Image, Registax/waveSharp, WinJupos, and Adobe Photoshop.


It also contains deep sky images taken with a Vaonis Stellina then combined and edited using various software packages, including DeepSkyStacker, Affinity Photo, and Adobe Photoshop.


Aurora Borealis photos are taken from the observatory property using an iPhone. This is a rare event at ~46 N and on the east coat of Canada.

Mars

This gallery contains images of Mars taken from the Winter Bay Observatory each bi-annual apparition dating back to 2016.

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Jupiter

This gallery contains images of Jupiter taken from the Winter Bay Observatory each annual apparition dating back to 2016.

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Saturn

This gallery contains images of Saturn taken from the Winter Bay Observatory each annual apparition dating back to 2016.

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The Other Planets

This gallery contains images of Mercury (coming soon), Venus, Uranus, Neptune, and the minor planets (coming soon).

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Solar Eclipse of 2024

The total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 happened to cross over my home province of Prince Edward Island - a once in a lifetime opportunity! All imaging was done just west of Tignish in the community of Peterville using the 130mm Refractor and the Vaonis Stellina.

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Solar Imaging

This gallery contains solar images taken throughout the years from the Winter Bay Observatory using the 130mm Refractor and the Vaonis Stellina. It includes images from a partial eclipse in 2017.

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Lunar Imaging

This gallery contains full sphere lunar images using an 80mm Short Tube Refractor, the 130mm Refractor, and the Vaonis Stellina, as well as close-up images using the C11 and C14. All images were taken from the Winter Bay Observatory.

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Deep Sky

This gallery contains images of galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters (coming soon) taken with the Vaonis Stellina..

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Aurora Borealis

This gallery contains images of the Northern Lights as observed from the Winter Bay Observatory. All images were taken with an iPhone and enhanced in Adobe Photoshop.

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