Someday, they're going to remake this movie, but it won't be about Gen Aladeen, the ruler of "Wadiya". Guess who it will be about? #maga #dictator

Mancuso's picado technique still looks and sounds like magic to me. Great stuff! youtu.be/8bL3fTbOq6M?...

When you zoom in on the Elephant's Trunk nebula, it looks more like the Elephant's dragon. I tried to map 29 hours of Ha, SII & OIII to a SHO palette using Seti Astro Suite Pro. A pretty cool bit of space, no matter how you colour it! #astrophotography

A one hour stack of C/2025 A6 Lemmon images stacked and processed with Seti Astro Suite Pro. Very comety! #Astrophotography

I'm new to mono processing -- this was my first attempt with the QHY Minicam8 and narrowband filters. Imaged at Starfest 2025 in Ontario. Just 1 hour of integration each with Ha, OIII and SII filters. Processed with Siril & Seti Astro Suite. #Astrophotography

Ha-OIII dual narrowband view of the North American and Pelican Nebulas. Most of the processing was done with Siril, but I used Seti Astro Suite to remove some nasty star halos (looking at you Deneb!). Hoping for a few more nights with this project to add RGB stars for colour. #Astrophotography

The supernova in the galactic core of NGC7331 was still shining bright on July 22 & 23. #Astrophotography

Our last trip to a darker Ontario sky started with this thick layer of forest fire smoke. The first night was so-so but by the second night things improved a lot. I focused on this wide field view of the Bubble nebula, M52 and a few other treasures. #astrophotography

The Messier 3 globular cluster. Stacked with Siril 1.4 beta 1, but processed mostly with Seti Astro Suite and some final Photoshop tweaks (old habits 😄). Hoping to add more integration, improve the star color & maybe show some blue straggler stars. #astrophotography

I'm hoping to get better at this, but I restacked and processed some old M51 (last year's) data with the new Siril 1.4 beta version. It truly is a pleasure to use! #Astrophotography #Siril

Congress must take away Trump's #tariff authority because Trump has proven over and over that he can't be trusted. Nations deserve to make honorable and lawful deals with other NATIONS, not with wannabe dictators. Stop the stupidity and take your democracy back, America.

The early voting line in Richmond Hill was steady, but not too busy. Most voters i saw were in their 60's or older. C' mon you youngsters, vote! #cdnpoli #Canada #votes

#USpol #EconSky #CanadaSky

A year already and so much has changed - gulp! Anyhow, here's a short YouTube clip of what we saw on that incredible day! #Astrophotography #SolarEclipse youtu.be/rdmw3gV35n8?...

Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.

In years to come, the people who did this will be the ones who will go to jail.

So clearly, the horse is loose in a hospital. Again. #Trump #Tariffs youtu.be/JhkZMxgPxXU?...

Let's pretend #Trump's "plan" actually works. #Tariffs shut down Canada's auto sector & many other industries. The U.S. builds new factories & makes an extra 2 million cars a year. Canada faces recession & high unemployment. So who buys those 2,000,000 U.S. cars? Just asking. #cdnpoli

As President Trump seeks to purge the federal government of “woke” initiatives, agencies have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid. An analysis by The New York Times reveals how these words are being removed from government websites. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I should add that when he does lift the tariffs all of his buddies will make billions over billions from the inside information

So if the U.S. brings Canadian auto plants to the U.S. and throws Canada into a recession, who is going to buy those extra 2 million vehicles? They sure won't be bought by us Canadians. America First means America Alone. #uspoli #cdnpoli #tariffs

Trump and Vance are not selling out Ukraine because of anything Zelenskyy said to them. Trump and Vance are selling out Ukraine because of things Putin and Musk said to them.

Zelenskyy flew to Washington and got a meeting with the Kremlin. A day of national shame.

Ambassador Bob Rae 🇨🇦 👇👇👇 #cdnpoli #peipoli

America was sold to Elon for approximately $250M in campaign donations.

American businesses, farmers, oil refiners, banks, states and the people are all against Trump's #tariffs. But #Trump and the inner circle want to remake the U.S. economy like it's the 19th century. They need to choose between a free economy or pay the price for a Trump casino economy. #cdnpoli

Thoughts on boycotting US streaming services, newspapers, Amazon, Microsoft, etc during Trump's #tariff war? Cancelling some of these will become a necessity for many of us in any case. #cdnpoli #onpoli

This is some insane #Astrophotography and makes me very jealous of all my "down undah" astro friends!

"X" is foreign interference & crypto scams in the open. 🇨🇦 needs to ban X. #BanX #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A cosmic photobomb. Messier 46, an open cluster of blue and older red stars is about 5000 ly away in the constellation Puppis. The planetary nebula NGC 2438 sits in front, just 1370 ly distant. Captured on a -20C winter night. #Astrophotography

If Trump hits Canada with a 25% tariff on Feb 1, I may be forced to cancel most or all of my U.S. subscriptions and services: Netflix, Adobe, Microsoft, newspapers, etc. Anyone up for a cross-border boycott? #cdnpoli

We spent quite a while watching this Snowy Owl perching on a digital TV antenna. I wonder if the homeowner was also looking at a "snowy" screen? #birds

Finally tried out the Poseidon-C color camera during a rare hour of clear January sky. The Optolong L-enhance helped, since the scope was pointed south over the Toronto skyglow. I toned down the highlights enough to show the Trapezium cluster. A brooding swirl of angry nebulosity? #Astrophotography

My thoughts exactly #Cdnpoli

I'm no expert on economics (LOL) but aren't trade deficits kind of linked with foreign direct investment. The US may (currently) have a trade deficit with us, but Canada does more FDI down south. Shouldn't that make us "even", more or less? Just asking. #cdnpoli ustr.gov/countries-re...

If Trump thinks of Canada as the 51st state, then we're gonna need at least 50 electoral college votes, 50 congress members, 2 senators and about 10% of all federal investment. Should make for some interesting future elections. It's a fun joke, though, right? 🥶🇨🇦 #cdnpoli

This version of the Horsehead nebula region was captured near Toronto on a rare November night of above average seeing and transparency. If I could hitch a ride on a starship, I'd definitely want to cruise around this place! #astrophotography

"Our Wonderful Universe" was published by University of Toronto astronomer C.A. Chant in 1928. The book has a few b&w plates from the great observatories. These were incredible images for the time. Just glass plate imaging, no autoguiding, no Siril or PixInsight. Yikes! #astrophotography

Going a little star-crazy with all these clouds, so I've been browsing some old astronomy books. Fred Hoyle's 1962 book, "Astronomy" is light years out of date, but is still treasure trove of history. #astronomy #astrophotography

Another lucky owl sighting on our walk today. Barred owl digiscoped with Pixel 6 and binoculars. #birds

Here's 11 minutes on the Outer Limits Galaxy. Yep, it's over-stretched, denoised and sharpened, but's like our galaxy is looking in a giant cosmic mirror. Looking forward to trying this again without clouds and trees getting in the way. #Astrophotography

Space can look kind of Autumnal, especially when you use a Hydrogen Alpha filter to catch those glowing red photons. Blobs, Bubbles and Brains. Happy space Hallowe'en! #Astrophotography

Walking home today we heard chickadees, juncos, nuthatches, kinglets & a downy woodpecker scolding in a maple tree. Looking up, we could see why! #birds

Cell phone view of C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) over Southern Ontario. It wasn't visible to my old eyes without binoculars, but that tail! Spectacular! #Astrophotography

It's a rare thing to see the Aurora in southern Ontario, just 25km from Toronto, but we've had 'em twice this year. So far! #Astrophotography #Aurora

Today's Green Heron was looking pretty dapper. #birds

Tonight's supermoon rising over the David Dunlap Observatory admin building. #Astrophotography

A couple of astro images taken this summer. M16 and M51. The backyard view of the Pillars of Creation look like fuzzy socks compared to the spectacular Hubble and JWST images, but they are definitely there :) The Whirlpool was a joy to capture from a dark sky location. #astrophotography

We were lucky to have a family of Hairy Woodpeckers nest in a Maple tree this spring. Here's Dad bringing one more meal to his daughter just before she leaves the nest. A nice moment in bird life. #birds youtu.be/97AesMLCDo8?...

Here's a short clip of a Hairy Woodpecker dad, feeding his little boy at the nest cavity. I put this together for my own Dad, but feel free to share if think your's would appreciate it: youtu.be/pgFQiYxTaC8?... #Birds