Do you have a story to tell about your experience at MKSP? Tell it here, some poetry to share, something you saw, people you have met. This could be interesting stories about the people, the equipment and the things they …
The start of MKSP 2022 is just over a week away, and we’re very excited about the amount of interest shown in the “rebirth” of our star party after two years off. There is also concern — as usual — …
Long before an observatory on Mt. Kobau was contemplated, Canadians were among the world’s leaders in visual astronomy. In 1910, a proposal for a 72” telescope came within a whisker of giving our young country the world’s largest telescope. Delayed …
Fr. Lucian Kemble attended the MKSP back in its first decade. I found him delightful in conversation, which was continually interrupted on our walks whenever he saw a little weed poking through a clump of mud, prompting him to exclaim …
Are you getting ready for MKSP? The last time I took my rig out to BC was in 2019 for MKSP. This was snapped on our way to the Star Party. at the rest area just across the Kicking Horse …
This image is of the morning sky taken at the last MKSP in 2019. For this all you need is a good cell phone camera, this shows the Milky Way in Perseus. Also there is The Andromeda and Triangulum Galaxies.