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NE View from the Summit

mksp-admin June 21, 2022After Dark, All, Earth's Sky, Scenery

Looking to the North-east due to tree cutting after the 2015 fire you can now see the lights of Oliver BC when you look in that direction. You will also see Perseus and Auriga rising. And maybe a hint of …

Eagle Nebula – M16

mksp-admin June 21, 2022After Dark, All, Emission Nebula, Messiers, NGC

The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46. Both …

M-101

mksp-admin June 14, 2022After Dark, All, Galaxy, Messiers, NGC

M101 is a lovely Galaxy which can be see off the tail of the Big Dipper in the North West at the time of the Star Party. The darkness of the skies allow it to be easily located for viewing …

MKSP midnight skies 2019

mksp-admin June 13, 20222019, After Dark, All

MKSP skies taken at the summit and looking to the south in 2019. The different area’s at the summit present different views of the sky, up at the summit gives the best views of the whole sky down to all …

M31 – Andromeda Galaxy

mksp-admin June 6, 2022After Dark, All, Galaxy, Messiers, NGC

The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and originally the Andromeda Nebula, is a barred spiral galaxy with diameter of about 220,000 ly approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth and the nearest large galaxy to …

Sunset

mksp-admin June 6, 20222019, All, Earth's Sky, Scenery, Solar system Object, The Sun

A typical Mount Kobau Sunset in the West. Well it’s not only typical, but it is amazingly fantastic. This was captured by an attendee in 2019, taken from the trail up to the tower at the summit. There was some …

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