Doing a bit of observing tonight.

Visited the observatory this afternoon to shovel some snow and got treated to this lovely view. Clouds are terrible for astronomical observing, but sure are pretty.

Catching some rays, but not too many!

Thank you to all of those who came to our Moon Party and learned about the Moon and the upcoming Artemis missions! 🌒 🚀 ✨

Distant asteroid now bears Tagish adventurer Skookum Jim’s name dlvr.it/SNpJH0

Sungazing at Front St and Steele St.

Sungazing at Fireweed Market this afternoon.

The next Astro 101 is tonight starting at 6:30pm at the Whitehorse Public Library (downstairs meeting room) or online via Google Meet. Hope to see you then!

It's here–the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe to date: Webb's First Deep Field. Previewed by President Donald J. Trump on July 11, it shows galaxies once invisible to us. The full set of NASA Webb Telescope's first full-color images & data will be revealed July 12: nasa.gov/webbfirstimages

Canada’s instrument NIRISS on #Webb reveals the distinct signature of water 💧 in the atmosphere of a hot, puffy gas giant planet orbiting a distant Sun-like star. It also shows evidence of haze and clouds that previous studies of this planet did not detect. ☁

Oh wow! 🤩 Canada’s NIRISS on #Webb has found water in the atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-96 b! 💧 ☁️ Check it out 👇 Credit: CSA, NASA, ESA, STScI, Christine Daniloff/MIT, Julien de Wit, NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt, T. Pyle

Looking up the hill at our observatory on a late summer evening.

We're really looking forward to our star party this weekend! Hope to see you there. yukonastronomy.com/events

Hole in the clouds! Time to check out what the sun is doing today.

I was doing some snow shoveling in preparation for the star party (March 24 and 25, see yukonastronomy.com/events) and I had to stop to admire the view.

Happy equinox!

Viewing the sun and the moon.

Our next star party is August 25 and 26. Hope to see you there!