myCalgary Rothney Astrophysical Observatory
The Rothney Astrophysical Observatory allows Calgarians to escape the city streets to view the wonders of outer space - thanks to one of the three largest telescopes in Canada. myCalgary Secret #416. Aired April 16, 2013.
My Skywatch night at the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory-University Of Calgary
Enjoyed Alpha Lyrae aka Vega, the brightest star in Constellation Lyra located within 25.3 light-years away from our Sun.
Rothney Astrophysical Observatory
a very short clip from our tour, sorry filming one of the other telescopes proved difficult in dark lighting.
Rothney Space Observatory
Marking a moment in history. Ted Henley finds out how the University of Calgary's Department of Physics & Astronomy (and the Rothney Space Observatory) will mark the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human in outer space.
Rothney Astrophysical Observatory (RAO) 2008 ASTech Award Recipient
Excellence in Science and Technology Public Awareness award recipient
[Wikipedia] Rothney Astrophysical Observatory
The Rothney Astrophysical Observatory (RAO) is an astronomical observatory located near the hamlet of Priddis, Alberta, Canada, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of Calgary. The observatory is owned and operated by the University of Calgary (UC), and was dedicated in 1972. The facility is used for research, undergraduate and graduate teaching, and public outreach. Research performed at the RAO included a variable star search program, follow-up observations of variable star discoveries, and detailed investigation of binary stars. An outstanding minor planet search program was also performed with comet discoveries by Rob Cardinal. The RAO now participates in many follow-up observation programs, including the Quark Nova project.
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Rothney Astrophysical Observatory Re-Opened - NUTV Full Frontal Piece
Hugo Ham has his head in the stars as he runs down to the RAO Open House to learn more.(From Full Frontal-NUTV July 31, 2013) © NUTV
Reporter: Hugo Ham
Camera: Mark Schwandt
Editor: Tavin Dack
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The Rothney Astrophysical Observatory (RAO) is an astronomical observatory located near the hamlet of Priddis, Alberta, Canada, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of Calgary. The observatory is owned and operated by the University of Calgary (UC), and was dedicated in 1972. The facility is used for research, undergraduate and graduate teaching, and public outreach. Research performed at the RAO included a variable star search program, follow-up observations of variable star discoveries, and detailed investigation of binary stars. An outstanding minor planet search program was also performed with comet discoveries by Rob Cardinal. The RAO now participates in many follow-up observation programs, including the Quark Nova project.
Aurora over RAO 07May2016
Lovely Northern Light display from sundown to sunup
Visiting at the observatory in Calgary
I was just being an idiot inside because I thought it was pretty big but when I went outside it looks small
2018 06 17-18 Aurora over Calgary time-lapse by Larry McNish
An aurora time-lapse movie consisting of a synchronized combination of:
The University of Calgary's Rothney Astrophysical Observatory All-Sky camera (327 background images, updated ~ every 1.27 minutes), and
the NOAA Aurora Forecast OVATION-Prime model (83 insert images, updated ~ every 5 minutes) From 10:10pm to 05:04am MDT
CINCO2015 for Contemporary Calgary
A “fiesta de proporciones contemporáneas” (a fiesta of contemporary proportions) for Contemporary Calgary, May 2, 2015.
Meeting Ualberta's Telescope
The University of Alberta Observatory opened in 2011, and holds public viewings every Thursday evening. Here's an inside look at the technology used to view Edmonton's night sky.
Rob Cardinal at the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory
Rob Cardinal who discovered a comet in 2001 speaks about asteroids during an event for the planetary conjunction.
Saying GOODBYE to DAD
My father has passed away earlier this year. On his birthday, October 8th, we brought him back to the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory, a place that he was an integral part of for many decades.
My father helped not only with the construction of 2 facilities on site, but was a prime contributor to the design and implementation control systems.
I encourage you to stop by one of the monthly open houses to see this amazing facility. As you tour the control room, you will see FMB written in faded black sharpie all over that room.... That's my dad!
Dad's legacy is in that observatory and it's so nice to see that it is being well cared for. Dad's priority was to maintain the facility so the students would have the highest quality facility to explore one of his greatest passions, Astronomy. I'm glad that future generations will be able to make use of the observatory and he will live on through their exploration.
My Gear:
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Main Camera - Olympus O-MD E-M10 Mark ii
Lens used in this video - Olympus 17mm F1.8
Smartphone - Samsung Galaxy S8
Tripod
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Camera Bag
Stargazing at the RAO
This is a short time-lapse of a public star party, July 27, 2019 at the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory south of Calgary, Alberta, attended by about 600 people.
You see the crowd build in numbers, the stars come out, and our laser tour begin, then end, and the crowd numbers thin out. The event went from 10 pm to 2 am.
Telescopes were supplied by the Observatory and by members of the Calgary Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
The evening was the last in a trio of Milky Way Nights held each summer and that are always popular. We began them in 2009 during the International Year of Astronomy.
The 1200-frame time-lapse shows the laser beams from our green laser pointers. Once it got dark I presented a laser-guided tour of the stars and constellations, with the other RASC members assisting by also pointing to the same spots, so all could see. I am standing at right addressing the audience on the hillside and patio.
The camera I set up for the night to capture the event was aimed north away from the Milky Way but toward Polaris and the circumpolar stars, which you see rotating about Polaris. However, light pollution from Calgary also lights the northeastern sky.
Music is Rise to Success by Adi Goldstein / AGSoundtrax.com and is used by permission.
TECHNICAL:
The video opens with a Ken Burns pan of a panorama shot the night before on July 26. It is an 8-segment panorama stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.
The time-lapse sequence then runs twice, first with the 1200 frames shot that night assembled for a standard movie.
The second version uses stacked frames created by the Advanced Stacker Plus actions in Photoshop to create an intermediate set of accumulating star trails that draw themselves across the sky.
However, in that second clip only the sky comes from the star trail set; the ground comes from the standard time-lapse to prevent the people from blurring and trailing as well. So this clip is actually a composite of two movies, masked and blended in Photoshop using its video functions.
The time-lapse camera was a Sony a7III at ISO 3200 with a 15mm Laowa lens at f/2, and with the shutter on Auto-Exposure to lengthen the shutter speed from 1/1600 at the start in twilight to 8 seconds at night.
I processed the frames in Camera Raw and with LRTimelapse to smooth exposure changes and eliminate flickering.
Thanks! -- Alan
TOP 11. Best Museums and Galleries in Calgary - Travel Canada
TOP 11. Best Museums and Galleries in Calgary - Travel Canada:
The Military Museums, Glenbow Museum, Gasoline Alley Museum, TELUS Spark, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, Studio Bell, Aero Space Museum of Calgary, Rothney Astrophysical Observatory, Firefighters Museum of Calgary, Chinese Cultural Centre Museum, Art Gallery of Calgary
Awesome Aurora Above Calgary May 7 2016 by Larry McNish
During the University of Calgary's Rothney Astrophysical Observatory Open House Night on May 7-8, 2016, the public and the gathered astronomers were treated to an awesome aurora display that lasted hours and covered more than half the sky.
Here is an 5½ hour time-lapse of the amazing display above the observatory compressed into just a couple of minutes.
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Comet Cardinal
It is the first time a comet has been discovered at the University of Calgary's Rothney Astrophysical Observatory, which is located about 35 kilometres southwest of Calgary, and only the second Canadian discovery of a comet using a Canadian telescope in nearly a decade. On Oct. 1, Cardinal thought he saw something move while observing a patch of sky near the North Celestial Pole while using the observatory's Baker-Nunn telescope. A subsequent computer analysis of the images taken showed a moving object that, although faint by visual standards, was actually exceptionally bright for what was a suspected asteroid at the time.
Big Sky Observatory on City TV (Calgary)
The grand opening of the Big Sky Observatory (BSO) occurred on October 18, 2008. Ten days later, City TV (Calgary) came out to the observatory to do a news story about the Big Sky Astronomical Society and our new public observatory.
Courtesy: CityTV Calgary