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Argh! I thought it would just last a few weeks. Here in Ottawa, Canada, we have a consistent haze most days. It only lets up when it rains and shortly therea
by bhouston 3y ago
Argh! I thought it would just last a few weeks. Here in Ottawa, Canada, we have a consistent haze most days. It only lets up when it rains and shortly thereafter.
Unfortunately, it wasn't a great time for me to take up the hobby of astrophotography (https://www.astrobin.com/users/bhouston/ https://www.astrobin.com/users/bhouston/). Summer is a great time with lots of amazing targets in the sky but this haze is killing most of the opportunities.
On the bright side, these fires are not burning down communities, it seems they are most just burning through forests.
- voisin 3y agoWouldn’t winters be better for the clearer, dryer air? Or are winters in Ottawa generally cloudy?
- bhouston 3y agoWinters in Ottawa are -20C at night, or colder if the night is clear. Setting up a telescope in that weather is not fun. If I was to invest in an astronomy building, where I could just roll off the roof, that would probably be acceptable. But I haven't gone that far yet.