As promised, here are a few of the astrophotographs that I took on my recent camping trip. They were taken at Sandpiper Beach, on Hornby Island, British Columbia - which happens to be my favorite place for observing because there is almost no light pollution at all at this site. You really cannot appreciate how bad cities are for observing until you have had a chance to spend a few nights in the wilderness and really see what the night sky should look like.

I must also apologize for the qualit...
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