page_title: Killarney Provincial Park Observatory
section_title: Astrophotography
hierarchical_section_title: Killarney Provincial Park Observatory / Astronomy Programs / Astrophotography
caption_attribution_description: English: M31, the Andromeda Galaxy taken through the Killarney Provincial Park Observatory - Dome 1, Secondary Telescope
context_page_description: The Killarney Provincial Park Observatory is an astronomical observatory located at the George Lake Campground of Killarney Provincial Park.
  The Observatory is operated by Ontario Parks and houses two observatory buildings. The original facility contains a 10” telescope with solar filter, ideal for nighttime as well as daytime viewing of the Sun. The newer facility contains a 16” fully automated telescope with a 5” refractor and is ideal for research, astrophotography and public use. Both telescopes are available for Discovery programs as well as private sign-out by interested visitors.
context_section_description: The light gathering ability of a 16" telescope coupled with Meade's "Advanced Come-Free" design in a Dark-Sky Preserve provides exceptional astrophotographic capability. On July 9, the telescope was aligned to better enable long duration astrophotography.  Using today's stacking technology and cooled CCD cameras will yield outstanding results. Initial DSLR photography was obtained to demonstrate the capability of single image, "thumb-on-the-shutter" exposures. All the images (below) were taken with the primary (16") or secondary (130mm) telescopes.
caption: M31, the Andromeda Galaxy taken through the Killarney Provincial Park Observatory - Dome 1, Secondary Telescope
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