I have finally got round to reading the BAA’s Lunar Section Circular (LSC) for January 2016 to see my picture of Clavius – Moretus – south pole has been published. […]
An Hour on Jupiter
What better way to start the day than watching Jupiter’s Great Red Spot rotating out of view. These pictures were taken for just over an hour on Friday before work. […]
Seeing Through A Timelapse
I helped at an outreach event at the Winchester Science Centre last month. This saw the Centre’s planetarium staying open late while us-volunteers showed the visitors the views through our telescopes. […]
Winter Star Party 2015 Report
My observing report from a surprisingly cold and blustery 2015 Winter Star Party has been published by the Webb Deep Sky Society. I had flown from the UK to the […]
3 planets and a comet before breakfast!
3 planets and a comet before breakfast! I had to take the day off on Wednesday to do the school run while my wife went to London. It was clear at […]
Morning Planets – Friday 13 November
I bought a second hand 150mm f12 Skywatcher Mak last week. This lovely scope will be my new travel scope now I am weekend commuting for a few months. It […]
Morning Planets from the Algarve
This observation was made on the last day of a family holiday near Faro in the Portuguese Algarve. We had flown out the previous Thursday. My throat was burning with […]
Perseid Watching August 2015
Wednesday 12 August 2015 I travelled to Kilmington near Mere for the Mendip and Dorset (MAD) Viewers Perseid watch on Whitesheet Hill. The lovely sunset was seen from the pub […]
Alt-azimuth Binocular Mount
I have finished knocking up a simple altazimuth mount for the 100mm APM binoculars that sits on top of heavy duty camera tripod. The mount was knocked up in an […]
8 August 2015 – variable stars and timelapse
The two recent late nights are catching up with me so I decided to set up the camera and make a timelapse of the summer milky transiting past the yew […]