The long cold nights are here again, and winter (!) is being signalled by Orion the hunter rising in the[…]
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Browsing Cassiopeia
No camera and no notebook tonight, just a pleasant evening browsing round the double stars and star clusters of Cassiopeia[…]
Read moreThe Big Switch Off
I thought this was interesting – I was sifting through a sequence of photos taken, all much the same, and[…]
Read moreComet Hunting
Thought I’d try something a bit different tonight and went comet hunting. The target was C/2011 F1 (LINEAR), discovered last[…]
Read moreFirst solar image
Following on from my dry run for the Venus transit (what a disappointment that turned out to be!), here’s the actual[…]
Read moreDry run for the Venus transit of June 6th
Only 11 days to go until the Venus transit of June 6th 2012. This will be the last such event[…]
Read moreTransit of Venus
Something to look out for if you’re up really early on June 6th is a transit of Venus. During the[…]
Read moreVenus project
Rather pleased with my little Venus project I’ve had on the go since January. This shows nicely that Venus moves[…]
Read moreLeo the lion – 16th April 2012
From the star charts and books I knew Leo provided at least one opportunity to see two, may be galaxies[…]
Read moreIris Nebula in Cepheus – 11th April
Well it’s been a miserable few weeks weatherwise, so time to write up some observations I’ve not got around to[…]
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