First Jupiter image after a long break
Hi all, Here is my first attempt at a Jupiter image from his morning. As it turned out, it was a bit of a luxury… Read More »First Jupiter image after a long break
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HiOptic view of my Observatory
My good friend and brilliant photographer, Jamie Cooper, paid me a visit in the dreadful wet and windy weather yesterday to take some aerial shots… Read More »HiOptic view of my Observatory
Olympus Mons pokes out through the clouds
Here is another image of Mars taken on Saturday night. Mars is receeding rapidly and will soon be under 10″ (10 arc-seconds) in diameter. Consider… Read More »Olympus Mons pokes out through the clouds
BBC Sky at Night 55 year party
What a great event! I was very honoured to be invited to the party at the BBC Broadcasting House to celebrate 55 years of the… Read More »BBC Sky at Night 55 year party
Venus and the Seven Sisters
A glorious sight in my 75mm APO refractor telescope last night. The night of April 3rd was cloudy when Venus was nicely in the main cluster, but… Read More »Venus and the Seven Sisters
Bathing in Solar Radiation and Smugness!
This is vaguely astronomical I suppose, but I’m feeling pretty smug because today we commisioned our new Solar water heating system. We had Solar PV… Read More »Bathing in Solar Radiation and Smugness!
Mars – The difference good seeing makes
Last night’s Mars image, shown here, illustrates the effect of ‘seeing’ conditions. The seeing was fairly good and stable last night – compare this image… Read More »Mars – The difference good seeing makes
Mars – Syrtis Major hoves into view
Another Mars image taken last night from here in Ham. The biggest and most obvious dark region called Syrtis Major is visible on the left… Read More »Mars – Syrtis Major hoves into view
Moon, Venus and Jupiter from Bath
Took this image whilst parked on Brassknocker Hill just south of Bath. Just a bit earlier I had taken a series of killer images of… Read More »Moon, Venus and Jupiter from Bath
The Moon, Jupiter and Venus
As described in my post on 22nd March this event was indeed a lovely sight yesterday evening with the young crescent moon very close to Jupiter… Read More »The Moon, Jupiter and Venus