The Hedgehog is Out

This is for anyone who read my previous post about my friendly hedgehog who used to come and see me in the garden whilst I was using my telescope. Well over the winter the hedgehog ended up making a nest near a fence post, made up of leaves, moss and twigs. Today whilst out cutting

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Sir Martin Rees Lecture at CAA

Last night I attended the monthly meeting at the Cambridge Astronomy Association (CAA) at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge. Tonight was a special lecture called the Michael Penston lecture. Michael Penston was based at the Institute of Astronomy. In 1990 he was due to give a talk to the CAA, but had to cancel

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Titan Oceans and Mars Salt Deposits

Saturn’s moon Titan may have a deep, hidden ocean according to an article in the journal Science. Radar images from the Cassini-Huygens mission reinforce predictions that a reservoir of liquid water exists beneath the thick crust of ice. If confirmed then it could mean that Titan would have two of the key components for life,

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Atlas of the Universe Book Review

Philip’s Atlas of the Universe by Patrick Moore is now in its sixth edition. The Atlas of the Universe is quite a big book; it’s a hardcover book and is a full size type coffee table book.  The full colour photographs, images and diagrams are absolutely breath taking, with pictures from space missions and images

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Moon and Pleiades Conjunction March 2008

I popped out last night with just my static tripod and camera to try and get some shots of the conjunction of the moon and pleiades.  I spent about 30 minutes outside in the wind, which was making the camera move.  So I ended up taking about 50 shots in total. Unfortunately as the moon was

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Saturn via Webcam

I went out on the 26th February to try and get the best out of Saturn, when it was at it’s largest for the year. I began imaging with my Philips SPC900 web cam straight onto my LX200 10″ telescope. I spent the most time trying to get the best possible focus I could on

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My Lunar Eclipse Image on ITV Anglia News

It was good to hear back from ITV Anglia News that they wanted to use my lunar eclipse image in the evening news section.  It was actually used at the beginning of the weather report. I recorded the whole news program and have now trimmed the video and uploaded it to YouTube, you can watch the video

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Lunar Eclipse Photo on Sky News

Sky News also chose to show the image of the lunar eclipse I took on its website, which can be viewed in full size by clicking on the image on the left. I think I may submit more astronomy images in the future, certainly if it’s this easy to get them published along with everyone

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Lunar Eclipse Photo on BBC Site

I sent my eclipse photo to the BBC this morning after writing my post, and they have included it on the BBC web site. Their first question was, “Did I take it?” – classic! The BBC web page can be viewed by clicking on the thumbnail below, or it can be viewed here, with others: https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7256406.stm

Lunar Eclipse February 2008

I went to bed at 9pm on the 20th February and managed to get up at 2.30am in order to get some images of the lunar eclipse.  I knew it was going to be cloudy tonight, but I thought the bright moon would shine through any cloud, how wrong I was. Luckily after setting up

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