Astronomy

In celebration for being on this planet for threescore years and ten, I upgraded my astrophotography armoury, firstly with an

I am attempting to improve my astrophotography this year, and get better images of the Moon and planets. I now

I return to the Orion Nebula, M42, because it is one of my favourite subjects. When I first used my

For a while I have wanted to take an image of M31 using the new(ish) telescope. It’s a great target,

Having dark skies in Dumfries and Galloway is great. It means that on a moonless night the Milky Way is

I have always thought that the Ring Nebula looked very pretty. I had not realised just how easy it is

This atlas (well, not this edition) was my reference for the sky more than 50 years ago. I was pleased

There has been a lot of hype in the media about this comet, but it was never going to be

In March last year I obtained a photo of the Orion nebula that I was quite pleased with, but later

Since we were clearly not going to be able to do our usual foreign travelling this year, I bought what

I decided that I wanted to try a Bahtinov mask for focus tests on the 3 inch refractor, after having

Yesterday’s image of M44 Praesepe, or the “Beehive” cluster. This was taken using my old 135mm Pentax fitting lens, with

After a reasonably successful test of eyepiece projection using my old 3 inch refractor, I decided to try again with

Yet another clear evening! A new adapter for my old Pentax fitting lens had arrived, so I was keen to

Yet another unexpected clear evening – these weather forecasters need to get their act together. I’m not complaining about the

An unexpected clear evening (the weather forecasts are hopeless at present) meant a happy couple of hours testing the telescope