Astronomy

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

After playing around with odd astronomical photos over the last few years (lunar eclipse, comet Neowise, various planetary conjunctions) I

Mars was passing fairly close to the Pleiades this year so a clear night gave an opportunity for a photograph,

A nice clear night meant a chance to try out my nice new camera / telescope drive (alt-az) as a

This is described in most places as the “Great Conjunction” because it doesn’t happen very often. The closest approach of

At last there was a clear evening with a chance to take a photo of the comet. It’s not so

Mercury was difficult to see except by using binoculars. I didn’t know I even had it in the photo until

When I was a lad it used to be called a total eclipse of the Moon. Now the media call

“When Jupiter aligns with Mars …” – remember that then? I don’t think the Moon is in the seventh house

A nice clear night for our last night of the season. Orion standing over our neighbours’ caravan. Exposure 20s at

The Moon and Venus this evening.

Supermoon (photo taken as it set this morning) – why do the social media and the internet get so excited