Lunar electricity
Excellent! Use the Moon to make electricity! Much better than wind turbines.
Astronomy, Life, Physics
Astronomy
Aurora from Edinburgh
Woooo! Aurora visible from the bright skies of Edinburgh! I also made a time-lapse video from a series of photos.
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The Moon and Jupiter
There’s been a bit of fuss recently about 5 planets being visible in the morning sky. Here’s the Moon next
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Almost total lunar eclipse
Well I never thought it would be Marwyn insisting that we get up for a lunar eclipse, but there you
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Partial solar eclipse
A partial solar eclipse visible from Edinburgh. My setup to view it was half a pair of binoculars set up
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Moon, Venus, Mars conjunction
Mars, Venus, Moon (with Earthlight) – overexposed, a bit out of focus, but hey they are pretty. Taken from indoors
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Astronomy
esa Rosetta mission – Philae lander
I was most impressed by the fantastic images starting to come in from the esa Rosetta Mission lander. An amazing achievement.
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Astronomy
Distance scale in the Universe – “Powers of Ten” video
I found this after someone from my old school Facebook group had posted a link to some Hubble Space Telescope
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Astronomy
Stargazing Live
This is about the only real science on the BBC at present. Such a small amount of time devoted to
Astronomy
Megalithic Astronomy
I have added a page on megalithic astronomy to the website. (This is on the old archive website – it
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