Monthly Archives: October 2011

My Astro Space Image of the Week

The North America nebula (NGC7000) 3-framer taken using the mini-WASP array made this week’s “Image of the Week” on the My Astro Space site http://www.myastrospace.com/ 🙂

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I am Spock by Leonard Nimoy

So far (page 58) fairly disappointed with Leonard Nimoy’s second Autobiography as it contains great chunks of material from the first book.  Won’t be reading this one in one sitting 🙁

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Got today’s EPOD – Earth Science Picture of the Day

Got today’s Earth Science Picture of the Day with a non-astronomical image this time 🙂  Thank you Jim for continuing to publish my work, both astronomical and non-astronomical.

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New Forest Observatory

A few years back Chris Packham ran an Inside Out BBC programme on the New Forest Observatory.  Chris and the BBC team did the most amazing job on this and you can see the result of their work  here.  Video … Continue reading

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I am not Spock by Leonard Nimoy

It will be of no surprise to those few people who know me well enough that Star Trek has been a great motivator (and joy) in my life and that I owe special debt of gratitude to Mr. Spock for … Continue reading

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Steve Jobs and my greatest screw-up so far.

Last year (2010) I got an e-mail out of the blue from a woman purporting to be a Graphic Designer with Apple wanting a full resolution deep-sky image for a presentation she was giving in a few hours.  Yeah like … Continue reading

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New Forest Observatory on Simon Parkin’s Meridian Weather 11/10/2011

The recent North America nebula image taken using the mini-WASP array made an appearance on tonight’s Meridian Weather programme courtesy of Simon Parkin 🙂  Thank you Simon for continuing to show images taken at the New Forest Observatory.  Video footage … Continue reading

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The Second New Forest Observatory “Deep-Sky Image of the Week” by Astrophotographer Annie Morris

The second New Forest Observatory “Deep-Sky Image of the Week” has been created by astrophotographer  Annie Morris – another PAIG imaging lady (come on guys, where are your images?  You’re being totally creamed by the girls!!!).  I had absolutely no … Continue reading

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How many stars?

Registar allows you to do a star count on an image.  I have no idea how accurate (or not) this is, but it’s a bit of fun to run it on some of the “Milky Way” images, and here’s what … Continue reading

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The Deep-Sky Image of the Week

Thank you everybody for your fantastic response to the Deep-Sky Image of the Week.  A lot of you seem to feel the same way as me regarding that alternative daily post site 🙂  The response has been a bit greater … Continue reading

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