Category Archives: Television and Radio
Markarian’s Chain shown by Simon Parkin on tonight’s Meridian Weather.
Apparently Simon Parkin showed the Markarian Chain of galaxies (now crossing your southern horizon) acquired at the New Forest Observatory, on his weather slot on Meridian TV tonight. Unfortunately I didn’t see it – damn!!
Radio Solent – a short interview on UFOs :)
Got phoned up by Radio Solent this morning to make a few comments on UFOs – aired live about 10:40 a.m. Well what can I say? To quote Arthur C Clarke “You haven’t seen a UFO unless you got the … Continue reading
Jupiter and Mercury on Meridian Weather 14th March 2011
Simon Parkin showed the recent Jupiter and Mercury close encounter image on his Weather slot on Meridian TV recently. Video footage Copyright Meridian TV.
ISS image on tonight’s Meridian Weather with Simon Parkin
The International Space Station image taken last night (and shown in the post below) made it onto Simon Parkin’s weather programme tonight 🙂 Footage Copyright Meridian T.V.
Radio Solent – pinhole camera photography
Also on this Valentine’s Day – you can hear the Radio Solent interview where I discuss the pinhole camera photograph of the Sun’s tracks over a 6-month period. Tune in to Radio Solent at 4:55 p.m. to listen in 🙂
The “37” cluster makes Meridian Weather on 04/01/2011
Simon Parkin showed the New Forest Observatory “37” cluster image on his Meridian Weather slot last night. The 37 cluster is an amazing asterism in the constellation Orion which is now crossing our southern horizon during the evening. Thank you … Continue reading
The Orion nebula on Simon Parkin’s Meridian Weather 21/01/2011
Simon Parkin used a New Forest Observatory image of the Orion nebula on last night’s Meridian Weather programme. As you will know, Orion is crossing the southern horizon now and is due south around 9:00 p.m. It won’t be too … Continue reading
Pinhole camera picture on yesterday’s Meridian Weather
You can see a short Video from last night’s Meridian Weather on here – copyright Meridian ITV – after a bit of experimentation I managed to get the video properly rendered 🙂
Meridian Weather 22nd December 2010 with Simon Parkin
The 6-month pinhole camera image shown below made an appearance on last night’s Meridian Weather with Simon Parkin. Actually came out well on the TV – congratulations to the technical team there at Meridian – and thank you Simon 🙂
Heart nebula image on Meridian News and Weather
The NFO made another appearance on tonight’s ITV Meridian News and Weather with Simon Parkin: Video clip Copyright Meridian TV