In the days of TOS, Scotty was an inspiration for engineers, today I believe the inspirational figure is Tony Stark – and I must agree, he is a very worthy successor to Scotty. Spock was my inspiration in following a … Continue reading
Last night I managed to get another 11 x 20-minute subs on this region to go with the 7 x 20-minute subs I got a few days ago. This shows Coddington’s nebula – which is actually an irregular galaxy – … Continue reading
With the 200mm/M26C Trius combo in portrait mode I managed to grab 10 x 4-minutes of the Castor/Pollux region after 3-hours of setting up (focus mainly) in the freezing cold. The chip turned out to be not flat for this … Continue reading
Should have done this one Friday night when the Moon was a little closer to the planets but didn’t manage it. Using the Canon 5D MkII and a 50mm prime lens I managed this shot, ISO100, 10-seconds, f#5.6 This image … Continue reading
The one-way trip to Mars known as Mars One seems to be unfolding as it fails miserably under close scrutiny. This is a great shame, and potentially a missed opportunity. We should embrace this ground-breaking idea and support it with … Continue reading
Not a lot of colour in M106 itself 🙁 But plenty in the stars 🙂 The Sky 90s always seem to be able to grab star colour very nicely. 24 x 20-minute subs using the mini-WASP array. And yes – … Continue reading
The cloud didn’t finally shift until 9:00 p.m. last night – but when it did we were left with a pitch black, clear, Moonless night like I haven’t seen for about a year. After a couple of stalls where the … Continue reading
Never forget Dr. David Kelly: I won’t forget!
Last night I was very disturbed by a one and a half hour documentary on BBC4 about a young man I had never heard of before – Aaron Swartz. For those of you in the American Government Departments responsible for … Continue reading
