I took a look at the star map to see if there were any nicely coloured pairs of stars in close proximity to one another. The “super Albireo” pair of Algol and Rho Persei stood out like a sore thumb, … Continue reading
You can read more about the Starmus Festival – Tenerife March 21 – 26 2011 – here 🙂
An extremely interesting APOD today – and I wonder if this means that we are unlikely to find complex life-forms near Galactic centres. Indeed – could this go some way to explain why the Ape descendants appeared in the quiet … Continue reading
I connected up the Paramount ME to its 48V power supply which in turn goes to a 1000W uninterruptible power supply (UPS) in my attempt to protect the delicate Paramount motor boards and electronics from anything nasty coming down the … Continue reading
The Paramount has now been brought up to my study and is sutting on the Aluminium pier ready to be fired up. Must admit I hadn’t planned for my study to be taken over with Astronomy equipment – but needs … Continue reading
I have just brought the massive all-Aluminium mini-WASP pier in from the shed. I will set it up in the upstairs study with the Paramount on top to give a dry run for the computer and all the electronics. The … Continue reading
I often check to see how Star Vistas is doing on Amazon.co.uk and got a bit of surprise when I just got in from walking the dog over the forest. I have the number 1 and 2 slots in the … Continue reading
Thought I would begin a video diary on the mini-WASP array project at this time even before the hole has been dug in the ground for the obligatory concrete block. As we are all aware – any new observatory project … Continue reading
Just done a lightning round trip to Bristol to pick up the Star Vistas images from the PhotoGallery. Many thanks to Jamie and team for organising this one. They had a book full of visitors over the exhibition opening period from 22nd … Continue reading
This image shows a prototype illumination rig I have just built using 18 ultra-bright white-light LEDs and powered by a computer PSU. The idea is to create a compact, high-power, flicker-free light source for photographic applications. This prototype array (I … Continue reading
