The high speed flash image of the egg shot with an air rifle pellet: Has gone viral on my Flickr site with over 1700 hits and still increasing 🙂
I took the frame to the left of M100 last night using a bit of dead-reckoning – and unbelievably I scored a perfect hit 🙂 So the top two frames on the Markarian Chain mega-mosaic are now complete! The bottom … Continue reading
So last night was another unexpectedly clear night and I imaged the M100 region. I did not expect that this frame would fit onto the ultra-mega-Markarian Chain mosaic, but of course it does – perfectly – at the top. I … Continue reading
Last night I managed to grab 3 hours worth of 5-minute subs on the final frame needed to add the M87 region to the already existing Markarian’s Chain mega-mosaic 🙂 Quite an unexpected achievement as the weather for the previous … Continue reading
This is another frame to add to the mega-mosaic that is the Markarian Chain region on the Coma/Virgo border. Just processed by Noel this is the region just to the right (West) of M87 and will make up one of … Continue reading
If you look towards the Isle of Wight from the Milford on Sea area, you can clearly see the (recent?) massive Alum Bay cliff fall. I am pretty certain I heard about this on the local news just a few … Continue reading
Managed to get the second frame done last night in the mini-M87 mosaic I need to collect in order to complete the mega-Markarian Chain mosaic. Just one frame to go!! Am I going to be lucky this year at long … Continue reading
Today’s EPOD shows the asteroid Vesta leaving the head of Leo the lion as recently taken from the NFO. Unusually both the data acquisition and the image processing for this one were carried out by yours truly. There are a … Continue reading
Had some clear skies last night – no Moon, and no high cloud either! Started imaging around 10:30 p.m. and called time at midnight. Had M87 centred on the frame, really wasn’t expecting to get this one this year (missed … Continue reading
Below I am copying the e-mail Simon Singh sent out to people who have helped in some way regarding changing the libel laws of this country. Rather than e-mail all the people in my address book who were so helpful in supporting … Continue reading
