Author Archives: Greg Parker

Norman Lockyer observatory – what a great place!  Even without the Astronomy Fair, you really should pay it a visit if you’re ever passing that part of the country. David Strange – thank you for sorting out accommodation (and Car … Continue reading →

Don’t forget that the Astronomy fair at the Norman Lockyer observatory is this Saturday 8th August 2009 all day including 4 lectures, two in the morning and two in the afternoon.  I shall be giving a lecture from 4:00 – … Continue reading →

Against all expectations it was sufficiently clear last night (a few banks of cloud passed over) to get some imaging done and see whether the “object” was real – or an artefact.  Result – a very comet-like lens flare 🙁  … Continue reading →

I was doing some ultra wide field imaging last night in the region of Deneb and picked up a bright diffuse object mid way between the Pelican’s head and Deneb.  Has anybody seen any reference to this mentioned anywhere??  I … Continue reading →

And here is a short clip from last night’s ITV Meridian News programme:

Here is a clip from the ITV Meridian feature from May 2009:

The footage taken at the New Forest Observatory actually went out on tonight’s Meridian News.  Apologies for the duff information given below.  My piece was preceeded by Sir Patrick – I didn’t know my book (Star Vistas) Foreword author was going … Continue reading →

Well the nights are getting longer again, so hopefully this will be the last non-deep-sky image for a while 🙂  I took the “Ultra” units up to a photographic studio in Oxford today and we had some fun popping water-filled … Continue reading →

As part of the 40th Anniversary of the first manned landing on the Moon, Meridian News will be presenting a number of short features during next week.  It is expected that some filming carried out at the New Forest Observatory … Continue reading →