There was a big surge in sales of Star Vistas in America just over a week ago, and over this weekend in Canada. This corresponds to the release of the Star Vistas review in the American publication Sky & Telescope. … Continue reading
The Great Globular Cluster M13 in the constellation Hercules is pretty well known to all who scan the Northern Hemisphere skies. It is probably the most beautiful globular cluster in the Northern Hemisphere both visually, and for imaging. This is … Continue reading
We have now acquired 50% of the entirely new image portfolio for inclusion in Star Vistas II 🙂 I estimate that the full set of images for the next publication will be completed late 2009, early 2010. If you liked … Continue reading
Sir Patrick Moore hosted one of his legendary St. George’s Day parties from his Selsey home. The camera-shake was real as he wielded his Sword of St. George with a little too much enthusiasm 🙂
I’ve been kicking my heels waiting for a clear night since hearing of the new supernova in NGC 4088 a few days back. By some miracle I have a clear Moonless night tonight (18th April 2009) and I’m locked on … Continue reading
The talk at Southampton University on 1st April went very well, and the few copies of Star Vistas that I brought along sold out 🙂 Tomorrow I will be on a local radio station – I have no idea what … Continue reading
From deep-space images back to inner space images once again! Just found this in the shed this afternoon and had to take a macro of it: A wasp’s nest, with the honeycomb region about half an inch across. Amazingly beautiful … Continue reading
It does look like an artificial grouping of stars to make up the number 37 – but the group of stars at the centre of this image are for real and clearly show the number 37, proving Douglas Adams although … Continue reading
This month’s imaging object is a star – but a rather special star of course – it is La Superba, one of the redest stars in the sky and it resides in the constellation Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs). La … Continue reading
We are very pleased to report that we are getting some great reviews for Star Vistas from our readers across the pond on the U.S.A. Amazon web site. Thank you everyone, we are happy that you are enjoying Star Vistas … Continue reading
