Well – Noel & I eventually made it to AstroFest even though London Transport did its level best to halt our progress by closing down the Circle line today – THANK YOU VERY MUCH for nothing! Anyway, great to see … Continue reading
Just heard from Springer that the consignment of Star Vistas books has arrived safely in the U.K. So it’s all systems go for this coming Saturday. As I write this Noel is in the air with an ETA of 11:00 … Continue reading
An eagle-eyed viewer noticed that there were apparently no green stars in the deep-sky images and she wondered why this should be. Not a particularly easy question to answer, but it is a combination of the characteristics of black-body radiation … Continue reading
Noel will arrive in the U.K. this Friday 6th February and we’ll both be up at AstroFest on the Saturday to sign copies of Star Vistas. Remember this is a unique opportunity to obtain your First Edition copy of Star … Continue reading
February is the latest month I can still image the Orion region, and Orion’s Belt is very well-placed due South for me during February. The Belt region is full of faint emission and reflection nebulosity that favours dark skies and … Continue reading
Dave Parker has created a new look for the New Forest Observatory galleries. To view these – first of all make sure you are seated! Now download Cool Iris www.cooliris.com Now go to the images section and open up the nebula … Continue reading
The Astronomy Group at the University of Southampton will be holding an International Year of Astronomy event on 1st April 2009 at the University. Yours truly will be giving a lecture on “Deep-Sky Imaging from the New Forest Observatory” at … Continue reading
Read about the amateur astronomer Percy B Molesworth written by Nalaka Gunawardene, research assistant to Arthur C Clarke for over 20 years. Nalaka has kindy allowed NFO to host this article for your viewing. Percy B Molesworth operated out of Sri Lanka and … Continue reading
Noel Carboni has applied for a passport renewal, meaning that it looks like he’ll be attending the Star Vistas book signing at AstroFest 2009 on Saturday February 7th. This is quite likely the only time in the near future that … Continue reading
With the odd clear hour here and there, plus an intrusive Moon, it has been cluser time for the beginning of January. Noel has just finished processing M36 in Auriga, and this image unexpectedly threw up a bonus object – … Continue reading
