The film “The Matrix” strikes a deep resonance with many people, so deep in fact that even respected scientists’ have asked the question, “Do we live in a Matrix Universe?” For those of you that haven’t seen the film, the … Continue reading
The time is 1.00 p.m. on Monday 15th October. A small package arrives, too small to be the huge coffee-table book (Cosmos by Giles Sparrow) I am expecting. What can it be? Opening up the cardboard sleeve out slides a small … Continue reading
We didn’t even know about this! Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) have chosen our image of the reflection nebulosity within the emission nebula in Cygnus. Here is what EPOD have to say: The constellation of Cygnus the Swan, … Continue reading
At the recent Starscape Exhibitions a common question was “how far away are these deep-sky objects?”. I gave a rough answer in terms of Light Years, and the questioner would walk away satisfied, but it was clear that they really … Continue reading
It arrived this morning!! Practical Astronomer have published our latest image of Orion’s Belt on both the cover and centre page spread of this months magazine [October 2007]. Below are the words on the page just before the centre page … Continue reading
I can state without reservation that this is the most beautiful and informative astronomy book I currently own, and I own quite a few! But, what are the Arps? In 1966 Halton Arp published an atlas of 338 “Peculiar Galaxies”, … Continue reading
The imaging object of the month for October is the mass of emission nebulosity near Deneb in the constellation Cygnus: NGC7000 the North America nebula, and IC5070 the accompanying Pelican nebula, are both very large and very bright Hydrogen alpha … Continue reading
I’ve been a little quiet on the astro-imaging front this last week as I have had an unexpected electronics repair job to carry out!Another hobby area of mine involves photography, but at the other extreme end of the spectrum to … Continue reading
It’s been a bit quiet lately but, at last, a new image 🙂 You’ve heard of 4 weddings and a funeral – well this is 5 clusters and a nebula! This is the M103 region in Cassiopeia, and it is very … Continue reading
In a few of my posts about imaging you will see me mention “narrowband data” and words like “OIII” and “H-alpha”. Well, this is to do with narrowband light filters and line emission sources of light [as opposed to broadband emitters]. For … Continue reading
