It does not diminish the beauty of a sunset to know a little bit about it. Smart man!
In 1968 we were living at the top of the Sir John Soane’s museum in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Holborn, London having just returned from 2 years in New Zealand. Believe me, the museum was the spookiest of places at the … Continue reading
Yesterday’s “Pointless” programme on BBC1 had me more than a little confused and I just looked up the life of Marie Curie to try and sort out my confusion. One of the question categories was on Marie Curie, and two … Continue reading
Just seen at the end of today that I got today’s EPOD with “The Reddest Stars”. Thank you Jim for continuing to publish my work 🙂
There is some current web-wisdom going around that the human eye is unable to see polarised light – this is about as accurate as the observations of Mars as big as the full Moon. With nothing better to do whilst … Continue reading
Symbiosis or Evolution, or maybe a little of both? It doesn’t really matter. If you don’t know what I’m on about in the first sentence then you need not read any further and it won’t ruin your day. Gaia – … Continue reading
Second upgrade for the week that required the earlier upgrade to go ahead 🙂 This time the in-storage Sky 90 and filter-wheel have gone back on. It was taken off over a year ago as I got terrible star shapes … Continue reading
A small upgrade was made to the mini-WASP array this week – can you spot it??
This is a Solstice-to-Solstice solargraph taken at the New Forest Observatory using the REALLY BIG pinhole camera. You can clearly see the two New Forest Observatory domes, and the oval-shaped object in the middle foreground is the top of a … Continue reading
A new course is available at the New Forest Observatory for those wishing to set up their own “Mini-WASP array”.
