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RIP Sirius “Louey”

Sirius “Louey” honorary human – 18th May 2006 – 5th March 2014, far too soon 🙁  

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The existence or non-existence of God

I deleted an earlier post about belief in God as I don’t think it gave a true representation of my feelings on the subject. Why is there a discussion on “belief in God” at all on an astronomy web-site?  Because … Continue reading

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A question to those that deny climate change

Where are the peer-reviewed Journal papers in a quality publication to back up your claims??

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Supernova in M82

But will we get 10-minutes of clear sky to be able to image it?

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Astroimaging 2014

On the 17th – 18th February 2014 there will be a joint Royal Photographic Society/Royal Astronomical Society meeting on Astroimaging. Looks like this will be an interesting event.

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Banks wrecking businesses – surely not

Another non-astro post, so if you’re not interested please stop reading here. A certain Bank has been accused of wrecking small businesses, as if this is some kind of new behaviour – sorry, it is not. In a past life … Continue reading

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Of course I had an image of the Lambda-Lambda asterism!!

You would have thought that with a whole Cassiopeia mosaic I would have caught the Lambda-Lambda asterism – and of course I did.  It is in this image top left of the main star Epsilon.  Reason it wasn’t immediately obvious … Continue reading

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A new asterism in Cassiopeia – Greg’s Lambda

Not managed to image this one myself yet (non-stop rain) but I found a new asterism in Cassiopeia that bears a strong resemblance to the Greek letter Lambda. Will grab this with the mini-WASP array at the first opportunity 🙂 … Continue reading

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Brian May’s latest book of 3-D images – Diableries

Arrived today 🙂  This is clearly a labour of love.  Beautifully presented, oozing quality, and very fine attention paid to the detail throughout.  I had the honour of going through Brian’s Ph.D. thesis on “A Survey of Radial Velocities in … Continue reading

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Go nuclear 2!

Just over one year ago I wrote the piece below: I guess I have reached that age where I feel I can do much better than the dimwits who are running this country.  I feel highly underwhelmed at their complete … Continue reading

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