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
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
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
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
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
Things got rather hair-raising at the New Forest Observatory last night with a display like I haven’t seen in over 10 years. Needless to say the picture was taken from indoors as it was just too scary to work outside … Continue reading
For the very first time, the New Forest Observatory is offering a portfolio of deep-sky fine art images. There are 3 portfolios on offer, a 5-pack, a 10-pack, and a 12-pack. All images are printed on A4 HP Premium Plus … Continue reading
You should be able to guess from the last few entries that there haven’t been any clear nights 🙁 No different tonight – but at least I’ll stay on topic 🙂 This is some DSS2 data of the Pleiades region … Continue reading
As I rapidly leave middle-age and note the ever increasing loss of elasticity of the skin on the back of my hands I become acutely aware of my DNA’s inability to perfectly replicate. Enter Deinococcus radiodurans – a polyextremophile bacterium, … Continue reading
The Government would like to spend £50 billion of your money on a new high speed rail link. How would you prefer 50 nuclear reactors spread around the country and free electricity for the rest of your life? Free electricity … Continue reading
