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Category Archives: News
Wall to wall cloud
Well as predicted – the only way I’m actually seeing the little blighter is via the live feeds. Sky clear while Meridian weather did their live piece from here, even got the mini-WASP array focused up and ready to go … Continue reading
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Clear night
An unexpectedly clear night last night – spent all the time working on the Hyperstar – managed to get about 90% of the way there in setting it up, next outing should see it imaging again 🙂 So what are … Continue reading
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Tactical nuclear whales
How can we protect our whales and at the same time put destructive nuclear devices to good use? I propose strapping tactical nuclear devices to our larger whales that have an acoustic sensor to pick up the whale’s heartbeat. Heartbeat … Continue reading
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AstroFest 2013 High Street Kensington
Great to see everyone at AstroFest today. Must admit I do like the location for AstroFest – BUT – it really is far too small for all the exhibitors, and the crush is now getting rather unpleasant. It is way … Continue reading
Purchase of non deep-sky images
If you wish to purchase High-Speed Flash, “Little Planet”, Photomicroscopy or Macro images, then please check out what is available on the Scientific Artist web site.
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A new course for 2013
Due to having received several requests – the New Forest Observatory now offers another course for astronomers. “Constructing an observatory for imaging or observing” is the latest course we have on offer – please check the “Courses” section for details.
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Purchasing DSLR (non-deep-sky) images
You can see how to purchase deep-sky images here in the “Image Gallery/Agency Copyright Notice” section. For DSLR images – photomicroscopy/micromosaics, macro/macromosaics, “Little Planet”, panoramas, and high-speed flash images – please check the purchasing details for either datafiles or prints … Continue reading
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Sir Arthur C Clarke’s tribute to Sir Patrick Moore’s Sky at Night programme:
With the recent passing of Sir Patrick Moore I thought it would be worth revisiting this post from July 2007 where Sir Arthur C Clarke pays tribute to Sir Patrick. Sir Arthur sent me the article asking me to put … Continue reading
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Climate change? What climate change??
Here’s a view of the Burley river in Brockenhurst on 22/12/2012 – actually somewhere under there is Burley road!
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Sir Arthur C Clarke
Would have been 95 today 🙁 Data is not information Information is not knowledge Knowledge is not wisdom
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