In a post below you will see that I was in the process of burning Blu-Rays for backup as I thought one of the (relatively new) hard drives was on the way out. I had a thought that it might be … Continue reading
Moon blazing away overhead, so not a great night for deep-sky imaging – BUT – a great night for the planets. We not only have Jupiter and Venus competing with the Moon as brightest objects in the sky, but also low … Continue reading
This afternoon I received the most amazing piece of glass to review – it is simply beautiful. The Sky-Watcher ED100 f#5.0 quintuplet refractor. Now I have yet to put this beast through its paces, but if its performance comes anywhere … Continue reading
I have 4 (relatively new!) 2Tb hard drives in an “Icy Dock” station for data storage/backup of all the astronomy data and the main computer. Now last night one of these drives decides to play stupid 🙁 O.K. I have … Continue reading
Don’t forget to buy the Sunday Telegraph tomorrow and get your Deep-Sky Objects glossy brochure with my Pleiades image on the cover. Unfortunately I think there’s only one of my images inside (not several) but I guess that’s better than … Continue reading
A new Copyright Notice can be found in the Image Gallery section of this web site.
Simon Perkin shows the recent IC2169 image taken at the New Forest Observatory on his weather slot on ITV’s Meridian Weather. See the video footage here. Video is Copyright Meridian News & Weather.
With the recent glut of images due to the perfect conditions these last two evenings I have now surpassed 200 deep-sky images acquired at the New Forest Observatory since winter 2004 🙂 Champers time methinks.
The Sunday Telegraph on 26th February 2012 will contain a colour glossy brochure of deep-sky objects produced with Astronomy Now magazine – and judging by the cover it will contain a few of my images 🙂 Be sure to order your copy … Continue reading
I recently gave a talk in Lymington on photography in general (not just the deep-sky stuff). A number of people asked about purchasing images – and the price. Go to “Image Gallery” click on “owning” or “purchasing” and you will … Continue reading
