Category Archives: News

After a considerable amount of pain and anguish – I’m back in business computer-wise 🙂  Now have a quad-core 2.33GHz running with 4Gig of RAM and a pair of 24″ “letterbox”  LCD monitors.  Also added a 2Tb external hard drive … Continue reading →

Took the 40D out for a couple of hours last night as it was clear – clear but very moist air, so moist I packed up at midnight as it was almost fog.  Used the 17-55mm zoom at 55mm with … Continue reading →

Unfortunately last night (12th) we were completely clouded out, so I didn’t get a chance to put into practice what I’d learned about meteor imaging (the first time I’ve attempted this) from the night before.  Never mind, we still have … Continue reading →

Noel Carboni worked his Photoshop magic to bring a great image out of very suspect data!  This was only 45-seconds of exposure time at ISO1600 using the Canon 40D and the 17-55mm zoom lens at 17mm.  In this image you … Continue reading →

Norman Lockyer observatory – what a great place!  Even without the Astronomy Fair, you really should pay it a visit if you’re ever passing that part of the country. David Strange – thank you for sorting out accommodation (and Car … Continue reading →

Don’t forget that the Astronomy fair at the Norman Lockyer observatory is this Saturday 8th August 2009 all day including 4 lectures, two in the morning and two in the afternoon.  I shall be giving a lecture from 4:00 – … Continue reading →

Against all expectations it was sufficiently clear last night (a few banks of cloud passed over) to get some imaging done and see whether the “object” was real – or an artefact.  Result – a very comet-like lens flare 🙁  … Continue reading →

I was doing some ultra wide field imaging last night in the region of Deneb and picked up a bright diffuse object mid way between the Pelican’s head and Deneb.  Has anybody seen any reference to this mentioned anywhere??  I … Continue reading →

And here is a short clip from last night’s ITV Meridian News programme:

Here is a clip from the ITV Meridian feature from May 2009: