According to the Guiness Book of Records this Quasar in the constellation Lynx is the brightest known object in our universe and who are we to argue with them [oops – see the Postscript below]!
If you are to explore the heavens – you need a good map to guide you. In my opinion there is only one star atlas you need to consider, Will Tirion and Roger W. Sinnott’s “Sky Atlas 2000.0”. Be prepared, … Continue reading
The name for this project comes from the Wide Angle Search for Planets or SuperWASP project. As you can guess it is used for hunting exo-planets. If you look at the SuperWASP site you will see an impressive imaging array comprising … Continue reading
Sometimes one just gets lucky! I was invited to go to the 50th Anniversary Sky at Night Party which was held on the 25th April 2007 at Sir Patrick Moore’s house “Farthings” in Selsey. It was a great day, and at … Continue reading
I’m thinking ahead about the deep-sky object that I will concentrate on for the short summer nights. I am really impressed with the image of the Veil nebula on Davide de Martin’s Skyfactory site where he has processed this superb image … Continue reading
Finally! I have managed to eradicate the one minus point of having the Nexstar and motor drives in the dome! I upgraded the motor drives from version 30.30 to version 40.40 (download available from the Celestron site). Amongst the many … Continue reading
