Category Archives: Projects

Projects undertaken at New Forest Observatory

Kieron sponsors the mini-WASP array – again :)

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Greg Parker

Kieron of SCS Astro Limited (Somerset) has helped me out yet again – this time with an extremely good price on a pair of 52mm Hutech IDAS light pollution filters.  Thank you very much Kieron 🙂  Why 52mm?  Because the … Continue reading →

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The never ending hole digging saga continuums

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Greg Parker

Like something from a Douglas Adams novel, the hole takes on an existence of its own. The 20″ x 20″ hole is now 3 foot deep – one more foot to go.  I hadn’t appreciated what a pain it is … Continue reading →

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It always begins with digging a hole :)

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Greg Parker

I cut first turf in starting the mega mini-WASP project this afternoon.  Beautiful hot sunny day, too hot for hard labour really but I thought I’d better get started with the obligatory hole in the ground before the ground turned … Continue reading →

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International Space Station

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Greg Parker

A first for me – managed to capture the International Space Station crossing my southern horizon last night – Sunday March 6th 2011 at 6:57 p.m. – it is an amazing sight!  This was a nice long 3-minute crossing (as … Continue reading →

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Daily Mail online

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Greg Parker

The Sun track pinhole camera image made it into the Daily Mail online 🙂  Not exactly an accurate representation of what went on but I am rather used to it by now 🙂

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mini-WASP array – project sponsors

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Greg Parker

Please note the new category above, in the header bar, for the New Forest Observatory.  In this section I will list suppliers who have generously helped out with the creation of the mini-WASP imaging array.  First in the list is Kieron of … Continue reading →

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The mini-WASP array 2011

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Greg Parker

As we leave winter and start heading for spring I am coming out of hibernation and beginning the final thrust of getting the mini-WASP array on-line.  Next week I am getting in some quotes for the concrete block and decking … Continue reading →

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EPOD for 9th February 2011: 6-month’s worth of Sun trails using a pinhole camera

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Greg Parker

Well – a very nice and totally unexpected surprise this morning (thank you Jim!) when I opened the EPOD (Earth Science Picture of the Day) page and saw my pinhole camera image of the Sun’s path across the sky.  Taken using a … Continue reading →

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Do irrational numbers actually exist?

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Greg Parker

It shows how bad the weather is, and has been, I am reduced to looking at number theory 🙂  I am not a Mathematician by any stretch of the imagination, so my basic question may already be well known, but … Continue reading →

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A touch late – but with this weather it doesn’t matter too much

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Greg Parker

I have just put out a pair of FLAT pinhole cameras to track the Sun’s path across the sky.  They should have gone out on December 21st but plenty of things got in the way – including Alan Sugar’s autobiography … Continue reading →

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