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
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
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
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
On this Christmas Day I present to you the most intricate icing pattern you have ever seen. This is the Mandelbulb (3-D Mandelbrot) only recently discovered. What an amazing structure! Happy Christmas 2010 to you all.
The 6-month pinhole camera image shown below made an appearance on last night’s Meridian Weather with Simon Parkin. Actually came out well on the TV – congratulations to the technical team there at Meridian – and thank you Simon 🙂
Today the two pinhole cameras on the south-facing wall were opened up 🙂 The image below is a 6-month sub-exposure of my southern horizon showing the Sun’s path across the sky. See how low it is in Winter! You can … Continue reading
Well there’s not much imaging getting done at the end of 2010 that’s for sure!
Saw some beautiful Geminids last night between 9:00 and 11:00 p.m. when it decided to cloud over. Too lazy to go over to a New Forest dark site to photograph – I worked from the back garden – big mistake!! … Continue reading
Novatech came up to scratch with a new superb product – a 4-monitor support system that will take up to 24″ monitors – I have IIYAMA Prolite E2407HDS 24″ monitors, and as you can see on this video, the stand … Continue reading
