Category Archives: Astronomy

My first go at Jupiter

Anyone who’s at all been following this blog with its spotty updating and almost random subject matter may be aware I have a couple of long term interests I have recently had the ability to take up, astronomy and photography. … Continue reading

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First lunar photo

As some of you may or may not know, I’ve been pretty interested in taking some pictures of the wonders I see through my telescope. Not necessarily full on long exposure astrophotography, but little ten second exposures which are enough … Continue reading

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An update.

It’s been rather too long since I updated properly and one of the things I promised myself was that I would keep up with this blogging – it is good for me in more ways than just one. So, with … Continue reading

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Double Stars.

I think I’ve been fairly lucky really. I was starting to get a bit annoyed about all the weather we’ve been getting since I got my 10 inch dobsonian. That was nearly a month ago and I’ve now had – … Continue reading

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ISS Spotting

I was out on Saturday night with my new telescope as I mentioned in a previous post and happened to see the International Space Station passing over. I didn’t see it in the telescope more’s the pity, rather I saw … Continue reading

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I keep embarrassing myself.

Seriously, its ridiculous. I came back from the star party in cumbria having not seen many stars at all, but having seen quite a few fairly impressive looking optical instruments. Among other things, I saw a SkyWatcher 300P (12″) Flex … Continue reading

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Astrochanges

Been a little while since I posted, so I thought I might get a few bits out of the way in one post here. I went to my first ever star party over the last weekend of May and while … Continue reading

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Some recent afocal images of the sun

Not much to say, just uploading some images.

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White Light – First Solar Image

One of the things which has fascinated me – one of the many many things which has fascinated me – is how dynamic the sun can be. Quite apart from the usual information like light taking 8 minutes to reach … Continue reading

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First Messier Objects

No, not messy objects first. This is an adaptation of an observation report I put on the Stargazers Lounge web forum. I wanted to fill in a couple of details as well as keep a separate log of what I’ve … Continue reading

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