Wednesday 12 August 2015 I travelled to Kilmington near Mere for the Mendip and Dorset (MAD) Viewers Perseid watch on Whitesheet Hill. The lovely sunset was seen from the pub […]
Alt-azimuth Binocular Mount
I have finished knocking up a simple altazimuth mount for the 100mm APM binoculars that sits on top of heavy duty camera tripod. The mount was knocked up in an […]
8 August 2015 – variable stars and timelapse
The two recent late nights are catching up with me so I decided to set up the camera and make a timelapse of the summer milky transiting past the yew […]
Observing Report: 7 August 2015
Yay! Another clear night. After yesterday’s session was cut short by cloud I was keen to continue working my way through the Herschel 400 – only another 200 or so […]
Observing Report: 6 August 2015
It seems an age since I have last updated my journal. The long summer days are now starting to draw in so, after the joys of watching Australia collapse against […]