I have felt rubbish for the past few days. Nothing serious just a general lack of energy and generally feeling under the weather. Luckily I have only missed one clear […]
Jupiter’s Hide and Seek 7 – 8 March 2016
I stayed up late on the 7 March to photograph Jupiter’s moons Europa and then Io passing in front of Jupiter. The video below is from ~2300-0100, each frame taken […]
Quick Look at Jupiter
Rather than get up early, I decided to stay up late and watch Jupiter. Unfortunately, the seeing was cruddy and my eyes soon got heavy so I packed up early. […]
Mars, Saturn and an Impact Basin 4 March 2016
Another early alarm before work. It is quite noticeable that the spring weather is on its way as dawn was not far away at 0530! Mars and Saturn made a […]
Jupiter 24 – 25 February
It was a late night capturing Jupiter in a gap between the storms – and even longer processing all the pictures! Click on this link for the video: Jupiter […]
Moon and Jupiter 18 – 19 February 2016
Wednesday was a lovely cold, clear day so, after work, I put the telescope tube in the car so that it would cool to ambient temperature. After a refreshing snooze […]
2 Hours on Jupiter: 11 – 12 February 2016
I am writing this on Friday with a real buzz despite feeling fatigued. What a night, a real pleasure. As the weather forecast was for a bright evening with cloud […]
4 Moons and 3 Planets
My early morning explorations of the outer solar system are continuing as the weather allows. Unfortunately, another series of Atlantic storms are sweeping across the UK so opportunities have been limited to […]
3 Planets and the Moon: 28 January 2016
I got up early and enjoyed a lovely early moon and planet session. The moon and Jupiter were very close forming a glorious sight. There is a slight loss of […]
An Early Morning in the Solar System
I woke up at 0200 on Tuesday morning and could not get back to sleep. No matter how much I tried, I stubbornly stayed awake. In frustration I turned the […]