Since The Webb Space telescopes sunshield was extended on New Years Day, the brightness has increased quite a bit. I imaged Webb on New Years Eve and roughly…

Wow!! I managed to capture The Webb Space Telescope on New Years Eve. It’s been another truly awful year, but this has at least finished 2021 off with…

I received some absolutely wonderful pictures from children during my Webb Space Telescope planetarium visits to schools this year. So I am sharing them with you all. Looking…

The Webb Space Telescope was finally successfully launched on Christmas Day. No more delays now then! It is now making its way  to the L2 point 1 million…

There have been stories going around of NASA warning that a giant asteroid, bigger than the Eiffel Tower, will break into Earth’s orbit on the 11th of December…

As Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) heads further eastwards over the next two weeks, it will start getting lower in the eastern sky in the early hours of the…

Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) is brightening nicely. Last night it was passing the two NGC galaxies, The Whale and The Hockey Stick. So as it was clear, despite…

After what seems such a long time, the planetarium finally visited a school on Wednesday. I was a bit apprehensive about it, but the staff looked after me…

So, the big question is: Does the External aerial on the ASIAIR Pro Plus (AAP+) make the WiFi Signal Stronger? From what I have seen on the two…

I always get excited when an active sunspot approaches the solar limb. You just never know what delights it will give you using a Hydrogen Alpha setup. On…

A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be accepted as an ASIAIR Pro Plus Experience Officer. What the heck does that mean? Well, having used…

My Sky Diary for September 2021 is now available for viewing on YouTube. Don’t for get to download the TeamUp App, by visiting the Sky Diary Page, so…

This is what I just love about this wonderful hobby. You never know where an image or social media post will take you. I have found yet another…

There are many stories going around the internet about a “Monster” Comet which is making a beeline for our solar system. Called 2014 UN271  (Bernardinelli-Bernstein), this comet is…

I am constantly looking at different methods of processing images to develop better workflows and improve my images. This is so I can see what different things work,…

I really enjoyed being a part of the Go Stargazing International Sun-Day yesterday. https://gostargazing.co.uk I was on standby to hopefully show some live images of The Sun, but…

In the Virtual Astronomy Club On Tuesday the 15th of June at 19:00 BST (18:00 UT) Philip Price will be telling us all about: The History of The Space…

Being so busy lately,  I’ve somewhat neglected my blog for a while, so it’s time to take it up again. On the evening of the 25th of May,…

Katrin Raynor-Evans’ talk “Exploring Astronomy and Space Through Philately” is now available to view on YouTube. All of our past sessions that have been recorded are available for…

I have now set up an Automated E Mail system for The Virtual Astronomy Club. So if you would like to be alerted with an E Mail before…

My Sky Diary for April 2021 is now available for viewing on YouTube. An electronic version of the sky diary is also available on TeamUp, so you can…

First Light Optics have sent me a Sharpstar 76EDPH triplet refractor to test out. www.firstlightoptics.com Here is my initial review of the scope when using it with a…

My Sky Diary for February 2021 is now available to view: